Thursday, September 2nd... Sabrina is 15, and she lives in a town called Novato. In our yard Sabrina says to me: When I first began reading your website, I thought Tbfriends stood for Tall Bay Friends.

Hailey is 13, and she lives in Napa. In our yard Hailey says: Horse racing is dumb. But the jockeys are sure cute.

We said goodbye to Hall Mark, an older thoroughbred gelding rescued from the feed lot in Wilton. Hall Mark is now a companion at a home near Placerville. His best friend forever, a once famous thoroughbred gelding. There is a teen boy soccer star at this home. The once famous thoroughbred gelding likes to chase after the ball. The boy and the gelding play soccer almost daily. Very fun to watch.

Aubrey is 13, and she lives in Sacramento. In our yard, Aubrey was attempting to give a wormer to an uncooperative mare. Several other kids were watching. Aubrey said to the mare: You are making me look bad.

We said goodbye to Zoe, rescued from mexican rodeo. Little did we know, Zoe was pregnant. But there was a morning in May, 2009, when we found Zoe in our north field with a little guy. We later named him Radio, because he loves to talk. Zoe is now a companion at a very wealthy home. She struck gold. Zoe has her own full time groom. A fancy air conditioned barn. Not a fly to be seen, unless you count the dozen or so in my truck.

Jessie is 9, and she lives in Walnut Creek. In our yard, for the first time in her life, Jessie put a halter on a horse. She proudly turned to her mom and said: I did it!

Baily is 13, and she lives in Roseville. Baily had this to say: I want to rescue horses, and my brother wants to rescue birds. We are going to build a ranch and name it The Flying Horse Ranch.

Alexis is 10, and she lives in Elverta. Alexis says to me: You look like my Grandpa. He just turned 70.

Such a beautiful Thursday morning, but later is going to be hot. Chores are forever. Delicious coffee from Dunkin Donuts. Cold orange juice made by Simply Orange. Scrambled eggs come from chickens. Enjoy your there is a new Burger King only 7 miles from us Thursday, and be sure to hug your horses. Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers on the oldies station...

Joe

    Located in Northern California, TB Friends is dedicated to the rescue and placement of horses that have been abandoned or neglected. Usually these horses arrive from the race track. The horses obtained by TB Friends are often saved from a trip to rendering facilities in Mexico or Canada.


    When possible TB Friends takes care to select horses well suited to make the transformation to riding mount or show horse. Our proximity to the bay area race tracks, along with the throwaway nature of the racing industry, unfortunately results in a situation where there are many horses in need of rescue, and therefore many horses from which to choose.


    At TB Friends we manage to rescue about two hundred horses every year. When we place a horse there is no charge for the care that we provide them here at Shelton Farms. We only ask for the cost of a horse's rescue and transportation to the farm. For most horses this amounts to less than $1000 dollars.

    Sadly, we can not save them all. We are limited by the number of horses that we can care for at any one time. However, as we find homes for the horses we have rescued, we replace them by rescuing others. For this reason we ask you to consider purchasing a horse from our farm. Not only are you likely to obtain a beautiful animal, but you will also help us to save more horses.
My cell number is 530-383-2120.

Our mailing address is:
Joe & Cathy Shelton
15891 County Road 92C
Woodland, Ca. 95695

You can send your letters to tbfriends@aol.com