Thor.. the emaciated horse from Bissel wood ride

How the hell could someone think that it was right to ride a horse in that dreadful condition? Poor Thor, I hope he makes a full recovery from the potential damage caused.
 
hobo said:
I do hope she was stopped from riding it at the event. Poor poor horse, I hope she never has a horse again.
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He had an exercise sheet on I believe so it wasn't quite as obvious as it is in these photos (from the photos of him at the ride I saw anyway!). Poor poor old horse, quite horrendous.
 
I've already replied to this on FB and I cannot believe that this "person" can be allowed to ever have any type of living creature again, let alone a horse. Shame on her!
 
The story doesn't make it clear how he got in that state. Was it just prolonged underfeeding?
There was a case recently near me where the woman admitted not seeing three ponies for two weeks, They were stabled in two feet of muck and one had died. She only got a three year ban so in contrast, this punishment seems quite a lot.
 
meleeka said:
The story doesn't make it clear how he got in that state. Was it just prolonged underfeeding?
There was a case recently near me where the woman admitted not seeing three ponies for two weeks, They were stabled in two feet of muck and one had died. She only got a three year ban so in contrast, this punishment seems quite a lot.
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It mentions a worm burden but frankly it looks like pure and plain starvation to me!
 
This sadly is what happens when some idiots ( insert stronger word of your choice )
Get TB's .
How any one however short of knowledge could think that horse was ok let alone OK to ride to beyond me .
That's the new act ( verses the one we were trying to enforce when I was involved ) working well .
To me someone who has so little common sense and empathy should never have a horse again , but the guilty plea will have led to the lighter setance it probably would have been a life ban if she had plead not guilty .
Well done to RSPCA and the race horse charity who funded some of the care lucky horse good job in a way she took him to that ride . It in all likely hood saved him .
 
I can't believe anyone would think it's okay to ride a horse in that state and she even clipped him that must have been quite painful poor bloody horse, it just beggers belief did no one on the yard where he was kept even notice how bad he looked whatever is wrong with people!
 
Poor Thor

I cannot believe the organizers of the event let him enter, as surely they check tack etc at the beginning before you set off.


I would have reported her as soon as I saw a horse in this condition at an event. I am amazed he had the energy to take the big fat slob round the course, ans she should have been fined at least £ 2000 made out to those who helped him recover.

It is on her facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=charlotte mcpherson
 
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TYSSANDI said:
Poor Thor

I cannot believe the organizers of the event let him enter, as surely they check tack etc at the beginning before you set off.


I would have reported her as soon as I saw a horse in this condition at an event. I am amazed he had the energy to take the big fat slob round the course, ans she should have been fined at least £ 2000 made out to those who helped him recover.

It is on her facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=charlotte mcpherson
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That link just takes me to loads of charlotte McPhearsons. Which one is she?
 
TYSSANDI said:
Poor Thor

I cannot believe the organizers of the event let him enter, as surely they check tack etc at the beginning before you set off.


I would have reported her as soon as I saw a horse in this condition at an event. I am amazed he had the energy to take the big fat slob round the course, ans she should have been fined at least £ 2000 made out to those who helped him recover.

It is on her facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=charlotte mcpherson
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That is not her FB page that is a list of mentions of various Charlotte McPhersons on FB - which is quite different!!
 
meleeka said:
The story doesn't make it clear how he got in that state. Was it just prolonged underfeeding?
There was a case recently near me where the woman admitted not seeing three ponies for two weeks, They were stabled in two feet of muck and one had died. She only got a three year ban so in contrast, this punishment seems quite a lot.
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I think it was prolonged underfeeding, she probably had no experience of keeping horses, only ponies or cobs and probably fed him as you would a pony or cob. On her Facebook page at the time she was offering her services for breaking and schooling - the mind boggles (mind you, she's not the only know nothing youngster to offer this sort of thing!)

Every single person from her yard should be thoroughly ashamed.

Pics in the comments here, some were taken off her Facebook page by others (she wasn't trying that hard to hide it!) and a screen shot of the post that started it:-

https://www.facebook.com/andrea.gilder.5
 
marmalade76 said:
Every single person from her yard should be thoroughly ashamed.

Pics in the comments here, some were taken off her Facebook page by others (she wasn't trying that hard to hide it!) and a screen shot of the post that started it:-

https://www.facebook.com/andrea.gilder.5
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Agree - how come no one at the yard picked up on this? Even if no one wanted to confront her directly they could have informed YO or authorities.

That poor poor horse, I don't know how anyone could look at him and think that was OK to ride! Did she even understand what she was doing?? If you were trying to cover up the fact you starve your horse would you post pics on facebook and take it to a fun ride? I don't know which is worse tbh...

Glad to see he recovered and is looking so much healthier now though
 
FestivePferd said:
The article I read the other day said it was the highest worm count that particular vet had ever seen :( poor fella. He looks cracking now though!
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There is no bigger condemnation of an owner than when a horse receives normal care , worming , good simple diet , ordinary basic care and ends up looking cracking
It amazed me how emaciated horses would improve quickly on good hay water and a suitable wormer .
 
LD&S said:
Not much of a punishment and I can't understand what the deterrent is either with such a light sentence.
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Sentences are set by statute, each law has a tariff, the judges don't have much discretion except max or min on that tariff. The law needs changing IMO
 
Wow, she wasn't exactly a waif either was she? Poor horse, he certainly looks more like his name these days. Hope the work burden has no lasting effects
 
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