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SANCTUARY

Hope for Horses REHABILITATION
RETRAINING/ADOPTION

TESTIMONIAL:
“TAA has helped us
‘up our game.’ Hope
for Horses strives
to achieve a level of
proficiency above the
norm, and as
stewards of these
majestic creatures, it
is great to be part
of a team that
believes in those
same principles. A
team goal of
providing excellent
care and training
creates a horse well-
suited to be a forever

CAROL MINGST PHOTOGRAPHY partner to a new
Loud Stalker, aka “Louie,” a Hope for Horses graduate, with adopter Lura O’Brien.
person and home.”
Hope for Horses, established in 2013, has been many adults fulfill their dream of horse

taking in retiring racehorses for decades. The ownership.
organization started by taking in, retraining, Anita Markiewicz, president and founder, is FOUNDED: 2013
and re-homing just a few off-the track Thorough- a Level II Centered Riding Instructor, a Certi- ADDRESS:

breds and broodmares, and it has grown into an fied CHA (Certified Horsemanship Association)

organization able to help a far greater number of instructor, and has decades of experience in dres- 10576 Arno Rd.
horses annually. sage and horsemanship. By offering this educa- Galt, CA 95632
Its programs are education-based, teaching tion, Hope for Horses helps its graduates become
young people how to better care for horses and good equine citizens, ready to go into many differ- PHONE: (916) 591-2481
to understand that education is a journey that ent areas of equestrian life. MAIN CONTACT:
never ends. Hope for Horses brings in retiring Hope for Horses offers continued lessons and Anita Markiewicz
racehorses and uses the training they had on the training to all its adopted horses as well as other
track and teaches them the skills needed in their horses in the community. Nationally known WEB ADDRESS:
new roles as equestrian mounts. clinicians are brought in several times a year to hope4horses.com
The primary focus is to help these magnifi- broaden the knowledge of participants. Hope for

cent animals transition into other disciplines, Horses is part of the Forever Foundation with SOCIAL:
providing training and mental/emotional Trevor Carter, who provides online video lessons hopeforhorsesCA
wellness. Educating, training, and molding and outlines goals to achieve with each horse in @hopeforhorses22
these horses makes them better prepared to the program.

find forever homes. The horses are partnered Educating the general public about horses @hopeforhorsesca
with our youth teams, to teach our young and how they are retrained to lead a new life AVERAGE NUMBER OF
riders to become compassionate, educated, has brought many new people to the equestrian
responsible equestrians. Although the teams community, which in turn provides more homes THOROUGHBREDS PER YEAR:
are for young people, the facility has helped for more horses. 32

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