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For Sale | 8 Year Old Thoroughbred Mare

I honestly never thought I'd be writing this.

Three months ago I finally bought my first horse after working really hard and saving for ages. I honestly thought we'd have years together. Sadly, not long after I brought her home I realised something wasn't right, and my dream of owning my first horse suddenly became something completely different.

She's been to the vet and been treated for ulcers, which has helped her heaps, but she still moves differently, especially in a slower trot. It's much less noticeable when she's moving forward, but we still don't know exactly what's causing it.

The hardest part is that I'm only 16. I just don't have the money to keep paying for more tests to find out what's wrong or to keep going with everything she might need. If I could, I absolutely would, because she deserves that chance.

She is honestly the sweetest horse. She has the kindest nature, loves people and is so easy to have around. She's great with tractors, farm machinery, other horses and other animals, and she's honestly so quiet for a Thoroughbred mare. Everyone who meets her falls in love with her personality.

I want to be completely honest because I don't want anyone to feel like I've hidden anything. I don't know what her future looks like. She might be able to come back into work with more investigation and treatment, or she might not. I honestly just don't know.

I'm really hoping someone comes along who has more experience than I do and is in a position to keep investigating what's going on, because I feel like she deserves that chance. I truly believe she's worth it, I just can't be the person to do it.

She has such a kind, quiet nature that even if someone was simply looking for a companion horse, she'd be amazing. She genuinely loves people, is happy around other horses and farm life, and is just a lovely horse to have around.

Finding the right home means so much more to me than selling her quickly. I'll happily answer any questions and tell you everything I know. I just want her to go somewhere she'll be loved and looked after.

If you've ever been the person who saw a horse everyone else had given up on and thought, "I just want to give them a chance," then maybe she's the horse for you.

This isn't how I thought my first horse journey would end, but I'm hoping someone else can give her the chance that I can't.