Liz Downes from Lincolnshire was very happy to be able to give a special new home to two of the rescued Amersham ponies.

And she is thrilled that the two Shetland mares she adopted, 13-year-old Rosie and one-year-old Ruby, get on so well with her other horses and ponies.
 

She said:

"Rosie and Ruby are so different to big horses.

"They have a huge amount of personality packed into very little bodies!
 

"Rosie is still very shy and wary of people. She had a horrendous experience, and horses have got long memories.

"But if you treat them with patience and kindness, they soon come round."


 

Hear more from Liz in our podcast

Tune in to our All About Animals podcast episode to hear more from Liz:
 

January 2011:
Amersham horses story 

Duration: 8 minutes 36 seconds. MP3 file size: 7.87MB.

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