There was a right commotion a few nights back in the stable next door to me, its been empty since Whisky went to the paddock in the sky but a few days ago it was painted then when Sarah left for the night these people came and put matting and stuff down. Then the straw went down and in came a chestnut pony. I don't like him, he invades my space and keeps looking over the wall taunting me, last night I thought sod this and went for him, I tried to bite him. He winds me up constantly, my water bucket is in the corner near the wall where ginge can look over, Sarah said she will move it though so I can stay away from him, he's been upsetting me so I've been walking round in circles because I'm so wound up.
On a better note I got new shoes this morning, Sarah told the farrier that I trip up sometimes so he put different ones on, now I just have to pay more attention!
Hello!
Hi, I'm Toby, I'm a 13 year old thoroughbred cross and I'm a gelding but that is still a sore point so I prefer not to talk about it. Sarah found me on horse hunter whilst looking for her first horse, she thought that I looked like I could do with some good food and exercise from the photo on my advert but came to see me anyway. Unfortunately I didn't look much like the picture on the internet, I was much worse, I hadn't been looked after properly so I was very thin, my spine stuck up and people said my ribs looked like a picket fence, my hips stuck out too, I felt sad and couldn't be bothered to do much. I made Sarah really sad. I'm much better now but me and Sarah still have some work to do and need to get to know each other better so this blog has been set up to let people know how we are getting on.
About Toby
Toby is 13 years old, he's 15.3 hand high and a bright bay gelding with black socks. He used to be in a riding school in Lincoln where he lived from around 5 to 11 but his nearby friend had to be put to sleep so he developed separation anxiety. The school decided to sell him feeling that being privately owned would be more suitable for him. Toby was sold in September 2008 to a private buyer, what happened between then and October 2009 is not known, I was told by the seller that he had been put out on loan, he'd lost his grazing and was subsequently underweight, whether this is true I can't say.
Then and now
Toby's progress
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