Prempro

Levesque has attended auctions in Canada and the upper Midwest and purchased anywhere from six to 42 foals, depending on the amount of money he has available.

"We were the first group to bring Premarin horses to New Hampshire, and the second group to bring them to New England," said Levesque.

Such is its national reputation that, after research, Mary Tyler Moore adopted two Premarin foals from E.P.O.N.A.

"I think we’re known nationally more than locally," said Levesque.

That seems to be changing, as the New Hampshire Horse Council recently named Levesque its Horse Person of the Year.

Volunteers such as Marsha Smith of Raymond said they are looking forward to helping with this new chapter at E.P.O.N.A.

"I think this program not only helps people here for therapeutic riding, but it helps the people who are here to help the horses and kids," she said.

Smith suffers from lupus and said that her volunteer work has strenghtened her physically and emotionally.

"Ron, E.P.O.N.A.

and the horses have given my life back to me," she said.

"When I started here a year ago I could hardly do anything.

Now I’m walking and riding." "If you talk to volunteers," said Levesque, "you find that E.P.O.N.A.

does rescue horses, but it also rescues people.

I think it has a lot to do on a spiritual basis with our namesake." Levesque said he hopes to build a permanent facility in three or four years.

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