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I've applied for a horse with them, it was a while ago, but i sent in another due to a change in some details.

Thing is there doesnt seem to be any real communication from them.

Has any one dealt with them before?
And Are they good to deal with?


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I tried rehoming through them and they were terrible! I had to really hassle them just to speak to someone who knew which horses they had in! When I finally got to speak to the head girl (can't remember her name) she was great and really helpful (had no horses in that were suitable for jumping homes at that time). I'm still on their register, have been since Feb (haven't got round to telling them I have a horse now)and never heard from them since. I have a gorgeous boy from Heros, Grace, Sue and Hilary were/are really helpful and couldn't do enough to find my perfect boy!
 
Please beware of small rescues, there are many around here, and other than the main one, which most of you will know. The smaller ones seem to only register themsleves as a charity to get the money, and have no intention of rehoming their ponies or horses.

Do not ask me why, as most of them could do with finding the perfect home, And I know one pony that was offered the 'perfect home' but they were still told they were not god enough.

The only other rescuse that is around my area, has helped me alot and they do everything in their power.

This is just a beware, they all do not want to rehome their equines, just to get funding to keep them
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My friend has had two from the darley now and they were always fantastic with her! Great little horses too - She had both on 3 month trials prior to purchase to make sure they were what she wanted!
 
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Please beware of small rescues, there are many around here, and other than the main one, which most of you will know. The smaller ones seem to only register themsleves as a charity to get the money, and have no intention of rehoming their ponies or horses.

Do not ask me why, as most of them could do with finding the perfect home, And I know one pony that was offered the 'perfect home' but they were still told they were not god enough.

The only other rescuse that is around my area, has helped me alot and they do everything in their power.

This is just a beware, they all do not want to rehome their equines, just to get funding to keep them
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That's a bit of a sweeping statement, we are small and have a very good success rate in re-homing ponies. Not ALL small organisations don't re-home
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I recently went on a tour round there with a mate who lived near by. I was really, really impressed. The facilities are excellent (as you would expect from Darley) and the people that run it are very sensible and knowlegable. Can not sing its prasies enough.

They give all the horses 6 months off before starting their re-training in order for them to have some time to chill out and relax.

Keep chasing them BUT i would be very suprised if they ever have horses that are suitable as jumpers as they obv only ever have flat racehorses.
 
Flat racers do go on to be jumpers, I have one now and he loves his jumping. The main issue is any horse that has broken down is unlikely to be suitable for someone who wants to jump and sadly those up for a change in career quite often because of injury, not all though!! The rehoming side of Darley is still relatively new so the administrative side of it is lacking still! I've only seen Darley in Ireland and all I'll say is I wish I was as well kept as their horses!
 
I've had quite a few flat racers and in my opinion and experience they make the better jumpers as they can be started from scratch like any normal horse.

The horses that I've had that were national hunt often were very careless over obstacles as the "hurdled" their fences.

Several people I know have had horses from Darley and none seem disappointed. Keep at them
 
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