Desperately Seeking!!!

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I know I'm on a hiding to nothing but am desperately trying to seek info about a horse I have from Ireland. She is a bright bay mare (makes life even more difficult) about 10 years old approx and about 15hh. She was rescued from a meat man's holding yard in Ireland. Believe she was with him from at least September 2010. She has a tiny white snip on her nose, a faint hint of white on her forehead and one white sock on her right hind.
She came with the wrong passport so cannot trace her that way.

She is the most gorgeous mare I have ever met. So friendly and good to do. Great with other horses - avoids all confrontation. Fantastic with people, she picks her feet up for you before you even get to them, can have her legs hosed with no fuss at all and you can muck out etc underneath her without her even looking at you. She really is that good. She has obviously been extremely well handled. She really loves her stable :-)

Would love to trace her cos she has a problem with her back legs believed to be from an old injury but this is uncertain. This results in her right hind crossing under her quite badly. Her conformation is not great either. She has very obviously been treated well, probably very loved and ridden. Would love to know about her back legs and if it's something she'd had from birth or an injury so we can determine whether she can still be ridden or not.

Does anyone know where I can post information in Ireland to try to find previous owners?
 
Have you had her scanned for a microchip?? Similar story to my gelding, tb imported from Ireland, another bright chestnut with crappy back legs.. I finally found out who mine was, blood lines etc, where he was born & where he was sold but between 2003-2006 he goes off the radar. Another fabulous, well handled horse..
 
Ginger Bear said:
Have you had her scanned for a microchip?? Similar story to my gelding, tb imported from Ireland, another bright chestnut with crappy back legs.. I finally found out who mine was, blood lines etc, where he was born & where he was sold but between 2003-2006 he goes off the radar. Another fabulous, well handled horse..
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She is micochipped but it is German - apparently can be got from anywhere to import so drew another blank there. xx Not TB so a bit harder.
 
Don't think it really matters in trying to find anyone who knew her. She is a rescue. Can honestly say she didn't deserve to be where she was or in the state she was in, in any way, even if only a companion horse. She is just a gorgeous little girl :-) Also she is now in great condition and has lots of fat and muscle tone (just from living on our hills since November.) What we can't understand is why she ended up where she was. She is obviously not in any pain ( she runs with our TB's and often instigates the games) Would just love to know what happened???
 
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No offence but I thought so as have heard afew come over with wrong passports and lame. Have you asked the rescue if they can contact the holding yard for you just incase they have any details or remember anything about this horse?
 
JosieB said:
No offence but I thought so as have heard afew come over with wrong passports and lame. Have you asked the rescue if they can contact the holding yard for you just incase they have any details or remember anything about this horse?
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Yep have tried that avenue and apparently nothing. Have also heard some stoies. xx Fortunately as it happens it doesn't matter to us if she's non ridden but she is very young to just leave in the field if there is any alternative. Vet and physio have both said to get X-rays but not sure if this will do any good and an awful lot of money for no result , so not going down this avenue. Would just love to identify her.
 
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I'd have thought that if you want to know if she can be ridden, you need to follow the vet's advice and have x-rays. It doesn't really matter whether the problem is caused by accident/injury or genetics, what you need to know is the effect on her. Only your vet/physio can tell you this when they have all the facts about her current condition. Of course it would be interesting to find out more about her history but that is a different matter.
 
If vet and physio have advised xrays then really that is the route to go to find out whether anything can be done for her. Perhaps you can go back to the rescue site and ask if they will fund them for you, at least worth trying especially is she is ''not as described'' on their site. Be careful though as unless you own her (not just adopting her) they could always take her back. Alternatively can you ask the vet if you can pay instalments?
 
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