Lovely TB mare for rehome - free

mellie_rc

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Am absolutely gutted that I need to look for a super home for my lovely TB mare. Shes a 15.2hh super broodmare / companion / ridden (for experienced rider only) and is just totally wasted here.
She has beautiful paces & a huge jump & would make a great project as shes been out of work for a while - although you can just hop straight on & she doesn't mind, or she'd be a great companion - lives in or out, good doer, easy to handle etc. I just need to find a fabulous home for her. She has no health issues, clean legs etc etc & although is 19 you'd never believe it!
Have loads of photos can email to anyone interested - no timewasters though please!
 
brighteyes said:
She does not need to be a broodmare - she's 19 and there are enough foals. Please acquaint yourself with the BHS Responsible Breeding Campaign
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I absolutely agree with your point - this mare does not need to be a broodmare, and there are already far too many unwanted foals.

But directing the OP to the BHS campaign won't help much, as they do not even provide a definition of what constitutes either responsible or irresponsible breeding, let alone any advice or guidance to people thinking of breeding from their mares.

All one gets from the 'Responsible Breeding Campaign' section of the BHS website are details of all the celebrities who have signed up to their 'drawing the line' campaign and examples of the cute pictures they have drawn.

Sorry, but this isn't going to help educate anyone!
 
I'll try and phrase it better - she has been a wonderful mum & would now like to be a wonderful friend.

On another note I agree with what you say, have you tried emailing the BHS and asking for them to clarify things? Perhaps if enough people do so they will get together some guidelines.
 
Hi hun why do you need to rehome her? I have a 15 year old ex broodmare ( rescued, not one i bred from) Cant you find her a little job to do? Mine babysits my others while i ride. I dont think Lunar feels wasted, she gets fed, watered and cared for. I would rather PTS than let her go x
 
Here comes a slap on the wrist. More of a puzzled question mark really.

It sounds as if you really love your mare m-rc so at aged 19 why are you trying to pass her on to someone else? From your post I guess you've had her for quite some time so, as she approaches the very time when she'll be needing you the most, you're trying to get rid of her. I don't understand. And advertising her as free is just asking for trouble. Anyone could collect her tomorrow and sell her on for meat and make £300. If you can't find a sharer for her to stay on your yard, can't you give her just a few more years as a happy, semi retired companion then, rather than palm an elderly and much loved mare on to god knows who/what, have her quietly put to sleep. As anyone on this Forum will tell you, there are far, far worse things for a horse than to be pts. Go onto Archives and read about the Amersham horror and this Forum's Operation Esther.
 
Box_Of_Frogs said:
Here comes a slap on the wrist. More of a puzzled question mark really.

It sounds as if you really love your mare m-rc so at aged 19 why are you trying to pass her on to someone else? From your post I guess you've had her for quite some time so, as she approaches the very time when she'll be needing you the most, you're trying to get rid of her. I don't understand. And advertising her as free is just asking for trouble. Anyone could collect her tomorrow and sell her on for meat and make £300. If you can't find a sharer for her to stay on your yard, can't you give her just a few more years as a happy, semi retired companion then, rather than palm an elderly and much loved mare on to god knows who/what, have her quietly put to sleep. As anyone on this Forum will tell you, there are far, far worse things for a horse than to be pts. Go onto Archives and read about the Amersham horror and this Forum's Operation Esther.
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I agree with all this! ^^^^^^^^^^
 
Box_Of_Frogs said:
Here comes a slap on the wrist. More of a puzzled question mark really.

It sounds as if you really love your mare m-rc so at aged 19 why are you trying to pass her on to someone else? From your post I guess you've had her for quite some time so, as she approaches the very time when she'll be needing you the most, you're trying to get rid of her. I don't understand. And advertising her as free is just asking for trouble. Anyone could collect her tomorrow and sell her on for meat and make £300. If you can't find a sharer for her to stay on your yard, can't you give her just a few more years as a happy, semi retired companion then, rather than palm an elderly and much loved mare on to god knows who/what, have her quietly put to sleep. As anyone on this Forum will tell you, there are far, far worse things for a horse than to be pts. Go onto Archives and read about the Amersham horror and this Forum's Operation Esther.
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I agree too - you only have to look at the "missing on loan" threads posted today. :mad:
 
bertthefrog said:
I agree too - you only have to look at the "missing on loan" threads posted today. :mad:
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I agree to I'm afraid. And whenever I see a post saying 'absolutely gutted I have to sell my horse/pony as she is totally wasted' it always sets alarm bells ringing. It always sounds like a cop out to me, but I expect that isn't really a fair comment to make when I don't know you. You sound decent enough so why not just advertise her on loan. But deffo not as a broodmare. I know that wasn't your intention though hun x
 
Oh for goodness sake - leave the poor OP alone. It's her horse she can do with it what she wants. Some of us cannot keep more than one horse either because of time or financial constraints.

OP can I suggest you contact a few local riding clubs and ask to put her on their web sites - at least that way she may stay local.

Good luck.
 
For god sake you lot.
Iv been given a free horse and iv still got him now.
Iv loaned out horses and they have NOT been looked after.
Iv sold a horse who also got into the wrong home but seemed perfect in every way.
You can not say she will not get a good home. Maybe op has to find her a home as lost job? Lost grazing? Unless you know her personally nobody can say what's happened.
People can jump on others backs for no reason on this forum,
the only thing I don't agree with is useing her as a broodmare.
 
My horse of a lifetime was given to me aged 20 and had navicular, we gently hacked for 8 years, she taught my young daughter to ride before i had to retire her as her stumbles became falls, she was with me 10 wonderful years in total before i had to have her pts. I loved that mare to bits and miss her every day, so good homes are out there.

My only worry here though is that the OP is having to post her mare on a forum/website, were some unknown stranger may offer to take the horse and she will not know its future. My circumstances were that my mare was already on the yard i was helping out on so i knew the mare before i took her on and the girl that owned her knew me, as did the YO, i also stayed on the yard with her for a good few years with her.

Personally, i am a horse for life type of person (more so with an oldie), but sometimes things happen in life and we don't know the OP's personal circumstances.

I hope a good home is found for her with a genuine person & her future is as secure as it can be.
 
Free to good home, yes someone will snap your hand off, unfortunately there are dealers out there will snap your hand off, put her through a market and she will end up anywhere or worse still on a meat hook, you will have no control over what happens to her and the dealer has another profit.
 
MHOL said:
Free to good home, yes someone will snap your hand off, unfortunately there are dealers out there will snap your hand off, put her through a market and she will end up anywhere or worse still on a meat hook, you will have no control over what happens to her and the dealer has another profit.
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Don't be so stupid and emotional. There are a lot worse things than to be on a meat hook as long as the end is humane and done properly.
I personally would rather put down than pass on that responsibility to someone else (which is all OP is doing) who might not be so worried how, when or where it got done. That is no way to treat an old friend to me.
 
I am not being stupid and emotional, thank you, i am expressing that while the owner may give a horse free to good home, the dealer will be making a profit, if the owner wanted that to happen she could arrange it herself, we have had to deal with an owner who out her horses on loan and a dealer not unknown to this forum sold them to the abattoir, she never got her horses back. I am not opposed to horses being sent to slaughter, so long as its done humanely and in this country I do not object.
 
Bet the OP regrets posting this thread. Not much helpful or practical advice, but quite a bit of moralising and scaremongering.
OP, if you need to rehome your horse (as I did with mine) I would suggest in the first instance contacting any riding schools / livery yards / tack shops in the area as they might know people who keep horses at home and need a companion horse. I would also suggest you put advertisements up in these places too. This way, the likelihood of you finding a home that is 'recommended' is better.
I really hope you find her a lovely home. She sounds like she deserves one.
 
Maesfen said:
Don't be so stupid and emotional. There are a lot worse things than to be on a meat hook as long as the end is humane and done properly.
I personally would rather put down than pass on that responsibility to someone else (which is all OP is doing) who might not be so worried how, when or where it got done. That is no way to treat an old friend to me.
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Knew it wouldn't be long before somebody said they would pts. People get rid off horses everyday, be it sold or given away. You can never say they won't get a good home. Maybe everybody trying to get rid off a horse should PTS, job done.
Good luck op, there is no reason why you won't find a good home.
 
Excuse me, I wasn't the first to mention it on this thread, Box of Frogs did too.
My whole point was rather than let her be shafted from pillar to post which is entirely possible if she is given away as some can be unscrupulous at best, the most responsible and kindest thing would be to PTS. If the OP can find her a first class permanent home with an assured future, so very much the better but I would think I was extremely irresponsible if I moved on an old friend to a future I couldn't guarrantee for her - and who can guarrantee anything once they are out of your care? I'm thinking of the mare here, nobody else.
 
In defence of the OP I know she adores this mare and has personal reasons for not keeping her. She is a nice mare and has bred some lovely foals (I have one:D). Sometimes things are not clear cut. I suspect the OP will vet the home very very thoroughly indeed and having seen how particular she was when we purchased our lad I am in no doubt that she will ensure a home for life if she can.

I am so sorry mellie it has come to this x ((hugs)).

I have to agree with some of the other posters including BoF and say PTS is the hardest option for the owner not the horse and there certainly are worse things than a humane death and being sent for meat afterwards. I really hope in this case that something can be found though. Also I do not think the OP has been an irresponsible breeder.
 
I have to agree that not all homes will be bad but maybe not the best idea posting on here that this lovely sounding horse is free to a good home.

I bought my boy aged 18 from a horse sale, and was being bid against by one of the ore unsavoury dealers, and a un horsy couple who wanted him as a gymkhana pony for their 9yr old daughter (he is 15.1 high goal polo pony.....)

I still have him now aged 29.

If and when I no longer have him, I will be looking for something similar to this horse in similar circs. I have time and ability to care for my horses, just not thousands to spend on a new one. And I don;t want or need them to be young superstars and also don;t like something too quiet. So she sounds ideal, and i'm sure there are others out there who will feel the same

Just be very careful.
 
I am surprised this post is still here as it seems to be blatant advertising to me! How coem some 'ads' are allowed and others aren't?
 
Did PC camp on a 19y.o. last year.

I know horses age diffferantly but PTS of a 19yo who is healthy I think is a bit drastic, this horse was free to his owner as a used up hunter aged 17 three years later he was still coming second in ODE! He is in a forever home now.

Vet the home but be confident there are good homes for 'free to' offers. :D Best of luck OP.
Just because some peoples image of a 19yo is not my image. This is a 19yo.

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Picture of him not going backwards.
 
thatsmygirl said:
Knew it wouldn't be long before somebody said they would pts. People get rid off horses everyday, be it sold or given away. You can never say they won't get a good home. Maybe everybody trying to get rid off a horse should PTS, job done.
Good luck op, there is no reason why you won't find a good home.
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And you can't be sure they won't be sold on or sent for meat. A FREE, ageing horse is a prime candidate for ending up as pet food. Maybe you would be happy selling your horse on or giving it away and taking that chance. I wouldn't.
 
my old boy is now 24, has one lung and spends his time eating and shiting. I bred him, he broke my back in 3 places, I have spent a fortune on US over the years and will put him to sleep before contemplating passing him on. I refuse to let him go to god only knows what ending. He owes me nothing, I owe him a happy ending.
 
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