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ASPCA Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week: ARH Royal in Emerald

Welcome to Horse Illustrated’s weekly installment of the Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week, offered in partnership with the ASPCA’s Right Horse program. This week’s adoptable horse is ARH Royal in Emerald! Check back weekly for a new featured horse so you can find your Right Horse.

Photo courtesy ASPCA



Adoptable Horse: ARH Royal in Emerald, a 17-year-old 14.2hh grade mare
Organization: ASPCA Equine Transition and Adoption Center, El Reno, Okla.

Get to Know Adoptable Horse ARH Royal in Emerald



This special gal is rightly named, as you will never tire of gazing at her beauty. Emerald is approximately 17 years old and is a petite, stock-type mare who is ready to be your partner. She is building up her trust to be easily caught in pasture, and once she is haltered, she is a joy to work with. Emerald is very safe to tie, groom and lead, and she would adore having admirers of all ages dote on her with treats, scratches and kind words.

Emerald has communicated that she is not comfortable with a rider, both from a training and medical point of view. It appears that she has never held a rider in the past and the ASPCA’s vet believes that she may have had a previous injury to her pelvis that didn’t heal properly. However, this won’t stop her from becoming your best friend. Emerald promises to listen intently, keep all your secrets, and turn any bad day into a great day through the connection you’ll share.

Emerald is a healthy gal who does not need any additional support besides routine maintenance such as trims, vaccines, teeth, etc. She’s currently on free choice pasture and hay along with senior feed.

Contact the ASPCA Equine Transition and Adoption Center today about ASPCA Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week, ARH Royal in Emerald!

Photo courtesy ASPCA

Could this week’s adoptable horse be the Right Horse you have been waiting for? Click here for more information about ARH Royal in Emerald, the ASPCA Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week.

ASPCA Right Horse

ASPCA Right Horse is the online adoption platform of The Right Horse Initiative, a collection of equine industry and welfare professionals and advocates working together to improve the lives of horses in transition. A program of the ASPCA, their goal is to massively increase horse adoption in the United States. To find more adoptable horses and foster horses, visit www.myrighthorse.org. To learn more about The Right Horse, a program of the ASPCA, visit www.aspcarighthorse.org.

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