Anyone 'gifted' a horse to Moorcroft Racehorse Welfare?

I looked into it at the beginning of this year. It's not as easy as just handing the horse over. It was going to cost me about £800 to send him there, think it was some sort of donation fee??!! The only reason I enquired was that the horse I had I was worried sick where he would end up. He was a lovely boy with nothing wrong with him. In the end I found him the perfect home.
 
There is a video on At The Races YouTube channel which is a about Moorcroft. The older lady is a very nice quiet rider, the younger one yanked with her hands and booted with her feet and forced the horse into a contact.

Not somewhere I would send one of mine I'm afraid.

ETA : link to YouTube video.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TFnoDEtEoHE
 
Charlie007 said:
I looked into it at the beginning of this year. It's not as easy as just handing the horse over. It was going to cost me about £800 to send him there, think it was some sort of donation fee??!! The only reason I enquired was that the horse I had I was worried sick where he would end up. He was a lovely boy with nothing wrong with him. In the end I found him the perfect home.
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So the term 'gifted' is a bit broad as you have to pay for them to take your horse?
 
EKW said:
There is a video on At The Races YouTube channel which is a about Moorcroft. The older lady is a very nice quiet rider, the younger one yanked with her hands and booted with her feet and forced the horse into a contact.

Not somewhere I would send one of mine I'm afraid.

ETA : link to YouTube video.



https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TFnoDEtEoHE
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Thanks for the link, I see what you mean about the riding!
 
I think £800 is cheap if it gives you peace of mind. However if you don't feel confident about a place..... There are so many scammers out there now promising your horse a home for life etc and it's straight down the sale yard as 'gifted' Eventer with a back story of pure BS :(
 
I was willing to pay for peace of mind. Nothing wrong with the horse but I hadn't sold a horse for 15 years and was so worried. As I say I found the perfect home for him. He is doing great. There are other charities that will take them for a smaller donation.
 
Holy smoke, that younger woman's hands! I've seen this as the new fad, one trainer that comes to my yard teaches this crap.
 
So let me see if I Understand... You pay THEM to buy your horse? Then presumably they charge someone to adopt it.... Wow were am I going wrong in life.
 
It's the term 'gifting' that sticks in the craw.

You aren't giving them the horse, you are paying them a whack of money to take it on.

No problem with the concept, if they do a good job, but the terminology needs to change.

ETA Ye gods, seen the video, the girl rider is awful!
 
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Most people aren't 'gifting' a well schooled horse with a great future in front of it though, if they had such a horse they would sell it. The UK has a massive problem with unwanted horses already, all the rescues are full to the brim and there are a load of scammers and knackers waiting to take your 'project' horse off you and straight to the slaughter house. Anyone on here must surely appreciate how much it costs to look after a horse? Feed, shoes etc yet they think that a charity will just accept their old or quirky horse (sometimes dangerously badly behaved). People buy an exracehorse because it's cheap, lots of these horses have had falls so as soon as you start to do some work, dressage, jumping etc they break down. Now the cheap horse is looking expensive indeed - can't be ridden, or just lightly hacked, eating it's head off and hard to keep weight on, winter is coming etc - equine rescues would be over run and bankrupt in no time is they didn't ask for a donation and £800 is what, a coupe of months livery, hay, hard feed, shoes and worming. Moorcroft then school your horse and find an experienced home that understands racehorses, they vet this home and keep tabs on them. Why are people finding this so offensive? If you think they are making any money out of your old/broken down/badly behaved/can no longer afford yourself horse you are very very deluded.
 
Tazzytop said:
Most people aren't 'gifting' a well schooled horse with a great future in front of it though, if they had such a horse they would sell it. The UK has a massive problem with unwanted horses already, all the rescues are full to the brim and there are a load of scammers and knackers waiting to take your 'project' horse off you and straight to the slaughter house. Anyone on here must surely appreciate how much it costs to look after a horse? Feed, shoes etc yet they think that a charity will just accept their old or quirky horse (sometimes dangerously badly behaved). People buy an exracehorse because it's cheap, lots of these horses have had falls so as soon as you start to do some work, dressage, jumping etc they break down. Now the cheap horse is looking expensive indeed - can't be ridden, or just lightly hacked, eating it's head off and hard to keep weight on, winter is coming etc - equine rescues would be over run and bankrupt in no time is they didn't ask for a donation and £800 is what, a coupe of months livery, hay, hard feed, shoes and worming. Moorcroft then school your horse and find an experienced home that understands racehorses, they vet this home and keep tabs on them. Why are people finding this so offensive? If you think they are making any money out of your old/broken down/badly behaved/can no longer afford yourself horse you are very very deluded.
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What would you say to a situation where the horse has already been retrained and is in perfect health but for health or financial reasons you are in this situation. Your post is very pro and very damning of anyone 'gifting' a horse, Why so negative?
 
I am it damning anyone 'gifting' a horse, I am slightly astonished at people's reactions to Moorcroft asking for some money to take a horse in. As someone that thought she had found a 'home for life' for an ex racehorse and ended up buying him back from a dealer with one of the worse reputations in the UK I have nothing but sympathy for people in this situation. But, I wouldn't expect my horse to be taken in by a charity for nothing, and neither am I saying that's what you expect. You seem to think I am digging at you, I'm not, I'm just pointing out costs involved to others who seem to imply that Moorcroft are taking the p***.
 
Oops sorry I searched for an old thread then posted my reply on the wrong one - so another moorcroft thread will have reappeared now.
Anyway my response said: Hmm. I am fairly sure Moorcroft is the one that there was a thread about by some owners who felt they'd had some serious problems after donating horses, they had a FB group as there were a lot of them. Can't find it now.

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