TRINITY HORSE REFUGE
We wanted to try something
different and could not think of a
better way than to start with a
wonderful update we received
regarding Cy.
In 2012 Cayenne Pepper along with
her family were surrendered to a
local horse shelter. Cy was just 2
years old. Due to her age, size, and
her quirky attitude Cy found
herself in a very precarious
situation. It was then that the
Refuge decided to take Cy in as a
resident to give her time to grow,
mature and come into her own.
Early on It was apparent that she
would be one of those horses that
would need one girl to call her own.
Cy made her home with three
other young fillies that were also
at the Refuge for being hard to
place due to age. She was petite,
flighty, severely afraid of shots,
sassy, beautiful, and really made
you work to gain her respect.
Our vision for her future was a girl
who would fall head over heels for
her, dote on her, love her, have
gentle hands and patience with her
all the while being the confident
leader she needed. We hoped for
all the things a sweet and sassy
little mare needed in her life to be
all that she could be.
In 2016 a very special donor
sponsored several months of
training for Cy. It was then that
she met Sheyanne. We watched as
the hopes and dreams that we had
for Cy unfolded and became true.
After being at the Refuge over
four years, Cy went home with “her
girl.”
We did not care for Cy on our own
for four years. You did that, you
were a part of her journey finding
her forever home. It took time,
money, and lots of care. We would
have not been able to care for Cy
for so many years without the
support of you, our donors. Cy and
Sheyanne competed today in their
first event together. They placed
2nd, 3rd and 4th in the events.
These two had never ran a full
barrel pattern before today. To
say the least her Sheyanne’s Mama
was proud! We are too! Sheyanne
has persevered and developed a
relationship with Cy that is
unbreakable. This once little mare
deemed “unadoptable” is now living
the dream with a girl that loves
her unconditionally. You can’t ask
for anything better than that!
It's with a heavy heart that we
make this post concerning
Francisco. Dr. Sarah came out to
see Francisco last week. We have
been increasingly concerned about
his health and wellbeing. Dr.
Sarah's exam showed that
Francisco is completely blind now.
He has glaucoma in his right eye
which is very painful and his heart
is dropping beats. He is now
considered hospice. It is getting
more and more difficult to keep
him safe and comfortable and
because of this we have made the
hard decision to lay him to rest
while he still has some quality of
life. This is not the 1st time that
this decision has landed on our
shoulders. Francisco's story is
common in the rescue world. We
only know bits and pieces of his life
but what we do know is he was a
show horse, he has impeccable
breeding, he was used as a stud
after his show days were over,
when he was not useful or making
money he was rehomed to a
substandard home that did not
provide necessary medical care or
proper diet. He was then released
in the foothills to fend for himself
partially blind with no teeth and
unable to graze normally. We can
also say that a village has helped
save Francisco. Two beautiful
angels, Linda and Linda who
rescued him , got vet care for him
and put him on a mash diet that
helped him regain all of his weight.
When they contacted us we
realized that Francisco was the
same gelding we have tried to help
5 years ago when we rescued
Sierra. Even though we were not
accepting horses our community
made it possible for us to take in
Francisco. You, the village that
stood beside us while we took this
sweet natured, very in need horse
into the Refuge to care for in his
last days. This 35 year old special
needs boy has brought much joy to
those who have met him. We want
to do right by him so we are once
again asking for help. Please help us
lay this beautiful proud soul to rest
peacefully. If you can help please
contact Cathy at 530-218-7214.
Our PayPal at
https://www.paypal.me/TrinityHor
seRefugeCA. Mail at P.O. Box 5,
Brownsville, Ca 95919. Thank you
to the village that stepped up to be
his saving grace.
October has come and gone in a
flash. We had a very busy month
with lots of new visitors, lots of
new friends and lots of hope for
new volunteers in the future.
Some of our highlights for the
month included donated apples for
the horses, lots of donated tack,
donated panels and gates, visits
from Mia and Breanna and our best
Lynn. We want to thank all who
donated to help us over the last
month and all the calls Bangor Feed
received for cubes and grain. We
know we could not do this without
your generosity and are so thankful
we have such a great family who
loves our resident horses. We will
be heading to the feed store in the
morning for our weekly feed. If
you would like to help please go to
https://www.paypal.me/TrinityHor
seRefugeCA, you can call Bangor
Feed at 530-679-1429 or stop by
the Refuge. Please remember to
share our posts. You never know
what blessings can be behind a
flick of a finger
Dr. Saralynn was out to check Lexi
Thursday. She thinks she has an
ulcer and needs to be on
Gastraguard for three weeks. We
have sent an email to the
manufacturer and Dr. Sara is
seeing if She can locate any
coupons. The meds are 30.00 a day
for 21 days. We want to let Lexi
enjoy the summer after such a
hard winter. We will revisit her
quality of life before the next
winter. When it rains it pours, our
umbrellas are definitely in use here
at the Refuge. We still have our
farrier, feed and vet to take care
of with another big prayer for
Lexi's meds. You can help by
donating, praying and sharing.
Thank you so much for standing
with us through thick and thin.
PayPal at
https://www.paypal.me/TrinityHo
rseRefugeCA. You can also call
Bangor Feed directly at 530-
679-1429 or Dr. Saralynn at
530-565-6012. Thank you for
your continued prayer and
support.
Dec 2021: I'm sorry we have been
quite here at the Refuge. Cathy
had a tough week healthwise, then
there was the rain and snow with
all that goes along with that. We
are holding on here and are feeling
very blessed with many calling in
bags of cubes for us at the feed
store to surprise donations. Cathy
received a call from an angel who
wanted to know if we had a balance
with our vet (always❤) and wanted
to pay it. We also received a
surprise donation from Bryon T.
for our angel Mary and Tom S., in
Wheatland. You have all kept us
going with your love and kindness.
We definitely could not do this
without you. Thank you Deborah S.,
Glenda P., Bryan T. (Mary and Tom
S.) Sharon G., Suzan H., and
Katherine L. for taking care of our
herd
Tuesday was a very hard day here
at the Refuge. Our Vet came out
to check on Sierra who's chronic
condition had worsened. Sierra has
lived with chronic pain which has
been managed by meds since she
arrived at the Refuge in July of
2017. Her condition had
deteriorated at a rate where we
were no longer able to manage her
pain. It was the recommendation
of our Vet to let her go and be
free of her pain while she still had
some of herself left. These
decisions come with having a
sanctuary. They are heartbreaking
for us and for our supporters.
Please keep us in your prayers as
we deal with this loss here at the
Refuge. Thank you to those who
helped with her support. You were
her angels till the end.
July 31, 2025
There have been so many things we
want to tell you about that has
happened over the last several
weeks, many of them will have to
wait because we would have to
write novel lol. We have a new
resident horse named Shorty who
is a retired heeler, cowboy horse.
Our hope for his future was to be
the one our volunteers could sit on
and not only love on but experience
the feeling of sitting on a magical
beast. Shorty suffered an eye
injury in his pasture before coming
to the Refuge. We have had many
one eye residents so were not too
alarmed. As Shorty settled in, it
was apparent that he lost all vision
in his injured eye and also had a
cateract in the other. Shorty has
had a really hard time adjusting to
his limited sight and has been very
reactive, almost dangerous. The
first thought was euthanasia
because of how reactive he was.
If you know us, you know that is
always the last resort. Cathy has
been trying to build his trust and
seems to be making progress,
which we are very thankful for.
We want to keep working with
Shorty to see if we can reach the
horse he is inside. Why are we
telling you this? It takes
committment, not just from us,
but from all of our supporters. We
have shared how far we our in the
hole. We know its going to be
alright, because God has ALWAYS
made a way when there wasn't
one. We shared last month about
our Facebook followers making a
5.00 donation. We had such a
wonderful response and even was
blessed with some new monthly
sponsorships. We are hoping that
if all our Facebook members would
share this post and ask 10 of their
friends to donate 5.00 and then
share and ask 10 of their friends
to donate and so on, our burden
would be relieved and no one
person would have to cover our
needs but a whole community would
share in it. Over the last year we
have lost about 400.00 in monthly
sponsorships from illness, hardships
and even death. That has put a
huge strain on the Refuge to even
cover weekly costs. Many are
unaware of the help we provide in
the community for those who are
struggling and animals are at risk.
That comes out of our weekly feed
budget, but we cannot turn away a
animal who is in need of basic
supplies to sustain them. We
recently were asked to take a
animal that we have never had at
the Refuge, we even signed the
surrender papers. For the very
first time we have been unable to
bring it to the Refuge because we
don't have the extra feed or the
money needed for a proper pen.
This situation also involves an at
risk mare who may need a
placement. Cathy hates writing
about the down and dirty of basic
funding needed to operate and it is
easier to just hope it comes in.
We need a miracle right now and
we believe its out there. Would
you be a part of our answer to
prayer? You can call Bangor Feed
directly at 530-679-1429. Our
Paypal is
https://www.paypal.com/donate/...
. ://pay. Our Venmo is pictured
below. Thank you for reading to
the end. You are the reason we
are still here.
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