Recent content by sian230

Hi, sorry to hear that your horse has been signed off :( My amre is having some down-time until I can find a shiny new home for her to go and give someone lots of fun, and she is currently living out, full time, at http://www.essexhorseretirement.co.uk/ The couple who run this are...

Hi, I always used Chris Caden-Parker. She was really good, had an electronic diary on her and kept a note of the last time she had seen your horses, any problems areas etc, so knew what to check on and could see if the horse was working better since the previous meeting. She also advised...

hmmm, that was my worry. Due to her currently being in a field, people wouln'dt have the chance to try her out as would need to take her home, settle her and get her fit. I have lots of people that could vouch for her. My vet and his assistant both loved her but neither of them was looking...

Dawn, you can't even begin to believe the type of people that I have contact me or the people that have taken her on, promised me the World, only to then: a) let her run with their colts to try and get her in foal after me saying no. (I thought that 18 was too old for a first one and not...

Hey, I have a lovely 16hh TB mare. She is 19 years old, although you would never know it to look at her. She is a lovely, friendly mare who I have tried to find a good, permanent loan home for previously, but unfortunately I seem to have met every con man/woman in a thirty mile radius...

If you went back and saw him and liked him just as much as the first time around, could you speak to the owner and maybe make it a condition of the loan contract that she would put money towards the treatment needed on his neck/back, or get them to agree that if after a certain time period of...

About as hard as it is for the other half of us that are looking for the perfect home. Everybody always seems to be looking for the opposite of what you have to offer, very frustrating!! I'm looking for a new home for my mare at the moment, but I don't think she would suit what you are...

Wow, it's nice to know that so many other people keep their TB's living out in this weather...I feel decidedly curel at the moment as I wont venture out and was feeling bad at making her live out in it... but you've all reassured me that I'm not the only one doing this and it's great to hear...

Hey all, hoping someone may be able to help... I have a TB mare who recently came back from loan on very, very short notice (1 week!) and I had to find someowhere to put her, so she has gone out on grass livery... which was all well and good uptil this week... She was roughed off as soon...

Re my above post, I've only read the first couple of pages of this thread, so apologies for any duplicates or missing out on half of the story!

That's a bit harsh. Did you buy her knowing that she hadn't been re-schooled? I own a 19 year old TB mare who has to have time off due to injuries caused by past loaners and I no longer ride, but find the thought of having her PTS impossible to even contemplate. I think if you've bought the...

£30 a month is mad! I pay £45 a week for my mare to be on retirement livery. she has lots of grass and is reguarly checked on and I think this is about the standard rate, so you should charge at least £30 per week, but up to about £70 per week considering she is stabled and you have to muck out...

I've moved my mare to Essex Retirement Livery today, based in Ingatestone. I met the couple who own it on Monday and they picked my mare up today (I'm at work and unable to get the time off, but felt able to trust them to do this on my behalf, which says a lot!) They have 200 acres of...

Hi completebank, Good to hear that you've had success with the Veteran Horse Society, that is something that I may have to look into. Amyamy, unfortunately I couln'dt keep her at the yard as coulnd't afford it and had no way of getting there everday and they offer no livery facilities...

Hi all, Hoping someone may be able to offer some advice. I own a gorgeous 16hh TB Mare who is now 19 (I've had her since she was 8). Unfortunately, due to working long hours and my finances, I found that I was unable to keep her and, after a lot of thought, decided to put her on full...