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Please help me raise £5000 for surgery for Cass x

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Cris has very reluctantly agreed to let me set up a GoFundMe page on her behalf for vet bills for her yearling, Cass. Cris has supported so many people in the horse world for so long, and has had an almost unbelievable run of bad luck. So several friends felt she should ask for help – which does not come at all easy to her. She is one of life's grafters and fiercely independent! But she has finally agreed, and has asked me to administer the fund.

Cris's home-bred yearling Cass is pictured above with his best pal, Felix. (My own horse). Cass has OCD in both stifle joints and needs surgery. And Cris simply cannot pay the £5000 it will cost. He was insured for field accidents and illnesses, but OCD is not covered. It’s a huge amount of money for anyone but Cris has already recently gone through expensive and distressing times with her horses:

Her event horse, Rodney, was involved in a head on collision and badly injured. Cris has never had the spare money to go out and buy ‘made’ horses so she bought Bertie as a 2 year old. And then also bred Cass from her home-bred mare Sol. (Who’s mum she rescued when in foal.)

Sol has retired and Bertie was the only horse Cris had in work. However he has recently had to be PTS at aged 5, after a hit and run with a dangerous driver led to serious leg injuries, requiring extended box rest. This put pressure on an existing field injury, causing irrecoverable damage to his spine. By then a lot of costs had already racked up. Losing Bertie was heart-breaking but at least she had Cass....

Cass is still just a baby but she was happy to wait for him to grow up. But he has recently been diagnosed with severe OCD in both stifles which need operating on. Without surgery he will slowly go lame and no longer be comfortable enough to carry on. With surgery Nemarket have quoted an 85% chance of full recovery.

Cris lives alone and is also living with life limiting health conditions. With all that going on, and with the loss of Bertie, Cass is her whole life. Please help her pay for the surgery that will offer Cass a chance.

Cris volunteers at multiple events every year, she grooms for people, she is the first to offer support. She has always done so much for so many. Let's give something back. Every penny raised will go to vet bills for surgery for Cass. She is expecting to have to fund a significant shortfall, but in the event that more money is raised than is needed, the rest will go to World Horse Welfare.

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  • Anonymous
    • £10
    • 10 mos
  • julie hayward
    • £40
    • 1 yr
  • cristine milton
    • £50
    • 1 yr
  • sarah west
    • £10
    • 1 yr
  • kathryn SCHWAGER
    • £20
    • 1 yr
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