Would you do this ?

[tryingtogrowarosegarden]

DD has been looking for a project pony for a while - has worked in job both days of weekend and saved money to afford this. Have worked out she can afford grass livery for summer months. Her plan was to buy a project to produce over summer and sell before winter. (All doable, yard we are at has excellent facilities to enable pony to have a wealth of experience and time)

We haven't had much luck so far finding something suitable, she has just been offered a pony for free (no cost) as owners are urgently relocating and it can't stay where it is. Pony is lami prone - managed with soaked hay, front shoes and presumably managed or restricted grazing but recently has been suffering due to its location with breathing, current location is next to a busy dusty road and it's not suitable for pony any more. Vets suggested a change in location and possibly managed by supplements but have no more information than that.

Would you consider taking pony on at all? Obviously the pony would need to be back to full heath before considering option of selling or loaning out - that's assuming it's not fallen in love with before then

@liveforsummer yes she knew she was a project for my daughter and her younger sisters to be involved when pony was ready.

Even though it may have cost you the same as a schoolmaster, nothing counts for good experience, brilliant for your DD.

My daughter knew that depending on which pony she would end up getting very much depended on its personality and that some need more time, she was fully prepared to keep over winter and bring on more - her ideal would be to end up with a family pony to sell (not just backed and sold on), I have two younger daughters both good riders too to get involved, so pony will have a loving home and hopefully find a forever family similar to ours, she also is aware of the costs and that time will eat into any possible profit - as it happened this pony didn't work out lady sold her to someone who come along and offered slightly more and was actually a dealer who promptly put her back up for sale for more money the same day. Poor pony.