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He's not rideable at the moment, apart from the loss of condition his worst hind leg can just about deal with his own weight - even though I'm not supersized, even my skinny little frame is too much for him at the moment.

A little work, a lot of patience and time - he could be up for a little light schooling or local hacking - but there's always going to be the chance that his near-hind will give way at any time. The severed tendon is healed, but poorly and the connection isn't great.

There is the remote possibility of an op to replace it with a carbonfibre weave - but it's not guarenteed to work, expensive and the trauma and recovery time needs to be weighed against his quality of life.
If life can be made as good as possible then should he be put through it just to allow for the potential to work a bit harder? It's an unknown at the moment really.


As for his absentee owner - hmmm - who knows what's going on in her mind.
The centre had found somewhere he could have gone a while ago - 100 acres, not requirement for work, just to be a companion animal - but she refused to release him. Go figure.
They are waiting to hear back from various welfare organisations with a better idea of their legal standpoint. At the moment they are stymied, they can't rehome him but refuse to let him suffer - as I say, he's becomming a rescue case by default - it's just how long it takes.

Brakes are detachable, and the horn is a fitment of the rider - both are required before being allowed on the road. Though it has got four gears (one being reverse ) this model isn't capable of breaking any speedlimits.
Lights not required as it's daylight use only.