Sponsor a Horse!
Latest News!
Breeze Medical Fund!
Thermometers to track fund raisers
- even simple fundraisers . URGENT! Read about Horse Slaughter LEGAL AGAIN in the US
Support the horses and get your VC Polo Shirt!…
Support the horses and get your VC Polo Shirt!…
Click above to get your Villa Chardonnay Polo Shirt today! Available in white, black and navy. All proceeds go to all the horses at VC.…
ABC News Interviews VC
ABC News Los Angles and Leticia Juarez interviewed Monika Kerber and Louise Gardner at Villa Chardonnay. Tough times have hit the rescue, with over $200,000 in annual expenses, Kerber and Gardner foot the bill for the past 3 years and counting. Help is needed from the community to continue..... See Video
Thank you for your donations!…
Please mail any donation checks to 42200 Calle Barbona, Temecula, CA 92592. Please make any checks out to Villa Chardonnay, Inc. Phone Number 951-526-6600. All donations are tax deductable.
Ziggy & Annie UPDATE!
Oct. 24th - Ziggy is doing great! So far he is cancer free! Thank you Dr. Mangan for all your help. Annie, from Orange County, is one of our newest residents and has been diagnosed with cancer. She came to us as her own 31 year old owner died suddenly of cancer as well. She was abandoned by her family in their time of grieving. She has multiple tumors over her body and are too many to perform an operation. She is eating well and in good spirits, we are doing everything we can to keep her comfortable and happy.
PMU Mares - The Abuse Continues…
PMU stands for Pregnant Mare Urine. It is a key ingredient in a medication called Premarin. When we first heard about this process and the abuse that PMU mares have to endure, we were completely shocked that this can occur in this day and age. Well not only does it occur but it is still growing. The conditions that these mares have to endure are heart breaking. More...
Experts on Equine Assisted Therapy
Read this report by Washington University Research team to learn more about the effects of equine therapy. PDF >
Calico Nevada Roundups kill 4 beautiful wild horses so far...
It is wrong to move America's Wild Horses off their rightful western ranges and the only home they have ever known, just to put them in BLM warehouses in the Midwest. Please donate and help us bring these horses to California. More >
>
Villa Chardonnay Continues to Grow!
Emergency Fundraiser for Breeze! Large Tumor in her Left Ovary
Beautiful Breeze!
/>
Please help Breeze today. She has a huge Granulosa tumor in her left ovary. It is so large, it was thought she was pregnant. She is a beautiful 13 year old thoroughbred with a long life ahead of her. The estimated cost for surgery and follow-up treatment is about $4600. Currently she is emotional, estrogen levels are inflated, she is uncomfortable. Her prognosis is good after surgery. Please help raise the funds today, we should have surgery as soon as possible.
Fundraiser Event for Breeze - Hanna Sushi (Ynez & Rancho)
Tuesday May 29th 7:00 pm. 35% of the proceeds go to pay Breeze's medical bills!
Make a generous donation today! Alfalfa prices have doubled in the past year and show no signs of letting up. VC goes through 7-8 bales a day coming to a little over $4000 per month. This does NOT include grain, senior feed (for the old horses missing teeth), suppliments or other food needs.
It's simple - the more alfalfa we have, the more horses we can save!
- Donate directly by calling Dan's Feed at 951-676-4040 approximately $18 per bale
- Click the button below and donate a bale to VC
- All donations help! 1 bale is great...10 bales are better!
- Please give generously so Hope's Story below doesn't happen to another horse!
Thoroughbred Racehorse Nitro Active and Little Blackie - Our Newest Rescues!
The Great Great grandson of Secretariat has a forever home at Villa Chardonnay!
Nitro Active needs a monthly sponsor! Click here to see how you can help him every month!
Nitro Active is only 7 years old and fresh off the track, his last race was Dec. 16, 2011. In less than 3 MONTHS he was at a auction likely headed to a slaughter house. Nitro won about $200,000 in his career and was raced until his legs could hardley carry him. He has arthritis, ring bone, tendonitis and more. The vet immediately stated that HE SHOULD NEVER BE RIDDEN AGAIN. It is because of all these medical problems that he is not adoptable. No one wants a horse that cannot be ridden. So after giving and giving until there is nothing left to give, he is sent to a certain death, like many racehorses today. Thus the great great grandson of the ever inspiring Secretariat falls to the moderns ways of the racetrack industry.
/>
Nitro requires ongoing medical care and therapy - please help today!
- Nitro is on pain killers for a minimum of several months
- Nitro lays down in his stall everyday due to the pain in his legs
- Glucosamin suppliments are required to help his legs heal
- Special shoes are required to "cushion" his sore feet
- He is tender and sweet, very loving. Please help him today!
Little Blackie is a 30 year old standard bred horse - who needs another chance!
Little Blackie is also unadoptable. At 30 years old with a heart condition, arthritis and emaciated he has no chance for adoption. Little Blackie was tied to a fence near Apple Valley and completely abaondonded. Other rescues considered taking him in, but as he is not adoptable, that is very difficult for them. We agreed to take him as Villa Chardonnay is a sanctuary and we care for many to cannot be adopted.
Click this button to donate to our MEDICAL FUND using American Express, Visa and MC
/>
Little Blackie has had visits from the dentist and the vet since arriving at Villa Chardonnay. He is doing very well and eating a lot of senior grain. Many older horses like Little Blackie cannot digest alfalfa easily because they don't have enough teeth to properly chew and digest the alfalfa. They require more expensive senior feed to thrive. Press Enterprise Article on Little Blackie Little Blackie became famous recently and was in the Press Enterpise newspaper. WE THANK ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE DONATED FOR LITTLE BLACKIE! Because of you we have been able to bring the dentist and vet. Also donated are a months supply of senior feed to help him along. Little Blackie will still need ongoing medical care. He is doing very well so far and filling out his belly!
Our Medical bills have been over $12,000 so far this year, last year we were at about $3,000 for the entire year. PLEASE HELP and Click this button to donate to our MEDICAL FUND using American Express, Visa and MC
This has come up on us very quickly and the horses truly need your help! THIS WEEK to buy additional alfalfa and oat hay for all 40 horses. This is a crisis for us at Villa Chardonnay. Our cost for Alfala/Hay alone is about $4000 a month, plus feed and grain for the older horses with very few teeth. We have used our reserves to pay recent vet bills and much needed repairs to the property. PLEASE HELP FEED THE HORSES AND DONATE A BALE TODAY!
An Epidemic of Abandonment
The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be measured by the way in which it's animals are treated - Gandi.
Villa Chardonnay is a sanctuary for horses and other animals that was formed to care for those who can’t speak, for those who can’t tell us what is wrong, for those who need our help and our care & love.
The economy does not help the situation. These horses may have owners who can no longer financially care for them. After we bring a horse to Villa Chardonnay is a sanctuary where they have a home, love, veterinary care, food, water and more love. After we rehabilitate a horse he or she will remain at Villa Chardonnay to ensure a life time of care and love, becoming a member of the family at Villa Chardonnay. Villa Chardonnay is a non-for profit 501(c) (3) tax-exempt agency and all donations are tax deductable.