Guess who is ready for their forever home?!
Uncle Arthur has finally reached a point where we feel he is ready for his new adventure. Uncle Arthur is a 3 year old gelding that you might be familiar with. His full story is down below if you are new to our page! He has had a couple of rides over the last month or so and is very much your typical 3 year old from the racetrack. He's still just a baby and is going to need an experienced rider to bring him along. He is also very much on the petite side - not real tall and really narrow. While he does not have the most perfect conformation, he more than makes up for it with his personality. He has been nothing but sweet and lovely to work with since arriving at Remember Me. He has been turned out with another gelding and they got along splendidly. Uncle Arthur is continuing to "wow" us in his retraining. He has hand-walked through all of our "big kid" obstacles and really enjoys his rides in the big grassy areas of the property. He has been a good boy under saddle and has not offered any funny business. If you are interested in giving his guy his forever home, hop on over to our "ADOPT" page to check out the process!
ADOPTION FEE: $1000
Uncle Arthur's Story
We were recently contacted about a 3 year old gelding that was in a kill pen in McLean, Texas. We were told he had just raced a few weeks earlier. Once he was identified, we reached out to his trainer and learned that he was injured in his race and that his owner came to pick him up to turn him out so his injury could heal. We reached out to the owner to let him know where Arthur was found but didn't hear back from him. We reached out 2 more times, but no contact was made.
We then reached out to The Paddock Foundation through their Ring The Bell Program and requested emergency funds to get Uncle Arthur out of the kill pen, transported to Remember Me, and help with his quarantine and vet expenses. They granted our request and immediately sent help.
Uncle Arthur is safe, but he has a long road to recovery. Thoroughbreds who are race fit do not carry a lot of fat and can loose weight extremely quickly. Their metabolism is used to a high calorie, high fat diet and quality hay and when that is abruptly taken away any weight they had and their muscles deteriorate and they wither away to nothing. So despite just having raced, it didn't take much for this to happen.
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