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Stinkbomb

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I have just sold my old ponies saddle and i feel quite sad about it. He died 2 years ago and i always said id keep it as i couldnt bear to part with it, we had so many nices rides with it. However i could keep seeing it going mouldy in the garage and decided to sell. Didnt do too bad, i paid £225 for it 14 years ago and just sold it for £220!!!
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I still have his leather headcollar, his old rug and his brushes. Does anyone else keep things like this when they loose a horse or is it just me???
 
I still have my girls things, rugs headcollar she has been retired for years so i dont have her saddle anymore i gave it to a friend for her pony. I sold one of my horses 4 years ago i still have her saddle, only just starting to think about selling it..
I think its normal to keep hold of things but then i have so many pictures for memories..x
 
I sold my girlies Passier dressage saddle and booed my eyes out when it went, I've still got her headcollar and her bridle all hanging upstairs and she sits in a large box nearby as I had her cremated. She was PTS nearly three years ago and I'll never part with her stuff!
Fortunatly her clothes all fit her son so he's got lots to wear. I didn't want to sell the saddle but it was never going to fit him and it was too beautiful to collect dust. The lady that bought it wrote to me to say it fits her ned like a glove and she would ensure it had as much care with her - daft bunch aren't we!!
 
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I understand how you feel. I think we all have trouble coping and letting go. Keeping things around until we are ready to part with them is normal. Now you can think of all of the memories the person who bought will make in the saddle. Wonderful it is being used again
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When my 1st pony died i kept all his tack and his saddle was bought new and was still as good as new after owning him for 11 years. When i needed a bigger saddle for one of my other horses i relented and took it back to up minster saddlery where my mum & dad bought it for me. She took it back gladly and charged a 10% commision of selling it for me, it sold within 1 day and i got back £210 for which was great.

I kept his bridle though and when i lost him i had him cremated and even though i didn't want his ashes (didn't seem right) i kept a snip of his tail and often look at it, i miss him very much after nearly 17 years, my old mate Sam.
 
I've got my old mares headcollar and a set of shoes in the loft... She died 13 years ago, a week after Red Rum - I cried buckets for both of them. I did eventually get rid of her saddle to someone to use for breaking their pony in but it still hurt a bit.
 
I have sold on almost all of the equipment I had for my two ponies. I look at it that it's only stuff. They certainly weren't attached to it! I kept both their headcollars and still have their ashes. Everything else went. It made me more sad to have it all hanging around tbh.

I suppose everyone is different, but I really surprised all my friends and family by getting rid of it all.

Jo x
 
Glad its just not me then!!!! I must admit ive had alittle weep
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I had simon cremated and his ashes buried but i too kept a lock of his mane. The vet also took his shoe off for me and i kept that. My dad polished it up for my wedding day and my friend ( who was also my florist ) decorated it for me and i carried all through the ceremony.

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Oh what a lovely friend. Those are the momentos that matter. I didn't keep their last shoes as at the end they were both wearing specials. I do have one each from years back though. They live on my fireplace hearth.

I do have pictures all over the house , but now they make me smile more often than not. The ashes are still in the front room. I don't feel ready to part with them yet, but the time will no doubt come.

Jo x
 
Ah Mrs Stinkbomb that brought a tear to my eye having your horses shoe at your wedding day, what a lovely idea.

I had my girl cremated i have her ashes in my front room still not sure what i will do with them, i am sure with time i will find that perfect place!
 
That shoe is lovely - I'm another with tears in my eyes!

I only just sold my girlies two saddles on ebay - only to find one relisted with in a week 'youngster sadly outgrown this wonderful saddle!!!) That made me howl like a baby! I have her ashes burried in the garden with an apple tree on top. I wouldn't let my other one eat the apples because her mate was burried underneath it????? (I have relented on that this year though) We are all so soft aren't we???
 
I gave all my pony's rugs to a charity. I felt that was the best thing to do. I kept his saddle for my horse but sold it when I grew out of it. Like others, I have a cut of his tail and have lots of pictures up in the house. In the May before he died, my husband got a watercolour comissioned of him and I treasure that, the likeness is very good. I had him cremated but couldn't bear to have the ashes back, so he is in the garden of rememberance, nearly 5 years on though I still can't bring myself to visit.
 
Not a horse, but dogs. I have a collar from one of mine, and license tags for my grandas old labradors (which we took on after he died)
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I couldn't part with them.
 
I still have Dermots stuff, I never get rid of anything, it'll all fit new horses. Even the saddle has fitted both Parker and Spider. Thought about selling it but the fact it's still with me says alot. Sold most of his rugs with Parkers as thought next horse would be a big'n (Why is it I have little 16.2hhs and pretty tall and there so many shorties with 17HH odds. Humfp) I guess I still have most his stuff for praticle reasons rather then sentimentel.

Can't believe the price you got for it considering you hardly paid more 14 years old!
 
When i lost my 2 year old I just shut the stable door with everything in it. It was about 6 months later that a friend helped me to sort it out when i told her!

When my old pony died a couple of years ago i got rid of everything straight away. Sold the saddle, gave the rugs away etc. I think it was because she was old so in a sense it was easier.
 
I can understand how you feel. I still have Sirrius' foal rug and headcollar, and a snippet of tail, I also have Gypsy's bridle. I wanted a snippet of tail, but mum didnt get it for me (i wasnt there when she was pts).

I also have lots for photos and a painting of Sirrius that some friends commissioned for me.
 
I've got 2 bridles, 5 rugs, saddle cloths, boots , head collars . I think i have everything that belonged to my boy (ted) except his saddle. I hate parting with his things and would be heart broken if i lost my photos of him or my memories. Still miss him soo much...
 
I worked as a groom and I have all sorts of mementos from the horses I have cared for. I was a useless groom because I got too attached to them.

I have an old bit from the pony who taught me to ride, various bits of manes and tails and lots of shoes.

We are a sentimental lot, but I think its better to feel than not to.
 
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