Help Us
Help Them
With help from our generous supporters, The Wild Horse Project has mustered, tamed and rehomed hundreds of wild horses. We expect to muster and rescue at least 100 horses over the next year, and we rely on your donations - to cover their emergency food, urgent veterinary care, our equipment, and much more. The Wild Horse Project is a registered charity CC61637.
For just $15, you can help us feed a wild horse for a day.
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Hundreds of
wild horses saved
by The Wild Horse Project since 2010
100+
mustered
every year, each needing food, medical attention, and taming.
$20,000+
each year
is needed to cover medical bills for our rescues
$15
a day
the cost of feeding a newly rescued wild horse
Da Vinci
Da Vinci is just a wonderful horse to have around. We’ve used him for trekking, mustering, competing and more. He’s picked up ribbons and much admired in the pleasure ring for his lovely nature and smooth movement. Great to go out on trail rides as he’s sure footed and confident in a group. Goes in a halter or bridle and is sensitive and calm to the aids.
7
14.1
$8,000
Destiny
Destiny is one of the kindest mares around. She’s also very pregnant to the big black stallion.
Since arriving she’s been incredible to work with. Just an amazing attitude and and kind soft demeanour with a lovely intelligence. If we could, she’d be one that we would keep, as she’s such a clever athletic mare. We can see her going on to be a lovely ridden horse.
Age: approximately 6
Height: 14.2hh
Price: $1000
Daisy and Dainty
Daisy is a very sweet young mare and has been lovely to do everything with since her arrival in April. She’s well handled, wormed, hard ties, great groundwork, feet trimmed etc. Ready to go on to be a fantastic family pony, once Dainty is weaned and she’s ready to be ridden.
Dainty, although small when he was born in early September, has grown into a strapping young foal with lovely movement and great presence about him.
Age: Mare 3years + colt 1month
Height: 13.2hh
Price: $1500
Dusty
Dusty is the horse everyone has their eyes on. He’s relaxed, laid back and confident to do anything. His Dad is a big black stallion. He’s got an exceptional nature, super friendly and a joy to have around. Well and truly ticked off all his training mile stones. Covers, hard ties, floats, great ground work good to trim, catch etc. This boy is stunning beautiful and has the world ahead of him.
Yearling
Estimated mature height 15.2-16hh
1500
Devine
This little filly has good looks, movement and a fantastic attitude. She’s been well handled and then on paddock turnout out to grow. We could see her being exceptional in showing or as a jumping or dressage pony. Wonderful attitude for a family pony as not dirty and just kind and honest to deal with.
Yearling
Mature to EMH 14-14.2
$1000
Mustered horses for adoption
Upcoming Events
We run Wild Horse Workshops throughout the year where you can come and get real hands-on experience working with and taming wild horses. We cater to all levels and spectators are welcome.
Under the mentorship and guidance of our founder Chloe Phillips-Harris, you will improve your understanding of horse behaviour and learn the step by step process in taming wild horses.
Our workshops can be a three-day foal handling course through to week long completely immersive workshop working with mature horses.
We even have special retreats throughout the year, where you can see the horses in the wild, help us with mustering and tame them on sight.
Our workshops are a great pathway to adopting a wild horse and those who wish can take a horse home with them at the end.
We believe wild and feral horses deserve a chance. We help them adapt to live happy, well-adjusted and fulfilled lives they start this new chapter as domestic horses. We work with wild horses of all ages, nothing is exempt. Through our understanding of horse behaviour there hasn't been any horses we couldn't tame, or hasn't adjusted to domestic life.
From mature stallions all the way down to newborn foals, we work with every horse that comes into our care. We open up our training methods to public, with wild horse workshops, educational clinics, working student positions and private lessons. So that more people can learn how to work with these amazing animals and improve their horsemanship along the way.
Wild Horse Workshops
Donate Now
The Wild Horse Project relies entirely on donations and Workshop bookings to cover our ongoing costs and fund much needed big ticket items, including:
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Weekly feed bills - currently around $2,000 a week
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Vet bills - over $20,000 spent in the last 12 month period
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Barn roof - $120,000 is needed to make dry holding pens before next winter. This is a necessity for horse welfare and to be able to continue to train and work with them safely over the winter months
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Stock trailer - $19,000 to be able to safely pick up and move smaller mobs of wild horses and foals. We are currently raising funds for our trailer through a dedicated Give A Little page
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Fencing - to muster at 90Mile Beach for contraception/castration, $5,500
You can support us through the Donorbox donation form embedded on this page, or directly through our bank account (12-3091-0216352-00).
We are a registered charity in Aotearoa New Zealand (CC61637).
Booth's Logistics
transported both feed and yards for us free of charge.
Stronghold Ltd
provided yards to help house the wild horses
Purvis Feeds
provided feed for the wild horses
The Wildhorse Masterclass
donates 50% profits to the Wild Horse Project
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Lassoo
Media & PR
provided website design and social media support
Thank you to our sponsors
Contact Us
For general enquiries about our horses and events, please use the main contact us form below, or email info@thewildhorseproject.com
You can also get in touch via our social channels - our Facebook page message inbox is regularly monitored.
We also have specific forms for Horse Adoption and Wild Horse Workshop event bookings, please navigate to the forms on those specific pages.