MAGIC WISH

Every contemplated owning a Race-Horse?....What about an ex-Race Horse?? An even harder question, even for the equine minded, taking on an ex-racehorse is a big risk. ...So what has Jo (blogs) here gone and done??

Yep, got myself a three times gold cup winning (ex) Racehorse. Magic Wish broke down on his 53 race about 3 years ago with breathing complications and was due to be put down. Margaret who is a retired Race Horse Trainer from Australia new the horse and took him home with her back to her Son's Livery Yard in KL.

He has been there ever since, only just being brought back into work by a stable hand who happened to be an ex-amateur jockey. He has been schooling him for the past 12 months, but unfortunately Margaret is moving back to Australia, the Yard is short of space. Magic is not earning his keep and is not going to be suitable for the riding school. Therefore Margaret thought it best to have him put down. Until Chris (Instructor) thought I might like to have him. If he gifted me the horse, I could then pay Livery to keep the horse at the yard. The problem with that was We didn't fancy paying full livery on him and also owning the horse would be a big drawback when we came to move back to the UK....we wanted to keep our options open.

So Chris agreed to maintain ownership of the horse and I pay half liverly for him. This seems to be working fine, I get to ride Magic whenever I want and they look after his well being. Plus it meant that I wouldnt have to go out and buy Magic a whole new wardrobe!