Hazel

Update 04/25: Hazel is available for adoption at this time. Thunderbolt was weaned and adopted in 2024. Since that time Hazel has just been enjoying the good life at her foster home. Hazel is a friendly mare but is not yet broke to ride.

Update 10/11/23: Hazel and Thunderbolt were discharged from AEVS and are now enjoying life at HH Stables. Hazel will be available for adoption after Thunderbolt is weaned in late spring of 2024.

Update: 10/04/23: Hazel continues to improve with treatment at AEVS. Thunderbolt is doing very well.

Update 10/02/23: Hazel and Thunderbolt were transported to Anoka Equine Veterinary Services on 09/30/23 so Hazel could receive in-hospital treatment for a uterine infection.  She is currently receiving I.V. fluids, antibiotics, pain meds, and uterine flushing. Thunderbolt is also receiving a course of antibiotics. Hazel’s milk is drying up, so Thunderbolt is on supplemental feeding of Mare’s Match Foal Milk Replacer.

Update 09/29/23: Hazel gave birth to a big palomino colt early this morning. In honor of the rumbling thunder outside during the foaling, we have named him “Thunderbolt”. Mare and foal are doing well. Hazel is being treated for an udder abscess, but Thunderbolt is nursing just fine. (And how nice to have access to a warm and spacious foaling stall for these two at HH Stables while the cold rain poured down outside!)

Hazel is a liver chestnut mare (foaled in approximately 2006) who came to MHARF in a September 2023 Carlton County humane case. She is in foal and is due sometime in October. She is currently in our rehab program and not yet available for adoption. She is friendly mare. We will post more information soon.

Hoss (adoption Pending)

Hoss is a miniature gelding who was foaled in approximately 2005. He was adopted from MHARF as a 4- year- old but has been returned because his adopter could no longer keep him.  Like all minis, Hoss should be kept mostly on a dry lot and off of lush pasture. Hoss will need diligent regular farrier care to keep his hooves in shape.

 

Tilly (Companion / Light Riding Home Only)

Tilly is a sorrel grade quarter horse mare who was foaled in approximately 2005 and stands approximately 15hh. She originally came to MHARF in 2020 because her owner could not give her the care she needed. She was adopted in 2021 but was recently returned because her adopter could sadly no longer keep her.  She is broke to ride but she was diagnosed with navicular syndrome and currently requires daily equioxx. Tilly’s most recent radiographs show progression of the disease, so we are not recommending her for anything but a companion or very light riding horse. She is currently barefoot, comfortable, and pasture sound.

 

Topaz

Topaz is a dun mare (foaled in approximately 2018) who was signed over to MHARF after she was purchased at a Long Prairie, MN, auction in September 2020 (thank you to Kym Garvey of Save the Brays Donkey Rescue and to everyone who donated towards her purchase). She spent several days at Anoka Equine Veterinary Services being closely monitored and receiving her intake care. Bloodwork showed that she was anemic and had been starved to the point that her body had begun to utilize protein from muscle tissue to survive. Topaz required careful feeding, hydration monitoring, antibiotics, treatment for rain rot, ringworm, and intestinal parasites.  As of summer 2021, Topaz had made a full recovery. She went into training with Sarah Lemke of Step Up Horsemanship and was later started under saddle. Topaz was adopted, but was returned (fall 2024) because her adopter could sadly no longer keep her.  Topaz was adopted and returned again in 2026 (again through no fault of her own). She has now (as of June 2026) gone to Renne Walker at GRG Ranch Horse Rescue and Sanctuary for refresher training. She has a wonderful temperament but still needs an intermediate to advanced rider who can continue her training.  Renne says she is smart and athletic and will make someone a wonderful partner. She does tend to be an “easy keeper,” so will need to be kept off of lush pasture. Topaz stands approximately 15 hands.

 

Sochi

Sochi is a 2006 POA (Shetland Pony x Appaloosa) mare who stands approximately 13hh. She originally came to MHARF from a February 2014 Wadena County humane case during an extremely cold stretch of weather. Sochi was pregnant at intake and her colt Ivan was born in May of 2014. She was adopted the following year but her adopter regretfully had to return her because she was still too green under saddle. In the spring of 2019, Sochi had some refresher training with Kari Cedergren, including a clinic w/Sarona Bruder and some road/trail riding and she did very well. Sochi then went to a foster home while waiting to be adopted. In early 2022, she had another short training assessment with Sarah Helms of Step Up Horsemanship (See Video Here ). Sochi is blind in one eye due to an old injury and this causes her to still be a little skittish around new things, both under saddle and on the ground. Sochi could have potential as a riding pony, but she needs more work with a trainer or experienced rider (and because she is only 13hh, this needs to be someone smaller). We wouldn’t recommend her for anything less than a confident intermediate to experienced rider at this time. She would also be very happy just being a companion pony.

Since 2022, Sochi has been in a great foster home where she’s kept with a gelding and a mare during the day and goes into a stall at night. At night she has a slow feeder with hay in her stall, during the day she is turned out and fed on a dry lot with the other horses.  She loves her food, but doesn’t food guard at all. Sochi gets very limited access to grass because she tends to gain weigh very quickly. She can be pushy when she wants to do something, especially when she wants to be around her friends.  She has been ridden only a handful of times times in her foster home and tends to be on the lazy side.  She is great for the vet and farrier, and Britt says she is the easiest horse she has ever bathed and clipped. She also does well with fly spray and her fly mask. She doesn’t lunge on her blind side, but will on the other side. She loves attention and is getting more used to children every day, but still does better with adults.