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Thank You!
I would like to personally thank the following people who have contributed to our rescue, either in funds, services, donations of hay, or items for the horses. Without these wonderful people, MAHR wouldn't be what it is today and we couldn't help the horses as much as we have thus far. A big "THANK YOU" from the bottom of my heart. Sincerely, Kathy Grant, Founder & Director Mustang Alley Horse Rescue
Casey Corrado Dee Jones, Ft. Pierce, Fla Kim Foster Wayne Walters Ken & Sharon Palmer Gary & Becky Schneider Robin Quillen Lori Landes with RandR Horse Rescue, Ft. Pierce, Fla Dawn Seth-Davis Daniel & Loree Boone Jessie Sieber Danny & Robin Tuggle M.C. Septic Services of Greeneville U-Turn For Christ Julia Freeman Jon (Buddy) Misenheimer Greg Bowman Sharon & Wharon Duke of Duke Shire Horse Farm Margaret DiGiorgio Greystone Hauling & Excavating Shannon Ellis Johnny Milligan Margarett Goergen Suzanne Arnold Diane Longanecker Barbara Smith Connie Cousins Kathy Casteel Mr. & Mrs. Hank Partin Judy Wilson Angela White Rebecca Daniels Holly Czoka John & Theresa Robinson John Foster The Stephan Foster Band Pattie Calfy Jennifer Thompson Judy Wilson
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Welcome to MAHR
Mustang Alley Horse Rescue (MAHR) is a private not for profit organization dedicated to the equines of Tennessee and the surrounding states by providing shelter, care, rehabilitation, training and adoption of abused, abandoned, neglected, unwanted, and slaughter-bound equines of all kinds. We also offer a retirement home for aged and retired equines. MAHR provides equine education classes for adults and children. Although we rely solely upon donations for our support, your donations are NOT tax deductable.

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Featured Horse

We found "Hope" at a sale-barn in Kingsport, TN. She was run into the ring and as emaciated as she was, the killer-buyers jumped up and started bidding. MAHR bid against the killer-buyers and won. This was August 24th, 2005. We got her to the rescue and put her into her own paddock with a shelter, away from all the other horses, so she could rest peacefully for a while. We gave her some sweet smelling hay, and left her rest for the night.
The next day we called our local vet, who has volunteered his services to MAHR, and he came out and floated her teeth, and checked her eyes. He said she had an ulcer in one of her eyes and the other one was dried up from a trauma. Hope was practically blind.
She couldn't see out of one eye, and only could see shadows out of the other. She was bathed by our volunteers and groomed, loved on, pampered, and made very comfortable. We gave her medicine for her eyes, wormed her, put her on Senior Feed, and she has blossomed from the attention and has become a beautiful horse once again!
Hope - Upon Arrival at the Rescue
Hope - Upon Arrival (Picture 2) Hope - Upon Arrival (Picture 3)
Hope - Two weeks later on Sept. 8, 2005
Hope, March 7, 2006

"One Chance in a Million"
It happened so sudden, 12 years in my past, For the rest of my life the injury would last. The cars hit head-on, not a chance to slow down, The next I remember, I lay on the ground. My hip joint was crushed beyond all repair. "You're too young to replace it," Doc said with a stare, "You will walk again, but never will run." These words hit me hard like a shot from a gun. Ten years came and went, the pain more severe. I said to my wife, "Time to replace it is here." When the surgery was over, Doc said to my wife, "He can't ride a horse for the rest of his life." We own our own farm with a full riding stable, So horses and riding put food on our table. I could sell horses and tack, and some money I'd make, But to ride one myself was a risk I can't take.
And then it did happen, one night at the sale, As I stood selling halters inside of the rail. My wife came up to me with that look in her eye. She said, "There's a horse out back ready to die." As I walked to the killer pen and looked over the fence, There stood a starved gelding whose frame was immense. His eyes were three inches sunk back in his head; If he were lying down, you would have sworn he was dead. He stood sixteen-one, weighed about four and a quarter, His hair was three inches and not one-half shorter. A skeleton with hide stood before my own eyes. If he walked through the ring, it would be a surprise.
As the barn door slid open and they led him on in, The auctioneer said, "Two hundred is where we'll begin." The kill buyer said, "Two-oh-five' s all I'll give." I said, "I'll give two-ten just to see if he'll live." The bids then quit coming, not a sound from the crowd, The next word was "Sold" he said very loud. As the trailer backed up to the wood loading gate, I said, "Let's get him home before it's too late." He had to have help to step up to the floor, But we got him in and then closed the door. As I drove home that night, I looked back at a glance And said, "If he lives, we'll call him Last Chance."
Well, we made the trip home, and he lived through the night. When the vet came next morning, he said, "What a sight." We floated his teeth and trimmed all his feet, Gave him wormer and thiamin and a little to eat. My vet said his heart was as strong as a drum, If we brought him along slowly the rest may just come. Well, his weight starting coming and his health soon returned. He showed us his love he must have thought that we earned. He would whinny and nicker as I walked to the shed, As if to say, "Thanks, 'cause of you, I'm not dead." He would stroll the whole place without being penned, He'd come when I call, just like man's best friend.
Three months had gone by since the night of the sale, My wife had him tied on our old hitchin' rail. I asked her, 'What's up?" as I just came outside. She said, "It's time to see if he'll ride." She threw on the blanket, saddle, bridle and said, "The worst that could happen, I'll get tossed on my head." As her seat hit the leather, he stood like a rock. With a tap of her heels, he started to walk. He reined to the left and he reined to the right, The bit in his mouth he sure didn't fight. He did what she asked without second thought. She cantered him on and not once he fought. When she returned from the ride with a tear in her eye, She said, "He's the one, would you like to try?" I thought to myself as I stood at his side, If this giant's that gentle, why not take a ride? It had been a long time, but the look on his face, Said, "Hop on, my good friend, let's ride 'round this place." We rode round the yard, then out through the gate, This giant and me, it must have been fate. He gave me back part of my life that I lost, Knew then I'd keep him, no matter what cost. I've been offered two-thousand, and once even three, But no money on earth would buy him from me. You see, we share something special, this gelding and me, A chance to start over, a chance to be free. And when the day comes that his heart beats no more, I'll bury my friend just beyond my back door. And over his grave I'll post a big sign, "Here lies Last Chance, a true friend of mine."
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If you can help, by providing any of the items on our "Wish List", please E-Mail MAHR or call 423-552-5988. Your help will make a big difference in our rescue efforts. |
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Congratulations!
Congratulations to the following people who donated $$$ for a chance to win selected items at our events. All donations go to the care of our rescue horses. Sonia Tanner - Patriotic Haybag Rheanne Ledford - Headstall David Johnson - Breyer Horse Lisa DeGrear - Headstall Alichia Bass - 50/50 Drawing Michaela Broyle - Child's Purple Saddle
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