How long have you owned your horses for

[The Irish Draft 2022]

I have my horse 4 years last summer.

 

[laura_nash]

15/16 years for my old boy (1 year for the new girl).

 

[nagblagger]

My oldest 29 years - i bred him, has been a field ornament for 20 of them as he had an accident.

 

[Birker2020]

9 plus weeks.

 

[milliepops]

there are 7 of them. owned between 1 and 17 years.

eta. i do not recommend having 7 horses

 

[Birker2020]

Lari is my 7th, all owned between 1987 and now. Goldie 3 months. Biggles 2.10 yrs, Miki 11 months, Billy 2.6 years, Rommy 2.4 years, Bailey 17 years, Lari 9 weeks.

I was very unfortunate to lose Biggles, Miki, Billy and Rommy (all through no fault of my own) in such a short space of time, but that's horses for you and I know a friend who has had the same happen.

Lari is lovely but very problematic with his maintenance, something I was trying to steer away from.

 

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Diva since September 25 2016
Rosie technically was mum's but she's mine now so my whole life (we've grown up together - she is older by just under 2yrs).

 

[Annagain]

I've had Archie 16 years and Charlie 16 months. I've known Monty (my old share horse and still my boy) 20 years.

ETA - It's only just occurred to me that Archie is the horse I've owned for the longest time. I had Eb 14 years before I lost him. Maybe it was because I was so much younger but it seems a lot longer than the 16 years I've had Archie and I always thought of Eb as my long termer. Arch is potentially the oldest horse I've had too. His passport (from the days before microchipping) says he's 25 but both vet and dentist think two or three years older. Eb was 6 weeks short of his 27th birthday (and 3 days short of mine) when I lost him. Archie's passport was issued when he was 9 only a few weeks before I bought him (when the requirement for a passport to sell was introduced). The price difference between a 9yr old and 12 year old would be quite considerable while the differences in teeth at those ages are minimal so I can see why someone would take a few years off.

 

[Spotherisk]

Exactly twenty four and a half years, he arrived with me around the solstice, 1997, aged five. Love him loads. Photo is Christmas Eve 2010.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

I have my horse 4 years last summer.

I own have owned:

1. Connie/Anglo arab mare ...... 1983 - 1995 (pts) 25Y
2. ID/TB mare........ 1988/2012 (pts) 25Y
3. New forest pony........ 2007/2007 (pts) 5Y
4. Donkey mare........ 1993/2015(pts) 25Y
5. TB mare ........ have not got date s to hand 15Y
6. donkey mare....... 3 Y sold
7. Gelding - 11 months (I bred him) he's 20Y now
8. Pony mare ........ welsh A since 2008/9 she is 15Y now
9. ID mare ........ since 2015 she is 11 Y now
10. Connie mare........ since 2018 she is 16 Y now

 

[scruffyponies]

Four of the ponies since my children were tiny... about 20 years.
Most recent arrived about 3 years ago.

'Owned' is not quite right. Still one of those original four actually belongs to someone else and is supposed to be on long term loan.

 

[meleeka]

Longest one 18 years. Then 16 years, 10 years, 3 years and 2 years.

I owned my old mare for 27 years.

 

[AandK]

I owned my late mare for 22.5 yrs, she was PTS 2yrs ago age 29. My 24yo I have had 19yrs, and the 8yo will be 3yrs with me in March.

 

[smolmaus]

8 weeks on Christmas eve. It feels like a lot longer, I had to check I hadn't missed a month ?

 

[Antw23uk]

Was a year in November ..... the clock is ticking!

 

[throwawayaccount]

past/current horses:

1st horse - 11 years, passed away in 2019
2nd - 5 years, passed away in 2018
3rd - 1 year, sold on
4th - 1 year, sold on
5th and current mare, nearly 2 years, she's retired at a young age but has a home for life

 

[ponynutz]

9 years

 

[First Frost]

Current horses - grey Connie 14 years, he is now 17.
- buckskin Connie 5 years, he is now 8
- buckskin TB X Connie 2 years, he is now 6

Of the numerous horses I have owned previously, I had them between 2 and 10 years. Except for the pony my family bought as a yearling who stayed with us her entire life and was PTS aged 38, so 37 years!!!!!

 

[Greylegs]

10 (and a bit) years for my lovely highland boy, and 10 days for the new one - an ID cross mare .... I always said the highland would be my last ... but .... ... you know how it is ...

 

[Alibear]

30 years. Gods I'm old.

 

[SussexbytheXmasTree]

My oldie who is 26yrs 16.5yrs and my 12yr old just over 3 years.

 

[SEL]

7 years for the two chunkies but the pony is only 18 months.

 

[Parksmum3]

Parker 11years
Biggles 9years
Bailey 7years

 

[Errin Paddywack]

Most of my horses have been homebred. Longest I have owned was 29 yrs, I was there at her birth and death. Lost another two homebreds at 23 yrs and one bought in 18 month old pony also at 23. My sister lost the pony she bought as a 4 yr old at 30 and her mare bought as a yearling at either 32 or 34, can never remember which. Too many others to work out.

 

[milliepops]

30 years. Gods I'm old.

i have a horrible feeling some of mine are going to live 30 years just to spite me! we are over capacity as it is

 

[Sealine]

I've owned my horse for 11 years. Previous to buying him I had owned a mare for about 6 years although I'd known her since birth and had backed her myself.

 

[Hepsibah]

Bess the Fell pony 12 years, Daisy, Bess's daughter, 10.5years and Ruby the Highland a year and four months.

 

[HorseyTee]

Welshie I've had for 6 years and cob I've had for 3 years.

 

[Ratface]

Fabulous old boy owned for 10 years. He'd had a bit of a ramshackle life before I bought him. He's going nowhere and will be buried on our land.

 

[Peglo]

Peggy 17 yrs
Flo 13 yrs
Tali 8 months.