Pastures New
Description
Equine & Animal Learning Centre. We help people achieve their potential through equine learning and retrain and re-home retired and injured racehorses
The problem
Thousands of horses finish their racing careers in the UK every year, some through injury and many due to the realisation of their owner(s) and/or trainer that they are simply not going to make the grade. What to do with a horse who was bought with such promise and potential, and at substantial cost, has become a dilemma for many owners who care about their horses.
With the majority going directly to the ‘Sales’ , where their fate is determined by the highest bid, many fall into the hands of unscrupulous dealers who trade in horse meat or pass them off as a ‘safe’ ride to innocent buyers. Some are bought with good intentions by well-meaning but inexperienced individuals, who may find them too difficult to handle and therefore have no option but to sell them on again.
Our Solution
The prospects for ex-racehorses without a retraining programme can be bleak, as their purpose has expired. Pastures New are a registered charity dedicated to the rehabilitation, retraining and re-homing of retired and injured racehorses.
Through our retraining programme we achieve a useful and worthwhile future for every horse, be it as a “happy hacker” or something more befitting of their fantastic pedigree, such as in dressage, polo, eventing or show jumping.
Those horses suitable will help in our Equine Assisted Learning programme. Here we are helping both the horse and the programme participant at the same time.
In the right hands, and with the right training, horses can go on to have a very contented, successful and happy life after racing
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facebook.com... when did this become an acceptable practice in racing? 😡
Going SOFT 😂😂😂🏇
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I hereby pledge to give 5% of my winnings on the Grand National to Facebook.com/pasturesnewcharity.org to secure a safe future for retired and injured racehorses #comebacksafe #livelong #beyondthewinningpost
Times is 'ard... but they have been hard before and we have survived, not least because we have the love and support of our community. ... struggle makes you grateful for every word, every gesture, every action of others... Our staff that have chosen to become volunteers (again) through the difficult times; the families who visit and not only pay the £2 for kids but give a donation too... An amazing friend and colleague who lent us £800 to pay our bills as those who had faith in us struggled to meet their own bills waiting for us to pay. ... we will get there again, but whilst we are in the thick of it (and sleep is hard to come by for me, as I try to think of more ways for this beloved charity to keep going) and morning arrives yet again and the feeling of fear gets overtaken by hope; hope that it stops snowing so people will come, hope that the shop will be busy.. Hope that some volunteers will come to help, hope that the damage to the barn won't prove too much before we can afford to protect it... hope that the council won't apply business rates to the farm... and hope above hope that we don't need to call the vet anytime soon. we will remember with love everyone who is helping get through these difficult times... Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts ❤️
Looking for footage and photos for the forthcoming feature on ITV, I came across this fantastic video, done for us by Gavin Giddins (one of our volunteers some years back).. Just brilliant! https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=Kv9A7SsPhYY
thanks so very muchly to all our staff, volunteers and learners who went the extra mile to have the place camera ready today! .. You are too numerous to mention, so for fear of missing someone out lets just say THANK YOU EVERYONE who helped at the farm, setting up the arena, manning the charity shop, getting the horses looking so fabulous and being generally AMAZING! Particular thanks to ANDIZYNE for their personalised embroidery to order and the speed in which you turned it around.. Huge THANKS to TraVision for their sponsorship, and all the companies who gave their time and money to our cause.. Here they are!
PICTURES BY OTHER USERS ON INSTAGRAM
Out walking and spotted #pablo the pot bellied pig #littleborough #pasturesnew #ealees
Sunset goals #littleborough #sunset #sunsets #sunset🌅 #beauty #beutiful #photography #photographer #photographyislife #photographyeveryday #photographyy #youngphotographer #soney #sonyxperiaxa #sonyxperia #naturephotography #nature #naturephoto #photo #natureislife
Made a new friend on my travels today - a rescued racehorse
Nearly a unicorn
Two parched gents last night 🍀
@joemacaripc ... It's been emotional. Until next time...
Today is our last day down our alleyway! We've had SO much fun over the past two years and are sad to be leaving, But! We've got a new project in the works to be launched soon so stay tuned Peckham people... Come grab a juice and a coffee and let us love you until 5pm ❤️❤️❤️
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