Our Stories
Trustee Vacancies
Lluest Horse and Pony Trust is looking for new trustees to join their Board with experience in one or more of the following areas: finance, governance, legal, fundraising, PR or charity management. Location: Currently meetings are run on Zoom although in future...
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Volunteer Chair of Trustees vacancy We are looking for an experienced person to lead our Trustees and staff in an exciting new phase of development. We want someone with the vision and energy to help us maximise use of our assets and create a sustainable future for...
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Connie’s story
When we received a call from a concerned walker in March about a distressed and neglected foal, we knew they had to respond with the utmost urgency. What greeted us was the saddest, most heart wrenching scene... https://youtu.be/wkuvjeVbH5k ...
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In light of yesterday’s briefing from the Prime Minister in relation to social distancing and avoiding entering the workplace, where possible at Lluest Horse and Pony Trust office staff will be working from home. However we are in a position where we need our staff to...
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Sarabi and Simba
Introducing the latest fortunate ponies to be given a rescue space here at the Trust. Sarabi a registered Welsh Section A mare and Simba her colt foal, are both named following a Lion King theme we started with foal Nala rescued last month. Earlier on in the year we...
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Nala and Penny
With no news on what has happened to Nala’s mum we took the steps to introduce her to the wonderful Penny. Penny had been calling out to her field companions and when Nala heard her she replied, this then resulted in a lot of back and forth whinnies. Penny had a foal...
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Nala the Foal
On the morning of 6th July 2018 we were contacted by a grazier from a local mountain saying a walker had found a foal, completely alone, not far from the road. The grazier had taken her to safety but said it was neither one of hers nor the other graziers. We were very...
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The Sad Story of the Wild Colt
We came across this poor wild colt on Tuesday, whilst out on other welfare calls. We reported him to the Brecon Beacons National Park telling them that he needed urgent attention. Sadly they reported back to us yesterday that he hadn’t been found. So we went back out...
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Bea’s Unexpected New Home
Beatrix had an unexpected but happy house move recently only two months after her rescue. Lluest Samba was sadly pts in his wonderful loan home leaving behind his partially sighted companion Rosie. Hopefully Bea will help heal Rosie’s heartbreak as she is a sweet...
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Dillon goes to his new home
Dillon our veteran 30-year-old pony went to his new loving home yesterday. He has gone to be a companion to Patch who has been lonely since losing her companion. He is going to be missed at the farm, but we are overjoyed he has found his very own loving home. Before...
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Dillon Pays us a Visit
We had a cute visitor to the office today! Dillon came to say hi after enjoying a good groom. It’s lovely to see how full of life he is now, a month after his rescue. A lot of 30-year-old's Dillon’s hair has fallen out due to his rain scald and lice infestation. When...
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Dillon and Ziggy
We were contacted last week by a concerned lady, she could see her elderly neighbour was struggling to meet the needs of his 2 ponies and donkey. All of the equines are golden oldies and have lived most of their life on the farm. The donkey has gone into the care of...
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The tale of Benjamin Button
Benjamin Button arrived with us in January 2015. Just two years of age this tiny pony, as an unwanted colt, had been heartlessly discarded resulting in him being passed around by several unsuitable owners.He was eventually spotted by a responsible urban pony owner who...
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A Tale of Two Ponies…Frank and Godfrey
Frank (originally known as Santa) arrived as a foal at foot with his mum Mistletoe and friend Tinsel. All three had been siezed by a local council and were due to be humanely destroyed when we stepped in with the offer of a home at Lluest. They settled in well and...
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Trooper…our poster pony
Trooper, a Welsh Mountain pony was found in 2012 in a filthy shed on the outskirts of a major Welsh city starving and emaciated. Tests subsequently indicated that he had been eating his own faeces in his bid to survive. He was only found because a dog walker became...
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