Hi, my name is Carol and I am fundraising for my Icelandic horse owner friend Gabriele Papeneux, who has lost her tack room and horse shelter for her trusted Icelandic horse steed Bràinn from Haldane and Arthur, the Shetty, during the Longwood / Ruffy fire. Luckily, she managed to evacuate the horses to my farm near Wangarattta before the fire went through, which burnt down the entire farm, bar the house (saved by hubby Scott who stayed and defended).

Already, very generous tack and hardware donations have been made outside of GoFundMe by @Scoot boots, @Poopa Scoopa, @Gone Riding / Mansfield, @Renska Bunte, @Anja Giese and @Birgit Kossmann - thank you so much!!

I am hoping that with this fundraiser, she can replace more burnt tack and if more money comes together, replace her burnt hay stacks and the tack room shed.

Ps: Please refrain from contacting her directly; as you can appreciate, her phone is already running hot and her priority is the wellbeing of herself and her animals, as well as understanding the scale of the rebuild and fire recovery.

Thanks heaps everyone - she is loving the support she is getting!!