article_snippet.sent: Magic's fate has sparked fury in the equestrian community, and an appeal for Magic whereabouts has been shared 58,000 times on social media sites.
article_snippet.sent: Miss Walters said: 'We would never in a million years have considered sending Magic to auction
article_snippet.sent: But after six months, Magic's temporary owner said keeping the pony was too expensive and Magic's temporary owner was proving too difficult for her daughter to ride.
article_snippet.sent: But just 12 days later, on February 10, Magic was auctioned.
article_snippet.sent: Magic's temporary owner has always been treated like a prince, so being fought over at an auction by a crowd looking for a quick deal makes me sick.'
article_snippet.sent: Miss Walters mother Julia, 53, said A woman in the West Country had no right to auction Magic, adding: 'The arrangement was that if A woman in the West Country had any interested parties, A woman in the West Country would pass she had any interested parties to A woman in the West Country. '
article_snippet.sent: In no way was Magic to be sold without our knowledge.'