ashlingm
Well-Known Member
I just want all your opinions on the following - and please be brutal if needs be! 
As most of you are aware I'm away studying abroad at the minute but was browsing on donedeal recently and came across, what I would consider, a very neglected horse. I know about the current equine crisis in Ireland and that there are so many out there in need of help but the rescues are bursting at the seams.
So basically I enquired about said horse (bad move I know!). She is a 16 year old mare and has bred one foal. She is a trotter and is registered with the ''standardbred and trotting horse association of GB and Ireland''. (Hope that makes some sense to you..means nothing to me!) She is said to have a good nature and well trained both for riding and on the gig. She is further described as having plenty of life left in her.
Now bear in mind, shes very very neglected looking in the photo and has a rug on (we suspect to hide her being so underweight), she has the typical super skinny neck look going on. No idea of height but I figure from the photo she is about 15 hands?
Now I'm going home on Thursday until Tuesday and might possibly go look at her. What sort of price range would you suspect they are looking for and what would you make an offer of? I would love to just make a difference to one horse in need of a new life and new home. I have somewhere to keep her and she would share a field with sheep (or donkeys if I go with field number 2). I could have someone check up on her and feed her...but and the major but...I wont be at home full time until the summer. So until then she will just be left in the field munching away to hopefully gain weight (hard feed will be given).
Do you think this is reasonable or should I just call it quits and move on?
As most of you are aware I'm away studying abroad at the minute but was browsing on donedeal recently and came across, what I would consider, a very neglected horse. I know about the current equine crisis in Ireland and that there are so many out there in need of help but the rescues are bursting at the seams.
So basically I enquired about said horse (bad move I know!). She is a 16 year old mare and has bred one foal. She is a trotter and is registered with the ''standardbred and trotting horse association of GB and Ireland''. (Hope that makes some sense to you..means nothing to me!) She is said to have a good nature and well trained both for riding and on the gig. She is further described as having plenty of life left in her.
Now bear in mind, shes very very neglected looking in the photo and has a rug on (we suspect to hide her being so underweight), she has the typical super skinny neck look going on. No idea of height but I figure from the photo she is about 15 hands?
Now I'm going home on Thursday until Tuesday and might possibly go look at her. What sort of price range would you suspect they are looking for and what would you make an offer of? I would love to just make a difference to one horse in need of a new life and new home. I have somewhere to keep her and she would share a field with sheep (or donkeys if I go with field number 2). I could have someone check up on her and feed her...but and the major but...I wont be at home full time until the summer. So until then she will just be left in the field munching away to hopefully gain weight (hard feed will be given).
Do you think this is reasonable or should I just call it quits and move on?
will be around regularly aswel as the person you have feeding her! 