Update on Race For Home - Currently Available for Adoption

Thanks to foster mom Beth for sending this update on Race for Home:

"After seeing your great photos, I had to write and give you an update on
Rose. She is doing very well and has a great glow of health this spring.
She saw a chiropractor last month and she seems to be much less stiff and
loves to run circles and circles and circles in the outdoor arena. I wish
I could capture her on video--it is something to see. Her attitude towards
people seems to be more of a "thumbs up" these days. We get her out to
graze and for her grain so the halter is a good thing. She even gave me a
welcoming nicker when I was out last Sunday. Today was pedicure day and we
got all four feel trimmed up nicely. I'll try to get some pictures soon--I
know, I keep promising but I don't snap pictures fast enough with her. Oh! and one more thing--we did a fecal check in May. It indicated that she
was a high shedder so two weeks after her worming with Ivermectin, we had
another fecal done. This one was worm negative--yeay. So as you can see
this is the thousand words and we do need to send some pictures so you can
see the Rosie makeover."

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Two days

We are accepting donations towards renewal of our equine market license,
due on June 30.

This is several hundred dollars per year, and currently ASAP does not
budget for it.

Any donations are gladly accepted and eligible for a tax deduction!

Sue

Network For Good

Hey friends!

Got a notice from our friendly Department of Agriculture this month that
our equine market license renewal is due by June 30. GREAT.........there
goes several hundred dollars. It is interesting that we do not sell
horses, but rather charge a fee for our services (sometimes...) for horses
to find good homes. Why, then, should we be treated as horse traders or
jockeys? Just one question I have and it is meant to be a question and not
an argument. Add to that a standstill in our intakes at our farm with no
horses being accepted for placement, and we wonder why we might be
mandated to have this. Still, we want to respect the law, as always.

Please please keep your donations coming on Network for Good. In the past
month, ASAP has generated a few hundred dollars from donations made in our
name! This is the greatest fundraising tool we have found to date, and it
is helping the horses, thanks to you!

Is there still a button on our home page for Network for Good? Check it
out and see!

More Pace Invader

Pace is on the left!

Pace Invader

Pace Invader is a STB gelding who is currently available for adoption.
He is in Wisconsin.
He was first adopted as a driving horse, then came back and was re-adopted for use as a mounted police horse.
Since that time he has been a pleasure riding horse.
He is a tall light bay with tons of personality!

Wrigley, Currently Available For Adoption

In Memoriam

Special thanks to Judson Becker of Anderson, Indiana, for the $40 gift
received in memory of his dear brother, Marv Becker.

Bless you and may you find comfort during the time of your loss.

ASAP Inc.

Special Thanks

Who says that facebook connections are bad things? While some may see it
as "dangerous" and inappropriate to get linked back up with old friends
and acquaintances, ASAP has the opposite story.

I was on facebook several months ago and several of my high school
classmates had friended me. I was looking at their list of friends, and
came upon a name I instantly recognized - Scott Serres!!! I wondered what
had happened to him after high school - knew he had kind of vanished. I
clicked on his profile and we "friended" and I came to find out that he
moved with his family to Las Vegas after he graduated, and his dad was in
the printing business. Scott joined him in this business, and has stayed
in Nevada (but misses Wisconsin occasionally - how could he???).

We want to publicly thank Scott for his support of ASAP's mission. He has
not only donated money to help support horses in care, but he printed out
several hundred glossy fliers, along with two huge boxes of envelopes with
our logo on it! We have been in need of envelopes for a very long time,
and the fliers will help us immensely in our fundraising and marketing
efforts, to make people more aware of what we do.

Thank you Scott - a thousand times, thank you! And thanks to facebook and
old friends!!!!!!!

Kung Fu, Sadie, Holly, Sydney Rain and Fox Valley Deon

All still available for adoption!

Have had great reports that Sydney and Deon are two gentle,loving geldings
who are the first ones to greet you when you come outside. In your back
pocket and affectionate, loving, kind.

These horses would need some time under saddle (they haven't been ridden
in quite a little while).........but they would prove to make loyal pets
and great riding companions!!!

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Take a Look at Wrigley!!! Saddlebred Gelding!

This Saddlebred gelding is a 16 year old show horse - located near
Madison, WI

Email Sue if interested at asapinc@mwt.net or call
608-792-5126 - cell

Mc Dominant!!!

This very gentle big gelding is currently available for adoption~!
Contact Sue at asapinc@mwt.net

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An Angel Above - The Story of Broadway Pete

On March 2, 1997, a roan colt was born at Cottonwood Farms in Big Rock,
Illinois.

He was out of Broadway Express and Who's Counting (Ideal Society
bloodlines), and showed every promise of being a great race horse.

Race he did, but retired in 2002 after 44 starts, one win, a fastest time
of 1:56, and lifetime earnings of only about $6,500.

He was co-owned by Ed and his fiance', Linda Pederson, and Linda's sister
and her husband. Linda and her fiance' had a farm near Mineral Point. Linda had a love for Standardbreds that was very similar to mine, if not
identical. She was beautiful, young, and blonde, and worked as a
physician's assistant at UW Hospital in Madison. One of the biggest loves
of her life in addition to Broadway Pete and Chitown Legend was Amelia
Mouse. I have a framed picture of her hugging Amelia while smiling for
the camera, taken when Linda was very sick with cancer.

Linda knew her sister, Carol, loved animals, too. Linda went through a
very difficult time with her sister while also struggling with her own
cancer. Unfortunately, all the love in her heart for her horses and her
family could not save her, and Linda died tragically in 2004 at age 28 of
that dreaded disease.

Carol vowed to care for her horses if push came to shove. Amelia Mouse,
unfortunately, was lost in the shuffle after Linda died, and has never
been recovered. Carol would give anything to know where Amelia Mouse is -
would any of you out there have any idea? As for Broadway Pete, Linda is
watching him from above. Or, at least, that is my feeling.

With that said, Carol felt led to ask ASAP if they would be willing to
take Pete under their wing and let him become part of the ASAP family. Pete has had Parelli training, and now enjoys trail riding. Pete is going
to be placed along with Linda's very own Circle Y saddle, a prized
possession that ASAP will be honored to receive. There are times when it
feels as though the Lord orders things from His throne, and He loves each
of us so very much, He wants to honor the wishes and desires of those that
love Him. I believe Linda is watching over Pete from above!

Have a wonderful weekend!
Sue

The Grim Reality

Hi everyone,

We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our grant from the ASPCA - in the
meantime, bills continue to pile up and we are again forced to ask for
help.
I think if we can get over this next hump we may be able to find an angel
investor or someone to invest with operating expenses related to summer
programming.

We are very fortunate that we have been able to adopt out a few horses
recently that have given us assistance we so greatly need to support the
horses in our care. We cry out for sponsorship dollars to continue
providing for the horses at ASAP, but there are many in foster care who
may be returned that ASAP simply cannot support without donations.

What is needed:
$20 per trim for
Brandy
Arne
Bob Cook
Stylish Sharon
Taz
Cobrador Kosmos
Broadway Pete
DT
Taser Gun
Timesareachanging
Chief
Tex

Homes for any of the above

Hay hay hay hay - always an expense - and feed. Our last check to or
farmers union was returned NSF - and recently I have deposited $2,000 for
past hay bills, feed, and farrier care.

Vet bills
Coggins for 15 horses - our vet bills stand at $800 currently without the
last emergency charge for a boarded filly which exceeded $150.

While we cannot accommodate any more horses at the farm, there continues
to be foster families that are providing care at their own expense for the
horses. When they become strained, ASAP is the next stop for the horses.
Sadie
Holly
Kung Fu Guru
Sidney Rain
Fox Valley Deon
Thunder
Comet
Fox Valley Terror
Sugar
Ginger
Goodnight Starship
Solomon - just to name a few!

We are seeing a turnaround in adoptions this year and are hopeful that
more than ever horses will find their forever homes. In the meantime, we
plead with race tracks, harness racing organizations, and former owners
and trainers to sponsor the horses they have donated over the years.

This is a hard email to write - we are hoping by August to never have to
write one like it again - and hope that ASAP can be back on its feet.

We would encourage you to send ideas for fund raisers that you are able to
enlist volunteers in your area to help with. Many of you have had great
ideas in the past but it leaves the work in our laps. We simply don't
have the time and manpower it takes to conduct the fundraisers so are
asking for anyone out there willing to write a grant or donate items to
raffle or silent auction to initiate it. The horses need you!

Pictures enclosed are Ray and Alice H's horses Pistol Pete N and Penguin
Beware taken last weekend on an outing, preparing for competitive driving
events.

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