Desperate need for help

Knightrider · 08-30-2008, 06:51 PM

My friend in Melbourne is in a jam. About a year and a half ago, I wrote about her having a bad fall when her horse fell into a hole and stomped all over her 4 times. At the time we thought she and her horse had recovered. Well, they hadn't. She now has permanent injuries, can no longer ride, and she cannot take care of her horse any longer.
She desperately needs to give her horse away to a responsible caring home. He is gorgeous 18 year old 15 h QH, an unusual strawberry roan color, big and strong. For experienced rider only, and cannot be jumped--if worked too hard, he develops leg problems. Her trailer has brand new wheels and tires, new floor, new brakes, and a little rust, ramp loading warmblood size. She is asking $1,700 for the trailer, and a loving home for the horse.
She has checked out horse rescue places, but they only take abused starving horses. Her horse has excellent care, but needs to be with other horses and to be taken care of, which she no longer can do. Does anyone know of a place that will take in healthy horses? He is too dominant for therapeutic riding--they don't want him.
Does anyone know of anyone who can help her out? She has lost so much due to this fluke accident--her health, her job, her career dream, her boyfriend, her life savings--and now she must give up her horse and trailer too.

Chevychic26 · 08-30-2008, 07:40 PM

What was he used for? Could he be just a trail horse or is he too hot for that. I know a friend who is looking for a horse. She was going to rescue one, but this would be better being the horses history is known. Do you have any pictures? She is experienced, but I was just wondering why he needs an experienced rider. Does he buck or anything?

rivervu2 · 08-30-2008, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Chevychic26

What was he used for? Could he be just a trail horse or is he too hot for that. I know a friend who is looking for a horse. She was going to rescue one, but this would be better being the horses history is known. Do you have any pictures? She is experienced, but I was just wondering why he needs an experienced rider. Does he buck or anything?

Yes, please provide some history on this guy. We're just south of Melbourne so may be able to help.

Knightrider · 08-31-2008, 05:26 AM

Oh, thank you! Thank you! The horse is absolutely beautiful. He was left a stallion until he was 8 or 9. She calls in a strawberry roan. I call him an eggshell buckskin. I have ridden him a bunch. No buck, kick, or bite. Just a little spook, but not really anything to worry about. He's fun to ride. His owner calls him ditzy. He'll get dithery about something, actually I never worried about that, just kept him going forward, and he was fine. He can get a little jiggy. I used to board him at my place and he can be pushy on the ground and you have to be real firm with him. I think his ground manners are the things she is most worried about. If you treat him very firmly, he's fine. He's very affectionate, loving, and sweet. He's got nice gaits, very forward moving. We trail rode together for a couple of years and he'd go anywhere on the trail. We crossed ditches and water regularly, and he'd go around the stuff we had to jump--narrow crossings around cables. His owner has always been very very careful with him, worrying about the slightest thing. So she wouldn't jump him when the rest of us jumped. He has white line disease which she keeps under control with treating his feet, but the fall has caused permanent damage to her eyes and the doctor doesn't want her bending over his feet to treat them.
He's an easy keeper with a sweet disposition, but I think the main thing is that he was a breeding stallion for 8 years and so he's a little strong on the ground. I never even shanked him when I would work with him, just be very firm with him, and he was fine. But I can easily see him taking advantage of a beginner.
PM me and I will give you her phone number and you can go look at him. I moved away and she can't put pictures up with her computer. She really has been ruined--financially and healthwise. It was our final goodbye trail ride 3 days before I moved away when she got so badly hurt. Breaks my heart.
For those of you who didn't read that post a year and a half ago, her horse had headed down a steep ditch and crossed some water when the little teen she had taken along could not do it. So she came back out of the ditch to encourage that horse (my horse, I am ashamed and sorry to say--but he normally does those things nicely) to come along. As she was encouraging the teen, her horse began moving forward and she reined him back, unfortunately a bit too sharply as she was concerned with the teenager. He backed into a horse sized sinkhole, fell in, couldn't get up, and churned her under his feet. He literally stood on her 4 times before he was able to scramble out of the sinkhole. She ended up with internal injuries and head injuries which we know now are permanent. She is the sweetest kindest person you'd ever want to meet. And now this terrible blow. I sure would love it if someone could help her out. She deserves something good in her life.

jcarnahan · 08-31-2008, 12:53 PM

I am so sorry for your friend, what a terrible experience. Kudos to her for trying to do right by her horse. We do take horses that are not starved and absued (though they are our first priority), but we will work to rehome them, not keep them here. We are quite a ways from Melbourne, but if she can not find anyone, we may be able to help. I will be in Michigan from the 4th thru the 8th, but she can check our info. at our website below.

Knightrider · 08-31-2008, 02:18 PM

Thank you thank you!

Chevychic26 · 08-31-2008, 05:07 PM

I didn't forget about you. I am still making phone calls. I called my trainer to see if he would bw interested and he is really thinking 'hard on it'. Someone will come through. He sounds like a wonderful horse. Does he get along with geldings? Can he be pastured with them or is he still studdy?

Knightrider · 08-31-2008, 06:45 PM

Oh yay. He is fine in the pasture, both with mares and geldings. I had him in my 40 acre pasture, first with a mare and two geldings, and later after my mare died with 3 other geldings. He is very easy to catch in the 40 acres. Right now he is by himself, and wants to be with other horses. He is very social and likes to be where the action is. My friend also has trained him to stake out, which is a useful thing to be able to do with a horse.

904horsenerd · 09-01-2008, 05:44 PM

i would take him if you can get him to st augustine i have no trailer at this time we are a rescue and we have a kids program in need of a horse for the experenced riders

jtfer1968 · 09-01-2008, 07:24 PM

That is horrible for your friend. Could you give me more info on the trailer. Do you have any pictures of it??

Knightrider · 09-02-2008, 04:19 AM

Unfortunately my friend cannot send photos on her computer and I have moved 3 1/2 hours away. Perhaps she can get a friend to do the pictures for her. PM me and we can exchange phone numbers and e-mails. Thank you so much! This kind lady deserves a break!

KatieMae · 09-03-2008, 05:59 AM

I'm located in Melbourne (Palm Bay, really) and if she needs help with anything, I'd be willing to lend a hand... I can't offer to buy the horse, but I can certainly arrange to help her out if need be. Anything to stay connected to the horse world, since I sold my mare in April...

rivervu2 · 09-03-2008, 04:40 PM

I went out today and took pics of both horse and trailer. PM me with your e-mail if you want me to send them to you.

rivervu2 · 09-05-2008, 10:53 AM

Here are pictures of the horse & trailer.

Knightrider · 09-05-2008, 03:05 PM

Rivervu, thank you so much!

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08-30-2008, 06:51 PM
Knightrider Weanling Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hildreth, Florida Posts: 337	Desperate need for help My friend in Melbourne is in a jam. About a year and a half ago, I wrote about her having a bad fall when her horse fell into a hole and stomped all over her 4 times. At the time we thought she and her horse had recovered. Well, they hadn't. She now has permanent injuries, can no longer ride, and she cannot take care of her horse any longer. She desperately needs to give her horse away to a responsible caring home. He is gorgeous 18 year old 15 h QH, an unusual strawberry roan color, big and strong. For experienced rider only, and cannot be jumped--if worked too hard, he develops leg problems. Her trailer has brand new wheels and tires, new floor, new brakes, and a little rust, ramp loading warmblood size. She is asking $1,700 for the trailer, and a loving home for the horse. She has checked out horse rescue places, but they only take abused starving horses. Her horse has excellent care, but needs to be with other horses and to be taken care of, which she no longer can do. Does anyone know of a place that will take in healthy horses? He is too dominant for therapeutic riding--they don't want him. Does anyone know of anyone who can help her out? She has lost so much due to this fluke accident--her health, her job, her career dream, her boyfriend, her life savings--and now she must give up her horse and trailer too. __________________ Before each ride, I think to myself, "I hope no one tells me I am 'a heck of a rider.'." Last edited by Knightrider : 08-31-2008 at 05:30 AM.

08-30-2008, 07:40 PM
Chevychic26 Newborn Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: florida Posts: 48	What was he used for? Could he be just a trail horse or is he too hot for that. I know a friend who is looking for a horse. She was going to rescue one, but this would be better being the horses history is known. Do you have any pictures? She is experienced, but I was just wondering why he needs an experienced rider. Does he buck or anything?

08-31-2008, 05:26 AM
Knightrider Weanling Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hildreth, Florida Posts: 337	Oh, thank you! Thank you! The horse is absolutely beautiful. He was left a stallion until he was 8 or 9. She calls in a strawberry roan. I call him an eggshell buckskin. I have ridden him a bunch. No buck, kick, or bite. Just a little spook, but not really anything to worry about. He's fun to ride. His owner calls him ditzy. He'll get dithery about something, actually I never worried about that, just kept him going forward, and he was fine. He can get a little jiggy. I used to board him at my place and he can be pushy on the ground and you have to be real firm with him. I think his ground manners are the things she is most worried about. If you treat him very firmly, he's fine. He's very affectionate, loving, and sweet. He's got nice gaits, very forward moving. We trail rode together for a couple of years and he'd go anywhere on the trail. We crossed ditches and water regularly, and he'd go around the stuff we had to jump--narrow crossings around cables. His owner has always been very very careful with him, worrying about the slightest thing. So she wouldn't jump him when the rest of us jumped. He has white line disease which she keeps under control with treating his feet, but the fall has caused permanent damage to her eyes and the doctor doesn't want her bending over his feet to treat them. He's an easy keeper with a sweet disposition, but I think the main thing is that he was a breeding stallion for 8 years and so he's a little strong on the ground. I never even shanked him when I would work with him, just be very firm with him, and he was fine. But I can easily see him taking advantage of a beginner. PM me and I will give you her phone number and you can go look at him. I moved away and she can't put pictures up with her computer. She really has been ruined--financially and healthwise. It was our final goodbye trail ride 3 days before I moved away when she got so badly hurt. Breaks my heart. For those of you who didn't read that post a year and a half ago, her horse had headed down a steep ditch and crossed some water when the little teen she had taken along could not do it. So she came back out of the ditch to encourage that horse (my horse, I am ashamed and sorry to say--but he normally does those things nicely) to come along. As she was encouraging the teen, her horse began moving forward and she reined him back, unfortunately a bit too sharply as she was concerned with the teenager. He backed into a horse sized sinkhole, fell in, couldn't get up, and churned her under his feet. He literally stood on her 4 times before he was able to scramble out of the sinkhole. She ended up with internal injuries and head injuries which we know now are permanent. She is the sweetest kindest person you'd ever want to meet. And now this terrible blow. I sure would love it if someone could help her out. She deserves something good in her life. __________________ Before each ride, I think to myself, "I hope no one tells me I am 'a heck of a rider.'."

08-31-2008, 12:53 PM
jcarnahan Halter broke Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sebring, Florida Posts: 143	I am so sorry for your friend, what a terrible experience. Kudos to her for trying to do right by her horse. We do take horses that are not starved and absued (though they are our first priority), but we will work to rehome them, not keep them here. We are quite a ways from Melbourne, but if she can not find anyone, we may be able to help. I will be in Michigan from the 4th thru the 8th, but she can check our info. at our website below. __________________ Equine Rescue * Rehab * Rehoming www.promiseacres.com

08-31-2008, 02:18 PM
Knightrider Weanling Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hildreth, Florida Posts: 337	Thank you thank you! __________________ Before each ride, I think to myself, "I hope no one tells me I am 'a heck of a rider.'."

08-31-2008, 05:07 PM
Chevychic26 Newborn Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: florida Posts: 48	I didn't forget about you. I am still making phone calls. I called my trainer to see if he would bw interested and he is really thinking 'hard on it'. Someone will come through. He sounds like a wonderful horse. Does he get along with geldings? Can he be pastured with them or is he still studdy?

08-31-2008, 06:45 PM
Knightrider Weanling Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hildreth, Florida Posts: 337	Oh yay. He is fine in the pasture, both with mares and geldings. I had him in my 40 acre pasture, first with a mare and two geldings, and later after my mare died with 3 other geldings. He is very easy to catch in the 40 acres. Right now he is by himself, and wants to be with other horses. He is very social and likes to be where the action is. My friend also has trained him to stake out, which is a useful thing to be able to do with a horse. __________________ Before each ride, I think to myself, "I hope no one tells me I am 'a heck of a rider.'."

09-01-2008, 05:44 PM
904horsenerd Weanling Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: St Augustine Florida Posts: 259	i would take him if you can get him to st augustine i have no trailer at this time we are a rescue and we have a kids program in need of a horse for the experenced riders

09-01-2008, 07:24 PM
jtfer1968 Yearling Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Florida Posts: 976	That is horrible for your friend. Could you give me more info on the trailer. Do you have any pictures of it?? __________________

09-02-2008, 04:19 AM
Knightrider Weanling Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hildreth, Florida Posts: 337	Unfortunately my friend cannot send photos on her computer and I have moved 3 1/2 hours away. Perhaps she can get a friend to do the pictures for her. PM me and we can exchange phone numbers and e-mails. Thank you so much! This kind lady deserves a break! __________________ Before each ride, I think to myself, "I hope no one tells me I am 'a heck of a rider.'."

09-03-2008, 05:59 AM
KatieMae Greenbroke Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: C.FLA Posts: 3,972	I'm located in Melbourne (Palm Bay, really) and if she needs help with anything, I'd be willing to lend a hand... I can't offer to buy the horse, but I can certainly arrange to help her out if need be. Anything to stay connected to the horse world, since I sold my mare in April... __________________ Slow down, everyone. You're moving too fast.

09-03-2008, 04:40 PM
rivervu2 Yearling Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 913	I went out today and took pics of both horse and trailer. PM me with your e-mail if you want me to send them to you.

09-05-2008, 10:53 AM
rivervu2 Yearling Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 913	Here are pictures of the horse & trailer.

09-05-2008, 03:05 PM
Knightrider Weanling Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hildreth, Florida Posts: 337	Rivervu, thank you so much! __________________ Before each ride, I think to myself, "I hope no one tells me I am 'a heck of a rider.'."