Curious - How many homes/owners has your horse had ?

My youngest is in his 3rd home (breeder, someone else for 12 months ) and now me and he’s 3 and a half years old, he settled in really quick.
However mY ex racer who I got him a7 and he’d already had 5 owners and been on many different yards when I had him. I found it took him a long time to bond with and he didn’t settle in properly until he’d been with me at least 12 months.
 
I dont know with Leo. I know he was a travellers pony and pulled bow tops. He was entire and has lots of little Leos doing the rounds. At 10 he was rescued by someone in a bit of a state. I suspect knowing him the way I do know, that he hurt the wrong person and a good hiding didnt square him up so they lost interest in him. He reacts very violently if he thinks you are going to hurt him.

She got him into reasonable condition and sold him onto to someone who wanted to have a crack at HOYs showing and stand him as a stallion. He was a git so she had him cut. He was still a git so she sold him to me in a bit of a state.

Hes a very clever, very sensitive, quirky little horse and it took him months and months to start to settle. Its only been the last 6 months or so that hes really shown his personality. Hes a really happy little horse now and wont ever leave my ownership. I couldnt do it to him.
 
First one had two homes before me - breeder and the person I bought him from.

Ditto the other two. I think its the age I like to buy them at as I don't have the experience to bring on a youngster.
 
Benji - breeder, 1 home then mine for past 24yrs (aged 25)
Pepsi - breeder for 5 months now mine (aged 13)
Flicka - just me (aged 8)
April - unknown but at least 4 before me (aged 18)
Missy - on loan currently to us but breeder, 2 owners now us (aged 6)
Sky - breeder for 5 months now mine (aged 6)
Cara - just me (aged 3)
Heidi -breeder til 5 months now mine (aged 3)


Just worked out that's 60 years between them!
 
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Asha said:
SEL, MP, totally agree, it goes a long way to explain why so many take so long to settle.

There are lots of very lucky ponies on this site, who now have longterm/forever homes
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Both of mine will stay with me. They were freebies for good reason! I feel bad when I go on holiday because Militaire worries - but the current yard is small and he knows everyone which helps.
 
DabDab said:
Definitely no lottery win required - the sum of the price I paid for all three is £2250 :p
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Lol, I'm still paying Salty off :D :D That would be a nice small lottery win! My 3 amounted to £952 :p Perhaps if I sold one then I could afford to buy something that wasn't all gone wrong but I REALLY couldn't part with the only one that is worth anything :o I'd miss her funny face too much and I think she's had enough tough times in her life to have to start again, again.
 
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Hazel breeder then me bought her at 18 months is still here aged 23 years
Jingo breeder stayed a while with my friend although I owned him as she bought his mum when he was only days old so I bought him at the same time
Rowan also came straight from her breeder to me so all mine have had two homes with mum then with me will be here as long as I am
 
I bought my section A when he was two and I was his 6th owner, he is nine now, he wasn't for sale but was in a bit of a mess and I think they were relieved to sell him on, he is an ar5e hole who has no idea he landed on his feet lol

I bought my show pony as a five year old from her breeder, technically she wasn't for sale either but I persuaded them to sell and am so glad I did as she is an amazing pony, complex but beautiful and amazing.
 
milliepops said:
Lol, I'm still paying Salty off :D :D That would be a nice small lottery win! My 3 amounted to £952 :p Perhaps if I sold one then I could afford to buy something that wasn't all gone wrong but I REALLY couldn't part with the only one that is worth anything :o I'd miss her funny face too much and I think she's had enough tough times in her life to have to start again, again.
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hehe, I didn't buy them all at once (and Arty is in fact my OH's) :D
Plus, the main problem with buying a baby is that you have to buy them 2-3 years ahead of when you want to do anything with them...and I don't think that would suit your riding habit at all :p
 
Haha no I would struggle with being patient. Sucks to have a non ridden baby horse at livery, too. Have to wait for the old dears to conk out and then I could store some babies in their field :lol:
 
My mare has had 2 homes, breeder until she was 6, then us. She’s 12 now.
Daughters mare probably 3, breeder, dealer and us. She’s from Ireland though, so could be more.
Gelding technically 2, breeder then us, but has just gone on lwvtb so is technically 3 even if she doesn’t buy, I guess.
Reading some of these, it’s so sad how many have had lots of homes, and probably many not the best of times, either.
 
Current fuzzies:

1. Mini Fuzzy brought from breeder direct in Jan last year as 7yr old.
2. Tiny Fuzzy, sold from breeder as a foal, then came to me as a 6 yr old.
3. NF was with breeder till 7 and had spent whole life on the hills, had one short term home before coming to me aged 8 (Now 10) but needed a lot of retraining and confidence building as a lot of damage done in that home prior to me buying her cheap.
4. New addition, brought from breeder 5 weeks ago, aged 8.

Generally, I try not to get involved with multi homed equines as I like them to learn my way.... :)
 
Topaz- Breeder, Italian owner, dealer, me=4
Aria- Breeder, dealer me=3
Fifi- Breeder, me=2
Heidi- Breeder, me=2
Fearn- Breeder, me =2
Turbo, Breeder, me =2
 
Asha said:
Just being nosey really.

A comment on another thread got me thinking - about buying a confidence giver for now, with the idea that once its done its job then getting an upgrade . ( I have no problem with that at all !!) Just made me think about my own, and how many times they have had to move families .

So I will start:

Asha - 2 homes then me ( breeder + 1 owner)
Finn - 2 homes then me ( breeder + dealer )
Pip - 1 home then me ( breeder)
Aria, Frank - Homebred , so just me

Finn is the only one where we have seen a real change. He was very quiet and shy when he came. Now !! What a character, it took a good 6 months, but he talks to us all the time. He will whinny when he wants to come in / go out. hes like an alarm clock.
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B one one as he was born here
L 3 homes I think
Little B 4 homes
Brownie god knows how many don't have a history
 
While no doubt some horses maybe have too many homes, sometimes you need to rehome them for their own good. I generally would love to keep all of mine (2 are no longer with us) but my last horse and I were not suited at all-I tried for 3 years and neither I nor the environment (which only really became apparent to me once I sent him away) was good for his emotional state-we just didnt click even on the ground. There's a bit more to it than I am willing to go into but he's now extremely happy with a new (permanent) loan owner who is also very happy and well cared for in a place that obviously suits him much better (a much bigger herd). If noone ever sold them, most of us wouldnt have them ;)
 
MotherOfChickens said:
While no doubt some horses maybe have too many homes, sometimes you need to rehome them for their own good. I generally would love to keep all of mine (2 are no longer with us) but my last horse and I were not suited at all-I tried for 3 years and neither I nor the environment (which only really became apparent to me once I sent him away) was good for his emotional state-we just didnt click even on the ground. There's a bit more to it than I am willing to go into but he's now extremely happy with a new (permanent) loan owner who is also very happy and well cared for in a place that obviously suits him much better (a much bigger herd). If noone ever sold them, most of us wouldnt have them ;)
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I do agree, which why I stated I have no issue with it. But it does seem some are moved on quite a lot, which must be quite unsettling for them. Theres one I sold a couple of years ago, I bought her direct from the breeder as a weanling, sold her as a two year ( as I decided to get out of sport horses and concentrate on ID's) The girl who bought her, also changed her mind, and sold her on at 4,just backed. Now the lady who has her is selling her on after a few months. Ive done some digging, and from what I understand, she says she is a bit nappy. I can honestly say, she was far from nappy as a youngster, happy to stay away from the others, stay in stable on her own etc etc. I just wish they would give her time to settle, shes a baby .
 
not too sure about my 2, think my Welshie had 3 homes before we got him and unfortunately my Connie may of had about 7 or 8 before me, but as long as I can look after them properly and keep them healthy they are going nowhere
 
Can’t be sure, although I’m second owner on Beau’s passport, but the passport was done to export him from Ireland when he was 5, so he could have had a number of owners before me. He was certainly very well-schooled but bolshy and green. I figure he was backed and hunted for a season. The dealer he came from used to go to
Ireland with an 11 horse target and just point out the ones he wanted in the field.
 
MotherOfChickens said:
While no doubt some horses maybe have too many homes, sometimes you need to rehome them for their own good. I generally would love to keep all of mine (2 are no longer with us) but my last horse and I were not suited at all-I tried for 3 years and neither I nor the environment (which only really became apparent to me once I sent him away) was good for his emotional state-we just didnt click even on the ground. There's a bit more to it than I am willing to go into but he's now extremely happy with a new (permanent) loan owner who is also very happy and well cared for in a place that obviously suits him much better (a much bigger herd). If noone ever sold them, most of us wouldnt have them ;)
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Absolutely - took my friend 12 months too long and a shocking fall to part with one of hers. The horse has gone to an owner who deals with his quirks and she has a new boy she loves. Should have sold him much earlier but all her oldies have a home for life and she felt bad about it.

It was always my plan to sell the Appy on, but uncovering all her health problems put paid to that!!
 
I bought mine at 5, he had been in 4 homes before I got him. He spent his first 4 years with his breeder. He was with his next owner for a year, then sold three times in the year I bought him. It has taken him a very long time to settle down, but now he has hopefully this will be his last home.
 
Event horse- breeder, 1st owner, Me
New horse- breeder (who is my mums neighbour) then Me.
Exracehorse 1- breeder, 1st syndicate, then go knows who, dealer, then Me.
Exracehorse 2- breeder, 1st owner, 2nd owner (girl who worked at racing yard), Me
2 year old- Me, daughter of ex racehorse 1
Foal- Me, also son of exracehorse 1.
 
Ishara I bought straight from her breeder as an unbroken 4 year old. She's 14 now and will be with me for life as she had a horrendous accident as an 8 year old so isn't good for a lot now unfortunately.

Beau I got as a 15 year old and had gone from pillar to post all his life having been starved in two seperate homes and ending up at Llanybydder sale at one point. I think i'm at least his tenth owner and he is now 23 and will see out his days with me.
 
JoannaC said:
Ishara I bought straight from her breeder as an unbroken 4 year old. She's 14 now and will be with me for life as she had a horrendous accident as an 8 year old so isn't good for a lot now unfortunately.

Beau I got as a 15 year old and had gone from pillar to post all his life having been starved in two seperate homes and ending up at Llanybydder sale at one point. I think i'm at least his tenth owner and he is now 23 and will see out his days with me.
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It sounds as though they have both well and truly landed on their hooves with you. If only they could talk x
 
No idea ... when I bought him (as a 6 year old) his passport still had his breeder's name in it, and that's not who I bought him from!
 
My most was a 6 yr old I bought who'd had at least 7 owners before me!

TB gelding: I was owner number 8 at least? (Breeder, pinhooker, race owner, someone who had him for at least a year, slaughter pen, amusement park, back to slaughter pen, then me.) Bought age 6, died age 23.
Friesian X: 1 (bought from breeder) Bought age 4, died age 7 :(
TB gelding: 7 at least, but likely many more (breeder, previous owners, eventing owner, retirement owner, riding school, trader, me) Bought age 19 (sold as 12 y o...) died age 21 :(
Dutch gelding: 1 (bought from breeder) Bought age 6 mos, just turned 6!
 
My boy had one home before me. Had I not bought him he was off to be sold at Appleby . The seller wanted him to go to a forever home as a riding horse rather than a driving horse. I didn't ride him, I couldn't , saw him once and he come up to me , in my wheelchair and put his head in my hands. Sold ! He went to a local lady for a week to make sure he was going to be safe . He was sent away again before I got on him, after I'd served the riding ban my spinal surgeon imposed.
 
My current horse was passed round from pillar to post as a young horse. Breeder sold him to a friend, he became bargy and she was pregnant, he apparently knocked her over so she sold him to a dealer. He then was sold to a showjumper to back and 2 months after i bought him. Between 2 - 4 he had been in 5 homes. He was untrusting, narky, and generally difficult. I didn't know this until i got in touch with his breeder. Now 10 years later i don't know any one that has a better bond than we do he is absolutely my best friend and we trust each other completely.

Although i have just bought a second horse. To avoid the issues i've gone straight to the breeder and purchased a foal!
 
Puggy - I've had him since he was 5 and he's now 19. The lady I bought him from had him when he was 4 straight from Ireland to sell on. I would imagine he didn't have many homes in Ireland due to him being unbroken until 4 but full history isn't known.

Alfie - Also had him since 5, he is now 15. Bought from the same lady as above. He had been in work since he was 3 though and had hunted etc so it's possible he had had more homes than Puggy but again full history not known.

Pixie - now 26, I've owned her since she was 23 as I took her on to retire her and give her a happy rest of life. I've known her for 13 years since she arrived at the riding school I worked at from a dealer. Before that she show jumped to a high level including HOYS but was quirky and had quite a few owners - 3 that I know of. Rest of history unknown.

They are all in a forever home now though and won't be passed on again.
 
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