Neath woman alleged to have mis-sold horses via Facebook

Fiona’s experience began with a hopeful purchase: a horse advertised on Facebook as ideal for teenagers. However, just six weeks after bringing the animal home, a terrifying incident unfolded during a riding lesson. The horse bolted, bucked, and ultimately kicked her 13-year-old daughter in the head. “For a moment, I thought she was dead,” Fiona recalls. Her daughter was rushed to hospital with a concussion and required about two weeks of rest and recovery. Fiona, who asked to remain anonymous to protect her child’s identity, later discovered the horse had never been properly trained and was unsuitable for a young rider.

The seller of this and several other horses, Tasha Lee Hopkins from Neath near Swansea, has been accused by multiple women of misrepresenting horses with serious health or training issues. Fiona is among five women who approached the BBC, each alleging they were sold horses that were unsafe or had significant

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