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 […]

Buddy is a TB gelding. He is 16.2hh and about 25 years old. We don’t have any history on Buddy but when he arrived he was very lame and uncomfortable especially on his hind legs. With gentle exercise, massages, herbs […]

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 […]

Ben is our oldest resident at nearly 40 years old. He is a 14hh Welsh section C. Ben is a wise old chap who keeps out of all horse politics and he gets on with everyone. He enjoys his meals […]

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 […]

Joy (Carmel’s Joy) is a 27 year old ex-racehorse out of Carlingford Castle, she had a successful racing career and was later retired off as a broodmare. She bred some lovely foals who have gone on to do very well […]

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 […]

Melody is a 16.3hh TB x and is in her late twenties. Unfortunately we have no information on Mel apart from we know she Evented in her younger years. She was also used by a local College to teach Equine […]

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 […]

Polly is a 14.2hh black mare who, on her passport is aged over 30. She came to us with her best friend Oskar when they were found abandoned in a farmers field very underweight with bad mud fever and sores […]

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 […]

Jenny Wren is a 14hh New Forrest pony who is about 20 years old. She came to us as she has very bad arthritis and her previous home was unsuitable as her other herd members would pick on her and […]

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 […]