Help get ex-racehorse Bere better

Steve Riddell is one of the kindest men you could hope to meet. At our close-knit riding stables, if you need any sort of help, you can rely on Steve to give it to you. From reversing a trailer into a tight spot and holding a pony still for the farrier to filling a hay net or carrying a heavy bucket of water – nothing is ever too much trouble.

But now it’s him who needs our help.

Steve’s ex-racehorse Bere is, quite literally, his absolute world. Having recently gone through a life-saving colic operation followed by various surgery-related complications, which cost Steve thousands of pounds, Bere is back in the veterinary hospital, this time with a very nasty ulcer on his eye.

The rising costs of medicine and vet visits, coupled with an outcome that couldn’t be guaranteed, would have seen most people choose a very different path for their horse, but not Steve. He could never give up on Bere, no matter what the price.

However, to ensure his best friend got the treatment he deserved, Steve was forced to sell a number of his personal effects to cover the recent vet fees for his gorgeous flea-bitten grey. And as if that wasn’t hard enough, Steve has been suffering with his own debilitating medical issue that has prevented him from working (and therefore receiving an income) for over six months while he waits for the NHS to confirm a date for his operation.

Bere was on the road to a very long recovery when he faced yet another set-back. The ulcer in his eye is bad and it’s painful, but it is treatable with drops and medication. However, because of everything this poor horse has been through over the last couple of months, getting the ointment into his eye at our yard is impossible meaning that he has had to return to the veterinary hospital, which in turn means further bills that need to be paid.

And that’s where we, and all of you, come in.

We are making a heartfelt plea to anyone who would like to help this lovely man with a big heart to donate to this GoFundMe page.

All money received will go towards the vet's fees and medicine needed to get Bere better and back home where he belongs. He deserves to be with the man who loves him more than anything in the world and needs his best mate back.

Thank you so much, we are truly grateful.

The Harringworth Manor Stables crew