Wendy's looking good isn't down to me, it's down to my yard manager Sarah, who broke her in and schools her as well! She's a far better rider than I am!

She's not my favourite on the yard, but she is still lovely! It's quite rewarding when I notice something that she's doing just a little bit better than before!

I did the hunter & polo pony thing last year, been doing the highland pony thing for a year now, I just fancy something different. I want my own that isn't anything to do with work that I can do what I want with!!

I'm going to start saving, so that if nothing comes up with the ad I've placed then I can approach one of the TB rehoming centres!

There's plenty of places that give ex racers away for free, or sell them very cheaply, especially in the current climate.
The rehab charities tend to retrain them and then rehome then, where as you can get one straight from the track fairly cheaply, it depends on how much work you want to put in.
I got my ex racer free, but then she was a 14 year old racer, turned broodmare who had a dodgy tendon.

Oh my stunning

Shame our not closer, and I don't have more money!!!

Awww she is cute!

Keep your eye on sites like pre loved some cheap and cheerful ones come up on that. One of the best horses I ever had was a freebee, he was 19 at the time and no one that wanted an oldie could handle he as he was more like a 10 year old! I was still out going cross country when he was 24, went to the Northwest Championships when he was 25 (veteran class) I finally retired him to a light hacking home where his main job was to keep another oldie company. So dont straight away discount older guys!

I live in Ireland now and got a youngster on free loan, when and if I want to buy I can or just keep him for as long as I like. The horse market is even worse over here now, which is a shame cause there are some really class horses going for next to nothing, which if you are saving might be a thought for you too as shipping over to the UK isn't that much.