Chester came to live with us in 2012 through our previous farrier who had to retire due to ill health. His beloved horse had been out on loan and unbeknown to him, had been in many accidents and endured a few illnesses and therefore needed a forever home to retire to.

When we first met Chester, he was just 15, a gorgeous ginger, chestnut colour horse but he looked so much older with various physical scars on his body, and he looked exhausted. We knew he would need a lot of love, support and healing from us humans, that we were happy to give, to help him recover.

He settled in very well and once he had been given chance to rest and heal, he became very loving, intelligent and funny with a playful nature. When his human friends are in his field he likes to play with their hoods, sleeves and zips. He also loves to grab hold of muck pickers and swing them around as well as knocking wheelbarrows of poo over.

Chester fell in love with Daisy, our beautiful white herd leader who always resembled a unicorn. She started the sanctuary in 2008 & has always been amazing. Chester would follow her everywhere and they were inseparable. Daisy sadly crossed over rainbow bridge on 31st December 2024, and it’s taken some time for Chester to navigate through his emotions and process losing his wife. (It took its toll on all of us).

We are happy that he is regaining his joy. He is our handsome, ginger, cheeky boy. We love his playful nature, and he is adored by us and his horse friends, Bailey and Oscar. We love him.