Joining Civvy Street
IT used to be common for service horses to be put down on welfare grounds once it was time for them to retire. The idea being that if they were sold they could end up in the hands of a rag and bone man and be unfairly required to work even harder than they had before.
Nowadays, retirement for service horses is the start of a more relaxed life either in a private home or at The Horse Trust’s Home of Rest for retired horses,
