FalconRidge Equine Rescue
Adoptable horses at FalconRidge Equine Rescue in San Diego, California
Adoption Procedures
You want to adopt a rescued horse? Fantastic!
We are also in need of donations, so please visit our website at www.falconridgerescue.org.
FIRST - Please take a look at the horses for adoption on this blog. If you are interested in any of the horses and feel they are a good fit for your riding ability and experience, then once you see THE horse you are interested in, do the following:
1. Please call Nicki Branch at 760-519-2190 if you are interested in seeing a rideable horse for adoption. Tell Nicki about yourself and what you are looking for in a horse and how its life would be with you and your family, your horses and experience. Tell her which horse you saw on the blog you are interested in. Do not say "what do you have?" as we have 50 rescued horses here. Tell her if you currently have horses, or horses you have owned in the past, how much you ride, how you ride, facility, etc. If Nicki likes how you sound, then she will set up an appointment for you to come meet the horse here at FalconRidge. We are located in Valley Center, near the Lavender Farm. Horses for adoption are available for viewing on Saturdays at FalconRidge between the hours of 10am and 4pm. If you cannot make a Saturday let us know so we can schedule another time. The ranch is closed on Sundays and Mondays and on any day if it rains.
Thank you for wanting to adopt a horse, instead of breed or buy one! Don't shop, ADOPT!
2. Email nickbranch@aol.com and you will be sent an adoption application to fill out and return.
We are looking for owners who adopt a horse into their family for the rest of it's life. Adoptable horses are shown by scheduled appointments only. Please make sure you make your appointment time and if you cannot, please call to say why. We are looking for committed and responsible mature owners, which means those who can keep appointments.
No first time horse owners. If you wish to learn about horse care, volunteering at FalconRidge will help you gain the experience you need so that you can adopt a horse in the future. Horses must be placed where there is at least one other horse, or if there are neighboring horses that are nearby, that is acceptable as they are herd animals. Please do not contact us if you have a horse you have to sell first in order to adopt, want to trade, or if you cannot afford the adoption fee. Financial responsibility is required. Adoption fees are tax deductible and they are non-refundable.
We are looking for loving homes FOR LIFE and owners who wish to commit to the horse as a family member, take the time to bond with it, train it further, grow and learn with it. We would rather horses be in homes as family members, not as worker bees who "have" to have a job. Some of these horses have already been through that or worse and deserve not to work.
After finding out what type of horse you are looking for and if there is a possible match between you and one of the adoptable horses, call or email to set up an appointment to see the horse. There is no deposit to "hold" a horse for adoption and it is first come first served on approved adopters interested in the same horse. Please be honest when describing your experience to us with horses as it assures the correct horse is matched to your horsemanship capabilities creating an appropriate and successful human/horse match.
Great horses are here for great people! We have a very successful adoption program with a high success rate and have enriched the lives of numerous families by allowing them to adopt one or more of our very special horses. Adopters love our horses!
NOTE - There are some horses that you can see that have been rescued were on Nicki's Facebook page (Nicki Branch), and on this blog who are currently under evaluation or retraining and therefore not "up" here for adoption yet. IF you are interested in one of those horses in the future, please contact me at nickbranch@aol.com by email.
A SPECIAL MESSAGE TO YOU FROM THE HORSES
"I am not an until you get bored or lose interest in me horse.
I am not an until your child goes off to college or finds boys instead horse.
I am not an until I get old horse.
I am not an until I get lame horse.
I am not an until you have to move horse.
I am not an until you get a new younger horse horse.
I am not an until you get pregnant horse.
I am a FOREVER HORSE.
If you cannot promise FOREVER, I am not your horse.
I have been through too much already."
We are also in need of donations, so please visit our website at www.falconridgerescue.org.
FIRST - Please take a look at the horses for adoption on this blog. If you are interested in any of the horses and feel they are a good fit for your riding ability and experience, then once you see THE horse you are interested in, do the following:
1. Please call Nicki Branch at 760-519-2190 if you are interested in seeing a rideable horse for adoption. Tell Nicki about yourself and what you are looking for in a horse and how its life would be with you and your family, your horses and experience. Tell her which horse you saw on the blog you are interested in. Do not say "what do you have?" as we have 50 rescued horses here. Tell her if you currently have horses, or horses you have owned in the past, how much you ride, how you ride, facility, etc. If Nicki likes how you sound, then she will set up an appointment for you to come meet the horse here at FalconRidge. We are located in Valley Center, near the Lavender Farm. Horses for adoption are available for viewing on Saturdays at FalconRidge between the hours of 10am and 4pm. If you cannot make a Saturday let us know so we can schedule another time. The ranch is closed on Sundays and Mondays and on any day if it rains.
Thank you for wanting to adopt a horse, instead of breed or buy one! Don't shop, ADOPT!
2. Email nickbranch@aol.com and you will be sent an adoption application to fill out and return.
We are looking for owners who adopt a horse into their family for the rest of it's life. Adoptable horses are shown by scheduled appointments only. Please make sure you make your appointment time and if you cannot, please call to say why. We are looking for committed and responsible mature owners, which means those who can keep appointments.
No first time horse owners. If you wish to learn about horse care, volunteering at FalconRidge will help you gain the experience you need so that you can adopt a horse in the future. Horses must be placed where there is at least one other horse, or if there are neighboring horses that are nearby, that is acceptable as they are herd animals. Please do not contact us if you have a horse you have to sell first in order to adopt, want to trade, or if you cannot afford the adoption fee. Financial responsibility is required. Adoption fees are tax deductible and they are non-refundable.
We are looking for loving homes FOR LIFE and owners who wish to commit to the horse as a family member, take the time to bond with it, train it further, grow and learn with it. We would rather horses be in homes as family members, not as worker bees who "have" to have a job. Some of these horses have already been through that or worse and deserve not to work.
After finding out what type of horse you are looking for and if there is a possible match between you and one of the adoptable horses, call or email to set up an appointment to see the horse. There is no deposit to "hold" a horse for adoption and it is first come first served on approved adopters interested in the same horse. Please be honest when describing your experience to us with horses as it assures the correct horse is matched to your horsemanship capabilities creating an appropriate and successful human/horse match.
Great horses are here for great people! We have a very successful adoption program with a high success rate and have enriched the lives of numerous families by allowing them to adopt one or more of our very special horses. Adopters love our horses!
NOTE - There are some horses that you can see that have been rescued were on Nicki's Facebook page (Nicki Branch), and on this blog who are currently under evaluation or retraining and therefore not "up" here for adoption yet. IF you are interested in one of those horses in the future, please contact me at nickbranch@aol.com by email.
A SPECIAL MESSAGE TO YOU FROM THE HORSES
"I am not an until you get bored or lose interest in me horse.
I am not an until your child goes off to college or finds boys instead horse.
I am not an until I get old horse.
I am not an until I get lame horse.
I am not an until you have to move horse.
I am not an until you get a new younger horse horse.
I am not an until you get pregnant horse.
I am a FOREVER HORSE.
If you cannot promise FOREVER, I am not your horse.
I have been through too much already."
Poco
Poco
Poco is a registered palomino quarter horse gelding, Pocos Certain Sucess. He is 27 yrs old and according to his owner, he can be ridden by a child. He is a delight. At this stage of his life he would do great in a nice arena with a child. Just no charging around neighborhood streets on hard ground with children who aren't supervised. He has earned an easier life. He is actually in retirement but loves to still get out a little for walk and trot. This wonderful horse is an agreeable gentleman. He used to be a U.S. Forest Service horse who did parades and trail patrol. Adoption fee $300
Honey
Honey
Honey is beautiful palomino mare up for adoption. She is an approximately ten year old mare, 15 hands, with a silver mane and tail. She might have a little bit of walking horse in her but if she does its very small percentage. She was rescued in November by animal control, abandoned in the Apple Valley desert with another horse. At the shelter, Honey pinned ears and staff was afraid of approaching her but was able to halter her. She most likely was with neglectful owners before and only used as a broodmare and needed to defend herself against ignorant or mean people. She can bite if touched sometimes, other times she is sweet, but I think that is because she has not been touched much. She has kicked out and charged when asked to do something, such as change direction in the roundpen. She can be sweet while you pet her face and be haltered fine most the time, then all of a sudden pin ears and act like shes going to bite. Honey gained weight easily after being starved and is sound. She was evaluated to see if she had been ridden before and she accepted the saddle and bit fine, but was testy when asked to move off, so its likely she has not been started under saddle yet. I think Honey will come around fine with more handling and training with an experienced confident adopter. She just needs a chance. Very pretty mare. Adoption fee $300
Fancy
Fancy
Fancy
Fancy is a beautiful paint mare up for adoption. She is registered paint, A Drifting Fantasy, with the APHA. She is 20 years young and recently arrived to the rescue. She arrived slightly lame and it appears Fancy started to founder approximately 3 months ago according to our farrier. He believes she will be fine and sound in the future with normal trimming and a bermuda grass diet. Owner claims Fancy can be ridden by anybody, is not spooky and a smooth ride. Adoption fee $500
Dreamy
Dreamy
Vali Hi Dreamcatcher
Dreamy was adopted but her adopter needs to rehome her.
Forward moving, gaited, 17 y/o, 14.2 h pleasure mare needs an easier lifestyle. Loves attention, good on trail with group or by her self. Stands for farrier, ties, dogs, traffic, streets, goes through water, obstacle course, drill team clinic and has no bad
habits. I rode her twice a week in the Rancho Penasquitos Preserve until recently. Dreamy can no longer be pushed
for rough trail riding and I’m looking to place her in a forever home that maybe that has pasture. She is UTD on shots & shoes. “Dreamy” needs a loving home/owner that is advanced beginner to intermediate if riding. “Dreamy”
should be perfect for that person looking for a flashy horse pet.
For more info call Regina: 858-692-2778
Located at the Del Mar Mesa Ranch in Carmel Valley
Adoption fee $500
Forward moving, gaited, 17 y/o, 14.2 h pleasure mare needs an easier lifestyle. Loves attention, good on trail with group or by her self. Stands for farrier, ties, dogs, traffic, streets, goes through water, obstacle course, drill team clinic and has no bad
habits. I rode her twice a week in the Rancho Penasquitos Preserve until recently. Dreamy can no longer be pushed
for rough trail riding and I’m looking to place her in a forever home that maybe that has pasture. She is UTD on shots & shoes. “Dreamy” needs a loving home/owner that is advanced beginner to intermediate if riding. “Dreamy”
should be perfect for that person looking for a flashy horse pet.
For more info call Regina: 858-692-2778
Located at the Del Mar Mesa Ranch in Carmel Valley
Adoption fee $500
Bodie
Bodie
Bodie
Bodie
Bodie is a 7 year old quarter/morgan gelding who was rescued from Gavilan Hills, where he had been dumped in a neighborhood roundpen. He appears to have been used as a stallion and charroed. Very pretty liver chestnut color. Working on getting his feet trimmed as hes defensive with his feet, probably due to his previous owners. Darling gelding who will be an incredible horse once trained. Adoption fee $400
Spirit
Spirit
Baby Spirit
Baby Spirit was born April of 2012 at FalconRidge. His mother, a mustang named Shoshone, had been rescued from the Fallon feedlot and was pregnant with him when she arrived. Spirit is a magnificent paint gelding, now 1 year old and recently gelded. Looking for a loving home who will work with him and get him trained properly in the future. This boy will have talent as well as looks. Adoption fee $1000
Sandtwister
Sandtwister
Sandtwister
Sandtwister is a 9 year old quarter horse cross gelding. 15.1 hands. He was started under saddle 5 yrs ago but not been ridden since. Super pretty and nice boy. Lots of potential to do anything. Adoption fee $500
Falcon
Falcon
Falcon is a very nice quarter horse up for adoption. She is 13 years old named Falcons Breeze Command. Poco Bueno and Sir Quincy Dan bred. She is very special in that she is a hermaphrodite, she outwardly appears to be a mare and has been abdominally gelded. Nice sweet personality. Started under saddle a long time ago with no problem, has been in pasture since. Will make a super nice show or trail horse. Big and beefy build. Easygoing personality. Adoption fee $500
Bee
Bee
Bee
Bee is a 14 yr old thoroughbred mare up for adoption as a companion horse. Bee was rescued in February from a neglectful owner. Sweet mare, 16.2 hand high. Not sound for riding. Will make a great pet or pasture puff for a loving family for life. Adoption fee, free.
Little Feather
Little Feather
Little Feather
Little Feather
Little Feather
Little Feather is a 7-8 yr old arabian mare up for adoption. She was given to us from someone who rescued her from a reservation where they believed her one blue eye was bad luck. She has not been trained under saddle yet, but looking for her adoptive owner who will be able to get her professionally trained. Very pretty mare! Adoption fee $300
Noelle
Noelle
Noelle
Noelle is a yearling paint filly up for adoption who was rescued a year ago from a neglectful owner. She is looking for her forever owner who will be able to provide training for her in the future. Adoption fee $300
Smores
Smores
Smores is a yearling gelding who was rescued a year ago as a baby from a neglectful owner. Looking for his forever home with someone who can provide training for him in the future. Adoption fee $300
Sunshine
Sunshine
Sunshine is a 2 yr old quarterhorse filly up for adoption. She was rescued from a neglectful owner last year as a yearling, along with her mother, registered AQHA mare Dustin N Switchin and sire is Olenas Holy Sox. Sunshine is ready to start beginning training and find her adoptive family for life. Adoption fee $300
Christmas
Christmas
Christmas
Christmas is an approximately 23 year old paint mare looking for a loving home for life as a pasture mate or pet for life. She could have small children led around on her in a yard, but no ridng by any adult. Christmas appears to have served as a riding horse for many years and deserves a nice retirement where SHE will be pampered for life. Beautiful sweet mare. Adoption fee $300.
Shasta
Shasta
Shasta is a strawberry roan quarterhorse gelding up for adoption. Shasta had been previously adopted, but came back due to a divorce and loss of income. Shasta is a very shy withdrawn horse, who has not been ridden in a long time. He is very sweet. Shasta is approximately 17 years lold and 15 hands high. We would like to see Shasta in a home with a very calm quiet loving owner for life, as he certainly deserves it. Shasta appears to have been started under saddle long ago by someone who was less than kind and patient. Adoption fee $500.
Comanche
Comanche (Citizen Psyche)
Comanche is a 14 year old purebred arabian gelding up for adoption. His registered name is Citizen Psyche and he used to be a halter show stallion. In the past, an electric cattle prod had been used on Comanche to make him excitable for his halter classes, therefore, when he arrived, he did not appreciate humans much. Comanche has come a long way, now realizing we are not going to hurt him. He is very tall for an arab, between 15.3 and 16 hands high. Super flashy mover and very nice conformation. We were told he has been ridden on trail in the past but was spooky. Adoption fee $300
Rowdy
Rowdy
Rowdy is a 19 yr old quarter horse cross gelding who was rescued from Perris extremely emaciated and was dumped in a field in the middle of the night four years ago. He gained weight quickly and has a very sweet personality. Rowdy has intermittant lameness in the past on his right front and therefore is a perfect companion horse for somebody. Super sweet with kids. Adoption fee, free.
Brownie
Brownie
Brownie
Brownie is a beautiful dark quarterhorse mare up for adoption. She is 12 yrs old and very well bred. Registered name is MCC Fancy Freckles. Super nice mare. She has not been started under saddle yet but is ready and willing and stands 15 hands high. Adoption fee $500
Baby Huey
Baby Huey
Baby Huey
Baby Huey is a 4 yr old quarter horse gelding up for adoption. Huey was rescued with severe tendon issues in both front legs. He had check ligament surgery done on both legs by San Luis Rey Equine Hospital and has greatly improved since then. Huey stands 16 hands high and can trot and canter fine after surgery. we are not sure if he will be rideable or not. Super nice boy. Adoption fee Free
Trinket
3 yr old shetland pony mare up for adoption, currently in foster in Vista, adoption fee $150
Xena
Xena
Xena
Xena is a zorse mare, rescued from Colorado. She was raised in Wyoming on the range and not handled. She has been worked with, haltered and stalled in the past, but we feel she is better off being a sanctuary animal as she is not fond of human touch. Looking for a special home for Xena as she is a rare and beautiful girl. Adoption fee $1000.
Chiquita
Chiquita
Chiquita
Chiquita
Chiquita is a 5 year old quarterhorse mare up for adoption. She was rescued from a home where she had no other horses around her or much training or handling by humans. Chiquita is looking for a confident experienced owner to continue her training and starting under saddle. She has accepted training well and appears she will be easy to train under saddle. Chiquita stands 15 hands tall. Adoption fee $300
Buttermilk
Buttermilk
Buttermilk
Buttermilk
Buttermilk is a very nice 7 yr old buckskin mare up for adoption. She is blind in her right eye, or mostly blind in it. Buttermilk was evaluated to see if she had been previously ridden and it appears not. She will be fairly easy to train though and should be able to do whatever her loving owner desires as this mare likes to please. Super pretty and nice coloring, Buttermilk stands 15 hands tall. Adoption fee $300
Alada Jubilee
Alada Jubilee
Alada Jubilee is an approximately 8 year old arabian mare for adoption. Jubliee was rescued from her breeders who were going to put her down due to her not wanting to be caught or handled. Her sire is Alada Baskin II and Jubliee was raised out in the pasture and not handled much as a youngster. We rescued her Dec 2009 and she is now being handled. She is an extremely sensitive mare and with patience and understanding she can be handled. Regular handling is what she needs. David has started her under saddle where she did wonderfully. Looking for an understanding owner for this very beautiful and special arabian girl. Jubilee stands 15.1 hands tall. Adoption fee: $300
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