THIS BOOK HAS A VER Y HAPPY ENDING

MERE months ago Rowe the horse was so severely malnourished there were grave fears for her future.

But the nine-year-old mare has made a full recovery thanks to the care of The Winged Horse Equine Welfare Centre’s Carolyn Bischof.

In honour of the mare’s miraculous recovery, Ms Bischof is writing a book about Rowe, which will be illustrated by her 11-year-old daughter Tynisha, pictured.

“The first three weeks we had Rowe she went down twice and we had to lift her up with a tractor,” Ms Bischof said.

“Very early on in her rehab we put weekly updates on our Facebook page, which I was writing from her perspective, and someone said you should make them into a book, so that’s where it started.”

Ms Bischof said Rowe, who was dehydrated, malnourished and had thrush in her feet when she came into care, was the worst case of neglect she had ever seen.

She was told the mare had no access to food and had been eating its own faeces for months to survive.

The profits from the book, which is yet to be named, will go back to the The Winged Horse Equine Welfare Centre, which is now seeking hay donations.

Ms Bischof plans to release a new book detailing every three months of Rowe’s life, with the first to be released in spring.

Rowe could even have a life competing as an event horse, in stark contrast to her condition four months ago. But for now, Rowe is living the high life. “We’re just letting her be a horse in the meantime,” Ms Bishof said.

“She’s got a definite boyfriend here, we’ve palled her up with Apollo.”