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 In December 2007 and January 2008 Brightside took on a large scale rescue and re homing project together with wonderful horse handler and good friend Camille Velnaar we were able to remove, treat and re home 22 unhandled and neglected thoroughbreds from a property in Tasmania.
The horses had been previously unhandled so it was a matter of catching them one by one halter breaking and float training them and then floating them to Brightside where they were fed, wormed, treated for lice infestations and gelded if need be and given tetanus shots. On a 12 hour day we could manage 4 horses so this was a huge undertaking.
All 22 horses were placed in vetted homes and 3 of them have stayed on to spend their lives at Brightside.
Thankyou to all the people who kindly made generous donations towards the re homing project and to those people who could offer a home.
 These photos (more to follow shortly)are of some of the 22 horses we removed.
Although the RSPCA was monitoring the horses with twice weekly visits we removed this 3 year old thoroughbred stallion pictured above who was unable to out run a person because he was so weak.
He was covered with lice and his stomach was full of worms. He has been adopted into a wonderful, loving home.
Pictured right
a mare we removed and rehomed
below right
pictured with a fearful face is Charlie one of the mares that will live out her days at Brightside.
Below left
a two year old filly learning who is incharge.
and pictured right she makes friends and is then float trained.
Due to the time of year the condition of the horses was not as bad as it had been earlier on in the year.
Below. An eight year old stallion from the same property who will also live out his days at Brightside.
 Sam
Sadly many old horses find themselves unwanted as they are considered no longer ´useful´.Many live out there days neglected in paddocks many more end up as pet meat.
Sam was no exeption he was 25 when he came to Brightside. He has been with us for 3 years. He was thin and neglected and his feet were in shocking condition. He did not like people and was hard to catch. His eyes were full of pain and he trusted no one. Now he is active and friendly and loves a bucket of oats and his big warm winter rug. We think he knows he is safe and has found the place where he is happy.
Sarsh
Sarsh came to the sanctuary some years ago. She had beenbadly starved to a near-skeleton. Her owner had a terrible temper and she was very wary of men. We came home with 3 horses from this property and have since re-homed two of them. The owner had thirteen horses on one acre of ground. She is alpha horse now …queen of the herd
Willow (coming soon)
Willow is a rescued thouroughbred, an ex race horse who was no longer of use for racing. Luckily for her she had a compationate owner who wanted her to have a good retirement so she came to Brightside.
Every year in Australia thousands of race horses just like Willow end up at slaughterhouses to be killed for pet food or for their flesh to be exported for human consumption. Willow was very nervous of her new environment when she arrived at Brightside as all she had known was the racing stables but now she has settled in and is one of the family.
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The Horses