New pony

I'm getting a little weeny pony

Hopefully on Friday. But i'm not getting to excited until i see her in life and decide if she is healthy and tame enough for me.

Shes a little palomino mini called Goldie She looks like this (although this is not her)

Want want want!!

I can't see me not talking her lol but i will be using my head not my heart, i don't want another disaster on my hands. She has got to be healthy and sane!

Awwwww im so jelous!!! I want one!!

I bet she is a little sweetie, good luck I hope she is healthy and happy

Aww how gorjus

Aww Hayley I love palominos gorgeous colour I am mini so I would be able to ride it for you!

Awww Palomino is my favourite colour What breed, size?

I hope she checks out OK

Ah Hayley! (And I can see that the photo isn't of Goldie btw, the undercarriage gives it away )

I was concerned to see you say that you didn't "want another disaster" on your hands. Have I missed something along the way?

Just that my last horse was bought as a very calm all rounder, turned into a total monster who i couldnt handle and i eventually nearly had a break down and i had to sell him on. His new owner had balls of steel and had him galloping about the place jumping fences and i was afraid to walk him at the end i was afraid to get on at all.

Not having much luck with this new bloody horse either.

I will have to see how things work out, but financially with this latest set back i might have to skip goldie

Oh Hayley, I'm sorry I had no idea. Last I knew was that you had a biggish dark bay with a Kimblewick (and I'm sorry I can't remember his name), but you posted videos and photos of him and you and it seemed to me that you were fine together. Was that the "calm all rounder", or your "new bloody horse"?

No horse is worth having a breakdown over; they're not like dogs with overt affection (unfortunately), and it's often that horse and rider just don't get along with each other, for whatever reason, and then it's just best to part company and rehome the horse with someone who just "gels" with it better, as you have done. I had to do this with one of my own horses - he was an ex-racer and our life-styles just didn't fit together; he was just too much for me in short.

Please don't feel obliged to reply to this if I'm being too prying or overstepping the mark.

Won't mention Goldie just now.

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No its fine! The bay is my new bloody horse lol my old one was a ex racer too and just not for a normal person are they!

Ah OK! Glad I didn't offend/upset you.

Ex-racers, as you and I have discovered, are generally too hard-wired by their breeding and training to fit in well with a new role as a hobby horse. Kauto Star is showing promise as adapting to his new job as a dressage horse, but he's an exception - maybe due to his temperament, and maybe due to his high profile, and even he will need expert attention and training and shed-loads of expensive food! Most ex-racehorses end up at the abbatoir, unfortunately.

I'm glad to hear that you still have the bay; honestly last I saw you were getting on great with him.

And, you are a rider (and a good one) and need a horse to ride (the saddle problem on your other thread is a b****r, replied there). Goldie, if you do go for her, will be a pet cuddly pony which is great, but I feel that you still need a horse to ride.

Good luck! ><

Here is goldie

She needs a bit of TLC but is SOO kind and sweet. I had a dream like idea in my head of going to her, her whickering and coming over and just loving fuss. When i got there, goldie whickered to me and came over and stood for cuddles!!! Im sold.

Shes gorgeous, such a lovely colour

Another pic

They don't all do it, but Ah, it's heartmelting when a pony or horse whickers in welcome to you. Goldie does look like a lovely little pony (you've tidied her quite a bit haven't you! )

yes a quick 5 min groom and she looks so much better already lol her little hooves are so awful i can't wait until the farrier comes. Shes getting a bath tomorrow and a bit more pampering

heres more photos of her before i had her

She has a foal as well?! How cute is he/she?

yes she had a little foalie. here is her grandchild: ( im pretty sure its part sheep!!!)

found this on google! she was a little show pony it seems haha

Ah, bless. So you don't get the foal as well, or the foal's foal.

Well, Goldie is a very pretty pony and sounds like she will be a perfect pet. She improved 500% after your 5 minute's grooming - you must have enough hair to stuff a mattress!

Love to Goldie and not forgetting Jago

PS Just seen your latest, so she was a glamour-puss as well! A dash of Arab there I suspect.

She's so beautiful

I'll have to dig some pictures out of my Racket, he passed away sadly but was gorgeous, not a proper palomino but still