Gingerwitch
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Do your really think that will remain as a broodmare - looking like that and only £700 ONO?
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Abbeygale
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hmmmm - I was wondering earlier why if it is being sold as a broodmare, and for that kind of money, why they had a ridden picture in the ad...
Gingerwitch
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Ime assuming the photo was previous to the problem which is making it a broodmare - but... it still makes you wonder?
I often wonder where the line is drawn at a retired horse becoming a brood mare ie will the injury be up to carrying a foal, will the issue be hereditary? etc
I often wonder where the line is drawn at a retired horse becoming a brood mare ie will the injury be up to carrying a foal, will the issue be hereditary? etc
VioletStripe
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hmm.. i'm wondering why there seems to be a lack of details, no comments on anything about caring for her, if she's been covered before etc.. still, lovely looking horse though!
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Abbeygale
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I'm sure the photo was taken before an accident or something that has meant the mare can't be ridden - but I think, even if you do say in the text of the advert that she is only suitable to be a broodmare, it is a bit misleading to have a ridden picture. If the mare is not to be ridden, then I would have thought a picture with her stood up nicely would have been much more appropriate.
When I clicked on the ad I was expecting a competition horse - it is a nice picture, and a good looking horse.
If she has a good comp record, then fine - but a ridden picture doesn't illustrate this - and a brief comp record could have been outlined in the ad itself.
I think the line for determining whether the mare is fit to be used as a broodmare is something for a buyer to be aware of certainly - I don't think I would want to sell a horse of mine retired through injury as a broodmare - as you can 99% guarantee that someone somewhere would try riding it again. But I guess, as a seller, that is personal opinion?
When I clicked on the ad I was expecting a competition horse - it is a nice picture, and a good looking horse.
If she has a good comp record, then fine - but a ridden picture doesn't illustrate this - and a brief comp record could have been outlined in the ad itself.
I think the line for determining whether the mare is fit to be used as a broodmare is something for a buyer to be aware of certainly - I don't think I would want to sell a horse of mine retired through injury as a broodmare - as you can 99% guarantee that someone somewhere would try riding it again. But I guess, as a seller, that is personal opinion?
Lucy_Nottingham
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i clicked on it expected info on either a dressage/comp horse.
One of the first things I look at is price (just window shopping for me, so I like to compare) and then I read the advert and was shocked and taken back at the fact that it was a short statement basically saying: cant be ridden so a broodmare................
as you say, why have a ridden pic? surely an inhand pic showing confo etc would have been more appropriate. Also at such a young age what injury has she incured to make her unridable?!
I never get why people breed from injured horses in the first place (but thats just my opinon) but I am guessing its something severe for it to be this cheap....... so again... why breed from her?! why not just say as a companion..
One of the first things I look at is price (just window shopping for me, so I like to compare) and then I read the advert and was shocked and taken back at the fact that it was a short statement basically saying: cant be ridden so a broodmare................
as you say, why have a ridden pic? surely an inhand pic showing confo etc would have been more appropriate. Also at such a young age what injury has she incured to make her unridable?!
I never get why people breed from injured horses in the first place (but thats just my opinon) but I am guessing its something severe for it to be this cheap....... so again... why breed from her?! why not just say as a companion..
Louby
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My first thoughts are must be a bad injury as in never be ridden again but who knows, maybe they just want to get rid quick.