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nnual El Rocio pilgrimage earlier in the year ARCH were asked to take two horses that had been taken by the authorities. The bay mare, Charita, was confiscated having been found to be ill treated, the grey gelding, Colino, had been abandoned. Both spent some months in livery stables waiting for their paperwork to be sorted and finally arrived at the Centre last month. The two are gentle and laid back and have settled in well. We will be looking for suitable homes for them in the near future.
The newest arrival at the Centre is a 13-year-old grey gelding known as Copito de Nieve (Snowflake), seized by SEPRONA having been found living illegally in someone’s garden in Jimena de la Frontera. He unfortunately has some very bad melanomas (a common occurrence in grey horses here in Andalucia) but our vet thinks they may well be treatable and in view of his relative youth we are going to speak to the surgeon and get a specialised opinion. It will, of course, be an expensive procedure to remove them so we will have to consider carefully whether the funds will be available to help him. Meanwhile he is happily sharing a paddock with little Peanut and enjoying his food and attention. 
Hi, do you have any info about Colino? You see I now have a gelding 20 years “old” PRE high in spirit that I bought in Spain in 2013 and start to look for another horse (Feten is staying, – have stable at home) in age of 4–12 years and prefer a gelding good head/sence and relyable.
I live in southern of Sweden and soon reaching 60 years, hope to make a visit this summer.
regards
Madeleine
Hi Madeleine
Thank you for inquiring and please accept my humble apologies for taking so long to get back to you, I didn’t notice the message on our website as we don’t get many enquiries there.
I am sorry to say that Colino suffered from 3 colics and unfortunately had to be pts. It’s such a pity as he was doing so well, but at least we know that his final times with us were good for him. We are in the unfortunate position that we get some of the worst cases and the damage suffered from the initial malnourishment can be long lasting.
We do get geldings in often though, and we do rehome to Sweden when it is a suitable match. If you are still looking to adopt (again, sorry for the late response), please can you complete an online adoption form and we will get back to you once received.
https://www.horserescuespain.org/adoption-information-form/
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Kind Regards
Leon