Hoofbeats Sanctuary

18/11/2024

*Rehomed*

Cinco has found a lovely home so quickly as we have managed to match him to a lovely lady on our waiting list, thank you for all the messaged about him! If you are looking for a rideable horse please have a look at the other beautiful horses available for rehoming🦄❤️

Beautiful Cinco looking for his forever home...
Cinco.
Born 2003
Approx 14.1hh
Cinco is such a sweet boy, he will stand for hours, being groomed and fussed over.
He is not the bravest and needs a confident, patient person to give him the confidence to be his best self.
He has done parelli in the past so this is something he responds well to.
He does have sweet itch, which is controlled with a rug.
His one of loan fee will £900.

15/11/2024

Angel, 15hh... Rideable.... Looking for a quiet life with a rider under 11 stone,.... her loan fee will be £1200....
For more details, please message us, letting us know about what you would like to do, and where you would like to keep her. The more you tell us, the more chance we have of matching her to her perfect forever home xx

14/11/2024

Projects...
These two are very green but are ready to start the journey to be ridden, their loan fee will increase the more work we do with them, they are cracking ponies just need to see the world.

Brian and Diesel
Geldings
Approx: 12hh
Born 2018
Dartmoor Type

They have had an easy start to life, and have been loved. To our knowledge they have done very little, and have been grass ornaments most of their life.
They are now ready to start their ridden work, both very green and will need to start from scratch, they are very willing and sensible ponies, who love attention.
Will make super ridden or driven ponies and although not registered are good looking solid dartmoor types.
Being loaned as a project / companions Loan fee will be £500. But this will increase as we put the work into them x

12/11/2024

Companions (unridable) looking for a loving forever home.
Can you give an unridable horse or pony the love and attention they deserve... Please contact us if you can x

18/10/2024

Still looking for the perfect match for this beautiful boy... If you are interested in forever loaning him, please message the sanctuary with information about you, what you would like to do with him, and where you would like to keep him... We genuinely aim to find our horses living forever homes.

Dutch
16 years old
16.2hh
Dutch warmblood
Gelding
Weight limit 13 stone.

Dutch has an amazing temperament. He loves attention and loves to be groomed. He is easy to catch and bring in and handle in every way.

He is not keen on coming in on his own and can be quite jumpy at ridiculous things such as sabretooth butterflies but just needs a confident handler who can reassure him.

He does not enjoy schooling, but does get on with the job if you are consistent and confident, he loves hacking and fun rides.
With an experienced rider that doesn't react if he reacts to the the sabretooth butterfly, he does like to ride in front and is not keen on horses overtaking him.
He needs alot of patience when loading as can take a while and does not like being pressured. He's much better if loading with a calm sensible horse that he knows but also needs to be able to trust the handler.
Dutch is fully shod and is good for the farrier.
He has been out of work, so needs to be brought back into work slowly.
Dutchs loan fee will be £1200 and will come with his fitted saddle, Bridle and turnout rug.

If you think you are a good match for Dutch, please message us with some information about your experience, what you would like to do with Dutch, where you would keep him etc, the more you tell us the more chance we have making the perfect match.

03/10/2024

Brian (southmoor lustleigh lad)
Gelding
Approx: 12hh
Born 2018
Dartmoor Type

Brian has had an easy start to his life, and has been loved. To our knowledge he has done very little, and has been a grass ornament most of his life.
He is now ready to start his ridden work, he has never been broken so will need to start from scratch, but he is a very willing and sensible pony, who loves attention.
He will make a super ridden or driven pony and although not registered is a good looking solid dartmoor type.
He is being loaned on a forever loan basis as a project / companion and his Loan fee will be £500.

01/10/2024

Dutch
16 years old
16.2hh
Dutch warmblood
Gelding
Weight limit 13 stone.

Dutch has an amazing temperament. He loves attention and loves to be groomed. He is easy to catch and bring in and handle in every way.

He is not keen on coming in on his own and can be quite jumpy at ridiculous things such as sabretooth butterflies but just needs a confident handler who can reassure him.

He does not enjoy schooling, but does get on with the job if you are consistent and confident, he loves hacking and fun rides.
With an experienced rider that doesn't react if he reacts to the the sabretooth butterfly, he does like to ride in front and is not keen on horses overtaking him.
He needs alot of patience when loading as can take a while and does not like being pressured. He's much better if loading with a calm sensible horse that he knows but also needs to be able to trust the handler.
Dutch is fully shod and is good for the farrier.
He has been out of work, so needs to be brought back into work slowly.
Dutchs loan fee will be £1200 and will come with his fitted saddle, Bridle and turnout rug.

If you think you are a good match for Dutch, please message us with some information about your experience, what you would like to do with Dutch, where you would keep him etc, the more you tell us the more chance we have making the perfect match.

24/07/2024

We have been exceptionally lucky for the last 8 plus years, we have had land loaned to us, free of charge.
This land has been amazing for the horses, who for one reason and another will never find their forever home. It's given the herd stability, and they have stayed there until they ran peacefully over rainbow Bridge.
Unfortunately the house and land have been put up for sale, so sadly we have to move.
If you have or know of any land for rent then please private message us, and hopefully we will be able to move the herd without to much upset.
Picture of 3 of our permanent residences looking for land ❤️

20/07/2024

2 lovely Dartmoor type ponies, approx 12hh. 5 years old, clean slate and ready to start their working career, they would look lovely as a driven pair x

10/07/2024

Just wanted to share some of our progress ❣️

We recently had a pony come in with the worst bout of sweetitch we have ever seen.

We contacted Oil 2 Horse to see if their products were suitable and they kindly donated some products to try.

To say we are amazed is an understatement.

We have attached pictures of our progress after just 4 days.

We started by using their shampoo bar and then applying the itch master cream. We now use a combination of the itch master shampoo and itch master cream and we are honestly amazed.

He is now barely itching. He's no longer angry at us treating him and the inflammation and redness has virtually gone. Added bonus is he smells absolutely amazing 🤣

Please give them a message if you would like more information about their sweet itch products as they are a wonderfully helpful company.

https://www.facebook.com/share/VRb56eehjMCf3r1c/

This was the difference within just 4 days

15/05/2024

Echo met the lovely Rachel Keeble yesterday.
Rachel is very impressed with her and says her CPL legs are well under control and she's has a great range of movent.
She had a lovely massage, and was very well behaved. ❤️

10/05/2024

Working with beautiful girl has been a privilege, she trys so hard, she's a live wire and if you want a quite plod up the lane, this is NOT the horse for you. If you want a horse to share hours of rides together, to build a bond then she could be the horse of your dreams. You can see from the video she is wired, but honestly so respectful and responsive. Are you the perfect match for Miss Ella.
If you would like to be considered please message us with as much about what you want to do, where you would keep her, your experience etc the more you can tell us the more chance we have of matching her to her best forever home. Her loan fee will be £1200. She will come with a saddle, Bridle and rug..

01/05/2024

Miss Ella, is now with us, and under assessment.
She is looking for someone who can ride for a few hours a day, at least 4 or 5 days a week. Last year she was doing 40 miles with ease, she has been turned away for the winter, so would need bringing back into work.
She absolutely loves riding on Dartmoor, she's not jumped but will pop a log. She is highly strung, and is a lot of horse to ride and handle, she is absolutely not suitable for a novice or nervous rider.
If you would like to be considered to adopt Miss Ella, please pm us. Letting us know more about you, your experience and where you would like to keep her. The more you tell us, the more chance we have of matching to the best forever home. Her loan fee will be £1200.

29/04/2024

Georgie had a tidy up clip, before he goes of to his new home next week.

29/04/2024

We are going to have May tack sale to clear the tack room any items that are surplus to our needs, but this also generates very much needed cash for our depleted pot.
If you have a clear out and would like to donate items for us to either sell or use, they would be very gratefully received.
Items can be dropped of at The Farmyard Cafe. Wotter. Pl7 5HR.
Thank you for your support ❤️

13/10/2023

Lily
13 years old
12hh
Hill pony

Lily is super friendly, good to catch, good to groom, good for the farrier, physio and dentist.

She's the perfect child's lead rein pony as is pretty bombproof when out and about.

Lily's downside is she needs work on her manners on the ground when leading. She's not nasty she is just strong and tries to take advantage if a novice is handling her.

Lily's perfect home would be little people to love and a competent adult to support them.

For an older child she would be good to ride out as she follows another horse.

In her previous loan home they were riding her as a first ridden however she does not have much motivation to work on her own. The foundations are there though so that could possibly be worked on.

Lily is due a dental check up in 6 months as she did have a tooth removed 6 months ago but that does not affect her in anyway.

Lily has had physio while with us and is good to go.

She will come with her fitted saddle and bridle.

Lily's rehoming fee £800

12/10/2023

We need x 2 wintec 15 inch Changeable gullet saddles.

Does anyone have any for sale?

Thank you 😁

01/10/2023

Kate Wright has a fabulous stall at Home Farm Shows today raising vital funds for us ❤

Please check out the stall if you're attending the show today 🥰