09/11/2025
❤️ PLEASE share and ask around!! ❤️
THIS BOY NEEDS A SPECIAL HUMAN TO LOVE! 💔
This one is close to my heart guys.
Diego was with me for a few years and is one of the sweetest, most playful and most special horses I have worked with. He taught me so much and made me a much better horsewoman.
I rehomed him back to his old owner who missed him and happily took him back when I had too many horses and one had to go.
His old owner now can’t keep him and he needs to find a new human to love him.
Here’s the bad: this is NOT a horse who can (and probably ever will) be ridden. He is a nervous Nelly and needs regular handling - he is NOT dangerous but is spooky, and if you don’t handle him for a week you won’t catch him for a month!! This is the kind of horse who all of a sudden will think a halter is made of fire and leap away.
To make matters worse, he had a cyst in his eye and had to have the eye removed. He is still adjusting to this so needs someone who can spend time just literally sitting with him, cuddling him, building trust.
Here’s the good: Diego is a horse who will steal your heart instantly. Here’s is so affectionate, so smart, VERY playful and talented. He is absolutely beautiful to work with as he’s so sensitive, pays attention to your every breath, every flick of the eye, and LOVES to learn. I clicker trained him and my goodness if he was my solo horse he would make an epic liberty horse one day. This horse can move when he wants to! He has done some liberty work and is good at it! He will cuddle you all day, lick you to smithereens and be your bestest buddy hands down. He just needs someone who has the time and doesn’t have ridden goals.
(In saying that, I did put a few rides on him, I just wouldn’t put money on him coping well mentally as a ridden horse).
If you know anyone who could be this boys special someone, PLEASE let me know! My heart aches and I wish I could take him back but I genuinely do not have the time for a horse like him. He needs someone who can spend time with him at least 3 x per week, every week.
He is the easiest keeper I’ve ever had, barely feed him and he stays fat. Gets along well with herds, in fact he’s a perfect companion/ herd horse as he keeps everyone moving and playing! He also takes care of his herd. He is a natural herd mum, and if any horses are left out or being bullied, he will stick to them like glue and look after them. He is a confident boy in the paddock and has zero nasties towards other horses. He will need some handling to get back into being good with feet, floating etc.
I am willing to offer ⭐️VERY CHEAP /PROBABLY FREE AGISTMENT⭐️ in my herd paddock for Diego if there is a special someone to be his bestest friend. You will have to take on all of his costs and be prepared to put the time into him, but the offer is there if someone wants it. I am also happy to help out/give him occasional training for ⭐️FREE⭐️ when time allows as I love working with him.
This is NOT a horse for a beginner. He is not dangerous but is very sensitive, he can be very hard to catch and does spook. He has been known to rear under pressure (never at people, but you have to be comfortable handling those behaviours). Absolutely no kick, bite, strike, nothing nasty at all, but he can leap back out of nowhere and take you by surprise.
Please ask around, he is honestly such a beautiful boy and I would love so much to see him find his special person to give his heart to. I promise you will have the bestest best friend in Diego ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
