Every one of Stanford’s phenomenal horses is donated or loaned to the program by a wonderful owner looking for a beautiful home for their horse, impeccable care and a way to support the Stanford Equestrian Team. (All gifts to the program — including horses — are tax deductible).
Stanford looks for a range of horses from experience show horses to kind and patient teachers. All horses must be serviceably sound (Stanford has a Horse Health Care Fund that can cover regular maintenance like hock injections or Legend/Adequan) and, most importantly, safe. Horses in the program include:
- 3′ – 3’6″ equitation horses
- Children’s and/or Junior hunters
- Quiet and safe jumpers
- Short or Long Stirrup horses
- Schoolmaster Dressage horses able to do at least 1st level
- Western horses with rail, trail, Horsemanship and/or Reining experience
- “Bombproof” beginner horses of any discipline
Some recently donated horses include:
 Armani 1.20m jumper Donated by Laurie Thomas |
 Nio Lux Large Junior Hunter Donated by the Coulter Family |
 Kandinsky Medal/Maclay Finalist Donated by the Lobel Family |
Stanford asks for as much information as possible on donation offers including name, breed, age, training, any health issues, special needs and reason for donation. After a short trial Stanford is experienced in helping donors through the donation process (while the IRS requires all horses valued over $5,000 to be appraised for tax purposes the process is easy!).
For more information on horse donations please email Tina Davey