Our current rescues - Winter 2025
Chief is a 5 yr old, sweet and spunky mini gelding who's ready to find his forever home! He is smart and willing to learn. A home with an experienced handler ready to work with Chief ground manners and trust is required. Adoption Fee $300, approved application and farm inspection are required. Adoption radius is 60 miles.
Tater Tot- Has a ADOPTION HOME Pending. He is a sweet and cute little guy who is around 5 yrs old. Tater is looking for his forever home where he can get all the attention he deserves. A home with an experienced handler ready to work with Chief ground manners and trust is required. Adoption Fee $300, approved application and farm inspection are required. Adoption radius is 60 miles.
Nikki, Est 15 yr Paint Mare. This lovely paint mare is a wonderful, been there, done that trail partner.
She is borderline insulin resistant, and requires dry lot and low starch grain. We are currently working on soundness issues. She requires a home that understands her care requirements.
She loves her caregiver and the bond she shares with her human. Gets along well with all others in her herd.
With the right care, she can provide many years of wonderful trail rides along with her rider, or in a group.
Adoption Fee $500, approved application and farm inspection are required. Adoption radius 60 miles. SMEM will offer a full care or partial self care stall and dry lot for Nikki to ensure she continues the care needed. Consider a Lease with option to Adopt to get to know this wonderful mare. Contact us for more information.
Colonel Maximillian, 15 yr Registered AQHA gelding is amazingly handsome, smart and well trained western pleasure guy. Very lovable gelding, but currently timid due to some trust issues from his past. Successfully recuperating from Kissing Spine Surgery from the very best equine Surgeon and Medical Centers on the east coast. .
Max will receive Professional Refresher Training and assessment in the Spring of 2026 prior to being available for adoption. Schedule a visit to meet this beautiful soul and consider a monthly donation to be one of his sponsor, Miracle Worker.
Meet Francis Xavier, "Hank," who is our 35+ yr gelding forever Sanctuary Rescue. SMEM saw Hank in a feedlot video on social media in 2023 and voted "unanimously" to arrange for transportation from Arkansas to be with us forever. He was likely a well trained Western Pleasure QH Show Horse or Ranching Horse who now suffers from arthritis from years of dedication to his humans. His personality is so unique, funny and delightful that all that meet him fall in love.
Thanks to a few monthly sponsors, we are able to keep him comfortable and happy and with lots of TLC. He loves his people time, meal time and the warmth of his stall and private paddock area.
We feel blessed to be able to give him the retirement he so deserves.
Won't you consider a visit to meet this delightful guy and share in our joy by becoming a monthly sponsor for him?
Become Part of a rescue miracle by making a donation today.
No amount is too small - every $1 helps
Become a S.M.E.M. “Miracle Worker”! Sign up today! Donating is easier than ever with Venmo! We love these horses, and we could not do this without your financial support!
Schedule a visit to meet your sponsored rescue by contacting somdequinemiralces@gmail.com
Ultimate Sun, Off-the-track race horse was rescued from a feedlot in 2021.Show here enjoying a donor/visitor to our farm when he arrived. "Sunny" found his forever home in 2022 and his family continues to send us wonderful updates. He was adopted with Sugar, Annie and Aurora. All SMEM rescues now safe, protected and loved right here is our local area.
Helping horses in need everyday!
We Need Miracle Workers
SMEM is looking for Monthly Donors for our Miracle Worker Program. Sponsor your favorite rescue with a monthly donation starting at $25.
Maverick has been adopted
Congratulations Elizabeth Johnson on the adoption of Maverick! We love you, Maverick! So happy you found a forever home with Liz and Bill ! ❤️
SMEM appreciates the hard work of our past volunteers and the connection they had with our rescues. Volunteer Program 2026 is Pending announcement.
🐎Proud member of these affiliates🐎
Home For Horses Coalition
The Homes for Horses Coalition is a national coalition dedicated to increasing collaboration, professionalism, and growth in the equine rescue and protection community.
The Maryland Horse Council
Horses are deeply woven into the heritage and history of Maryland. As the Maryland Horse Council, we strive to honor that heritage, while continuing to support the growth and vitality of Maryland’s impressive horse community. Since being established in 1985, we have sought to unify, inform, and represent the community as a whole. As the industry’s trade association and representative to the state legislators, MHC provides one common voice in the Maryland state legislature and state agencies, by interacting with the media and the general public, and by keeping its members informed on issues that affect them and their horses.
A Home for Every Horse
We’re a group of agencies working together to collect national data on at-risk equines and those in transition from nonprofit organizations that take custody of at-risk equines and/or provide other services related to improving equine welfare such as assistance with veterinary care, euthanasia, rehoming, and behavioral needs as well as other “safety net” services including but not limited to feed banks and gelding clinics.
The United Horse Coalition
The United Horse Coalition grew out of the Unwanted Horse Summit, which was organized by the American Association of Equine Practitioners and held in conjunction with the American Horse Council’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. in April 2005. The summit was held to bring key stakeholders together to start a dialogue on the plight of horses at-risk in America. Its purpose was to develop consensus on the most effective way to work together to address this issue. In June 2006, the UHC was folded into the American Horse Council and now operates under its auspices.