“It has been an extremely difficult day today for many of our friends and trainers who live in the Blackforest fire evacuation area,” says a spokesman from Excel Associates Show Management who is currently holding the Colorful Colorado Quarter Horse Show at the Norris-Penrose Equestrian Center. “Many are safely evacuated to Douglas County Fairgrounds, Elbert County Fairgrounds and here at our show grounds at the Norris-Penrose Equestrian Center. We wish safe passage to all as Colorado fights these awful fires.”
GoHorseShow is also aware that horse trainer Kelly McDowall recently evacuated the horses from his training facility due to the wildfires and several people including trainer, Leslie Lange and amateur, Jason Wanderer, pitched in to help move the horses to the fairgrounds.
“In addition to the show horses there are over 100 evacuated animals stabled at the show grounds,” says, Wanderer. “I took a walk around the stalls tonight and it was a humbling experience. A true menagerie of different animals and breeds. The news has said that those who can not evacuate their animals should write their name of the animals, cut fences and turn them loose.”
According to Wanderer, trainers, Chad Evans and Bill Bormes evacuated their horses Thursday night. Amateur, Betty Watt, also had 26 horses brought to her ranch by their owners to escape the fires.
We will update you as we have more information.
For evacuation info and a Facebook page set up for lost animals please check out the links below.
Click here to visit Facebook page for Black Forest Fire Lost and Found Pets
CO Fires Evacuation Facilities, Fairgrounds
- IF YOU NEED IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE call 911 and they will direct you to proper division handling your emergency for your immediate areas
- If you see loose livestock or horses please contact: CART (Community Animal Response Team) liaison at the EOC (Emergency Operation Command) in Colorado Springs. 719-520-7773 by clicking here
- CO Fire Maps and updates: http://www.coloradofiremaps.com/status-updates/
- If you want to offer assistance with Horse Evacuations East please click on this link and post on our Event page for CO fires.
- If you are missing or have found livestock or horses you can file a report with www.Netposse.com. It is their specialty uniting owners with their animals. They will waive their fee for CO fire victims.
CO Fires: Fairgrounds and Confirmed Facilities for Livestock and Horses
Facilities Available for Evacuees:
MANDATORY EVAC’D CLOSED Latiago Equestrian Center
AT CAPACITY** Norris-Penrose Equestrian Center FULL (719) 635-1101 HAY NEEDED
1045 Lower Gold Camp Rd Colorado Springs, CO 80905
AT CAPACITY** Suggs Performance Horses Fountain, CO
Cactus Creek Ranch Phone: Rick 719-596-2345 18550 Midway Ranch Rd. Fountain, CO
Horses Only Must care for own animals and supply own feed, hay, bedding and buckets
Twisted Trails and DeVaney Performance Horses– Nancy DeVaney cell 303-249-0363
Taking in horses and any types of livestock. 2096 E. Frontage Rd., Castle Rock, CO
Bring feed, buckets, hay, halters and anything else special your horses need, mark all items with name and contact number including halters. They have volunteers to help feed and care for animals. They will accept donations of hay, feed and buckets.
Flying W Ranch– pasture room only for horses with other horses call for availability
Aaron Winter, Exec. Director at (719) 499-2324 Excepting hay and feed donations
Address: 3330 Chuckwagon Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80919
OPEN Fairgrounds
Elbert County Fairgrounds Office: 303-621-3152 95 Ute Ave., Kiowa, CO
Still have room confirmed 6-13-13 2:28pm NO CHARGE
Excepting hay, feed and bedding donations
Taking in: Livestock and all animals, stalls, pens, arenas, dry camping and RV hookup, showers
Must care for own animals and supply own feed, hay, bedding and Buckets
Arapahoe Fairgrounds Office: 303-795-4955 25690 E. Quincy Ave, Aurora CO 80016
Stalls, pens, arenas and dry camping and RV hookups
Must care for own animals and supply own feed, hay, bedding and Buckets
Adco-Adams County Fairgrounds Office: 303-637-8000 9755 Henderson Road | Brighton, CO
Horses and Livestock only: Stalls, pens, arenas, showers, dry camping and RV hookups NO CHARGE
Must care for own animals: supply your own feed, hay, bedding and buckets
El Paso Fairgrounds Office: (719) 520-7880 366 10th Street Calhan, CO 80808
Horses and Livestock only: Stalls, pens, arenas, showers, dry camping and RV hookups NO CHARGE
Must care for own animals and supply own feed, hay, bedding and buckets
Jeffco-Jefferson County Fairgrounds Office 303-271-6600 15200 W. 6th Ave, Golden, CO 80401 Staff phone before 9pm 720-490-5737
Horses and Livestock only: Stalls, pens, arenas, showers, dry camping and RV hookups
Must care for own animals: supply your own feed, hay, bedding and buckets
Stalls $10 a day and pens are $5 a head or $20 a pen-no one will be turned away, has bedding for sale $10 a bag
Colorado State Fairgrounds MUST CALL 1st to open for you 10 mins away Carol Kuhns 719-240-7833
Fairgrounds have been opened and run by Pueblo County Animal Rescue Team
Horses and maybe some livestock.
Must care for own animals: supply your own feed, hay, bedding and buckets
