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The Baylor Riding Association takes care of 10 rescued horses, and their backgrounds vary as much as their appearance.

July, a red horse with a blonde mane and tail, was rescued after his mother rejected him. Rudy, a large paint, was donated from a farmer with too many animals, and Apollo was found wandering through a local rural neighborhood. No one knew where he came from.

Regardless of their backgrounds, the students in the riding association take them in and love them.

“We love our horses. They’re our pets,” association President Lerah Foreman said.

But their pets are expensive, and their love doesn’t pay the bills. The group has turned to a new fundraising effort this year. A GoFundMe page has helped the group raise $2,815 in the past month, but the bills keep piling up.

The association cares for 10 horses at C-Bar Stables near Valley Mills, and each horse costs at least $1,000 per year, which doesn’t include board.

They rent a pasture, and the approximately 30 members rotate the feeding duties each night during the semester. Local students care for the horses during the summer.