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Help Aspen Get His Wish
A Royersford resident hopes to raise the money for surgery for her four-legged friend.
Aspen the thoroughbred has survived life as a racehorse, nearly being sent to slaughter, injuries and illnesses in his nine years. Now he's facing another big challenge, and his owner, Casey Gable, is hoping people can help. Gable rescued Aspen from slaughter five years ago. He was a racehorse at Philadelphia Racetrack, where he won about $40,000 in prize money for his owners. Like many racehorses, once the winning slowed down, he was pushed aside. Gable said she picked him up in a parking lot with his racing shoes still on his feet. He was thin and suffering from a bad fungal infection, but with care and hard work on Gable's part, he became a star jumper. He's also given pony rides to neighborhood kids, helped special needs kids and …
Casey Gable
10:20 am on Thursday, January 3, 2013
Sadly the Orthopedic vet is unable to take payments for this procedure, and his is being kept in a stall while we are raising the money to keep him as comfortable as possible. He loses the stall this weekend but we are moving him early to the place that will be taking care of his post operative needs once he has the surgery. A small group of us are doing everything we can think of to contact … more ›