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Originally Posted by unclebilly

Very few get that option. The lucky ones get to become chuckwagon horses, the not so lucky ones get a 1 way trip…

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Even a "free" horse is very expensive to let them "retire". Few owners are willing to send large vet bills and feed bills to keep a horse around for no purpose.

Old cats and dogs are expensive, but horses are really expensive.

One of my former co-workers had a horse from when he was a boy, and it lived to be over 30. He had watched the foal be born, and cared for it all of it's life. He was just a really big dog in the way it acted towards him. He lived on a ranch, so no storage fees, but the vet bills and food bills were a lot of money. He did not care what the cost was.

Right, no animals are cheap, and the bigger they are the more expensive.

But, if you've got the space and money...