- Cob
- Piebald
- Mare
- 6 years
- 14hh / 143cm
- Molly is a safe, reliable and fun little pony
- Molly is suitable for light happy hacking
- Looking to enjoy a quieter life as a companion and/or light hack
Molly is a much-loved, genuinely kind and straightforward 14hh Irish Coloured Cob mare who has been a very special member of our family for the past three years.
She has been brought on slowly as a mother-and-daughter all-rounder and has been completely trusted by my 13-year-old daughter. Over the past three years she has enjoyed a wonderful variety of activities including Pony Club, camp, clinics, cross country, show jumping, dressage, fun rides and mounted games.
Molly is a safe, reliable and fun little pony with a lovely attitude. She is never naughty or bolshy, but is responsive and enjoyable to ride when sound. She hacks happily alone or in company, is completely unbothered by traffic and is good in open spaces. She enjoys popping a small fence when sound.
She is also exceptionally straightforward on the ground. Molly loads happily into both a trailer and horsebox and is good for the farrier, vet, dentist and clipping. She is currently barefoot, although she has previously been shod in front. She lives out in a herd during the summer and comes in at night during the winter, although she is equally happy living out 24/7 but her weight does need to be managed.
Important veterinary information
Sadly, over the past year it has become clear that Molly’s conformation and joint health mean that she is not able to cope reliably with the level and variety of work we had hoped to continue doing with her.
Molly has been fully investigated by our vet. Her hocks were treated with steroid injections in May and subsequently Arthramid, with the intention of allowing her to continue with appropriate work. Following a period of harder ground and a busy summer, including Pony Club camp and various activities, she subsequently showed intermittent mild lameness in front.
Our vet’s view is that Molly’s joints are likely to struggle with regular, strenuous or varied ridden work, particularly on hard ground. She consistently comes sound with rest.
Importantly, our vet has confirmed that Molly is suitable for light happy hacking, but is not suitable for strenuous ridden work. Our vet is very happy to discuss her investigations, findings, treatment and suitability with any genuinely interested prospective home.
The right home
This is an incredibly sad sale. Molly is very loved and we would not be looking for a new home for her if she were able to continue doing the work our daughter now wants to do. Our daughter has also sadly outgrown her.
We are therefore looking for a very special, knowledgeable home where Molly can enjoy a quieter life as a companion and/or light happy hacker, (jockeys to be ideally under 10 stone) with her workload managed carefully and her joints taken into consideration.
Molly has so much to offer the right person. She is a kind, safe, fun and wonderfully genuine little mare who has given us three fantastic years and has been trusted completely by our daughter. She deserves a home where she can be appreciated for all her wonderful qualities without being asked to do more than her joints can comfortably manage.
Price: £2,750 reflecting her joint issues.
A genuinely loving and knowledgeable home is essential and prospective homes will be carefully considered. We would much rather wait for the right home than simply sell her quickly.
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.