Hi Everyone
Old Arthur - a very gentle soul
Happy New Year to you all. All the horses and ponies are well and are now all in their Winter quarters, but we are so sad to report the passing of old Arthur, before Christmas. Old Arthur came to Pablo’s approx 8 years ago and was an extremely gentle horse, who was popular with the volunteers and with the other horses and ponies. Old Arthur had a particular bond with Cherry, and they loved to spend time together mutually grooming each other. The vet advised that Old Arthur was in his late 30s and he passed away in his stable during the night from heart failure.
We would like to say a big thank you to Brimsvale Birdseed, at Long Clawson for their Christmas donation of bags of pony nuts, and to Kim and Claire from Nottingham for their kind donation of horse feed and feed buckets. Also a special thank you to volunteers, Sue and Rosie for spending the whole day on Wednesday painting the field shelters, and to the fantastic Fix It Team for making new feeding stations and feed bins for storeroom.
Wendy would like to say a personal thank-you to everyone who has supported the Pablo’s New and Nearly New Equine stall this year. The yearly total raised by everyone is £3437.00, so well done to you all. Wendy hopes to see you again in 2012, and if anyone has a new venue for the stall or would like a yard visit please contact Wendy on 07831 453504 (please note no message service) or email: whcarter@onetel.com or if you would like to make stock donations, please get in touch.
Silvana
We would like to introduce a new arrival of Silvana, a 15.1hh mare from Warwickshire, who is 26 years old and in her time was a polo pony. Silvana was on Pablo’s waiting list for many months, and due to one of Pablo’s ponies having found a new foster home, a space become available and Silvana was given Sanctuary. Silvana is very sweet and sociable, and has quickly made friends at the main yard in Long Clawson. Silvana will be available to sponsor , so please check out her page.
Another huge thank you to those who have so generously given donations over the Christmas period, every donation is really appreciated. However, we would like to launch an appeal for hay. As all the horses are now on the yard, and funds are low we are looking for donations of hay to help see us through the Winter months. Unfortunately the price of hay has risen so much this year, that the Sanctuary has only got half the amount of volume of hay for the same price of last year’s Winter funds, which has caused the deficit this year so if you could help it would really be appreciated.
Have a good week.
