police horses.......

[sallypops]

what happens to police horses when they retire?? do people rehome them and ride them or do they just go to retirement homes??

how kl would it be to have an ex police horse

 

[Racing_Gal]

They rehome them, if you looking to but tyoe 'rehome a police horse' into google. Would be pretty cool!

 

[zoeshiloh]

I think there is a waiting list or something that you have to join in order to rehome ex-police and ex-services horses.

Don't be fooled into thinking they are easy, bombproof rides though, as some can be quite challenging. A lady near us has a lovely ex police horse that she has hunted, but now just hacks out, and he is a complete pyscho!! You wouldn't guess for a minute that he was an ex police horse. Apparently he was in the procession for Princess Di's funeral.

 

[Amys_Babies]

Anyone got a link to a place which does rehome them???

 

[sallypops]

oh no i didn't think they would be easy at all lol!! amazing animals tho. if anyone has a link let me kno too

 

[Worried1]

Often the officers re-home them too and I think they take priority over civvies.

I had a 'failed' police horse as my first competition horse and he was an idiot with parked vehicles!

 

[zoeshiloh]

Just spoke to my friend, and she said the best bet is to contact the individual mounted branches, as they have their own waiting lists at each station. Sometimes they are rehomed through the ILPH as well.

 

[Ezme]

I heard the majority of them go home with thier officers as they have such a great bond, i mean you'd have to when presented with such difficult situations however there is a field of them in a rescue centre on dartmoor with our lovely old boy copperfield! Most of them are from bristol.

 

[hayleymitch]

Hi where abouts are you from i work for merseyside and we have got quite a few due to retire soon one in my sig pulling his tongue out.
If no officers or stanble hands want the horses that are due to retire we look at anyone suitable wanting a retired horse and also use ILPH and other retirement homes PM me your details and what your looking for if you are intersted

 

[sallypops]

i'm a long way away from you

 

[hayleymitch]

oh well do contact your local branch then and they might have something for u

 

[Zoobie]

I have been on the Met waiting list since 2004, however the big grey pet in my siggy is a failed police horse which I bought

 

[Tiffany]

Manchester police horses used to be re-homed through the ILPH near Blackpool but now they go somewhere down South. The Police sometimes sell them when they are too young to retire but police life doesn't suit them or, they just don't make the grade. Might be worth ringing your local mounted section?