Honour

Honour arrived the day before VE Day in 2017. Honour, befittingly named by staff, arrived as part of multi-agency rescue of a herd of Shire horses. Bransby worked alongside other charities to help rescue these magnificent horses found abandoned in a field in the West Midlands.

Concerns were raised for their welfare ahead of the cold, harsh winter months, where mares, foals and a then 2 year old Honour, would have no food or shelter to keep warm. She arrived at the charity on a cold winters day as a frightened youngster, but has soon blossomed into a striking, confident mare.

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Honour now happily enjoys her new laidback life at Bransby and is firm favourite for cuddles with staff and volunteers. She shares a field with likeminded horses and ponies, including her best friend Ariel. This little and large duo are often seen grazing or snoozing together, when she isn’t causing havoc itching her big bottom on the fences! Being the gentle giant she is, Honour isn’t aware of her size and weight causing the maintenance team a fair few fence repairs on a weekly basis.

Your kind sponsorship helps towards vet costs who continue to assess Honour and keep her comfortable, It will also help towards hay and feed – a horse of her size certainly keeps staff and volunteers busy with filling her forage feeders, keeping her warm and full of hay. Honour laying down

Updates

Honour has had an eventful month. She has now moved to her Winter paddock. Her herd has seen the return of former Adoption star Polar Princess! Honour has also had a visit from the dentist. She was sedated for the experience as needles are not her favourite. Honour did do a little rear but nothing too dramatic! The dentist treated her for diastema which is when there is an abnormal amount of food between the teeth.

Honour lives with Sophie and Emerald, four boys have moved in next door to Honour’s girl group. Not that Honour has noticed as she spends most of her days sleeping and eating.
Ariel, her small cob friend had to move to the group next door. As she’d put on a bit too much weight. However, the two friends can still see and interact with each other.
Honour did have a rather swollen left eye a few weeks ago. Nothing was found on the fluorescein stain eye drops and with a little bit of medication she is back to full health.