Our Horses

Aragon is a black, 16.3hh, 20yr old TB. Aragon was a failed Race horse by 3yo and sent to the market where he was bought for hunting. He was then hunted harshly for a further 7 years, during which time […]

Alfie is a 20yr old Irish sports horse. He was brought from Ireland as a youngster and has taken part in many disciplines from dressage to hunting over the years. Unfortunately Alfie suffered a traumatic accident whilst show jumping and […]

Bean is a miniature American pony who is 2 years old. He was born with contracted tendons and his owners didn’t think he would recover from it. He was given to the Charity in the hope that we could possibly […]

Cally (Carlingford Gale) is an ex-racehorse. Born in 1991 in Ireland, her sire was Carlingford Castle. She won a great deal of money during her racing years but was eventually sent to stud where both she and her half sister […]

Dottie is on retirement here at ARC as her owners did not have a suitable place for her to retire too. She is a 14.2hh Connemara cross. Dottie has kissing spine so it is important that she gets to move […]

Finbar is a 15.3 hh Appaloosa x Hanovarian. Finbar was bought from a market as a small foal, too small to be away from his mum but he was rounded up and taken there with a number of other foals […]

Katie is a 27 year old bay TB x mare. Unfortunately we have no history on Katy although we do know she competed when she was younger (she jumps like a stag) and was used as a brood mare in […]

Martini is a TB x Exmoor mare, she is 26 years old. Martini joined us 2 years ago with Rio. We do not have much of her history but we do know she was an Eventer and competed when she […]

Oscar is a black 15.2hh, 23 year old Warmblood that arrived at ARC after a plea was made to find both him and his best friend Polly a permanent home. Oscar had been rescued previously by a lady who had […]

Princess ( Featherlands Filicity) is now 18 years old. She was bred for showing and competed at national level. Today she relaxes at ARC with her best friends Wurzel and Mable the sheep. Princess demands a lot of the attention […]

Rocky is a typical Arab and one of the liveliest of our residents! A Polish Arab born in 1996 he had a promising showing career and at the age of 5 he had made it to county level. Sadly he […]

Serrano is a 15.2hh, 16 yo Lusitano mare. She was originally brought over from Portugal as a youngster who had started in Bull fighting but had not made the grade. When she came to the UK she was very underweight […]

Tommy (Uniek) is a 16 year old Dutch Warmblood gelding by Indoctro. Tommy was purchased by his last owner in 2010 for her daughter to compete at Show jumping. “He was very laid back to handle, but completely stressed out […]

Truffle, (Dark Truffle) 16.2hh TB mare. Truffle is an ex race horse who won many races when she was younger, she also bred a couple of foals who went on to race. Truffle came to us in May 2012 with […]

Wurzel (Kumara Viking) is a Shetland pony and is 19 years old. He joined us along with Princess his best friend. Wurzel came with a number of health issues and was on a large amount of medication which we have […]

Mickey is a 16hh  TB x WB, his registered name is ‘Haile Unlikely’ and was born 22/06/1993 making him 24 years old. His father was the famous racehorse ‘Noble Imp’ and his dam was a competition mare called ‘She’s The […]

Retired Household Calvary 17hh 18 years old Dutch Warmblood Imjin attended many state occasions in his long career including Royal Weddings and Ceremonies.  After 12 years of service he has now retired and lives out his days with his herd […]

13.2hh 30+ year old  Cob Chance came to us after his owner sadly passed away and with no home he was due to be sent to the Hunt Kennels to be shot. Ferne Animal Sanctuary (and some lovely ladies who […]

14.2hh Welsh x. 24 years old Amadeus come to us to retire as he could no longer be ridden, his loan home didn’t want to keep him and his owners were not in a position to take him back. Amadeus […]

12.2hh Dartmoor. 20+ years old. Rosie came to us with 3 other Dartmoor ponies as part of a neglect case on Dartmoor.  The elderly farmer had passed away and a number of ponies were left in a field.  The four […]

12hh Welsh x   20+ years old We received a call about Silver as she was due to go to Market that day with her son with whom she had lived with for 2 years as their previous owners no […]

15.2hh   25+ years old.  Arab x mare Sioux came to us through the Hugs Foundation, they had been contacted locally as she had had an Abandonment notice put on her field gate and no body had come forward to […]

14hh 35 year old Cob. Badger came to us as he was about to loose his home and due to his age his owners were worried he may not cope on another yard. Badger spent some time when he was […]

15hh  New Forrest x TB mare. 20 + years old Rosie came to us with her best friend Heidi as due to their owner’s age they were no longer able to look after them as they would wish too. They […]

14.2hh  26 year old Dales mare Heidi joined us with her best friend Rosie due to their owners not able to cope with their care anymore. Heidi has in the past be part of riding for the disabled and has […]

14.2hh  28 year old Appaloosa mare. Azmarr came to us as she was about to lose her home as the lady who had been looking after her could no longer cope. Azmarr is a few spot Appaloosa and we think […]