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Horse Adoption, Welfare, and Charities

My Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week: Sonora — June 7, 2021

Photo Courtesy Equine Rescue and Adoption Foundation

Welcome to Horse Illustrated’s weekly installment of the My Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week, offered in partnership with The Right Horse. Sonora is this week’s My Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week. Check back weekly for a new featured horse so you can find your #righthorse.



Horse: Sonora, a 17-year-old 13.2-hand sorel Paso Fino mare with partial socks on all four limbs in Palm City, FL.
Organization: Equine Rescue & Adoption Foundation

Photo Courtesy of Equine Rescue & Adoption



Sonora is a stunning Paso Fino mare. She arrived at ERAF in November of 2018. Our initial focus was on building her trust and confidence. She has done extremely well under saddle and is described by her regular rider as a “puddle jumping trail horse with the right leader.” She has what her handlers affectionately call “Sonora-isms.” They have developed successful strategies for managing these “isms” and will happily share them with her adopter. Sonora will need an experienced, confident rider/handler.

Click here for questions about Sonora, the My Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week.

My 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.therighthorse.org.

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