About Maxine:
Maxine Fuller runs her yard in Sevenoaks and provides a invaluable service to the equine community by rescuing abandoned and neglected ponies and horses. Her work concentrates on rehabilitation and re-homing of rescued equines. She loves what she does and receives an immense sense of gratification when she sees her hard work come to fruition. Sammi's case is just one story of many but one which Maxine wanted to share with us.
Sammi's Story...
Horses have been a major part of my life since I was 3. As well as taking care of my own amazing and mischievous herd I work with local rescue centres, it's often heartbreaking seeing the state they come in, but with lots of tending to, love, time and patience I am to bring them up to full health, back them and find forever homes.
Here are before and after pictures of Sammi, a 2 year old cob who cam in skin and bones and riddled with lice. He is now so incredibly friendly and gaining in confidence each day. I plan to back him in Spring next year if all goes well. I fell in love with him the moment I met him so he'll be staying with me on my yard as his forever home.
Check our Maxine's Facebook page - Confidence Boost Equine Rescue to see the incredible work she does, with the help of fundraising.
Here are some pictures of Sammi arriving at the yard:
And here are some pictures of Sammi one year after he arrived - what a transformation!!
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Once again I threw Arlo in at the deep end, affiliating him purely for the Arena UK second round show, and once again he pulled it out the bag. How lucky am I to have such a wonderful little horse? We haven’t really competed this year. I don’t really compete over the winter, and also my horsebox was away for repairs up until the beginning of June, so I had no transport even if I’d wanted to.
With the dry ground we don’t seem to be having much luck with shoes, as little madam managed to pull both her front shoes off within 12 hours the other day! We entered the arena with two shoes on for a schooling session and left it with one missing (took about an hour to find it). Then that afternoon, as I went to put some hoof ointment on, I looked down and had to double take, thinking I was looking at the wrong hoof. But, no, the other shoe was missing too.
After having a long wait and some lunch at the onsite café, it was time to get ready for the Joan Wolfe Overall Supreme Shetland Pony Championship. I got changed out of my usual showing outfit into black trousers and a maroon top with white spots, as you are expected to be a bit more “bling” in the evening.
We were all set to go for our next outing, and were super excited. That was until I heard the dreaded clunk of a loose shoe! I checked it over, praying it wasn’t too loose, but, nope, it was going to need a refit.