Dilemma with daughter's horse

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Hi all, I would really appreciate some advice. I'm looking to part with my daughter's horse as she's away at university now and her horse is mainly standing in a field. Before my daughter left her horse was doing very well, a 6 year old who was quite green, and my daughter regularly competed at local shows, hunted, did several pleasure rides etc. It seems that in a few months her horse has gone backwards and has become quite strong and although she's not done anything too bad she's obviously not suited to not having a regular rider and a bond with someone. She's lovely to handle but not so good to ride now. I'm trying to decide if I would be better selling her as a project, look for a long term loan or send her to sales livery or to be reschooled. My main concern is that she ends up in a good home and I've never parted with a horse before so not sure what to do for the best. I was going to keep her for my daughter but she'll be travelling after university so not really an option now. Thanks for reading and any advice much appreciated.
 
I used a sales livery.Perhaps I was lucky but it worked very well for us and a very good home was found for the spooky one.I was able to visit him whenever I liked and he appeared well cared for and happy there.They schooled, jumped and hacked him out to get a feel for him and he was sold within a month.I had to pay a months livery upfront but actually got some money back.The livery I used was on the Wirral.
 
Hi, I was going to loan her out but looks like it could be up to 5 years before my daughter would have space in her life for a full time horse again so doesn't seem worth it. Also I don't have my own land so if loaner wanted to return this could be a problem. I haven't ruled it out though. Does anyone know anywhere that does sales livery near Bedfordshire?
 
Finding a nice genuine home and owner is always difficult because it is almost impossible to know if the buyer is genuine and will keep the horse long term.

If you realy are interested in the welfare of your daughters horse then I would freezemark the horse yourself before selling it so that you can always easily trace it (microchiping it does not make it easily traceable I am afraid.) Also make sure that the horse is then registered on with ned on line web site with it's correct freezemark as that way you should be able to check where it is in the future. I would then decide if you want to sell it yourself or on sales livery. If you wish to sell yourself then advertise the horse locally in tack shops and also on internet web sites but be honest in the advert.
Be very aware that there are a number of unscrupulous sales livery establishments about so make sure that you get genuine recommendations. Best of luck.
 
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