11/10/2025
Tough question 🤔 when is too old to sell your horse / pony. We have a number of golden oldies. Abby is 22, kitty turns 24 in Dec, Kevin is 16 Flash is 29.
Personally when they have a few quirks I'm inclined to keep them regardless of age. I think anything over 18 you should keep unless you can find a forever home, a genuine one. I bought my horse Ziggy at 19, Kitty at 18, got flash at 28. I love me an older horse. But when I bought them I made a promise to myself they were here till their last days.
Kevin is on the edge of what I'm comfortable with after having an experience with selling an 18 year old that didn't go so well. I think I would bend over backwards to get him home if I knew where he was and I can only hope where he was going was better than where he was. It makes me feel a little sick.
Not to blame the people, circumstances change but because life can be unpredictable we really really have to consider where our horses are going if they are older or have quirks.
At this stage I'm leaning towards finding Kevin a lease home because he is too good to just be plodding around the farm and he has so much to teach a rider who has dreams of riding ba****ck on the beach and winning a million ribbons 🎀