Neglected Horses Find Sanctuary at Four Corners Equine Rescue

You’re watching the local news network, brought to you by Sunray Park and Casino and the Big Idea Makerspace at San Juan College. I’m Terry Colburn, and I’m president of Four Corners Equine Rescue. I’ll introduce you to 45 different horses. They all have a name and a story. Just like little Hope. It took her three weeks before she finally ran.

And then we know she’s going to be okay. My wife and I started Four Corners Equine Rescue in 2004, rescuing horses from perilous situations, rehabilitating them and then finding them new homes. A a day in the life for me is trying to give attention to as many horses as I possibly can, and find as many good connections between adopters and horses as I possibly can.

We have so many different varieties of horses that come in. It could be anything from a horse who just ran to a bad situation, who has a lot of good training, and it’s super adaptable. And then it can also be a horse that has never seen a human in its life. Both ends of the spectrum have their own challenges, but each horse teaches me something that I didn’t know before, which is, you know, such a blessing.

A rescue horse is just as good of a horse as any other kind. His name is Hopper because he kept popping over to the fence to get in with the girls down in Albuquerque. A lot of times we end up with horses that are not being taken care of in an individual’s house, and so therefore, a neighbor or somebody driving down the road will call the branding inspector and say, this is a skinny horse.

Then they take the horse away from him. And normally this is where they’ll end up coming, because we’re the only licensed rescue in the four corners. Love was abandoned, with two other horses. She’s got some injury to her hind quarters of some sort. So we’re just keeping her as comfortable as possible. We have 45 here at the rescue and some over a couple acres, about a half a mile away.

They just need to be able to have a place to live. These horses may come in with a comatose past, but they’ve got such a bright future with the right person. And we can’t do it without the community either. You know, all of our funding comes from individuals in our community. So come out, come see the horses, see what they can do for you.

Be a part of this magic that’s here at the rescue. We’re always looking for homes, and we’re always looking for volunteers. Adopt. Don’t shop. Visit Four Corners Equine rescue.org to donate. Volunteer or adopt. Learn more about this and other stories at Farmington Local News. Thank you for watching this edition of the local news network.