Sponsorship Options

Benefits based on donation level:

$10 / month
  • Listing on the website, thanking the sponsor
$25 / month
  • Listing on the website, thanking the sponsor
  • 8x10 framed photo of the horse
$50 / month
  • Listing on the website, thanking the sponsor
  • 8x10 framed photo of the horse
  • Equiculture t-shirt
$100 / month
  • Listing on the website, thanking the sponsor
  • 8x10 framed photo of the horse
  • Equiculture t-shirt
  • Private carriage ride for 4 people
$250 / month
  • Listing on the website, thanking the sponsor
  • 8x10 framed photo of the horse
  • Equiculture t-shirt
  • Carriage ride for 4 people
  • Catered lunch for carriage ride picnic
$500 / month
  • Exclusive sponsorship of horse for one year
  • Listing on the website, thanking the sponsor
  • 8x10 framed photo of the horse
  • Equiculture t-shirt
  • Carriage ride for 4 people
  • Catered lunch for carriage ride picnic
  • Choice of cafepress products featuring sponsored horse

Sponsor a Horse - Have a Special Relationship

Sponsoring A Blue Star Equiculture Horse will bring you tremendous joy.

Remember how when you were a kid you wanted a horse of your very own?

Somewhere along the line, maybe that dream got pushed to the side by grown up responsibilities and grown up realizations of the commitment that owning a horse entails.  Still, you're love of the Horse - of all horses - has never faded.  And here are these magnificent horses at Blue Star Equiculture who count on the support of people like you for their care and well-being.

You can easily commit to making your contribution to the entire herd through our "Join the Herd" program.  But maybe there's a certain horse you're particularly drawn to.   Whether because of their personality, their life history, their fundamental essence , there is a spark of connection between you two.  That connection can happen in person at the farm or during one of our events, or it can happen long distance, through the flicker of connection with the pixels of a digital image.  This connection is real, and it can be valued through sponsorship of a special horse.

To the left, you will see are sponsorship levels and corresponding benefits, but every level of sponsorship has the intangible benefit of connection with another living being whose existence you are nourishing and enriching.  Below are pictures of the horses in need of your sponsorship and friendship.  Each photo is accompanied by a brief blurb about the horse; more detailed profiles can be found in our "Resident Horses" section of our website.  Just click the SPONSOR link of your favorite horse to sponsor.  You're just a click away from making a huge difference to homeless working horses.

Billy

BillyBilly came to Blue Star with his half brother Bob in June of 2011. Billy is the younger brother, around 6, and also the shyer of the two. A handsome black Percheron gelding, he stands at a little under 17 hands and was severely underweight and scared when he arrived. As with all the BSE horses, a little TLC goes a long way, and all BSE horses get a lot of it! Read More About Billy...

SPONSOR BILLY

 

 

 

 

Buford

BufordBuford is an 19 yr. old gelding who arrived in terrible shape. He has recovered as best he can. Part of Buford will be lost forever....but what is left is sweet, quiet, well mannered and easy going.

 Read more about Buford...

SPONSOR BUFORD

 

 

 

 


Chyna

ChynaChyna is Duchess's sister and best friend. They have spent their whole lives together, have seen and done a lot together, and continue to do everything together: parades, tours, hay rides, and more! The girls are fully retired now getting massages, walks and grooming and all the food they can eat! Chyna has lost practically all of her teeth..but she loves her mash!

More about Chyna...

Sponsor Draft horse rescue resident Chyna

 

 

 

Cupcake

CupcakeCupcake thinks he's one of the big guys! He has no idea he's a miniature horse; he thinks he's one of the big draft horses.

 More about Cupcake...

Cupcake partially sponsored by Paula T. Thank you!

Sponsor Draft horse rescue resident Cupcake

 

 


Duchess

DuchessDuchess is Chyna's sister and best friend. They have spent their whole lives together, have seen and done a lot together, and continue to do so,  but quite possibly their most favorite thing to do together is to eat their breakfast and dinner in their litte stall (that they claimed) that has a window that looks onto the middle floor of the barn. With this view they can see everything! You will find them both there every morning and evening enjoying their buckets full of mash..(both the girls have lost most of their teeth now and have mash made especially for them)  Read mote about Duchess...

Sponsor Dutchess

 

 

Fanny

FannyFanny was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, at Hillock Farm, on May 16, 1988. She has royal Morgan breeding, with many ancestors from the cream of the old-style Morgan show horses.  More about Fanny

SPONSOR FANNY

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Gracie

GracieGracie is two and a half yr old filly about 13hh. Gracie was born at BSE, from her mother who saved out the Camelot kill pen. She has been adored her whole life. She has been started in riding and has decided that she does not like driving. Gracie was one of Sally Sorel's babies, along with Peg and has been handled and taught impeccable manners. She is a very very special little horse and is waiting for her special someone to come and take her home. She is a super easy keeper in every way. She has never had a health problem.   More about Gracie...

SPONSOR GRACIE

  If you are interested in Gracie please Complete Our Adoption Form

Huey Khan

HueyHuey Khan is an Oldenburg horse. Most people ride Oldenburgs these days, but the Oldenburg was originally called the German Coach Horse. Huey is unsound because someone tried to ride him too young. He is undergoing treatment for his lameness, and has made great strides (literally) since he arrived at Blue Star Equiculture. More about Huey...

Sponsor Draft horse rescue resident Huey

 

 

Iceman

IcemanIceman is one half of our big Belgian team. With Mark, he does a lot of work for the farm.  He came to us from John Conkey, of Conkey Lumber Company. Iceman was bred at the Rocking Horse Ranch in New York and has even been in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, but nowadays he hates being without his former teammate, Tony B. More about Iceman...

Sponsor Draft horse rescue resident Iceman

 

 


Iron Mike

Iron MikeIron Mike, aka Mikey, came to BSE in Feb. 2012. He was a gift from Jackie Holman of Brimfield to Blue Star Equiculture. Jackie loved and kept Mike since he was a yearling. She raised him to young adulthood and realized that he needed more than she would be able to give him. Jackie decided after a long and thoughtful process to bring Mikey to BSE in the hopes that he could somehow serve the mission of BSE and at the same time find his true purpose as a horse in harness.  Read more about Iron Mike...

SPONSOR IRON MIKE





Magic

MagicMagic the Clydesdale horse stands over six feet tall atthe shoulder and literally weighs a ton. He’s on the move, though, from the hot desertsun to the cool of New England. Magic has left his home at the Phoenix Zoo, where he spent several years pulling acarriage, this past weekend, and is making a 3,000-mile journey to his new home atBlue Star Equiculture Draft Horse Sanctuary in Palmer, MA. Read more about Magic...

SPONSOR MAGIC

 

 

 

 

 

Mark

MarkMark came from John Conkey, Jr. to be with his old friends Iceman and Tony B.  Mark and a teammate used to compete in shows with Iceman and Tony B. as a four-horse hitch.  Since Mark’s teammate passed away, he had been living by himself and was rather lonely.  More about Mark...

SPONSOR MARK

 

 

 

Peggy

PeggyPeggy is our baby girl. She's an Irish Sporthorse--her two granddaddies are Irish Draught horses and her two grandmoms are thoroughbreds. Peggy has already overcome a lot in her short life--salmonella and a coyote attack--and we hope she'll one day learn to pull a carriage like her "great-uncles" Jesse, Bud and Mike. More about Peggy...

Sponsor Draft horse rescue resident Peggy





Piper

PiperPiper is one of the four Registered Percheron horses that were gifted to BSE by Cliff and Kathleen Jackson of Maine. The Jackson's intended on keeping their horses for their whole lives. They built a magnificient barn with every amenity. They have their farm on the top of a glorious mountain, this farm was once a thriving Apple Orchard that operated for over a hundred years..Read more about Piper...

SPONSOR PIPER

 

 

Re-mix

Re-mixRe-Mix is a beautiful, healthy 5yr. Percheron gelding. He is one of the four Percheron geldings that were gifted to BSE by Cliff and Kathleen Jackson of Maine. The Jackson's intended on keeping their horses for their whole lives. They built a magnificient barn with every amenity. They have their farm on the top of a glorious mountain, this farm was once a thriving Apple Orchard that operated for over a hundred years.  Read more about Remix...

SPONSOR RE-MIX







Rosie

RosieRosie was born in 1991 Vermont as "Salisbury Rita," a registered Standardbred.  After a short racing career, she was sold and was bought by a carriage owner in New York City.  Rosie worked for her first owner for well over a decade. In February 2010, she was sold to another carriage owner, Anita McGill, who retired Rosie to Blue Star in October, 2010.  More about Rosie...

SPONSOR ROSIE

 

 

Tom Too

Tom TooTom Too is a retired competitive pulling horse.  He foundered in his front right foot however, and the strain of pulling on his front feet caused his sole to drop and his coffin bone to rotate dangerously close to puncturing the bottom of his hoof.  More about Tom Too...

SPONSOR TOM TOO

 

 

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