Announcing Brennan Equine Welfare Fund's

2019 Grant Recipients

Twelve exceptional equine rescue, rehabilitation, retirement, retraining and/or placement facilities across the USA have been awarded grants in 2019.

Thoroughbred-focused grant recipients include: 

Bright Future’s Farm, Cochranton, PA

Equine Encore Foundation, Tucson, AZ

The Exceller Fund, Lexington, KY

Glen Ellen Vocational Academy, Glen Ellen, CA

ReRun, Inc., East Greenbush, NY

Non-breed-specific grant recipients include:

Brook Hill Retirement Center, Forest, VA

Cincinnati Therapeutic Riding and Horsemanship, Cincinnati, OH

Days End Farm, Woodbine, MD

Duchess Sanctuary, Oakland, OR

Illinois Equine Humane Center, Maple Park, IL

Kentucky Equine Humane Center, Nicholasville, KY

Mitchell Farm Equine Retirement, Salem, CT

ONE SUCCESS STORY

Days End Farm Horse Rescue and “Dobbin's Dapper Drummer”

Awarded a grant in 2019 was Days End Farm Horse Rescue (DEFHR). In 2018, a horse named Dobbin's Dapper Drummer was seized along with four other horses in West Virginia after they were found neglected and malnourished. DEFHR transported these five to their facility in Maryland where they received immediate critical and rehabilitative care.

During Dobbin's recovery it became clear that he was a calm, personable gelding who enjoyed being with people. He was evaluated and trained, and was adopted in April to be a therapy horse for Trails of Purpose, a unique Certified Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH Intl.) Center that helps veterans overcome trauma through the partnership of horses and humans.

We at BEWF are so honored to assist in rehabilitative care for horses like Dobbin at DEFHR, but also know that through our work, other organizations collaborate to not only give such horses a new start, but also are keen to utilize their ability to heal humans, just as humans had to heal Dobbin.

Days End Farm Horse Rescue and “Dobbin's Dapper Drummer”

Days End Horse Farm Rescue, Inc.

Location: 1372 Woodbine Road, Woodbine, MD 21797

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 309, Lisbon, MD 21765

Phone: (301) 854-5037; Email: info@defhr.org