Georgina Bloomberg gave her son a pony from a shelter

Photo: Georgina Bloomberg

Source: The chronicle of the horse

When Georgina thought about the first pony for her son Jasper, she decided to contact the Rescue Horse Orphanage.

“I try not to buy new horses, but to take rescued ones,” said Georgina. “Every time we have an empty stall, we immediately look for a horse that needs it. In the Jasper situation, we both won – I saved the horse and he got a friend.”

Georgina reached out to the Equus Foundation, a non-profit organization with a national database of rescued horses, to see if they knew a horse that would fit 5-year-old Jasper. And there was Teddy, a miniature horse rescued from an Omega Horse Rescue auction in Pennsylvania.

“He’s really petite; he’s one of the tiniest minis I’ve ever seen,” smiled Georgina. “But it’s good because Jasper is a little intimidated, so I wanted to find a friend who would give him confidence.”

Teddy arrived in mid-January and settled with Georgina in Wellington, Florida.

“I would like my son to share my passions and we would spend a lot of time together,” Georgina said, “it would be great if he interacts a lot with animals and learns to think about others while caring for a little pony.”

Little is known about Teddy’s past, only that he can work both under saddle and in harness, and Georgina plans to use this.

“I think we will buy him a wagon and let Jasper drive, but first he needs to gain knowledge – he hasn’t quite figured out how to stop and control a horse yet,” shared Georgina.

Teddy has joined the extended Bloomberg family of rescued animals. Their stables in Florida and New York include a pig, five horses, a goat, and several dogs. Georgina is known for her charitable work—in addition to her traditional fundraising efforts, she flew dogs from Puerto Rico, helped evacuate dogs after Hurricane Irma, and joined forces with a community to solve a puppy breeding problem.

Author: Ann Glavan