The Soquili Farm Corporation

06/21/2026

UPDATE! Coming Home to Horses is now available on Amazon!

Kindle — $9.99
Paperback — $19.99

Same guide. Same 25 years of barn wisdom. Same real horses, real stories, real lessons. Now easier to get and in the format you want.

If you've been thinking about it — here's your sign.

amazon.com/dp/B0H59LGTT3

Every copy supports The Soquili Farm Corporation and Whispering Winds Sanctuary. 🐴

Coming Home to Horses: The Guide for First-Time and Returning Horse Owners

06/01/2026

Hurrycane Don arrived yesterday morning. 🐴
Off the trailer, into the light, and already making friends.
The man giving him a kiss is Joe — our transporter who has crossed this country more times than he can count delivering horses to second chances. He also brought Baltasar home to us. When someone handles your horses the way Joe handles horses you sleep easy on transport night.
Don is an OTTB with a sway back and a gentle soul. He came off that trailer like he already knew everything was going to be fine. Checked out healthy. Track shoes pulled. And by yesterday evening he was settled in his forever home with Rosie — another rescue who came from us.
Two of our horses finding each other.
That is the whole story right there. That is why we do this.
Welcome home Don. 🐴
The Soquili Farm Corporation 501(c)3 — giving horses who have run out of chances a safe place to land.

05/25/2026

It is finally here. Coming Home to Horses — the guide built from the barn floor up, written from thirty years of rescue work and a lifetime of loving horses.
Every purchase supports The Soquili Farm Corporation 501(c)3 and the horses in our care. This book exists because of them. Buy it for them. 🐴

Coming Home to Horses The Guide for First-Time and Returning Horse OwnersWhether you are buying your first horse or coming back to horses after years away — this is the book you needed before you got here.Built on thirty years of hands-on rescue work, natural horsemanship, and the barn wisdom that...

05/21/2026

Baltasar came off the track with a small cracked bone in his fetlock(ankle) that just needs time. 🐴

We introduced him to Rocky our Quarter Horse. One squeal, and that was it. Friends for life.

This is what your support gives these horses: rest, good hay and someone to stand next to. 💛

🔗 Donate link in bio

05/21/2026

Meet Baltasar.
He came to us six days ago — a 9-year-old Thoroughbred off the track, after a 3½-hour trailer ride. He pulled in at 8:30 at night, tired and carrying a small hairline crack in the bone of his right front fetlock.
It's a tiny crack — so small that even the track's own people couldn't spot it on the X-ray until the vet pointed it straight at it. But small doesn't mean nothing. A crack like that heals with one thing: rest.
He stood quiet for the unload. And within the first hour, he was eating hay in his stall. If you've ever waited up with a new horse, you know what that meant to us. That's the answer to the question every rescuer asks on a night like that: is he going to be okay? Eating hay in the first hour is a yes.
The vet says 60 days of stall rest to let that bone knit. We'll give him that — and then some. Twenty-five years of this has taught me that healing happens on the horse's time, not on a schedule, and nobody here is in a hurry to put Baltasar back to work. So he's going to do something he's probably never done in his life: nothing. A horsey vacation. Time to just be a horse.
Here's the part that got us. We turned him out near Rocky. One small squeal from Rocky — and that was it. Instant buddies. Like they'd known each other their whole lives.
His coat still carries a little winter hair, but it's starting to change. There's a shine coming in that wasn't there a week ago.
The vet says once he's healed, he'll be sound for any job. He's young. He's got a real second career ahead of him. But first — rest. Friendship. Good hay. Time.
This is what your support does. It buys the time these horses need.
🐴 Soquili Farm · 501(c)(3) Horse Rescue · Central Ohio

05/13/2026

🐴Hi Friends,
I wrote a horse care guide. It's free.
A bit about me: I've been with horses almost my entire life — riding with my dad's help since I was two, into 4H at seven, raising three daughters who all rode, and now 25 years of rescuing horses at Soquili Farm. This is the guide I wish someone had handed me at the beginning. The honest, real-world advice most horse care books leave out.
It's for the woman who rode as a teenager and now her horse is back in her life thirty years later. For the woman in her 50s who finally bought the horse she couldn't have at 15. For anyone tired of conflicting advice from the internet, the feed store, and the trainer down the road all telling her something different.
One important thing: every person in the horse world has an opinion, and not every approach works for every horse, every climate, or every setup. This guide isn't gospel. It's what I know works from my own years of experience caring for horses in central Ohio. Take what fits your situation. Trust your gut. Ask your vet. Use this guide as a starting place, not a final word.
Inside you'll find:

The truth about feeding (most new owners feed wrong — it's not their fault)
How to spot a sedated sale-barn horse before you buy
Why interstate health papers matter and what can happen when they're skipped
The blanketing question, answered honestly
What to actually keep in a horse first aid kit
Real talk about boarding, buying, vet care, and farrier schedules

It's free because the horses I rescue come to us because someone, somewhere, got bad advice and a horse paid for it.
If you want the guide, the link is below. No fee. No catch. Just download it.
🐴
Free Horse Care Essentials Guide from The Soquili Farm Corporation
👉 https://soquilifarm.subscribepage.io
The Soquili Farm Corporation is a 501(c)(3) horse rescue in central Ohio. If you'd like to support our work, you can also donate to help feed and care for our 20 horses.

05/11/2026

"This is what I've been pouring my heart into for the past several years. Soquili Farm Corporation is officially set up to accept donations now, and I wanted to share Waffles' story with the people in my life. If his story touches you, please consider giving. And if you can't right now — please share. Either helps."

05/11/2026

Meet Waffles.
The first photo is the day he came to us — March 29, 2023. The Humane Society called. He'd been living in someone's backyard with another horse, fed dog treats, cereal, and bread. No hay. Hooves untouched for years, curled up like elf shoes. His forelock was so matted with burrs it stuck straight out, and so tight against his head that he flinched at the lightest touch.
It took us six hours that first day — conditioner, MTG, patient hands, bleeding fingers even through gloves — just to get the burrs out of his head. We started with his face because we wanted him to know that hands could be gentle. Then his hooves, just enough trimming to ease the pain until our specialist could come out with X-rays and read what his bones needed.
It took about two weeks before he could walk without it hurting.
The second photo is Waffles last summer, standing under a tree with his buddy Frankie, who we also rescued.
He goes to birthday parties now. He visits children at school. He LOVES being groomed by kids. Every burr we pulled out of his head, every painful step in those first weeks, every quiet hour of trust we built — it was all so he could become this.
This is what your support makes possible. Hattie just arrived this weekend — another rescue, another story beginning. There will always be another horse. We need help to keep showing up for them.
If Waffles' story moved you, you can support The Soquili Farm Corporation here:
👉 https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/help-the-horses-of-soquili-farm
Every dollar goes directly to feed, vet care, farrier visits, and emergency rescue costs. No salaries. Just the herd.
Thank you for being part of this with us. 🐴
— Monica
The Soquili Farm Corporation
501(c)(3) Horse Rescue

11/12/2025

This is a bit long, but important to share ❤️ 15 Fascinating Facts About Horses’ Emotional Memory and Empathy

1. Horses hold one of the most powerful long-term memories among domestic animals — recalling people, voices, and events for decades.

2. They read human intent through facial expressions, distinguishing friend from threat long before a hand is raised.

3. A single act of kindness can echo for years — a horse may seek out the same person even after a long separation.

4. Trauma carves deep grooves — a horse may forever avoid a place, object, or person tied to fear.

5. They sense human emotion through voice tone, breath rhythm, and body tension — even from across a field.

6. They respond not just to fear, but to sadness, joy, or confusion — silently, instinctively.

7. Mirror neurons in their brains allow them to feel what others feel — true empathy in motion.

8. When tears fall nearby, a horse may approach softly, lower its head, and offer a gentle touch — comfort without words.

9. A wounded horse can form the deepest bonds with a patient human — shared pain becomes shared trust.

10. Horses are proven emotional therapists for PTSD, depression, and anxiety — healing hearts, not just bodies.

11. They grieve deeply — lingering by a lost companion or withdrawing in quiet mourning.

12. Once bonded, they memorize your personal rhythms — footsteps, breath, even the silence between.

13. Their memory isn’t just survival — it’s the foundation for profound connection with those who earn their trust.

14. With gentle consistency, fear can be rewritten into safety — even shattered trust can be rebuilt.

15. Horse empathy is biological fact, not folklore — their brains and hearts sync with human emotion in real time.