The following horses are available for adoption or a very low cost lease to pre-approved homes. An adoption can be completed when we have received the application. We have a few horses available for a very low cost lease who are our personal horses but who are not being ridden. This is primarily due to children or youth growing up or losing interest in the horses. We want to ensure their care and beneficial exercise and use.

Please feel free to call or email and we would be happy to discuss anything with you, tell you more about the horses we have for adoption, answer questions or provide guidance or information. We're here to help the horses and you!

If you need to give up a horse, please call or email us first. We will be happy to discuss it with you and do our very best to help. If we agree together that we can offer rescue services and/or find an adoptive home, we request a small fee to help to cover our time, travel and outreach efforts. Your donation amount is entirely up to you. The reason for this is that we are a small organization. We have committed our personal resources to this effort. But it takes a great deal of time, effort, energy and financial resources to find a home as well as to rescue and care for horses until they are adopted, if ever. This fee is at your discretion.

Adoption of a horse is a serious responsibility. If you are just looking for a "free" horse, without being fully aware of the responsibilities and care that a horse needs and deserves, this is not the right place for you.

If you are ready and able to make a full commitment to a wonderful equine companion, you have come to the right place.

Even if what you are looking for may seem like a needle in a haystack, we make every human effort possible to find you the right match.

Recently, we received a call from an individual who needed to find a home for an aged broodmare. Personal circumstances required him to find a home for her or else, he feared he would have to euthanize her. She was healthy, sweet and gentle and had certainly been a profitable horse for this individual. That same week, a family called, looking for a horse they could help. They could take one horse, maybe two but all they wanted to do was care for the horse, no riding required.

It was, as the old saying goes, "a match made in heaven."

Another recent adopter had this to say:

"Thanks, thanks and thanks again. I picked Maggie up on Tuesday, rode her on Wednesday...she has adopted me! I have a true testimony of a perfect horse for a perfect (MS) person! Thanks for all you did for me, I am delighted." Footnote: Maggie and her new owner are now showing and having a wonderful time together.

The bottom line is that there are many happy endings for horses in need of homes. Please, don't give up until we've tried to help!

HORSES FOR ADOPTION OR LEASE* PICTURES AVAILABLE FOR ALL HORSES, PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS OF ANY HORSE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN.

* In very rare instances, we may offer a sale or lease situation. All horses are up to date on worming, vaccinations and hoof care. Perfect homes for these wonderful horses are a must. This is why a thorough review and interview process will be required of all adopters.

FOR ADOPTION: CHICA: Chica is a 4-year old 11.3H Mustang Pony mare who has been ridden extensively by a nine year girl and other children. Chica can be ridden bareback or with a saddle, with only a halter or with a bit and bridle. She does small jumps willingly and easily and would make an excellent Pony Club mount. She is a very talented pony with lots of potential. Although born in the wilds of Wyoming at a very high altitude and remote area, she is a total love - smart, sweet, gentle, willing and loves to do things. She gets along well with both horse and human and looks like a small thoroughbred when she sheds out in spring. She is an excellent youth horse. With her gentle personality, amazing trust of people and wonderful “joie de vivre,” plus beautiful gait and easy jumping abilities, Chica will make a fantastic partner for a special child or children. Please email for additional photos. Adoption Fee: $1800

ADOPTED: We have determined that it is in the best interest of Cody to become a permanent resident of HHMT.

FOR ADOPTION: APHA/CRYSTAL ROSE: Crystal (Registered name is Miss Foxy Easy) is an APHA registered Medicine Hat paint filly, foaled in February 2008. She is professionally trained on halter to lead and lunge. Comfortable wth fly spray, worming, loading, lifting of feet. Her foster mom and professional trainer provides daily handling, hands-on care and exposure to a variety of situations. Crystal will make a beautiful show, ranch, western pleasure or trail horse. Her lineage is foundation QH. Spectacular markings and personality. She will mature to about 15H or a little less.Adoption Fee: $1,500

FOR ADOPTION: "M" Registered TB Gelding: M is a wonderful, healthy, extensively trained 16H TB Gelding, who is 14 years old. He has had excellent training and until a year ago, was being ridden almost daily. A divorce sent him to the family ranch where he's just been roughing it but the goal is to get him back into work, perfect for dressage or low level hunter/jumper. "M" is a little bit out of shape and could use some weight but other than that he is a healthy, sweet and very well trained horse. He would be perfect for a youth beginning in dressage or hunter/jumper as well as an adult who is interested in this kind of riding. Adoption fee: $1500

FOR ADOPTION: JC REGISTERED TB/TAZ: Taz is a gentleman gelding - beautiful, experienced and well-trained TB Gelding who was being ridden by a young girl. He is 15 years old and 17H. Taz was a low level Hunter/Jumper but had a small injury (high suspensory desmitis, leading to mild inflammation of the right back leg). He has been thoroughly and completely examined by a wonderful equine veterinarian and the prognosis is excellent for him to make a terrific pleasure horse with winter rest. His injury is so subtle, there is no indication of any lameness but again, the current assessment is that with winter rest, he will make an excellent light trail horse. Taz is gentle, tractable and very, very nice looking. This is a gelding with very fine breeding, a great personality and temperment and lots of experience. If you are looking for a big, gentle, gorgeous horse, Taz may be your guy and best buddy. Taz - Adoption Fee: $750 OBO

FOR LEASE ONLY/MUST GO AS A PAIR - BUSTER & CANDY: These two wonderful horses are our personal horses but our children are grown and over the past year, they have not been used very much. We would like to keep them but feel that a low cost lease to a pre-approved home would be ideal for them and a family looking for an opportunity to try out horse ownership without making a huge commitment. Buster is a paint gelding in his early 20s and has been through all levels of 4H. He is very well trained and perfect for a child or youth. Candy, is an 18 year old bay mare and is a wonderful arena and trail horse. She is suitable for anyone of any age, advanced beginner and beyond. She is mostly QH with a touch of TWH so while she is not gaited, she has a very smooth trot. Candy is about 15H and Buster is about 14.2. Lease: $50/month for both. They must stay together.

FOR LEASE: We have been contacted about other horses. If there is a type of horse in particular that you are looking for (age, height, size, training level, etc.) please contact us. Not all are listed here. Currently, we have two horses available for lease for a very small monthly donation. They are perfect for a beginner and advanced beginner riders and we would like to see them being used by people who can learn from them and enjoy them. Buster (paint) is in his early 20s and is a wonderful Kid's horse who has been through 4H from beginner to level 4 as well as to horse camp for kids for four summers. Candy is an 18 year year old QH/TWH mare, who is a wonderful trail horse for an advanced beginner on up. Both love people and must stay together and are available spring through fall for nice riding. To pre-approved homes only for low cost lease.

Please Note: Adoption and Lease Fees help to offset the cost of care for each of these horses and we feel also helps to ensure a financial, moral, and humane commitment to each of these equines. We appreciate your understanding of this philosophy.

For more information, please contact us by email - info@horsehavenmt.org

Thank you!

Lucky

Our first "rescue" was Lucky. While she initially needed reassurance that she would not be all alone and left to fend for herself, once we paired her with our mini, she began the bonding process to both horse and human. As she learned that daily feedings would be the norm and not the exception, she began to relax and just live life like a normal horse, a very funny one we might add. Then came some tune up training and riding time in an effort to understand what she knew and what she was capable of.

Happy to report that Lucky is now living a very contented and well fed life on the ranch with her new best friend, a teenage boy who picked her above all others, to be his pal. Joseph told us he loved her personality, “she’s funny,” he said, and now Lucky and Joseph spend lots of quality time together every day in ground work or just "hanging out" having fun. Lucky loves her other equine companions too and will soon be going on trail rides with the whole family in warmer weather. Congratulations Joseph on finding your best new equine gal friend!

Cody

The best way to describe Cody was gentleman extraordinaire. Cody had been extremely well cared for throughout his life but as a wilderness pack-horse and turning 21, he just couldn’t keep up on those long, arduous rides anymore. With a little soreness in his back legs, we knew he could still make a perfect beginner horse and confidence builder and that’s the home he found. With other geriatric equine pals and a mom who is learning to ride with her young daughter, Cody has found the best home for him and his new family has fallen in love!

Angel - Pony

True to her name, Angel is a little girl’s dream pony. An Appaloosa POA, Angel was donated to Horse Haven Montana to ensure that we would find her the best home for her needs and training. We’re happy to say, Angel is living the life of equine luxury and making a 9-year old New Mexico girl very happy. A match made in heaven, Angel and her new human pal named Tiger are getting to know each other on a beautiful ranch with other horses and gentle, slow trail rides, exactly what both the little girl and the little pony were looking for. Happy Trails!