Ambers Echo
Still wittering on
I have made no decisions, I am just considering options. Felix is destined to be sold but I was planning to wait till he was 2 or 3. But I have lost the grazing he was supposed to be moving to as it is overrrun with sycamore. It's is too big an area to clear and anyway we can't afford to rent unusable space while also renting where they are now. We have extended the rent where he is now till end of May but after that I have no idea what to do.
He can't come back to where Lottie and Amber are, as that is full livery, and I can't afford a third. Plus there are no suitable playmates for him there anyway. I don't trust any commercial youngstock livery option. I personally know 2 yearlings who died this year of encysted red worm at 2 different youngstock livery places. Plus Amber was only at weaning livery for 2 weeks and came back thin with rain scald and mud fever. I just think too many places cut corners and don't pay enough attention to feed, pasture management or protection from the elements when it/s a business. And it is hard to tell good places from bad. All those places had good reputations.
Another option is selling now.... If the perfect home came along that would be a solution. But how/where to find a home for a yearling. it's not really an age I ever see horses advertised. They go at weaning or at 3+
Is there anything else I could do that I have not thought of? My friend is in a similar predicament. Her yearling filly was meant to be going to where the foal died but she no longer wants to send her there. And she can't find any safe grazing at all locally to rent.
He's by a Class 1 RID and Amber is an ISH. The damsire is Beachball (Obos Quality X Echo Beach). Beachball was a Grade A Showjumper. Felix is going to be a chunky lad. And he has a wonderful temperament. Obviously wormed, vaxed, microchipped and has had a great start to life running on a hill with a buddy and an older nanny.
Any idea as I am very, very stressed by it all!! It was all worked out, and now I feel stuck.
He can't come back to where Lottie and Amber are, as that is full livery, and I can't afford a third. Plus there are no suitable playmates for him there anyway. I don't trust any commercial youngstock livery option. I personally know 2 yearlings who died this year of encysted red worm at 2 different youngstock livery places. Plus Amber was only at weaning livery for 2 weeks and came back thin with rain scald and mud fever. I just think too many places cut corners and don't pay enough attention to feed, pasture management or protection from the elements when it/s a business. And it is hard to tell good places from bad. All those places had good reputations.
Another option is selling now.... If the perfect home came along that would be a solution. But how/where to find a home for a yearling. it's not really an age I ever see horses advertised. They go at weaning or at 3+
Is there anything else I could do that I have not thought of? My friend is in a similar predicament. Her yearling filly was meant to be going to where the foal died but she no longer wants to send her there. And she can't find any safe grazing at all locally to rent.
He's by a Class 1 RID and Amber is an ISH. The damsire is Beachball (Obos Quality X Echo Beach). Beachball was a Grade A Showjumper. Felix is going to be a chunky lad. And he has a wonderful temperament. Obviously wormed, vaxed, microchipped and has had a great start to life running on a hill with a buddy and an older nanny.
Any idea as I am very, very stressed by it all!! It was all worked out, and now I feel stuck.
