VALENTINE'S DAY CONTEST - COME HELP YOUR FAVORITE RESCUES! - donations in kind OK!

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

OUR VALENTINE’S DAY EQUINE PINUP CONTEST!!

We're sponsoring a "contest" and would like to invite you, our fellow COTHERs, and your family and friends, to choose an equine "contestant" winner. These are horses that could be adopted (in which case this may help them find a home!), or they are unadoptable and needs support funds. This equine was chosen to highlight the efforts of the individual organization, and to publicize the plight of equines in need. We also have a link to the site for voting:

http://specialhorses.org/


You can donate directly to the 501(c)3’s paypal to that rescue so the money - $5 a vote - goes straight to the 501(c)3 organization. We encourage donors to “stuff” the ballot boxes, because you can vote (at $5 a vote) as many times as you would like – so, for example, $20 would net four votes for your equine. We’ll keep a tally and whichever equine wins the most votes will have their picture featured on a very nice glossy, post card sized calendar (dated appropriately! Starting from April 2009 to March 2010). We encourage you to campaign for your equine of choice, because the more competition, the more each organization will receive in donations. While the calendar would have the winning equine's photo on it, we will also provide a link to a website (with a link to COTH, of course!) that would list each rescue's website, their equine contestant, and story. So, this year's winning equine would be a representative of equines in need

EVERY ONE WHO VOTES WILL RECEIVE THIS CALENDAR AS A THANK YOU!

Note: For any donation under $50, the paypal receipt serves as your tax receipt. You can also donate to the rescue without paypal, using the contact information listed below or on the site. If you have any questions, check the FAQ section of the site, or PM equineartworks or myself (DressageGeek “Ribbon Ho”).

We are listing the contestants below, in alphabetical order by contestant name (not rescue name).

We have had a special, last minute addition - originally, CTR wanted to nominate Peggy, but she had been adopted, Sadly, Peggy once again needs a forever home, so we've elected to include her (FatPalomino contacted us literally just as we were formatting the thread). Take a look at this pretty girl!

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This is Dooley, a Haflinger pony that came to NCTRC when his owners decided that they were no longer riding him enough and that his temperament might be suitable to a therapeutic riding career. Therapeutic riding horses must be very quiet and steady, which generally goes along with aged. So, after retiring many of our equine partners, and dealing with limitations in many of them because of their age, we were excited to try Dooley, who was a youngster by our standards (under 15 :-)). Dooley hadn’t been in much work,
and he was a bit of a stinker at first. Dooley (and a few unsuspecting volunteers) made some unplanned trips out to the field, or back to the barn.

Gradually, Dooley settled in and became a good little therapeutic riding pony. After settling in a bit more, he became the perfect therapeutic riding pony. He is steady, kind to our riders, and comfortable at the walk, trot, and canter. This summer, he was volunteered into service as a vaulting pony for our summer campers, and turned out to be a star! Plus, he’s by far the most
photogenic equine in our program, and is gradually becoming the face of NCTRC, since his cute little face appears on just about every one of our publications!

North Carolina Therapeutic Riding Center
PO Box 841
Carrboro, NC, 27510
Phone: (919)304-1009
www.nctrcriders.org

Vote for Dooley!

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Welcome to Sunkissed Acres. We have chosen Heart the Hinny to be the representative of our organization as she completely embodies what it is we strive to do.

Heart was abandoned last summer in a state park, tied up with a nylon rope to a tree and simply left. Temps were well into the 90’s, which here in the south equates to unbearable. Left without food or water, Heart quickly became tangled in her nylon rope, taking all the hair and skin off of her hind legs. At that point, loose dogs were actually eating her alive when someone noticed what was happening.

Heart was picked up by our local animal control officer and taken to his residence. He called me the next morning to pick her up. What we found there was a very very old hinny, a body score of less than one, her legs peeled and bleeding and a grade six heart murmur. On top of all of that, Heart was completely laden with maggots from her ordeal.

After speaking with the vet, it was decided that all of this was simply too much for any animal to endure and arrangements were to be made to kindly euthanize this poor animal the following evening.

By the grace of God, not only did the weather suddenly turn very cool, but Heart was extremely cooperative about being cleaned up, bathed, medicated and fed. By the following day, her heart murmur was a grade four and she had shown us a will to live beyond all comprehension.

We decided to leave the decision making to Heart herself. Heart rose to the occasion and today is a happy, healthy albeit ancient and foundered ole Hinny. She roams freely about the farm, taking over any building she so chooses as her lair.

Adopting Heart out became a mute point as she will never recover from the founder and needs to lie down a great deal. Her dietary needs can be a bit costly as she lacks a lot of her teeth and at this stage of her life, the emotional upheaval of being moved has little point. Heart is a very gentle soul who lacks trust of the adults around her but………….. she meets many foster children here who need unconditional love. Heart provides this, allowing kids to climb around on her and just simply hold her head. Where they fear the bigger, faster horses, Heart provides a gentle loving attitude towards them and they respond in kind.

Our rescue operation endeavors to not only save those who are adoptable, but to also give a quality of life to those who aren’t. Age and lameness, blindness and fear, are not a factor in deciding who comes or goes. While it would be nice to have every horse adopted, it is also nice to be able to give your heart to a horse who will never go anywhere. In the tough economy of today, we fully understand people being unable to take on a horse who’s only value would be that of pasture companion with special dietary needs and meds due to age issues. We appreciate them all the same and are grateful that we can and do keep these guys as long as their lives are quality.

Those who can be of service are quickly adopted and there are six horses from Sunkissed, who with there gentle nature, also provide under saddle services to children.

Our goal, to end the suffering of those who can endure no more, to enhance the quality of life of those we can, and to provide the last loving home for all.

Sincerely,

Lori and the gang at Sunkissed Acres.
Sunkissed Acres
536 Woods Road
Summerville, GA 30747
706-734-0681
www.sunkissedacres.com

Vote for Heart!

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Pele is a gentle giant - he is part Appaloosa, part Percheron. He’s only 4 years old but already 17.3hh tall! He may top out at 18hh or
taller!Pele was previously rescued by a private rescuer who brought him back to health, got him up to date on health care (teeth floating, vacc’s, etc) and farrier care, as well as had him started under saddle. He comes with 60 days professional training under Cam Reeves of Jones Farm. His previous owner adopted him out to an amateur rider, who almost immediately was intimidated by his big size and returned him to his former owner, who in turn contacted us and asked that we take him to continue his training.When we picked up Pele, we were surprised at his enormous size. While I knew he was 17.3 hh, I was surprised just how big he actually was. However, he is just a big baby and very gentle, thank goodness!Knowing that a well-respected trainer had professionally started him, I decided that my first ride on Pele would be at the Fall City arena. Well, my first ride ended up being pretty eventful - as for some reason, Pele was extremely nervous under saddle. I know that he was not this way during his stint at the trainers, so believe something may have happened during the short time he was ‘adopted’.When I mounted Pele, he was immediately tense. I reassured him and let him move his feet. As we walked, Pele quickly picked up a trot and then immediately, a canter. I immediately asked for a one-rein stop, which in turn seemed to frighten Pele more and we ended up RACING around the arena. Pele was completely out of control and running as fast as he could. I quickly realized that my best bet was going to be to go with him and reassure him, and hope that he didn’t do anything stupid at that high rate of speed.We made quite a few laps around the large arena before he began to slow. When I asked him to stop, he again became frightened and sped up again. I again rode with him and when he slowed down again, I asked for a halt. I was finally able to get him to stop, where I immediately dismounted and reassured him.That first ride was a week ago and today was the first time I have ridden him since then. However, this time, we rode in the very small round pen so that I would have a better chance at regaining control of him should he get scared again. Luckily he was much calmer and we simply walked around, worked on bending, one rein stops and regular halts. I didn’t ask for anything more than a quiet plodding walk, as I feel it’s important to rebuild his confidence first.

Since then, to present:Pele is currently spending time at a team member’s house to get more mileage. She’s worked on his bending abilities, w/t/c, trail riding, and drill practice. Each Saturday he comes back to Cowgirl Spirit headquarters for our own drill practice, and is ridden by 5 or so members- we all take turns on our lovable oaf!

Yesterday was Pele’s introduction to cavalletti- he did great! More to come on that.Needs: Currently Pele would be best with a minimum of intermediate rider. While a gentle giant, he needs the guidance of his rider. With each ride he progresses, and we soon hope he’ll be able to be ridden by our more junior members.Cowgirl Spirit
P.O. Box 83
Fall City, WA 98024
(425) 214-6518
www.csrdt.org

Vote for Pele!

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Painted Pistol’s “story” is similar to that of a black cat with nine lives! He suffered a sesamoid fracture in his last race in 07’ and his owner had him moved off the backside to a farm. Shortly after his move to a farm a breeder in Northeast Pa offered his owner a proposal to trade “Pete” for a thoroughbred weanling. The owner took the offer to trade Pete for the weanling and Pete was toted to Northeast Pa. The breeder of the thoroughbred weanling only kept Pete a short time and decided to trailer him to the Unadilla NY Horse sale to be sold. Pete was offered at the Unadilla sale and was purchased privately. The sale is held twice a month on Fridays and by the next scheduled sale date Pete was once again offered at the Unadilla sale. Again, he was purchased privately- and yet again was returned to be offered through the sale. This time, a third time, there were no private buyers bidding on him and he was tagged for purchase by the NY kill buyer and shuffled to the designated holding area for “kill” horses.

Lisa Amarino, volunteer for Another Chance 4 Horses Rescue in Pa. & Director of the Thoroughbred Division for AC4H, regularly visits the NY kill pen and stopped by this kill pen the following day, a Saturday. She was there making arrangements to secure another thoroughbred gelding and just as she was making ready to leave the kill buyer yelled to her from his house “Hey, can you take that grey too?”. She went to approach the kill buyer and discussed with him that only enough funds had been donated to secure the gelding in the kill pen from the previous week, she’d have to make some phone calls to see if he could be saved too. He then proceeded to tell her, “I have his papers in the house, he’s won a lot of money, he’s a good horse” “c’mon in and I’ll show his papers to you”. She went into his kitchen and he laid out the grey geldings Jockey Club papers on the table, and sure enough, this was Painted Pistol. He is a stakes placed horse, multiple allowance winning horse and ran in the Woodlawn Memorial against Fusaichi Pegasus. She immediately told the kill buyer not to ship the horse to slaughter and that she would begin to work on securing him to get him out of the kill pen.

Funds were raised, his race record obtained and within days he was taken to PA and intercepted by Another Chance 4 Horses. Painted Pistol’s career earnings are: 96 lifetime starts, 17 first place, 12 seconds and 12 thirds with lifetime earnings of $268,327.00. His former connections that could be reached offered no support. He was evaluated and the sesamoid fracture discovered showing healing that had already begun to occur. The recommendation by the vet was to let the injury alone to continue to heal. He was thin, a big red letter “N” still on his flank but loved the attention received by all, visitors and children at Another Chance 4 Horses. Within a month he was perking up, his eyes glistening again and his coat shed the remnants of his travels. He was adopted but due to a change in the adoptees’ plans has been returned to Another Chance 4 Horses.. “Pete” is looking for a very special placement and retirement.

Central NY State
AC4H Thoroughbred Division
Lisa Amarino c/o

Another Chance For Horses
166 Station Rd., Bernville, Pa 19506
phone: 610-621-5290 fax: 610-621-5299
www.ac4h.com

Vote for Painted Pistol!

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Roving Eye is a 12-year-old Thoroughbred gelding that Heart Land Horse Rescue took in on November 9, 2008. Unfortunately, his is an all too common story anymore. Most likely a victim of the economy, his owners simply moved away, leaving behind 2 horses to fend for themselves with no food or water. Roving Eye was picked up by another rescue facility, but due to too many horses already being cared for, Heart Land Horse Rescue offered to take the horse in and provide his care and rehabilitation.

Renamed Teddy, we brought him home and began his evaluation process. Having already gained some of his weight with the first rescue facility, he was still about 150 pounds underweight. His feet were very short and he was sore. And he had an infected abscess on his chest that was draining, and which moved into his shoulder. That infection drove us crazy! I would do warm water compresses and massages several times a day and rub the shoulder with medicine. Our vet came out several times to drain the shoulder. It would drain and look to be healing only to start blowing up again, at its worse, infecting the shoulder, chest, elbow and forearm. Finally, the infection literally came to a head and erupted. It drained for days and it seems to be finally healing. For the first time, I feel we can put the abscess behind us!

During the period of dealing with the shoulder abscess, Teddy has endured 4 hoof abscesses, the first one which came out through his coronary band. 2007 Kentucky Derby winning jockey Calvin Borel was on winter vacation, staying with Heart Land co-founder, Suzanne Funk, the mother of Calvin’s fiancée. Calvin went right to work, helping to soak and wrap the hooves during these abscesses. Calvin remembered Teddy from the tracks. He was very disappointed when vacation was over and he had to leave town without having the chance to ride Teddy!

In addition, Teddy rolled near the fence line and became cast. He broke 4 fence boards and unfortunately he gashed his back in several locations. At this point, I was ready to rename him Unlucky Eddy, but thankfully we have not had any more issues!

Now that we have had Teddy for over 2 months, he has regained most of his weight. His shoulder is almost healed but he is still sore from hoof abscess #4. I have lunged him twice, for about 4 minutes total. He knows what he is doing on the lunge line. In fact, it is quite evident that someone at one time put a lot of time and effort into his training. He loaded and trailered with no issues. He stood without restraint to be body clipped and to even have his ears and face trimmed. He is good to bathe. And he has been a perfect patient through all of his rehabilitation. He is a very sweet boy although he does remind us from time to time that he is an off track Thoroughbred! Especially at dinnertime, when he requires a chain over his nose to prevent him from bolting through the gate as if it were the starting gate. He shows lovely movement at both the canter and trot around the pasture.

Our plan for Teddy is to start building up his strength and to eventually ride him. There does not appear to be any reason that he will not make a wonderful mount for someone. He has a lovely shoulder on him and should do well as either an eventer or a hunter. He is level headed and quite smart. He has a puppy dog personality and will make a great friend for someone looking for that special partner!

Heartland Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation
Chuluota, Florida
407-435-2407
www.heartlandhorserescue.org

Vote for Roving Eye!

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Hippotherapy and Therapeutic Riding produce smiles, laughter, friendship and healing. Every day, all of us at Stable Movements see adults and children who improve their physical, cognitive, social and emotional well being by participating in the therapeutic equine environment. Our well-trained and genuinely caring volunteer staff have made it possible for us to offer a unique and often life changing equine experience to many individuals in our local community. While our students may be different in many ways, there is one thing they all have in common…their love of Rusty.

Rusty is a nearly 27-year-old Quarter Horse. He is rusty Sorrel in color and has a dappled white blaze. His registered name is Buckeye, but Rusty suits him perfectly. Hippotherapy is Rusty’s job and he takes it very seriously. For the smallest he is slow and gentle, for the larger riders he is steady and strong. Every rider at Stable Movements takes their first ride on Rusty! This year alone he gave several riders from various community organizations their first experiences with riding, and some their very first encounter with a horse. Patiently he waited as they explored his fur with curious hands, giving kind nuzzles to his new grooms and assuring them they were safe. He took ever so slow first steps after hearing a sometimes shaky “walk on”, instantly leading to big sighs of safe contentment in his riders. Not one rider dismounted without a smile and a hug for Rusty.

Rusty is the perfect Hippotherapy partner. With his wonderful manners, and “in your pocket” personality he is a favorite of the Therapists, volunteers and students. You see, Rusty does not care if they hold the reins a bit too tightly, and he doesn’t care if they never trot. He patiently will wait for you if you are afraid to mount and he will stop for you if you feel unsteady. He will help you gain strength in your legs, arms and back and will help you gain the personal strength you need to succeed. You can sing him a song while you ride…or you can say nothing at all. You can take Rusty with you to the places you go in your mind while you ride. He is the powerful steed, the courageous cow horse or a horse fit for a princess. Rusty knows, Rusty understands, Rusty will be who you need him to be and will take you to the places your heart wants to go.

Your votes for Rusty will go to the Southern Tier Alternative Therapies, Inc. "Riding Connection" program which helps Stable Movements provide full scholarships for riders whose families are in need of assistance. This way every child that can benefit from Rusty’s gentle movement and kind eyes can someday say “I Can Ride!!!”

Stable Movements
18 Smith Hill Road
Binghamton, NY 13905
607-727-7602
www.stablemovements.com

Vote for Rusty!

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My name is Shak and I’m looking for a forever home.

True Innocents Equine Rescue saved me from a very bad fate – I was on my way to the auctions, and because I was big for my age (15 hands at 2 years, and a stallion) knew that people who might treat me very cruelly might purchase me. I was already treated very badly before TIER rescued me – I was very thin, and had marks all over me, and I was very frightened. The people at TIER had me gelded, and started working on the ground with me, and since I am so smart I learned very quickly, and lost a lot of my fear.

I was very lucky to be adopted by a wonderful woman named Jamie. She was absolutely wonderful and I know she loved me very much. She called me “Gus.” We did everything together – we went on trails, and I got to be a “real” horse – playing with Jamie, playing with other horses, being good for the vet and farrier. But sadly, Jamie found herself in a situation where she could no longer keep me, and I went back to TIER.

I was lucky again. Another wonderful woman, named Sharon, adopted me! Sharon had wanted to adopt me first, but Jamie beat her to it, because Sharon wanted to bring me home but didn’t have her property ready. Then, Sharon found out she had cancer. The wonderful people at TIER decided to let Sharon be with me, at TIER, and I know I did so much to make Sharon feel better after her treatments. Then, a wonderful day arrived – Sharon was well enough that she could take me home! Sadly, Sharon and I only had a year and a half together before she lost her battle with cancer. Sharon’s husband felt he could not keep me, as he was not a horse person and wanted to do the right thing by me.

So now I am with Cindy, who runs one of the fosters for True Innocents. This past August, we began more serious training, and these
are just some of the wonderful things they say about me: “He loves to work, he tries so hard to please and he is very, very smart. He picks things up really fast. He is a pleasure to work with and oh, what a beautiful horse. He works in a hackamore or a snaffle bit. He’s easy to saddle. You can crawl all over him like a Jungle Gym and he’ll just look at you as if to say, what are you doing now? He is sweet, kind and very willing. He loves his job and gets attached to the people who care for him. Shak loves attention. He will walk away from his food to come say hi to any passer-by. He likes to be groomed and has two very distinctive itchy spots that guarantee stretch-necked, parrot lip curls every time. He is a character. This horse has so much personality and he is so, so sweet. He is very playful (and very entertaining when he plays) and gets along well with other horses. He is 17+ hands of pure teddy bear. He is going to make a great horse to some very lucky person. You can not help but fall in love with this horse.

I am a black Thoroughbred, and slightly clubbed on my left fore, and a bit back at the knee. So, maybe I can’t race, or jump, or do dressage, but I could still be a wonderful trail riding companion. I would love to have a forever home with you.

True Innocents Equine Rescue (T.I.E.R)
7900 Limonite Ave., Ste. G, #278
Riverside, CA 92509
951-360-1464
www.tierrescue.org


Vote for Shak!

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Splash’s dam came into Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society from a neglect case. She and three others were discovered starving in a pasture. The judge who heard the case permanently removed all four horses from their owner.

Splash’s dam, Juno, didn’t look as bad as the others - but that’s because she had a huge belly. She didn’t receive proper nutrition throughout her pregnancy, but good care for the last month of her pregnancy insured she was healthy when she delivered Splash. Since we didn’t know when she was bred, we didn’t know when she would gift us with a foal. When her foster “mom’ went out to feed one more, Juno was standing perfectly still, Her foster “mom” looked into the stall to discover Splash sleeping at Juno’s feet.

Juno is a very proud mom who enjoys showing off her foal, and Splash is a typical curious foal. She was a little weak at birth, most likely because Juno wasn’t cared for well during pregnancy. Thanks to the excellent care from her vet and foster home, she’s doing better now. If Juno hadn’t been removed from that negligent home, who knows what would have happened to Splash.

Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society
P.O. Box 632
College Station, TX 77841-0632
(888) 542-5163
www.bluebonnetequine.org

Vote for Splash!

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In February After the Finish Line began providing emergency funds to Castleton Ranch Horse Rescue. In January they rescued and re homed 10 Thoroughbreds from one breeding facility. Three additional broodmares, those in the worst condition, were taken back to the rescue. All three horses are almost 300 pounds underweight. They haven’t been wormed in months and they are all very sore on their feet. One mare is lame due to severe hoof damage due to lack of farrier care. Each horse has evidence of a recent abscess. One horse is currently being treated for an abscess. These broodmares are also undernourished. Time, supplements, hay, feed, meds, and vet and farrier care are helping them to heal. In their condition the rescue was told that they were also pregnant! The rescue did a pregnancy check and luckily they aren’t. One mare is expected to remain at the rescue due to her poor condition. The other two mares will be able to be adopted later in the year.

Your vote for these horses will greatly improve their quality of life. The rescue will provide a safe and caring environment for these horses. Their lack of care over the past years is a disgrace to these broodmares who have faithfully served their owner and the racing industry.

After the Finish Line®
3525 Del Mar Heights Road, PMB 397
San Diego, CA 92130
www.afterthefinishline.org
858.350.1371

Vote for T, CR and RB!

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TB x Filly, born May 2007, approx. 14.2 hands (and growing!)
“Peggy” is one lucky girl. Peg and her mom were purchased at a livestock auction in June 2007 when Peg was only three months old. Both Peggy and her mother had been consigned by the are kill buyer. Mom and foal has separate auction tags, and CTR stepped in to
make sure they were purchased together. Peg has always been an extremely kind, willing, and smart filly.
She is always the first one to meet you at the fence. Peggy has an outstanding disposition. She leads, loads into a trailer, ties, and stand well to have her feet trimmed. Peggy gets along with all other horses, but she is at the bottom of the pecking order. Her best friend is an old, grumpy, ex-racehorse whom Peggy befriended with her kindness.
Peg will grow to be an average size horse (approx. 15-16 hands). She will excel as a pleasure horse and should be suitable for lower-level showing. She is exceptionally easy to train. Peg already has wonderful manners for a baby her age. Like all youngsters, she should be guided by experienced horse-people so that she will excel as an older horse. Peggy is the spotlight of our youth program, due to her kind and gentle nature. It would be ideal to have a sponsor for Peggy so that she can continue training, but she is available for adoption to an experienced home.

Vote for Peg Leg![/URL


Colorado Thoroughbred Rescue

P.O. Box 884
Wellington, Colorado 80549
www.coloradotbrescue.org

[Lori T]

YOU GUYS ROCK!!! Come on all you COTHERS, VOTE and tell all of your friends to VOTE!

[Chief2]

I tried to, but hit a snag. Once it is worked out, I will try again.

[cloudyandcallie]

Yeah Ted, great work!

As old Mayor Richard Daley used to say in Chicago,
VOTE EARLY AND OFTEN!

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

When I click on the "vote for" on each individual bio from the site itself, it works for me. Could you let equineartworks know exactly what your problem was? I did alert her, but maybe gave the incorrect info? Sorry - and thanks!!

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

Originally Posted by cloudyandcallie

Yeah Ted, great work!

As old Mayor Richard Daley used to say in Chicago,
VOTE EARLY AND OFTEN!

The first part isn't so true - the web site genious is thanks to equineartworks, who did a fabulous, fabulous job! But the second part of your post is true enough!

[cloudyandcallie]

Ted, paypal says there's something wrong with the address of the first horse I was going to vote for. Can you TBs fix it? We WBs aren't very computer savvy (but we can outjump anyone)

Cloudy gets "we cannot process this because there is a problem with the (email) address supplied by the merchant". Ted can you fix this?

And so paypal is waiving a fee? Really? Is that cool or what!

Oh wait, WB reads further and sees that he can go to the special website and vote there. Will try that then instead of voting off of this thread. Don't have EArt's email so sent copy of what Cloudy got from paypal to Ted.

Cloudy is going to vote for everybody. Thanks Ted and his 2 minions, err, workers, uh, drones.

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

For now, go directly to the site (www.specialhorses.org), pull down your horse from the menu, scroll down, and click on the big "VOTE FOR ..." emblem - that takes you to a working paypal. We're working on the glitch so that you can vote directly from here.

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

And please - send the link for www.specialhorses.org, or the link to this thread on COTH to all your friends and family!

[Lori T]

There appears to be a glitch for us on Teddy's. I am trying to resolve it through Paypal..it says I can accept payment but they need some stuff from me that was not requested at the time I set up the account..yet doesn't say how to get the stuff to them! So am waiting for a reply to their tech support.