Hope Equine Rescue, Inc.

Wonderful equine rescue doing it the right way. Puts the effort and care in on every equine there. Very transparent and honest.

Hope is amazing and never say "no". They take in any equine (though I think they haven't had a zebra yet), and do whatever it takes to get them ready for a new home. From the simple owner surrenders who just need a new home, to serious cases of abuse, neglect, and injury. They do whatever they need to do to get them ready so they're safe for both the horse and the new owner. And the horses that will never be adoptable? There's a place for them too. I honestly can't say enough good about them. They are caring, professional, competent, and knowledgeable. Just the best. Thanks Dani and her team.

I love this organization! I’m so impressed with how Danni is able to share each horse’s story and get people interested in them. After touring the facility and meeting the volunteers I am blown away by their love and dedication to these horses.

Hope Equine and their team make a difference in the lives of many. Their dedication and care is top notch. They have a beautiful facility and all the animals are clean, healthy & well cared for.

The staff and volunteers at Hope are awesome. They take rescues they don't have space for and transform them into healthy, calm animals who can be adopted. Those who can't be adopted live out their years helping people in their community through events like Read with a Rescue for children. We give them five stars.

We love the horses at Hope Equine and the people who care for them!
My, soon to be, 10 year old can't wait to sign up as a volunteer. Other members of our family have been blessed being a part of their amazing team of volunteers through the years.

I can't say enough great things about this organization and what it stands for. Not only do we have an outstanding leader we have an amazing family of volunteers that continue to make great things happen. This organization is dedicated to both the well-being of there rescues but also for the volunteers themselves offering programs that provides opportunity to grow in many different areas. Extremely proud to be apart of Hope and look forward to the future of this organization!

Hope Equine Rescue is AWESOME! Hope is not only good for the animals but good for the people too. Volunteering there give you a feeling of purpose. Win win all the way around.

Hope Equine is so caring and it was very comforting knowing that I had a support system when I adopted my first donkey. I recommend everyone to go to Hope Equine. Dani is so professional, knowledgable, and caring. There are a lot of great resues, but Hope Equine is the best!

What a hard-working group for these animals in need. We have been associated with Hope Equine for at least 5 years and enjoy working with them. The volunteers seem to really love their time there and seeing the results. We foster and get great support. These people care and are only there because of the need, we will support this as long as we are able.

Thank you.

Hope Equine is an amazing charity! I have supported their work for many years and love to see the impact they make in the community!

Wonderful place, has saved many horses and given them both better lifes and better homes.

I have volunteered for 6 years. I would say this is my second home. Dani has helped me learn so much in that time from cleaning stalls, wound care, and also with training of the horses.

This is an awesome organization! They have the animals best interest in mind and they are a great place for volunteers.

They are doing a great job, and giving horses back they lifes

A group of nine of us went to visit Hope Equine Rescue last Saturday, October 27th. We visited with the purpose of possibly adopting one or two of their rescues.

A volunteer at Hope Equine named Kat met us and showed us around. She introduced us to many of the ponies and minis and shared their background and current information with us.

We asked if we could meet two of the ponies and Kat shared her time generously with us as we met and visited them.

It is abundantly clear that Hope Equine is a well run rescue. The facility is gorgeous and well kept and the animals are well cared for.

I would recommend Hope Equine Rescue to anyone looking to support this type of rescue!

This is a wonderful horse rescue with a lot of caring people. The world is a better place with all that they do for the horses. Thank you.

always in the ready always posting progress always looking out for them

Dani and her team of volunteers do such a wonderful job rehabbing their horses. I highly recommend this rescue when looking for the right horse.

Dani Horton and her husband have been the rescue that I have helped as much as I can since becoming aware of them a few years ago. A little distant from where I live but I have tried to support them as much as I can. A fund raiser poker ride was the first that I rode my horse in, something I never expected to do. Hope Equine Rescue, well without them the State of Florida would be bereft. They do SO much to help not only equines but donkeys and other species as well.

I was so impressed with their exemplary work, commitment to at risk equines, and community outreach programs such as Reading for Rescues that I chose them to continue their work in the Rescue facility that I founded. It is a model facility specifically designed for rescue, training and adoption, to provide a place for educational opportunities and refuge for animals and people alike. Dani Horton and her team at Hope Equine Rescue, Inc. are fulfilling every dream I had when I created the facility. If you're looking for a Great Non-Profit, you've found one.

I knew about the great work Hope Equine Rescue was doing years before I adopted from them. Dani and her team did what most would call impossible caring for more that 30 horses on a few acres of property. In 2017 I had to put down one of my older horses and needed a replacement friend for my other horse. I contacted Dani, after a few visits I settled on Dapple. His story was truly horrific he had been rescued along with 5 others who were abused, malnourished and had watched weaker members of their herd die at the disregard of their owners. It took almost a year to rehab him and he still has some issues with food aggression but I couldn't imagine life without him. Sadly his case is not unique, Hope Equine has stepped up many times to help horses in the same or worse situations. Luckily for Dapple his story has a happy ending and he owes that all to Hope Equine Rescue.

Hope Equine Rescue, helps take in the sick injured horses and donkeys when they have no place to go. They help rehab all of the animals back into their healthy and happy selfs.

Hope Equine Rescue goes above and beyond in their dedication to the horses and donkeys that need help. They are transparent in their monetary dealings, what is going on with the horses, both good and bad, and always, ALWAYS, do what is best for the horses.

Incredible in every way! Dani and Wayne go above and beyond.

Hope Equine is a very special rescue. It may not be big but every horse and donkey gets one on one with Dani. She takess care of all of them everyday. So when something isn't right with them she knows it right away. I watched training videos with the rescues and they are very patient and gentle with them. It's great that they follow up on the rescues who are adopted out. With all I seen and heard this little rescue is 1 of a kind. Please If u can donate and help neglected and abused horses every little bit helps.

I volunteered at her,I learned so much,the animals horses donkeys ,big and small are thriving there.so much love and care offered.

Hope does amazing work with horses and donkeys. I have attended different functions that they have held and seen the difference they make in these horses lives. They are always there to take in horses no matter the time or day!!

This is a rescue that is driven to help as many horses as possible. If your ever in doubt watch the videos posted on their page. So much love and compassion along with hard work and determination. They educate, make tuff decisions and promote safe and healthy homes for their rescues.

Hope Equine Rescue and Dani are a godsend to our community. So many heart wrenching stories come to the rescue but leave as glorious success stories thanks to the leadership, guidance and loving hands and heart of the founder, Dani. I'm a proud volunteer. Hope is simply AMAZING!

Amazing people.
The care and love I see them putting into their rescue is off the chart.
I support 100%
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I volunteer for Hope in various manners and Dani and Wayne and our team do amazing work for the horses in our community! Not just directly but also by raising awareness.

I love Hope Equine Rescue. They work tirelessly for the benefit of abused and neglected horses. Lives are changed though Hope.

Amazing place! They do so much for the horses and donkeys. This is an amazing place to volunteer! They genuinely want and do what is best for the animals!

Hope does an amazing job caring for unwanted horses, giving them hope again. Great group of people.

My daughter has had a passion with horses since she was three years old. She volunteers at the rescue, I have seen the passion Hope Equine has for all the animals they take in. The love and care all the volunteers give to rehabilitate these animals that have been in most cases abused, is amazing. If anyone is in the market for a horse or donkey I strongly recommend this rescue. They know the do's and don'ts of every animal they take in.

I know the people working for this organization are so so dedicated to these rescues. It's nice to see the caring!

I just learned of Hope Equine Rescue, Inc. a few months ago. I have been accepted as a volunteer but have not been able to do so as of yet. I follow them on facebook because I love all the pictures, updates and live feeds. What they do is a pure act of love and kindness. Nothing more and nothing less!

My daughter started volunteering there when she was 16. It was her get way to be with the horses. She is now 19 and is still giving her time because she loves the horse's and the owners. I think they may have rescued her

Hope Equine Rescue has done so much for the community. They have an awesome volunteer program, but what's more is what they do for the horses and their people. The motto is putting hope back in the lives of horses, but they do so much more. Hope Equine Rescue supports the horses and their adopters for life. Hope Equine Rescue has put on several educational seminars, gelding and vaccine clinics and has come to the aid of private individuals that have come into hard times that just need a helping hand. The Volunteer program teaches people of all ages how to care for horses and what it takes physically and emotionally to bring a horse from being broken to being a wonderful addition to someone's life.

This organization provides far more than just a soft place to land for the animals. They are very involved in community education and outreach efforts. They go above and beyond for the welfare of the animals under their care. Hope Equine is very much a family you become apart of and our community would be lost without them.

Hope Equine Rescue has the most amazing volunteer program I have personally ever experienced. The learning experiences are outstanding; between veterinary experiences to horsemanship skills, you learn it all. I am proud to consider myself one of the family members - because that is what the volunteers are treated as. Family.

I've only been volunteering for a short time but I've already learned some things and met a lot of good people. They're just trying to help out as much as they can and it's really inspiring, I love helping out their cause.

This Rescue has been a long time consistant force in the Rescue World.
Impeccable Ethics, Fantastic Follow Thru, staying up on Continued Education & having fun. The volunteers are a warm friendly well trained group who all come together with a unified goal in mind. Saving, Re Training & giving these horses a second chance at a Productive life

I went to buy this old horse trailer and had to go out in the middle of nowhere! When I got there they asked me if I wanted to take this horse too because the other horses were picking on him. I took this little, malnourished, tri colored Hackney named RJ. Come to find out he was a "cribber" and had already had over 3 homes in his apx 2 years of life. I already rescued a beautiful Florida Cracker Broodmare named, "KIT" and I really wanted to put them together but poor KIT had already been through enough breeding babies for people who would just take them away so I didn't want to get her "preggers" again. Well, HOPE EQUINE TO THE RESCUE! They were just fantastic first of all for accepting "RJ" and for the very unique way they "gelded" him. The veterinarian, well, I just can't say enough about him. He was very friendly, funny and caring. His technique left my RJ with hardly a drop of blood loss, no infection whatsoever and RJ was up and walking no problem...the next day. I read their rescue stories every day and am touched to tears at the work they do.

Love love how they save innocent animals in the time is need

Love Love Love the things this charity is not only doing for our animals, but our community as a whole!

When I heard about a particularly horrific case of horse abuse this October 2012, the mare was in a lot of trouble, I started to follow her progress after her rescue. She was taken in by Hope Equine Rescue (1200 Dixie Dr, Auburndale, Florida 33823) and I gladly donated funds toward her recovery. She could not have been taken to a better farm. She found herself starting to get her 5 year old life back. There were 2-3 times when they thought her injuries would take her to the Rainbow Bridge. She fought. Hope Equine fought. Their wonderful Vet fought. You can't buy this kind of compassion and dedication. This group organizes free gelding clinics, low cost equine vaccinations, equine health seminars ,demonstrations and community outreach activities not to mention the constant care all of their current herd of rescued horses. They deserve all of the recognition and support there is out there.

These people go out of their way to help animals . If they hear of a animal in need they do not hesitate, they jump in and do whatever needs to be done. If there were more rescues like Hope then we would all know that the abandoned and sick animals were in good hands.

Hope Equine works very close with my Equine Vet.. They are very kind, helpfull and always on the spot!!

Hope Equine goes above and beyond for each and every horse they take in. Where others see a lost cause, the team at Hope sees a lost soul in need of care and commitment. The seminars are wonderful and gave every horse owner the chance to be brought up to date on the latest in equine health. The Poker rides, the Low Cost gelding clinic, the endless support of those in need, etc. Hope Equine is a top rescue because of the commitment to the horses that each and everyone apart of the rescue demostrates.

I have seen them help Horses in need that I would have just most likely put down. I have been doing rescue for over 30 years. They are one of the best in Florida with helping horses. Like the pony Star, I would have never done everything they have done to save that pony even though she will never be a riding pony they have done everything to make her safe and comfortable and she has come much further than I ever thought she would!

Recently I took in a mare that was abused and neglected he was very thin and her hooves were very bad. I did everything I could think of to help her. I called everywhere trying to find help for her. I finaly called the local feed stores and everyone of them gave me Hope equines name. It was a blessing. They came out and they were very honest in their opinions on her condition. A few days later they came out to pick her up to go to the vets for xrays. She has not been handled or treated nicely for years. It took several hours to load her. They never lost their patients or pushed her to hard. The xrays were not good but they did not give up. This horse has a lot of fight in her and she's not going to give up and they won't give up on her. They have keep me informed on honey and her progress. They are awesome. I know if not for Hope she would never made it.

Go to their Facebook page and read the entries about Bella, katie, Honey, and Star. Hope Equine does not hesitate to take the most difficult cases and turns them into successes. These are cases that anyone else or other rescues would turn down as hopeless. Please go read for yourself.

Everyone there is awesome and very knowledgeable. If your interested in horses and its your first time interacting / taking care of one this is definately the place to go if they don't have a horse for you there they will help you find one. They will not steer you wrong! I love them and would do anything for them just give them a try.

Honest, devoted and caring. No horse is too old or neglected to try. Thank God we have this Rescue in our community

I found Hope Rescue last year when I started looking for a horse. I had looked a several other rescues and was not happy with what I had found. Then I saw an ad for Hope and thought well let me see what they have to offer.From the moment I meet Dani, I was impressed. She started asking me questions about my knowledge of horses, my riding skills, my pets, my housing, anything and everything you can think of that would be important knowledge about where one of the horses could end up. After we spoke for awhile she told me that she didn't have any horses that would be a good match for me at that time. But she would let me know if anything was to change. I went back to the rescue a few more times, just to watch and learn more about the rescue and how they worked with the horses. The more time I spent there the more I knew this is where I wanted my horse to come from. They don't just let there horses go to anybody that wants one, they match the horses to the people that are right for them. They are very selective about where the horse is going and who it is going to. They require you to spend time with a horse, get to know it, and allow it to get to know you. They feel that you and the horse must bond that you must gain the horses trust. You are required to spend a certain amount of time with a horse. You feed it , grom it, work with it in the arena. You get to know it and it gets to know you. After a couple of months, I found my perfect horse at the rescue. I started working with him and learning from Dani, about caring for a horse. I have learned so much from this lady, she is truly amazing. The passion she has for these horses is undesribable. I have now had my horse for a few months, and have never been happier. Dani still checks in on us and I still call her everytime I have a question (which is alot). But she is always there with advise and direction. Dani Horton and Hope Rescue have changed my life in the most amazing way. I can't imagine life now without my horse and Dani there to cheer us on.

These p. eople by far go above and beyond to help the many need equines. They deserve everything you can give them. Wonderful place hope equine

When ever I have a question or problem with any of our horses here I know I can always count on Dani to help me out. Her and Wayne are really good people. My family and I support the rescue 100% on what they do. It takes a lot of courage and strength to do the things Dani and Wayne do for a lot of these animals they rescue from the abusers. We try to attend every event they hold to raise money and I always buy my tack and grooming supplies from them to help support the rescue. As people do donate their old items to them and I love to shop at Hope Equine Rescue... The compassion Dani has has is enormous and her dedication to what she believes in is extraordinary... I vote that Hope Equine Rescue is the best equine rescue in Polk County, Florida....

It is obvious to anyone that Dani and her team are passionate about the health and well being of horses. On multiple occasions, I have seen or heard about Hope Equine going above and beyond, just to do the right thing.

Awesome rescue! They have hearts for helping animals, wish more people big hearts like them.