Orange County Register Hero: Elizabeth Zarkos saves kids and horses BY SAMANTHA DUNN / ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Like any horse-crazy little girl, young Elizabeth Zarkos collected Breyer figurines of blood-bay Arabians, black Thoroughbreds, buckskin Mustangs and more. And, like any horse-crazy little girl, she soon discovered that the plastic-molded legs on those toys didn't hold up too well galloping around bedspreads and jumping over teddy bears. But when her plastic horses snapped off a … [Read more...]

A fan drew us a lovely horse!                 See the post here.   … [Read more...]

Equestrian Team Raises Money to Sponsor Abandoned Horse The team raised almost $300 at last week’s OCIEL Shows and continues to send funds to their “team horse.” January 16, 2013 / SANTA MARGARITA CATHOLICH HIGH SCHOOL NEWS This past August, a 13-year-old gelding horse named Ulysses was found scared and malnourished in a river bed in Riverside County. He was taken in by the Hanaeleh Horse Rescue- Orange County’s only non-profit horse rescue group- where it was decided that he would be … [Read more...]

This Caring Soul is Fine With the Equine Elizabeth Zarkos of Lake Forest has a horse rescue in Trabuco Canyon, but there's more to her than caring for the great creatures. By MARTIN HENDERSON / RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA PATCH Elizabeth Zarkos of Lake Forest has a passion for horses, and a heart for caring for them. That led her in 2004 to create the Hanaeleh Horse Rescue in Trabuco Canyon, where she spends her spare time mucking stalls, training horses, tending wounds and teaching … [Read more...]