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Old 05-03-11, 01:23 PM   #1
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Default Retired Police Horses

A lady who used to be at our livery yard got a retired police horse, he wasn't old at all not sure why he retired really!
She told me at the time she had him on a "loan" sort of thing from a sanctuary or centre that re-homed these ex police/ forces horses.

she has since left and moved on to another yard but has anyone ever heard of suck a place?
As you can imagine he was the most amazing horse!
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Old 05-03-11, 01:30 PM   #2
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Maybe he just wasn't 100% suitable for what they needed? That would be my only guess. Not sure where she would have got him from but I know some horses do not make the grade so they would then look to rehome.
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Old 05-03-11, 02:38 PM   #3
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HAPPA and WHW are two places that police forces retire their horses to for rehoming.

A few years ago due to a messy divorce that left me with no choice but to let go of a gorgeous 3/4 home bred ID, I gifted him to what was the ILPH (now WHW) with the suggestion he would possibly make a fabby police horse...he has been with Greater Manchester Horse Team since, and I am hopeful that when he retires I will be able to have him back
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Old 05-03-11, 03:22 PM   #4
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Maybe? He was certainly trained and used for a while as a police horse and i thought she said they actually have their own rehoming scheme of sorts- maybe not though she might have said they used a sanctuary who had a programme running already.

Just a thought on my search for perfection!
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Old 05-03-11, 03:39 PM   #5
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Lancashire Police re-home their own. There was a story in H & H a while back:

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/397/301166.html
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