toomanyhorses26
Well-Known Member
Sadly my old loan pony solly was put to sleep tonight
She came to my yard nearly 13 years ago a scared and untrusting little pony who for most of her life had seen the bad side of human nature. She arrived with us as a bit of an emergency as she had been out on loan to another yard - the owners visited and saw her up to her ankles in crap and she had been in her box for nearly six weeks. She got out and damaged her eye and nobody could get near her. She was moved to us and spent most of her first week cowering at the back of her stable . we tried to spend time with her but unless it was on her terms she wasn't interested. The riding was also interesting to say the least - I would love to say she was the perfect loan pony but I could more often than not be seen being carted off with,dumped on the floor and just generally going in more wrong directions than right
Slowly and gradually she started to come round the riding became more manageable and she started to act like we could be ok and weren't going to beat her at every opportunity although her headshyness never disappeared. I had her for nearly three years until I outgrew her -she had a few short term loaners in between until Maddie came along. I never believed in soulmates until this pairing. They did everthing together - solly would jump for her ,let her touch her head and they truely believed in each other . Solly found a new lease of life and Maddie could often be found on the nd of a leasd rope heading for the nearest dinner bucket. She was truely a special little pony who turned out to have a fb little personality underneath that meek and mild exterior . The field and the yard will be a quieter place without her . Rip solly you nutty little chestnut mare 1981-10/11/09
