For more information, please visit our website at:
www.crossedsabers.com. email us at secondwindadopt@aol.com
Who We Are
The Crossed Sabers Second Wind Adoption Program is a
not for profit equine rescue and adoption program whose mission is providing horses with a second chance at life. At Second Wind we believe adoption is "rescue prevention" and our program works to reduce the problems of neglect, abuse and wrongful death before they occur. We are proud to say we have placed thousands of horses and ponies of 65 different breeds and all disciplines into permanent, loving homes since our inception in 1998. We've placed horses into 46 of the 50 states and Canada. Reasons horses are donated to SWAP:
Horse is finishing one career and ready for another
Can't physically hold up to the rigors of its current profession or doesn't like its current profession.
No longer has a career as a broodmare or breeding stallion, either they are not producing or the owner is changing focus of breeding goals
Owner is going to college and can't afford both
Owner is no longer breeding, showing, racing or giving lessons
Horse is not winning enough to pay the bills
Horse has training issues beyond owners capabilities
Horse needs to be the center of someone's attention instead of being just another horse in the barn
Is a retired police horse, race horse, show horse but still able to start another career
Family is moving and can't take the horse
Family hardship, ie. divorce, health problems, loss of job, death in family, retiring, down-sizing the herd or farm, lack of time for the horse or for riding
Horse needs someone more advanced to handle or ride horse, owner has advanced beyond the capabilities of the horse
Child has grown out of the horse/pony
Change in personal situation including pregnancy, deteriorating health, getting married, old age, going to college
Not going to make a race horse, not fast enough, doesn't have the desire to race, doesn't have the physical conformation or size for racing, showing or its current job
Horse has special needs, needs to get out of the sun or heat of the south or needs warmer climate, needs to ridden more, needs to be ridden less, have allergies to a geographical region
Change in equine business climate for the professional horse person ... higher taxes, costs of keeping horses, drought winters, etc.
Though 90% of our horses are not rescues (most are donated from onwers that have taken very good care of them) but we do take and accept horses that are taken by authorites for abuse and neglect. We identify those horses in our ads.
Here's just a few of our donors:
Armond Leone. Grand Prix Show Jumper, medical doctor, lawyer and Secretary of USET donated Galant. Armond's better half, Alison Leone, a leading amateur show jumper, donated her beloved mare Heaven Sent .
Charles Fenwick, Jr., one of most recognized names in Steeplechasing, donated Tyler Run and Jericho Warning.
McLain Ward, one of the leading Grand Prix Show Jumpers in the world and gold medal show jumper from Beijing Olympics 2008, donated Nations Cup Winner, Omnibus.
Joseph Hardiman, Huntsman for the Chagrin Valley Hunt Club in Gates Mills, Ohio donated his beloved hunter, Danny. Joseph then adopted Blue, a Dutch Warmblood
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Peter Leone, Silver Medalist in the Atlantic Olympics and world famous Grand Prix Show Jumper donated Art (son of Artos).
Anne Thompson,Director of Marketing at Fairhill International and Cross Country competitor, donated Kabuki.
Mark and Jane Leone- Leading Grand Prix level Show Jumper donated Aztec and Bonnie's Boy.
Paul Long- Show Jumper on the Amateur circuit donated Pin High. Paul and Pin High could never be beat at speed events.
Phil and Cindy Goldwater donated Tropic Knight (and many more standardbreds), shown here in winners circle at Dover Downs.
Barry Butzer and Sun Valley Farms breeds Thoroughbreds for the racing industry. Ali is shown here with her adopter Lily Vonderheide of Ohio.
Delmar and Martha Pettigrew, Artisans and Thoroughbred owners in the racing industry, donated their lovely TB mare, Lady Dru.
Linda Bland- is one of our many donors who wanted a second career when her horse American Destiny could no longer hold up to the rigors of her current profession. She is shown here with her adopter, Vicky McIntire of Lexington, KY.
Our adopters are everything from grand prix level olympic riders, to families from all over the country to professional horse people to university veterinary surgeons, from beginners who have never owned horses to people who have been professionals in the horse business most of their life.
Adopting a friend
The descriptions you read about each horse contains everything we get from the owner. If a horse doesn't meet your every need, do not be offended - simply look at the next horse on the list. There are many, many more horses available for adoption and more horses coming into the program daily. We usually place between 75 to 150 horses each year.
Any further information or questions you have regarding any horse should be specific. We will do our best to contact the owner or trainer for your answer. Approved adopters that are a good fit for the horse will be permitted to contact the owner for more information. Our policy is, and always has been, honesty! We expect it from our donors, as well as our adopters. We strive to make sure every horse is placed in the right home, with the right adopter the first time.
See the Checklist For Adopting link on our website for more information on our adoption policies. www.crossedsabers.com.
Come Visit Us!
The Crossed Sabers Second Wind Adoption Program is located at Box 24A, Jockey Camp Road, West Union, West Virginia 26456 but we have horses located all over the country in foster homes but many do come to our Headquarters facility in West Virginia.
See the DIRECTIONS link on our website for more specific directions to our farm. the website is www.crossedsabers.com, to see all the horses for adoption on our website, go to HORSES AVAILABLE, all the links go down the left hand side of each page.
Second Wind Adoption Program Rt 2 Box 24A Jockey Camp Road
West Union, WV 26456
Phone: 304-873-3532, office hours are 9 to 4 daily, view horses by appointment
