Help me to evacuate my horse

A month ago I was grumpy about my 9 am to 9 pm working day. I was trying to get my sleeping routine back to normal because after work I was trying to enjoy some life and fall asleep after 2 am.

A little bit more than one week ago I was choosing the day to contact my reining trainer and decide on the date for coming for private lessons. A little bit more than one week ago I was looking for tickets to Paris, to spend a weekend with my fiance and meet my favorite actors at the convention. I was planning our Downunder Horsemanship Method fans meeting. And I started preparing Stella for our first-ever endurance trail challenge.

Now I left my home. I left my horse. I left all my life in Kyiv. I don't know when I'll be able to come back. When I'll be able to see Stella's pink nose again. My country is on fire. My friends' horses are dead. Houses ruined. We packed our lives in one car, in one bag, and left. But you can't pack your memories, things, that matter, you can't pack your hopes and dreams.

I'm asking for your help to evacuate my horse from Kyiv to Tarnow(Poland). But because there is a war in my country, horse transport costs 5(!!) times more expensive, than usual. And European countries still require ALL the papers, which we usually need in peaceful times.

But I must try to save her and to bring her to me. All money that I was saving for the reining training I already spent on the evacuation of my family from Kyiv to Western Ukraine.

Every day I'm looking for horse transport, and I was trying to find the safest option with the most reasonable price. She is my everything. I raised her, I trained her myself, she is the first and the most trained Clinton Anderson's Method horse in Ukraine. She is the only reining horse in Ukraine. And she was with me when it was bad and when it was good. She was always with me.

Starting next week, in Lviv, near the Polish border, there will be transit stable. Ukrainian Equestrian Federation can help with all papers for horses. But I can't afford it myself.

Transport to Poland costs $800-1000 per horse. That means that horse will travel with an experienced driver in safe horse transport.

Documents on the Ukrainian side cost $250. It's all blood tests, microchip, vaccines, and legal documents.

Documents to cross the European border cost $600. It's a price from Polish border staff. This includes all horse import documents and European vet papers.

So the general amount is around $1500.

I have never asked for money for my personal things. But Stella deserves a chance. She teached me to be a good horsewoman, she teached me everything I know, and we will learn even more! If I will bring Stella to Europe, we both will receive a chance to live the lives of our dreams. I promised her that she will be the queen of my ranch and I have to keep my word to her.

Please, help me to save my horse. I would be thankful for any donation. If you can't donate, please share this page with your friends. Equestrian community around the world is awesome and I believe that we will find our way through the darkness.

Glory to Ukraine!