Hi. I would appreciate some advice. As I posted in the welcome section, I would like to help save another pony/horse. In the past I have found super homes for 3 horses (all trotters) without a problem. But I am becoming increasingly aware that when selling a horse at a “sensible” price (i.e. not a high price just because it has a certain colour etc.), there is always a danger that a prospective purchaser will not be the ideal owner & that the horse will end up no better off than before it was rescued. My current 2 horses are both Pur Sang Anglais (thoroughbreds) & therefore perhaps not so easy to re-home because of the reputation this breed tends to have, not because of problems with individual animals. I have become extremely fond of my gelding & I want him to go to a very good home. Unfortunately, even the best home might not be ever so I would like to safeguard his future by selling him with a contract, if this possible/viable. I have seen contracts referred to by official rescue organisations but I don't know anything about them. Can anyone help?
I have a second question - my other horse is a mare (well-bred I am told) & someone perhaps would like to buy her as a prospective brood mare. I have seen on some rescue sites that are selling trotters the phrase "interdite de repoduction". Does anyone know if this applies only to trotter mares, if it is a sanction imposed by the former owner or the National Haras ....? I have not been told that my TB mare cannot be used for breeding but I would hate to mislead a purchaser.
To use a French phrase - merci d'avance!