8/ JANUARY 2013 THE RIDER Go And Play Horse Rescue by Kelly Bowers
Go And Play Horse Rescue began about four years ago when Sarah Merriam began finding homes for standardbred horses directly out of the training facilities. Unable to keep a stable full of horses at the time, she’d convince trainers to let her help find suitable homes for the retirees and non-racers. Some accept- ed her help and she worked to place the ani- mals before they were shipped to an uncertain
directly placed by Go And Play Stables.
Sarah says, “Our goal at Go and Play Sta- bles is to promote the use of standardbreds for sport by rehabilitating, re-train- ing and re-homing them with good horse people who will keep them active and riding if they are able. “The Standard- bred horse can be difficult to place because of the misconceptions some people have about the breed. People often don’t understand their gaits and may believe they are
racing breeds, they just have an extra gear! We approach every horse, no matter what age, sex or gait, knowing that patience and persistence pays off. They are all trainable; they are all use- ful; they all deserve a sec- ond career and a caring home.”
Currently Go And Play currently has nine horses on the property. Two are awaiting delivery to their new homes. One is recently adopted, and
staying at the stable until the summer, one is on stall rest, two are perma- nent residents and three are available for adoption. All but one, Star the won- der pony, are Standard- bred.
The three looking for homes are mares. It must be the year of the L as their names are Lizzy, Luna and Lucky. You can find out more about them on the Go And Play facebook page.
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future at auction or even slaughter.
A year later, Sarah starting actually taking the horses in with the new goal to rehabilitate them before finding them good caring homes. Her first was a mare named Seven Wishes but she was cer- tainly not the last. As of this date, twenty horses have been assisted by or
unable to canter, jump, or even trot. Sarah’s goal is to educate people about standardbreds and to demonstrate how versatile they are. “We give them good training with a strong emphasis on the proper development of solid basics so people can see how wonderful they can be. These horses are no different then other
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Story by: Jackie Bellamy The ability to store a horse embryo may be of interest to horse owners wishing to preserve the genetics of a valuable ani- mal for future use. It could also be a solu- tion for endan- gered equid species.
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Dr.Stanley Leibo, looking for effective ways to freeze embryos which could lead to worldwide commercial viability of embryo transfer in the horse. Currently, almost all embryo transfers are a costly process involving fresh transfer on the same day. Chenier explains, “The ability to freeze and store horse embryos not only would allow for a more convenient transfer time, but would also prove more cost effec- tive.”
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The challenge which is unique to horse embryos, is the formation of a glycoprotein-based capsule (which forms approximately seven days after ovulation) which surrounds the embryo and prevents the freezing chemical from entering the tissue. Chenier states, “We have confirmed that with 9 - 11 day old embryos, very little cry- oprotectant can enter into the embryo and very little water can make it out. Water forms ice crystals when you freeze it and this can cause damage to the embryo.”
Chenier and Leibo will be collecting 40 more embryos to continue working on solving this dilemma.
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