Another Backed 1yr old!!

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Was shocked when saw the loose jumping picture of the horse then clicked on it to see that the poor things already being ridden aswell
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http://www.horsemart.co.uk/advert/1_yr_8_mths_14_0_hh_bay_roan_irish_sport_horse_hampshire/76187
 
omg!

I read the title of this post and immediately thought troll!

Unfortunatly not the case.

How can they think that would incourage you to buy?
 
some people take the opinion horses are like potates if there big enought there ready.sadly these people also have brains like potatoes hard boiled ,thers no use trying to tell them the horse is to young they dont want to know .its a pitty
 
Admittedly for one secod I thought you had got it wrong.... saw the photos and thought maybe it's his mum or dad being ridden... read description and it clearly states he has been backed and walked round the field... so then I thought typo error on his age - must have put incorrect age, bet he's 3... but start of advert says he's standing at 14hh and should make 15.1/15.2... so that's in line with being the advertised age, so perhaps not. Shockingly, and sadly you were right!! Poor little chap! xx
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Poor poor little thing.
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Even more sadly he'll probably go to someone who doesn't think, or know, that he's far too young to be doing any work at all and will keep riding him and get him fit. Noone with any sense is going to want a broken 1yr old, and at £1750 it's too expensive to 'rescue'

I have a 2.5yr old and he's been 'sat' on (well, hugged from above) and that's the most he'll be doing for another year at least.
 
There is someone at my new yard who has backed her 2 yr old and now at 2 1/2 has turned it way for the winter, I told her this is very bad and it needs to mature (I know her) but she thinks its fine as she did it with her last horse and that was fine Maybe but it has massive Splints and im sure it wont be being ridden at 10!!! Why dont people just buy older horses if they want to get on with it, I had the choice of a 4yr old which would of needed bring on slowly or a 6yr which was ready to go competing so I chose the older horse as it fitted better with what I wanted!!!

I just feel sorry for these horses
 
OMG-Anyone else think that he actually looked like a baby????
A 2 1/2 year old gigantahorse-maybe back it early but he still looks like a scraggy yearling! A blind man could see he is not mature enough!
 
I sent a very polite e mail asking why they had backed him and that I was interested in their methods of 'bringing on' youngsters.
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I will be surprised if they reply
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Well done Mairi, I've sent a strongly worded message of complaint to Horsemart, told them I'm sending a link to RSPCA and WHW, and advised they withdraw the ad as soon as possible. Well it's worth a try......
 
Whilst I in no way agree with riding horses this young it raises the question 'how come no one objects to 2yo TB's being raced into the ground but they object to an almost two year old being ridden in walk around a field and led up the road'? I spent a few days at a vet hospital where a truck full of 2yo 'ex-racers' came in hobbling and full of stress fractures and was shocked to be told 'it's normal - they won't race again but they'll be ok for hacking'. If I was to go out for a gentle hack on my 2yo TB (not that I would!) everyone would crucify me but if I sent it racing then it would be absolutely fine and 'normal'. Just something to think about......
 
I have just read this thread and had a look at the advert.

Unless I am going blind (always possible), they seem to have deleted any reference to him being backed. Just says he has been lunged.

What idiots though.
 
FingersCrossed...hi....the thing is people DO object to 2yr old TB's being raced. I feel that awareness of this has been raised more in the past couple of years among the general horse community, the absolute waste of good young TB horses being asked to do too much too young. It ends up, as we know, with the market being flooded with no hopers in racing terms with present or potential physical problems that cost a fortune to sort out, and being passed on to unsuitable or gullible owners. Either that ot they are quietly vanished without trace at the abbattoirs. It's a terrible state of affairs and the racing industry should hang their heads in shame.

Ahem...anyway....sadly this method of backing gets passed down the line to ordinary horse owners who know no better and think it's just fine to back their little 1 and 2 year old horses. Because if the big famous successful studs do it, it must be OK. Yeah right!!
 
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Have they changed the advert? I can't see where it says he's been backed.

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Yes they have, just checked. They have removed the photos and edited the text. Another HHO posted that she had emailed the seller about it, I imagine she has changed it because of that? Someone else posted that they were intending to report it to Horsemart, perhaps they pulled the owner up on her advert about the complaints they had received? xx
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I did rec a reply and it was polite
My original e mail
Please explain to me why you have backed a pony at 1year and 8months old? Im
sure this isnt the only e mail re this subject and I doubt if it will be the
last. I really am interested in your theories of bringing on youngsters.
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Hi,

The reason behind this is simply becasue he is a very willing young horse who likes to be learning all the time. Therefore i decided to sit on him, only a few times i would like to add, to see how he would deal with the situation. I also totally agree with the way racehorses are brought on so young and raced so young (racing at 2), as i have ex-racers who i train for polo, and i feel it beneficial that they were broken so young, hence why i have sat on the horse i have advertised.
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I would like to thank you for taking time to reply. To be honest, I didnt expect one!

I dont agree with what you have done as there really was no need to back him so young. I doubt if he will be entered for the next years Derby.....or will he? Please, sell him to someone who will turn him away for a year or more. It would be such a waste to have him ruined by the time he reaches 6. Lovely little chap and he looks promising.

regards, mairi.

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Sorry just found the message, i do totally agree with your opinion, and if i was to keep him he would now not be sat until he was three, so i will make sure he goes to a home with the same idea, like i said only reason i did sit on him was becasue he is very eager to learn and thought that it may be beneficial in some way. I do thank you for your opinion as all input is always grately appreciated!

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done through stupidity and not badness? Some young person trying very hard to be grown up? Who knows, I hope they will think twice before doing it again. M.
 
Shame I did not read this post earlier before the pictures got changed on horsemart. I actually sold that lovely yearling - William to that girl thats advertising him on horsemart back in August of this year. He is not 1 year 6 months, he was only just coming one when i sold him. Very shocked to think that she has ridden him. I had not realised he was going into a home where she would sell him on so soon - disappoined. She has lead me to believe she would be keeping him and growing him on until he would be old enough to break and event, not to break in as a yearling
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Incidentally she is asking double what she paid for him
 
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Shame I did not read this post earlier before the pictures got changed on horsemart. I actually sold that lovely yearling - William to that girl thats advertising him on horsemart back in August of this year. He is not 1 year 6 months, he was only just coming one when i sold him. Very shocked to think that she has ridden him. I had not realised he was going into a home where she would sell him on so soon - disappoined. She has lead me to believe she would be keeping him and growing him on until he would be old enough to break and event, not to break in as a yearling
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Incidentally she is asking double what she paid for him

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that is so sad- see this is why I decided to keep my two boys- I just didnt know where they would end up- but thankfully managed to find another field down the road to tide us over till spring when our paddock will be suitable again. I think breaking babies in too young is so saddening and selfish- all for a quick buck.
 
am I the only one who can still see a photo of him being ridden on his advert?
its very sad, people like this shouldn't have horses!!
 
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