Abused horses

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Show Name: Princess in training
Barn Name: Snow white
Age: 4 years
Gender: Mare
Color: White
Breed: thoroughbred
Height: 15.1hh
Personality:
Snow white is a very shy and paranoid horse. She gets spooked easily when it comes to noises and people coming towards her without her knowing. She is a very forgivable horse who loves human company. Although after her past she doesn’t trust others well and closes herself off to everyone. But when she does trust you she is the sweetest thing. She’s very easy to handle, although knows nothing about anything.

History:
Snow white was born on a farm. Her first owners didn’t want her and sent her to a horse action. The man who bought her at the action had three other horses. Two of the horses were mother and foal. The other one was a stallion. The stallion was being abused and both the stallion and mare were being used for breeding and their foal he would sell and get money out of. He started to neglect her. Not feeding her, not giving her water, and not showing her any kindness like an owner should. This owner was discovered of what he was doing. Andy’s mother bought the Stallion and Snow white. She didn’t have room for the foal and the other mare. Andy told his mother that he would be happy to get them healthy again and then send them back to her for their training. So Snow white now resides at BRRA.
Discipline: none
Owner/Rider: Andy is currently taking care of her.

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Show Name: Knight in shining amour
Barn Name: Knight
Age: 8
Gender: gelding
Color: black
Breed: Friesian
Height: 15.2hh
Personality:
Knight may have been treated in a similar way to Snow White, but his very different personality mean it has affected him in a different way. Being gelded late in life has left him with a strong-willed, defiant personality. The more he was beaten and hurt, the more he fought back. This has left him with a variety of flaws in his behavior on the ground and mounted. On the ground, he has a fear of tight things around his faces. A slightly too tight bridle or halter mean he will strike out with a front leg aiming to hit the person who put it on, any sort of pressure on his face results in a less extreme version of just striking out without intending to make contact as a warning. It is impossible to try and ride him with a crop, having been beaten with it he just explodes into a frenzy of removing the rider from his back in any way he can - bucking, rearing or bolting. A loose jacket touching his back is treated in exactly the same way.
His strong personality means he needs an equal minded person to handle him, he can cheeky to an aggressive degree because of his past. If he manages to build up trust with a person and respect them as leader, the aggressive reactions to anything reminding him of his abuse would probably stop with them.

History:
Knight was born onto a farm just like Snow white. The owners sent him to an action and the same owner that bought Snow white bought him. Bought him when he was seven years old and right from there the owner started to abuse him. This owner would put his halter or bridle on too tight. He now has cuts on his face from it. This owner would whip him when he did something the man didn’t like. He also has multiply cuts on his back from this. He is not trained in anything really well. He does know some jumping and cross country but that’s it. Knight was mostly used for breeding purposes. This owner was discovered of what he was doing. Andy’s mother bought him and Snow white. She didn’t have room for the foal and the other mare. But the vets said Knight had to be gelded before she could buy him and that’s what she did. Andy told his mother that he would be happy to get them healthy again and then send them back to her for their training. So Knight now resides at BRRA.

Discipline: some jumping and cross country.
Owner/Rider: Andy is currently taking care of him.