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Aunt Esther
May. 18, 2009, 06:21 PM
Aunt Esther, national and international Purse Champion, has long been an upstanding member of this fine internet bulletin board.

Aunt Esther, alarmed at the lopsided voting in the current Special Horses.org fundraiser, THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET!

Aunt Esther is alarmed that with only 13 days left to vote, there are two glaring issues:

1. the total does not yet equal $3000!
2. horses represending Heartland and Sunkissed Acres need more votes!

Now Aunt Esther is absolutely delighted to see that Willem and Oliver are heading up the charge to bring in great numbers for Equihab and TIER. But she is deeply saddened that Heartland and Sunkissed Acres - both desperately in need of funds as well - are lagging behind.

Aunt Esther would like to point out the following, however:

1. SUNKISSED ACRES - Aunt Esther herself is up for voting for Sunkissed Acres, and yet for some unfathomable reason SHE IS NOT IN THE LEAD IN THE SUNKISSED ACRES VOTING. Aunt Esther points out that MANY MANY times she has come galloping to the fashion aide of many a member of this fine internet bulletin board, and suggests that it's time to pay up. If you have ever laughed at Aunt Esther, or gone to her for advice, or even read a post and thought "Piss off you old bat," open your wallet and vote for her!

2. HEARTLAND - Coreene, another member of this fine internet bulletin board, was so saddened that there were not more horses up for voting for Heartland that she put up her VERY FIRST HORSE who was called Horsie. This is a photo of the fine duo http://specialhorses.org/?page_id=812 Coreene points out that next to Jake, Horsie and Rosalie are the only two horses up for voting for Heartland. And both Aunt Esther and Coreene think this is very, very wrong. But Aunt Esther does point out that one can remedy the situation by voting for either Horsie, Rosalie or Jake and bring in as much funding as possible.

Aunt Esther wonders how many of you have seen photos of horses that were so thin that each and every bone stuck out. Or a horse that was so thin that his hipbones were not only sticking out, they had actually popped through the skin.

Have you seen this? Aunt Esther has, in person. So has Coreene. The memory of the poor horses, still filled with nobility despite their sadness, forever left hoofprints on their hearts. Both made a promise to those horses that they would do their best to make sure it never happened to another.

Sadly, these horses did not survive. Their bodies were too far gone to save. But you can make sure that the rescues here do stay with us. Aunt Esther realizes that in these very stressing economic times, not everyone has a spare $20. But do you have a spare five dollars? All it takes is one vote. If you vote one time, and another member of this fine internet bulletin board votes one time, etc etc etc, Aunt Esther is sure that both Sunkissed Acres and Heartland can pull even in the voting with TIER and Equihab.

Aunt Esther would like to see at least $3000 in total voting, and points out that as of today we are at $2400.

WHEN THE VOTING GETS TO $2900, AUNT ESTHER WILL THROW IN $100 TO GET IT TO THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS. AUNT ESTHER HOPES THAT YOUR VOTES WILL GO TO THE HEARTLAND AND SUNKISSED ACRES HORSES. THEY ARE THE TWO BEHIND IN THE VOTING RIGHT NOW.

DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"
May. 18, 2009, 07:49 PM
Aunt Esther, I, who am not even a regional or even a local purse champion, salute you.

HorsesinHaiti
May. 18, 2009, 07:51 PM
Merci, Mesi, et Thank You Aunt Esther!

From Cas, Sneezer, and Aunt Dawn, also plugging for Sunkissed Acres. Sunkissed went above and beyond the call of duty with a crisis this winter, and needs help getting out of the hole. Come on over and join us, Secret Santas and others!

http://specialhorses.org

Evalee Hunter
May. 18, 2009, 10:09 PM
AUNT ESTHER THROWN DOWN THE GAUNTLET

You need to fix your title before someone gives YOU a purse upside the head!

Aunt Esther
May. 18, 2009, 11:36 PM
Aunt Esther, national and international Purse Champion, does say she is most sorry for typo in original typo and wishes everyone bottoms up!

Coreene
May. 19, 2009, 05:55 PM
Aunt Esther is right. As of right now, both Heartland and Sunkissed Ares are SO FAR behind in the voting.

Girls, time to help out the less fortunate. We can all come up with five bucks. :sadsmile:

snkstacres
May. 19, 2009, 07:32 PM
Bless you all.

equineartworks
May. 20, 2009, 10:10 AM
Anyone who makes a donation of $25 or more to one of Sunkissed Acres friends gets a gift from the farm!!!!!! (a shameless plug for my DD's mule and her trainers lovely TB!!!)

Lookie, lookie! (http://www.farmatnanticokecreek.com/?p=2601)

DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"
May. 20, 2009, 10:38 AM
And believe me - when equineartworks sends it a gift, it comes with all the trimmings!!

How much more can we sweeten the pot?

Chester's Mom
May. 20, 2009, 01:32 PM
CM, knowing the dear departed Chester (close avian friend of Oliver and admirer of Willem) would be absolutely aghasted at the state of affairs here and CM's paypal account being what it is she assures you that BOTH Heartland AND Sunkissed Acres will receive $25 in his memory. :sadsmile:

DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"
May. 20, 2009, 01:44 PM
Thank you!!! Rest assured it will go directly to help the horses in their care!

NEEDS A NAP
May. 20, 2009, 01:51 PM
Just sent in $25.00 for Dumplin' with the caveat that Colleen must post more pictures of him this summer on her website!

DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"
May. 20, 2009, 02:58 PM
Did you know he's roaning out? Whoudda thunk it underneath that woolly exterior?

Wraper2
May. 20, 2009, 05:32 PM
Just sent $25 in honor of Katie Scarlett!

TBlitz
May. 20, 2009, 07:27 PM
Blitz sent some of Mark's treat fund to SKA by via Trooper. He believes TBs are superior to all other breeds and forbid his human slave from voting for any other breed. :winkgrin:

equineartworks
May. 21, 2009, 08:20 AM
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!

There will be some new Dumplin' photos coming soon. Who would have thought there would be all that blue under that Yak fur!?!?!? He has the coolest face, his markings are completely symmetrical, I've never seen anything like it. It's like someone painted a design on his face...I swear I didn't lol!

There will be pictures of Katie coming TOMORROW! WOO HOOO!! And also of Paco and Trooper. I want to surprise his owner with a photo shoot, she just graduated with her BS. Can't wait to see him do Special Olympics!

DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"
May. 21, 2009, 11:04 AM
Blitz sent some of Mark's treat fund to SKA by via Trooper. He believes TBs are superior to all other breeds and forbid his human slave from voting for any other breed. :winkgrin:

I know, I know!!! I told Ted I voted for TBs only. I lied, of course.

roki143
May. 21, 2009, 11:17 AM
I was going through this quickly as I need to get some ads posted... but I just went through and donated $10 to the ones that didn't have that many votes. I always have a soft spot for the underdogs...

DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"
May. 21, 2009, 12:23 PM
THANK YOU!!

Lori T
May. 21, 2009, 01:59 PM
Thank you everyone!

DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"
May. 21, 2009, 04:21 PM
We are so close - at $2800!!!

Maybe...maybe we could raise as much as $1000 for each rescue with YOUR help!

Ted the Peep 'Ho
May. 21, 2009, 04:21 PM
THINK OF THE PEEPS THEY COULD BUY!!!!

HorsesinHaiti
May. 24, 2009, 07:32 PM
Aunt Esther should get one of Heartland's autographed and personalized Calvin Borel photos for her generous challenge donation.

Bien Fait Tante Esther!

DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"
May. 25, 2009, 11:06 AM
Aunt Esther has been pretty generous. She could have been drinking Moet et Chandon and buying up Hermes for what she's done to help these four wonderful organizations. But, as she often instructed Willem to say, "This it be right."