“GODSPEED- A wish for success and fortune for one setting out on an enterprise, journey, adventure or travel"

The mission of this rescue has many components.  First and foremost is to purchase Premarin weanling horses from Canada and the United States that would otherwise be slaughtered and then transport, train, and donate them to NAHRA certified therapeutic riding programs and The Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association accredited colleges.  We currently have three horses in service to the handicap.

 

The rescue invented and patented an internationally distributed horse treat called U-Bake Horse Treats.  When the treats are sold, all proceeds go to the rescue.  These treats are manufactured as part of the job site curriculum requirement by students at The Maplebrook School; a post secondary school for the learning disabled.  Students may also fulfill their requirement by working a semester at the farm.  We have had two students thus far.

 

The rescue also works as a placement agency in the tri-state area for unwanted horses and has a Subsidized Horse Boarding Program for horses that need re-homing.  We place an additional 4-6 horses annually this way.
 
We care for our horses in a manner that is consistant with the "wild horse" model and use feeding, pasturing and hoofcare systems that are the cutting edge of horse welfare education. The Director is a Hoof Care Specialist and oversees and stays current on all these systems.
 

 
 2008 and 2010 ASPCA Grant Recipient.

 
Where, in this wide world,
Can man find nobility without pride,
Friendship without envy,
Or beauty without vanity?

Here, where grace is laced with muscle, 
And strength by gentleness confined. 
He serves without servility.
He has fought without enmity.
 
There is nothing so powerful,
Nothing less violent.
There is nothing so quick,
Nothing more patient.
 
America's past has been borne on his back,
All our history is his industry.
We are his heirs,
He our inheritance.
 
The horse.
 
-Ronald Duncan
     


Godspeed Horse Hostel, Inc.
5214 Route 22
Amenia, NY  12501
845-242-2069