Help please! I’ve been looking at retired racehorses for ages but it’s been a bit of a dream (maybe obsession) rather than anything that could happen.
A friend of mine has some gypsy cobs she bought from a man who takes them in from travellers. They’re beautiful and I’ve been helping her out with them. He has just been given an ex racehorse, 7 years old, ran three times (and was rubbish) then sold to a lady, she loved her but went through a nasty divorce and the mare is now stuck in a stable with no food (whatever hay this man gives her). She’s lost all her condition in 5 months but has a lovely look about her. She’s obviously cheap as chips as they don’t know what to do with her. Would I be mad to go for her? I’ve priced everything up (have to double check that she can live with the cobs - there’s a stable there too) but need to be sure I’m not crazy. If nothing else, I want to get her out of there. I’d have her vetted too.
Thank you!
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Slippersandacuppa · 06/12/2019 08:08
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