Farewell To The Turf

[poliphilo]

My brother-in-law has finally found a taker for my mother's last working racehorse. No-one wanted to buy it, no-one wanted it as a gift- which isn't surprising really because it was useless. The new owner (who isn't the cat's meat man but a show jumper) settled for a sweetener of £200 to take it off our hands.

Comments

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

It must be quite a relief for you even if you had to pay the taker. I hope he treats the horse well...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The taker is known to the woman who currently looks after the horse. I think he'll treat it kindly.

[athenais.livejournal.com]

It's so good that you're finally done with that.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is.

[puddleshark.livejournal.com]

That must be a huge relief.

And £200 is very reasonable. You'd have had to pay that for the hunt to come out and shoot it... (Being a softie, I had my last horse put to sleep by vet's injection and disposed of by cremation - it cost me over £500).

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It is.

£200 is about a sixth of what it cost to keep the horse in training for a month.

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

A good call.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I t has worked out very nicely.

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

Especially since the recession hit, finding homes for horses has been very difficult. I hope it does better as a show jumper than it did as a race horse.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Me too. The last race it ran it ploughed into the first fence and fell over.

[charliemc.livejournal.com]

Poor thing. Glad you found someone who wanted it. And the cost could have been far worse, obviously...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It cost something like £1,500 per month to keep the horse in training- so £200 to get it off our hands is nothing.