So I have made the decision ....

[Horseback Rider]

To retire my horse.

He's an ex racer and we have had 5 wonderful years together with their up's and downs. He went lame at Christmas and was diagnosed with a hock spavin & kissing spines. He has had tildren and quartizone injections and slowly came back into work but I was constantly worrying if he was OK, was he sound , was he in pain. He has been off for the last two weeks as he tweaked his tendon and still isn't quite right and when he is out of work he becomes naughty to handle.

I am just fed up of the constant worry over if he is OK to ride, compete etc that I thought this was the best thing to do ??
I am never going to sell him I am just trying to find him a home where he can live out 24/7 and may be used as a light hack for the right person.

I suppose I am looking some reassurance that I am doing the right thing ????

 

[snowstormII]

Well done you. I keep trying to make a decision and then changing my mind again! I'm being an emotional girl about things ATM. I am stuck in a loop that goes something like this...
1) make my mare's KS better with the operation (insurance time is running out fast)
2) but there is no guarantee she will change her spooky character enough to be my go anywhere, do anything horse, therefore she does not suit my needs, so I should sell. Even though she is up for sale I have had no meaningful interest (the market is flat for TBs. Maybe this tells me it is just my turn to hold onto her and see if I should ---> 1) as above.

HHHEEEELLLLPPPP! Slowly going crazy!

 

[Wagtail]

To be frank, I don't think a horse with KS could or should be sold. I have one and my options are keep as a field ornament (he has had the op and is no better), keep trying with him, send to the blood bank or PTS. I would never dream of trying to loan or sell him. Who on earth would want him? PTS is not an option unless he was suffering, and he isn't. I could send him to the blood bank, as at least I would know they keep them for life and when they are very old or sick then they are PTS, but he suffers greatly from the flies in summer and they don't bother rugging them. So it looks like he retires here and I don't have a riding horse (I already have one other field ornament), or I keep trying.

 

[Horseback Rider]

As I said I never would sell him. However I live in the Channel islands where land is a premium we don't have the facility for him to live out 24/7 on my yard and I have been searching high and low for somewhere he can as field companion as being out and moving around would actually make life easier for him.