Mill Reef recovered from severe leg fracture after an innovative surgery and dedicated treatment, then become a very successful stallion for 13 years after surgery.

Ruffian's right front ankle was gashed open & both proximal sesamoid bones were broken caused by a bad step in race.

During training, Noble Dancer suffered an injury on a muddy track. He tore ligaments, displaced his sesamoid bone, and it was forced into the canal of his left leg. The surgery was successful: Noble Dancer recovered and retired. He passed away on June 27, 1994, having survived for 15 years after the surgery.

In January 2000, Seattle Slew was found unable to stand or lift his head due to compression of his cervical spine (commonly known as cervical instability syndrome). He underwent two advanced surgeries in 2000 and 2002. He passed away peacefully in a stable in 2002 at the age of 28.

Riley was a buckskin Quarter Horse mare who arrived at the Best Friends Animal Society with a severe njury on her left hind leg. After initial fusion surgeries failed and led to a bone-deteriorating infection. Riley's left hind leg was amputated in 2008, with prosthetic leg. After a year, was put down because of multiple complications.

Bet On A Star underwent an amputation in 2017 and has since been living with a prosthetic leg. He has now become a therapy horse at "Hopes, Dreams and Horses."

Triple Vodka developed a severe and life-threatening infection in his right front coffin joint. Then underwent an amputation in January 2022 and lived with a prosthetic leg. However, the horse was euthanized in October 2022 following a severe colic episode.