Gilroy woman believes beloved horse was stolen

A heartbreaking plea from a Gilroy woman who believes her horse was stolen. It’s a race against time to find Rose the Arabian mare, who suffers from a digestive issues.

“When I went to see her I fell in love,” Diana Armbruster said. “She and I bonded right away… She’s one in a million.”

Diana Armbruster has been on pins and needles since Rose went missing early last week. She contacted local law enforcement and animal control in Santa Clara and San Benito counties, met with neighborhood ranchers, even posted missing animal flyers everywhere she goes.

Still, no one has seen the Arabian horse with a distinctive mark on her forehead.
“It was like she fell off the planet because nobody has seen her,” Armbruster said. “It’s really strange to me. I’m concerned about her. I don’t know what happened.”

Authorities say horse thefts are very rare but they hope to solve the mystery by the brand on the horse’s body. That information has been sent to the California Branding Authority, which will be relayed tolocal ranchers in case she appears on the auction.

In the meantime, Armbruster has a plea to whoever may have Rose.

“She’s an awesome horse,” Armbruster said. “She doesn’t deserve to be neglected or mistreated.”

Armbruster is offering a $500 reward to anyone that can bring Rose home. If anyone has information, she wants them to call authorities.