Sophie is the herd leader of our 4 little ponies.

Before Sophie joined us, she was a much-loved pony. Sadly, she birthed a foal but unfortunately the foal didn’t make it and crossed over rainbow bridge. However, her owner could see her sadness and wanted to help her. Another foal had been born and rejected by its mother, so Sophie became their surrogate mother.

When Sophie first arrived, she wasn’t comfortable around our volunteers and wouldn’t come near us. Our volunteers spent hours, days and weeks just taking it in turns to just sit in her field. We wanted her to know that we meant her no harm and were no threat.

The day she finally made her own decision to walk up close to us and take a carrot from our hand was like a dream come true.

Over time Sophie has become braver and more courageous. She can sometimes still be a little nervous of new people, but she is 100 times happier and more confident than she used to be.

Sophie is so brave now that she took over the running of the 4 little ponies’ herd and is a great Mother, protector and leader to Sapphire, Sunny and Thumper.

Sophie is so pretty, gentle and kind and absolutely beautiful.

She is loved and respected by all us humans and her pony friends. We just love her.