Emma's Rehabilitation

This is our newest sweetie-pie, Emma. She's a fairly young TB, about 7 years old now. Over the last 18 months at Sweetbriar, we've been working with Emma to put (and keep) weight on, and waiting for her hooves to grow out so the horrible cracks in them could be mended. She had to wear a boot on her front-left due to a severe infection she'd developed. Her coat was rain-rotted and her tail matted from burrs.
<sub>Her original owners purchased her and began training her for flat racing at the age of two. She'd entered into several minor races, but didn't do as well as expected. She wasn't bringing in the prize money any longer, so she was boarded at a pay-per-ride trail riding barn. Emma was young & feisty at age 5, so she wasn't the first choice for the many inexperienced riders. She couldn't provide her owners with much income there either. We were told that with the downed economy, the owners had to remove her from the boarding stable, instead tying her out behind their house with a small run-in shed for shelter. Eventually, they lost the money for feeding Emma, and ended up having to sell their home as well. Emma was left tied up behind the house and had been without food for 7 days, and the little water she had left was green with algae. Her long lead was tangled around some trees she'd walked past, and she could not reach her shelter. This petite mare was a sight for sore eyes when she was confiscated!
Originally taken on by *diamonddg at Cobra Farms from a rescue that needed a bit of extra help, Emma has proved to be a wonderfully quiet mare. We believe she's been let-down by humans and neglected too long to care any longer. She's getting some of her spunk back through the months, as she realizes she's home for good!
We haven't researched her lip tattoo to date. Perhaps when we check it out, we'll find out a bit more of her story.

HARPG info will follow at a later date.

Rescues:


References: None for the top, [link] for the middle, and none for the bottom. Agghh those chunky legs!
For the color: [link] (Emma is a Smoky Black)
Story: Many episodes of Animal Cops</sub>