Those of you with more than one horse....

Number 1 I rescued 3 yrs ago, she was in a right state, condition 2 if I'm being generous to previous owner!!!
Sadly she is too small for me to ride so just recently got No 2 who is an absolute sweetheart too :)

Made hard decision to put No1 on loan last week as share field and there would still be company for No2 when got the bomb dropped that other field sharer (horse was recently sold) is not going to keep horse at field but moving closer to home (cant fault new owner) so that would have left No2 on his own so now keeping No1 for a bit longer now!!!

Not sure I could part with No1, feel responsible for her as I rescued her but cant ride her so cant get rid of No2 as he is the big man to be ridden once I get my new saddle fitted next week.

Well, we can all say that owning horses is never dull!!!! :D
 
I have three, in livery and no new clothes or shoes.

Had one at a time, then met husband, who started riding, so we bought him a horse, then saw a post on another forum about a youngster needing a home, so bought youngster, thinking that he could take over when my original boy retired.

Now have original horse still in work at 22 years old, hubby's horse retired and the money pit youngster "work in progress".

I may not have new clothes or shoes, but I would not swap any of them. I think the phrase is, "I'm broke, but I'm lucky...!"

With my own land, I would either be divorced or dangerous!
 
Quite new to H&H forums but they are fun!

I have 1 atm but am always window shopping for a second. My first is fantastic and has been a great confidence giver but I feel ready to step up a level and not sure he's quite right for that, but I would never sell as he's such a superstar.

Don't really have the time or money for a second so am currently in discussions with a friend to buy a 'project' together, which means we can split the livery etc costs.

I think we may be slightly nuts but that seems to be a common theme on this forum ;)
 
I bought my second horse, Rhythm, because my other horse, Snip, had three years of varying health problems (he's only 8 now, and has never really had a proper working life as he's never made a full year in work, and has now been out of work for two years)

Even if I do manage to beat his issues, he'll never never be the horse I want him to be, he's just too baggage laden.

So I bought another. Snip has a home for life, couldn't sell the useless creature even if I did want to, and I still have a horse to follow my dreams with. Snip is just very lucky that I can afford to keep two!
 
I have my first pony still, still ride her every now and then but she is nearly 30 and I look ridiculous on her, so had to upgrade to horses.

Loaned my next horse, who was later gifted to me but then had to be retired at 15. She has some behaviour problems too, so couldn't re-home her even if I tried! (not that I'd want to , she has taught me alot about patience and my own horsemanship)

So I now also loan a 3rd horse who is my riding horse.

I've just had them all put on DIY too, to save some pennies, knackering but wouldn't change them for the world!
 
I had a 15hh safe-as-houses hairy cob mare who I used to hack out with a friend on his hairy cob mare too. Said friend then progressed to 16.2hh TB mare and I had serious horse-envy and decided it was time to get a "proper" horse. I then acquired safe-as-houses TB but never really felt as happy on him as I had on my cob. Even though he never put a hoof wrong, my confidence gradually chipped away until I would barely ride him. Then a fall (my fault) prevented me riding for 3 months and shattered the last vestiges of my confidence and that was that. TB went and I was on the look for something small, fat and hairy again.

Things never go to plan and 16hh, very thin Clydie X Jack arrived in Feb with way more issues than my previous ones. I forced myself to climb aboard a few times initially then my novice OH fell in love with him and started riding and having lessons over the summer. A new saddle last month and I took myself to task and got over my nerves. Have been riding 3-4 times a week and seem to have finally re-found most of the confidence I lost.

So... I would say "be careful what you wish for" because sometimes what you actually want is right under your nose. I should never have parted with my cob mare but there you go. Biggest mistake of my life so I have to live with the consequences of my actions.

Oh... to answer your question.... I also have a 2yo traditional gelding who seems to be very laid back and placid - and I also have a 3.5yo Comtois X who is so laid-back he almost falls over... he will be started in the spring. Am I mad, or what? :D
 
I have 3 at the min.

I guess the reason is that i am too soft. I have a gelding who is 21 but retired at 14 due to being a complete nutter (he has issues) and because he had been mistreated when I bought him had promised him a forever home (and that's what he got)

I also have a 15yr old ex racer who is an absolute star and has got me over many a confidence issue after the nutter however, he will not jump coloured poles and after 7 years of not jumping I wanted to start again........ so another one had to come that jumps! Only been with me 2 months and not much jumping done yet lol.

maybe i am just collecting them although it tends to be dogs that i collect (already have 4)

:D
 
At the moment I only have the one, my ex racehorse whose 13. He's a lovely boy, really looks after me and has that extra sparkle I wanted for a horse, he was gifted to me.

I would like another, and will at start of next year, but nothing expensive as I want a horse deemed 'cheap' to go to the right and good home with me.
 
well i started with 1, then got the kids a pony, and then another pony came on loan to keep first pony company:o then my girl broke her leg and was PTS:( i was on a little forum at the time and first 1 person offered me their unbroken 6 yr old and i agreed, then another lady emailed me in a panic as her old share horse was going to be sent to the dealers if a home couldn't be found so being soft i said oh go on then i'll take her:rolleyes: the big girl ended up arriving first as the 6 yr old had some loading issues, he eventually arrived and i suddenly realised i had 4:eek: little loan pony went on loan to someone else so i was back to 3, in the meantime, both horses were gifted to me, very lucky me :D Then i saw the crop of foals the breeder who bred the 6 yr old had and thought ohhh;) yep soon enough we were back up to 4 again:D
i keep trying to tell myself that 4 is the limit but still find myself looking at foals and thinking 'well 1 more wouldn't hurt' so far though i've been good:)
 
Well, we (as a family) have 5 - the most we had ever was 8 but then as we have our own land and stables it's not really a huge issue - you can put a fair few horses on 12 acres! Lol

My 14.2hh pony is the one we've had the longest - 17 years. He was bought as a jumping pony for me when i was 15/16 (god knows why we didn't just buy a horse but hey ho). Turned out he wasn't mentally capable of doing that though so within a year we bought my horse (a 4 yo). We did try and sell said pony at one stage but due to his erratic behaviour and the fact he'd been throgh various homes before we got him as an 8yo our conscience got the better of us and so he stayed.

My horse (the one I got as a 4 yo) is now 20 and last year i decided one day he will need to be retired from competing so i thought I'd look for a 2 or 3 yo that I could look to bring on slowly whilst i slowly retired ny horse. Hmm, well I ended up buying a 15mth old chestnut and white gelding who i was told would make 16hh! I will be looking to sit on him next spring/summer when he's 3 and shall do a bit of hacking but he looks like he's going to be a tad bigger than 16 hh considering he's about that now!!!

In addition, we have one rescued TB aged 27 and my sister's 11 yo who's currently out of work with a suspensory injury.

If i had tonnes of money, loads more land and didn't have to work full time I would probably be rescuing horses left right and centre - they're quite addictive!
 
I bought my mum a shetland. She can't ride him, well none of us can really as he's a mini but I didn't think she wanted to ride and thought it'd be a good introduction to the horse world.
 
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