As I said in our pms, you gave it a great shot and there’s no harm in moving on and moving forward. You’ve learned a lot through the process! Horses always are a learning experience!
I think @ASBJumper’s group is the one I referred you to, and I’m sure we would all be happy to help network her!
@AdultEmmy I think you are making an incredibly brave and difficult decision. It takes a lot of courage to say “this may not be the right fit for me”. You seem to be a very conscientious horse owner, one that has done right by Honey and has tried try to make things work. I have no doubt you will find her a great home.
Letting go is hard. I know. I am doing it right now as well and even though I know it’s the right decision, damn is it hard.
Don’t feel bad at all about making this decision! You will do the right thing for her and for you. I was in the same situation more than once. A new horse is always exciting and the disappoint is huge when expectations are shattered. You will find another horse that suits you and you will get to enjoy riding.
Thank you 
Thank you guys for your kindness
Echoing others, sometimes things just don’t work out and that’s ok. And good for you for being able to give it enough time to be sure, but knowing when it’s time. I had that experience with my second horse who for unknown reasons either had a major screw loose or had something medical going on that we didn’t think to look for over 20 years ago.
It’s never an easy decision and I really feel for you on that, but things will work out.
You need to do what’s right for you.
This hobby is too expensive & physically stressing to keep doing if it isn’t making you happy.
A friend had 2 horses, needed to sell 1.
Our trainer’s advice to her:
Keep the one that you have fun with
Ain’t that the truth.
Like others here, I’ve acquired horses that I was sure were going to be my Very Special One. I invested time, money and huge amounts of anxiety regarding their well-being. And when it didn’t work out for one reason or another, I was crushed. But invariably I persevered and found the right one.
A horse that’s the right match for you will come along, too, and your heart will sing. I promise.
Be careful I think advertising here is verboten.
Oh I didn’t realize that.
Edited: please message me if you’d like to see honeys video and ad
Does anyone have ideas for where I can market outside of Facebook?
Depends on who you are trying to market Honey to.
Facebook and local trainers have worked well for me. Any interest at all?
Facebook is definitely popular. From what I have seen, the people who are the most successful selling seem to have large professional networks with other trainers and horse people, and that definitely is a factor. They also tend to belong to a number of horse related groups, and advertise the horses they have for sale in the groups that are a reasonable fit for the type/breed of horse, discipline involved, and geographic area where the horse is located.
I don’t know if this helps at all, I just wanted to explain some of the factors that seem to influence how successful people are when trying to sell on Facebook.
Dreamhorse.com is still a little bit of a thing, and relatively inexpensive I think. Annoyingly FB has taken over but since it’s not very searchable, some people do still look on Dreamhorse. Those ads are more Google-able than FB too.
Best of luck finding her a super home! I echo everyone’s words of support for you in this decision.
For Morgans it seems the Morgan specific FB groups plus a website called Morganshowcase.com are the best online options. And marketing directly at shows, often consigned through a trainer. It might be worth having a her head to a trainer to sell?
There is a weekly ASB auction here. It’s very popular for selling a horse quickly and has a good following.
I literally just got the text and thought of Honey.
I’ve had a few people ask some questions but nothing too promising. 
I reached out to local saddlebred barns but they seem to be looking for lesson horses. One lady wanted a young child to ride. Another person argued with me about what “mid four figures” means.
Thanks! I have her in the local groups and any saddlebred groups I could think of. Just wanted to see what people have used that works
She’s on dreamhorse! Glad that’s still kindof a thing.
Thanks so much. I truly believe this is the right thing.
She’s with my trainer, who is marketing her, but I’ll be honest that sales isn’t her main thing
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