Carl Hester's Valegro Raises Funds for Horses4Homes
Horses4Homes is incredibly lucky to have Carl as its Patron. He is a fantastic horseman and was quoted as being the backbone of Team GB Dressage, the glue that held the team together during the London 2012 Olympics. As for his protégée Charlotte Dujardin, her incredible achievement of individual and team gold is […]
Appeals for a "Forever Home" are Answered for Tammy, Highland mare
Less than a month ago Loraine Strachan from Aberdeen contacted Horses4Homes. She was in desperate need for our help to rehome Tamarisk (Tammy) her elderly father’s Highland mare. Her father sadly has Alzheimers and her mother, now in her 70s, was struggling to continue to care for both her husband and the pony. A long […]
Can You Give a Horse a Home?
Horses4Homes have some super horses and ponies requiring new homes, some in a loan capacity and others where ownership can be transferred – please take a look, liaise with the owners and apply if you would like to meet any of them. All of our horses and ponies have a story to tell. […]
Tess finds "A better home than I could have provided myself"
The owner of Tess had been trying to rehome her through local advertising in the Spring with no success. The only enquiries she got were from people who had not seriously thought about taking on Tess long term, “They just wanted a cheap pony for their children” she told Rebecca, the Rehoming Manager for Horses4Homes. […]
Kalibra Finds that all important "Forever Home" with Horses4Homes
Kalibra was listed with Horses4Homes and within the short space of two weeks he has found a fantastic home with animal behaviourist Claire Simonetti in Buckinghamshire. His new owner, Claire Simonetti had this to say about using Horses4Homes, “I am thrilled to be granted the new owner of Kalibra, he has had an unfortunate past […]
From the Horse's Mouth – Indie's owner speaks of her experience using Horses4Homes
“It was very reassuring to find a website such as Horses4Homes. My horse Indie had previously been advertised on other websites and although there were several enquiries from these, some of which were from what sounded like really genuine caring people, those who had been serious would have been prepared to apply for Indie via […]
VALEGRO PICTURE UP FOR CHARITY AUCTION WITH HORSES4HOMES
This amazing charcoal drawing of Valegro, the exquisite dressage horse soon to compete in the Olympics, owned by the Horses4Homes Patron Carl Hester and ridden by Charlotte Dujardin, is available by silent auction through Horses4Homes. The picture has been kindly donated by its creator, equine artist Sally Martin. It measures 29 by 22inches is currently […]
Horses4Homes Joins The National Equine Welfare Council
Horses4Homes has become an Associate Member of the National Equine Welfare Council. The National Equine Welfare Council (NEWC), of which the Development Manager of Horses4Homes, Rebecca Evans, is Vice Chair, is a membership organisation focused on improving the welfare of horses and Ponies in the UK. The equivalent organisation in America is the Unwanted Horse […]
Using Horses4Homes Could Save Your Horse's Life
If you read the cases below of Loan home disasters arguably they could all have been prevented. Sadly these owners did not carry out the checks necessary on the potential new home for their horse before handing him or her over to the new carer and once handed over they did not stay in touch […]
Horse & Hound Promote Horses4Homes
Horse and Hound has a weekly readership of over 245,000, just over 152,000 “likes” on their Facebook page and is regarded as the most respected and well read equine magazine in the UK. This week they featured Horses4Homes and one of our horses Rokokko in their feature on Rehoming, within hours the phone starting ringing […]