What a difference a bed makes! HCPEC is extending the bedding match program! If you purchase a bag of bedding for a rescue horse from the service center, HCPEC will match your donation! Ways to participate: Donate a bag when you can. Arrange regular bedding donations with the service center.  Bags will be matched and delivered to RBER weekly. Sponsor a horse with weekly donations.  Receive a picture of your horse, a thank you note, and the monthly status of your horse, Including notification of adoption! See service center for details! (714) 848-6565

On Monday, August 17, our beloved Blazer crossed over the rainbow bridge. After a valiant and unyielding fight, he succumbed to an infection in his left hind leg.   I am so grateful to have been able to kiss him last night and watch as he gobbled up a handful of cookies.  There are some horses I will never forget.  Blazer is one of them.

NBC did a news story on Red Bucket! We’ve posted the video to YouTube so others can see what we’re about.

A new article was posted on Madeleine Pickens’ site about Red Bucket Rescue. Southern California horse rescue group gives abandoned and neglected horses a second chance at life The truck was dark, dingy, and smelled of fear and death. The 4-month-old bay colt forgot about his sore leg and became curious about his trip. Perhaps he was going to a new home? A bigger pasture? Would there be more horses his age that he could play with? Little did he know his destination was a slaughterhouse in Mexico. Horse slaughter is illegal in the U.S., but it is not uncommon to ship unwanted horses out of...

The OC Register wrote a 2 day article about Red Bucket rescue. We’ve posted a copy of the article here as well Day 1 – They save horses, don’t they? Day 2 – These horses go from death’s door to paradise Day 1 The frigid January air seeps through their clothing and stings their skin. Fatigue settles in their arms and legs. It’s been 30 hours, but the two women and a man standing in a Huntington Beach stable manage to ignore basic human needs for things like food and sleep. They must keep a suffering horse on its feet. “You’re amazing,” one of...