Mane Chance

Mane Chance's mission is to rescue and rehabilitate abused, abandoned and old horses and then to integrate them with the local community. All the horses at the sanctuary have suffered abuse, neglect or abandonment. However, once at Mane Chance, they feel loved, safe and cared for. These horses then give themselves generously to the visitors to the sanctuary who need a little support too. Mane Chance really are proving the value of the horse as a healer.

How they work: 

Located just outside Guildford, Mane Chance Sanctuary is set in a 67 acre site, 60 acres of which are solely set aside for the grazing of the horses. The remaining space is for barns, stables, volunteer and visitor facilities. The horses that they rescue and care for live in relationship herds on a track system. This is designed to foster movement, foraging and sociability.

First and foremost, Mane Chance is a sanctuary for horses, but the team also pride themselves in bringing more wildlife to the area. For example, they have a unique Shetland Project to create a landscape for their Shetland herd that is more typical of the Shetland Isles than the rolling hills of Surrey. They also plant hedgerows along fence lines, build bug hotels and place bat boxes around the site. All this is part of their aim to not just share the land with horses and visitors but to also welcome other creatures as well!