Bransby Horses - Rescue and Welfare

Always concerned about the welfare of horses, Mr Hunt rescued his first horse Sally in 1947. Sally a 4-year-old mare was being kept on a bombsite in South London. She was broken in at 18 months and was used to pull logs from a spinney. Sally was found tearing around a yard with a tyre round her neck after the furniture van she was kept in had overturned in a storm.

Mr Hunt rescued her for £14 and rented a stable for her for 2/6 a week. When Mr Hunt moved to Bransby to start the charity Sally came with him. One of the first horses rescued by the charity was a blind grey mare called Faith. Sally and Faith became firm friends.