I followed my gut feeling and it was the best thing!

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Morning all, hope you’re all doing ok.
Well my Scrappy has gone to her new home and she’s very happy there. I was gutted and very tearful about the whole thing but I knew it was right...for both of us! I had to put her first, rather keep her cos it was easier. My gut feeling was right and now I feel such a relief that I did the right thing.
I’m so happy with Sox (cob I bought for company as a yearling), it just feels right. It’s like she’s been waiting in the wings for her time to shine. Bless her, I feel so good around her and so safe.
She’s still got loads to learn, she’s only 3 but I’m happy to take her anywhere and teach her what she needs to know. Just wanted to share with you all. ?
 
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It really was one of the hardest things I’ve had to do. I had so much emotion and responsibility wrapped up in Scrappy that weighed heavy on me. But it’s good to know there are some great people and homes out there. I’m in touch with her new family and she’s very happy. Can’t ask for more.
 
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Well done - sometimes the hardest decisions are the right ones - for the horse as well as for the owner. I hope that you have a lovely time with your youngster:)
 
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You've done an incredibly selfless thing by letting Scrappy go, not only are you giving Sox the chance to shine, you're giving Scrappy the chance to be that special horse of a lifetime for someone else.

It is an incredibly difficult thing to do, I rehomed my wonderful mare in 2017, after I couldn't get over the fact that I couldn't save my husband's mare from colic (irrational as we did all we could) and I still miss her everyday but I know shes in a home that adores her, they're not frightened of her (Im quite nervous and I could make my lovely mare spook, spin and run just from a small jump myself!), without having rehomed her, I wouldnt have found my current mare, who I feel safe on.

Give yourself a hug, its such a hard thing to do and even though you know its the right decision, it will hurt for a while.

It will be lovely to see your progress with Sox. I can't imagine there's many people on here that havent been through something similar with a horse that they adored but didn't fit what they needed as a rider.

Be kind to yourself. x
 
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been following your threads but I don't think I commented on any of them before. It sounds like the ideal resolution for you both and I am so pleased it's worked out well for you.
 
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Well done for having the courage to do the right thing for both of you. It’s hard to admit you aren’t the right match with a horse and be brave enough to let someone else try. It sounds like she’s found a great home and you can feel content knowing that she is happy and well cared for.
 
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I like to think that every horse I've ever owned has come to me for a reason , and when I look back over a life time of owning horses there is a sort of pattern to it . Many of my best horses have come to me in a roundabout way in that if I hadn't bought one particular horse then I would never have ended up with the other ' meant to be ' one. The outstanding examples are the beautiful native pony filly that I purchased from her breeder as a 2 year old , and the 18mth old gelding , her half brother , who was honestly the ugliest pony you have ever seen who was thrown in free to keep her company in the field . The filly was lovely and did very well in the show ring . The gelding suddenly blossomed at 5 years old like a butterfly coming out of a chrysalis , and had an absolutely outstanding career with successes that far surpassed the filly's . I would NEVER have bought him in his own right .
I went to view another lovely native pony , an unbroken 5 yo ,in the September just after the foot and mouth outbreak . The breeders were really struggling with their stock as a consequence of having to keep them in and they offered me the pick of any of the other pony's for peanuts if I bought the one I had origionally gone to view . The others weren't nearly as good quality but I felt a bit sorry for them ( penned up for months in cattle barns ) so took them up on the offer with the intention of keeping the smart one for myself and selling the other one on . I picked what I thought was a yearling but later found out was a really poor 3 year old , bless her ! To cut a long story short , on getting them home it turned out that the 3 yo was in quite a bad way with various skin and feet issues and in very poor condition . We fed her up and cared for her whilst the 5 yo was broken in and I unexpectedly had a really good offer for the 5yo . What to do ? The 5yo was lovely , everything I had been looking for , and a star in the making but the 3yo was costing me an arm and a leg in vets fees and was never going to be top class showing material . So of course we did the sensible thing - sold the lovely 5yo and kept the moth-eaten hat rack with the enormous head and the straight back legs . She really struggled to gain condition over the winter but finally seemed to turn the corner in spring when the grass started to come through . At last , I thought , she's finally got a bit of a belly . Oh come on - you've guessed the rest ! Yes ,she was in foal , and she presented us with a lovely colt in the April . Not only was he absolutely stunning but when I phoned the breeder she fessed up to knowing exactly who the sire was and we managed to register him with the breed society . The foal lived with us his whole life and was just the best pony ever , a real character with a superb temperament who gave us so much fun and won us many championships . And me and his mum went hunting and did BD up to elementary . I wouldn't have looked at her twice under normal circumstances , and I wouldn't have got my BOGOF super star!
There was the stunning TB/WB nutter I got conned into buying who I part exed at a dealers for a very 'plain ' ( being kind here !) horse for my OH to hack/hunt . Until the 'plain' chap turned out to a dressage whiz and his career took another direction . He was with us for 15 years but I would never have gone out and bought him .
There are others , but I won't bore you anymore .

You've got Sox because you had Scrappy . One led you to the other . That was Scrappy's part in your plan , and now she's going to play her part in someone else's . It was written in the stars .
 
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