Send Luigi HOME!!!
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Please see my blog for the WHOLE story on Luigi: http://thehorsechicktales.blogspot.com/2013/07/luigis-honour.html
Quick Summary: I ended up having to pay $200 out of my pocket to buy Luigi from the sale barn, a sale that simply could not have been orchestrated without the help of my roommate and two of my very good friends who literally dropped what they were doing and offered their hauling services and rig to get him out of there just a few hours before he was scheduled to be picked up by the local kill buyer. His original owners and trainer have a pasture open for him in Pennsylvania to retire in peace, and desperately want him back, but finances are making this difficult. My feeling is that these people did right as best as they could by Luigi, but a lying barn owner at Locust Breeze betrayed both them and the horse. If there's a way that I can help raise the money to get him home to them, I'll do the driving myself. He is currently safe at a boarding barn owned by a wonderful couple who, upon hearing his dire situation, immediately opened up a small rehabilitation paddock and stall for him to rest in (and are charging me a VERY reduced board rate) until we can raise the funds to get him back home to Pennsylvania to retire in the life he deserved all along.
For everyone involved who immediately put their own lives and plans on hold in the last 24 hours to help me save the life of just one crippled ex-racehorse, I cannot even begin to thank you enough. For those of you who want to help contribute to getting Luigi home to his family in Pennsylvania, please use this page. It's quick, easy, secure, and literally every dollar puts us a little closer to giving Luigi the retirement that he deserves. I'm not putting a cap on the donation request, we're taking only what we need for fuel and food for the trip, and the rest will be split 50/50 between Day Dreams Farm Equine Rescue & Rehabilitation (www.daydreamsfarm.com) and Beyond The Roses Equine Rescue & Retirement (http://www.beyondtherosesequine.org) another 501(c)3 that specializes in Thoroughbred ex-racehorses. I feel very passionately that even though I can't save more than one at a time of the millions of "Luigis" out there that fall through the cracks, I can do my best to support those organizations that have similar goals.
Quick Summary: I ended up having to pay $200 out of my pocket to buy Luigi from the sale barn, a sale that simply could not have been orchestrated without the help of my roommate and two of my very good friends who literally dropped what they were doing and offered their hauling services and rig to get him out of there just a few hours before he was scheduled to be picked up by the local kill buyer. His original owners and trainer have a pasture open for him in Pennsylvania to retire in peace, and desperately want him back, but finances are making this difficult. My feeling is that these people did right as best as they could by Luigi, but a lying barn owner at Locust Breeze betrayed both them and the horse. If there's a way that I can help raise the money to get him home to them, I'll do the driving myself. He is currently safe at a boarding barn owned by a wonderful couple who, upon hearing his dire situation, immediately opened up a small rehabilitation paddock and stall for him to rest in (and are charging me a VERY reduced board rate) until we can raise the funds to get him back home to Pennsylvania to retire in the life he deserved all along.
For everyone involved who immediately put their own lives and plans on hold in the last 24 hours to help me save the life of just one crippled ex-racehorse, I cannot even begin to thank you enough. For those of you who want to help contribute to getting Luigi home to his family in Pennsylvania, please use this page. It's quick, easy, secure, and literally every dollar puts us a little closer to giving Luigi the retirement that he deserves. I'm not putting a cap on the donation request, we're taking only what we need for fuel and food for the trip, and the rest will be split 50/50 between Day Dreams Farm Equine Rescue & Rehabilitation (www.daydreamsfarm.com) and Beyond The Roses Equine Rescue & Retirement (http://www.beyondtherosesequine.org) another 501(c)3 that specializes in Thoroughbred ex-racehorses. I feel very passionately that even though I can't save more than one at a time of the millions of "Luigis" out there that fall through the cracks, I can do my best to support those organizations that have similar goals.
Organizer
Jacquelynn Grassi
Organizer
Waterford, MI
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