Bud, a 28-year-old registered Missouri Fox Trotter, had barely warmed his hooves at the 2025 Equine Affaire adoption event before he stole someone’s heart. In less than a day, his future adopter knew: This was her right horse.

Equine Affaire featured dozens of adoptable horses — including many from ASPCA Right Horse Partners like MSPCA at Nevins Farm . The staff hadn’t originally planned to bring Bud to the four-day, horse‑lover’s paradise held each spring in Ohio and each fall in Massachusetts, but Bud’s last-minute appearance turned out to be exactly where he was meant to be.

“Bud was new with us and needed to put on a good bit of weight to reach his ideal body condition,” says the MSPCA’s Erika Tonnon, equine and farm animal placement coordinator for Nevins Farm.…