What We Do... And Why We Do It......
The Story Of "Paris"
"Paris" is a 28 year old retired racing thoroughbred mare. "Paris came to us from a family who could no longer keep
her. She was extremely thin and in poor condition. The family had been paying board for her that included grain and
hay, as well as paying extra to have larger portions of hay and senior feed fed to her. Obviously "Paris" was not
receiving the care the family was paying for.  Unfortunately this situation is not an uncommon one, very often owners
find themselves in situations beyond their control and are not sure what to do. After a few weeks of care and good
feed, "Paris" starts to show signs of building muscle and replenishing some of the her body fat. Care must be taken for
her well being and health to not allow her to gain too much weight to quickly as that can be fatal. However she is well
on her way to gaining her weight and coming back to the beautiful mare she truly is
Upon Arrival                                                           Finally Up To Weight
This is Alice, she was a retired PMU mare, she came to us very underweight as you can see and in bad need of a worming.
After a vet check, worming and all her vaccines after just 3 months she is well on her way to her full weight.
Although Alice and Paris are by far not the thinnest horses we have had stay with us, they are a primary
example of the basic type of work we do. These two girls are a couple of our  favorites as both have
awesome homes and wonderful lives now. This is WHAT we do THEY are WHY we do it.

If you feel the work we do is worthwhile and would like to help...We do accept donations of Nutrena
Triumph pellet 10% , and Nutrena Compete 14% horse feed as well as Alfalfa cubes or pellets or bales of
T&A and Alfalfa hay. Any feed donations can be called directly into Hendrix feed store at 352-589-6393.
They will be happy to place an order for our rescue horses in your behalf, and contact us when it is ready.
Any little bit helps. Florida Draft Horse Rescue is a Florida Non-Profit Organization."Contributions or gifts to
Florida Draft Horse Rescue are not tax deductible as charitable contributions for Federal income tax
purposes. However, they may be tax deductible under other provisions of the Internal Revenue Code."
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On this page we will give an overview of what we do here at Florida Draft Horse Rescue. We try
to provide each horse with the best possible care. We design a feeding and training program
that will help the horse gain weight, and a training program that will help the horse gain self
confidence and knowledge to perform a job well done.