Horse & Rider

Abandoned Horse Earns Career at Horse Rescue

Spring of 2022, I received a phone call from an old college friend, Mattie Alewine, in dire need of finding a home for an abandoned horse. After posting the horse in a local community group on Facebook she had been claimed. I assumed she did not need my help anymore and that was the end of that. If only every story was so simple.

Unfortunately, we found out that Cheyenne’s owners didn’t want her back. Mattie offered to haul her back home for them and

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