anyone else sick and tired of incorrectly described horses for sale

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Went to see two horses yesterday. One described as a good middleweight, it turned out to be a lightweight not up to my weight at all, didn't even get on it and the other horse..... Well it was described as a confidence giver suitable for nervous rider. The first thing the owner said when I got on to try it out was that it might stop and try and get back to the others and she gave me a whip!!! She was right, it was the nappiest thing out and when I turned it back for home it jogged and pulled all the way to get back to the other horses. Very much NOT a confidence giver, it scared the life out of me.
I'm beginning to despair ever finding something that is actually genuinely as described. All I want is a very quiet horse up to 15.2hh suitable for hacking but they seem to be like gold dust. Does anyone else have this trouble finding the right horse or is it me?
 
Tell me about it. So many people are quick to say buyers are timewasters but there are some sellers out there doing a pretty good at being just that as well.

Don't know what your budget is, but I've heard good things about Stubley Hollow Farm. Must stress we've never brought from them though.

They are out there, it's finding them that's the problem sadly. Good luck and hope you find the right horse in the end.
 
I'm looking for the same thing (confidence-giving hack up to 15.2) and yes, they are like gold-dust. Especially if you would also like them to be over 5 and under 15. I've been looking for about a month and the only one so far who was as described was a lovely 4 year old who I decided in the end was just a bit too green for me.
 
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Don't get me started on this, I did a thread last week. I've been searching for my perfect horse for around 3 months now and I'm at the end of my tether!!! I never dreamed it would take this long to find a horse!!!

The worst thing I find is that sellers do not remove ads once the horse is sold and then they never ever phone back when you leave a message on their voicemail or you phone up and their phone is switched off!!!!

I'm soooooooooooo fed up with looking!!!
 
Definately... i was looking for a horse in the spring - the first one described as suitable for a nervous rider threw me into a wall (you werent allowed to use leg or hands - WTF - i shouldnt have even got on the thing lol!). In the end i went to a very reputable dealer and they sorted me out with a gorgeous cob - slightly younger than i was wanting but he certainly looks after you!!
 
I will second the good things about Stubley Hollow Farm. I went to look at one there who wasn't for me, but exactly as they described and the friend who came with me ended up buying one! We recommended them to another friend who also bought one. They were excellent there and very helpful and professional.
 
I am looking for the same, and have been since last year. I am TOTALLY honest about my capabilites, or lack of, ask all the right questions etc etc, drive hundreds of miles, and like you say, the confidence giver turns out to be a neurotic lunatic!

Stubley Hollow are BRILLIANT, but for me it would be at least a five hour journey each way, and their hacking facilities are not good - they can do heavy traffic, but I need to be able to test drive in wide open spaces etc, so not ideal for me. Patsy is SO honest about her horses, wish there were more like her.
 
I'm sick of looking (see moaning posts from the past few days!!!!) I'd be thrilled to find another that's just a lunatic - nearly everything I've seen has been lame or with feet or legs so awful it will be lame as soon as its worked. I think the problem is that a gap has arisen between what sellers want for the horse to make a decent profit and the fact that most amateurs like myself are not prepared to get up near the ten grand mark for a pretty ordinary but sound and useful horse.
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I agree with you but it's also a case of one person's MW being someone else's LW. This is me, for instance; since I've owned PF (whom someone once described as "like riding a credit card"
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) everything looks MW to me!!
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I also think that some buyers (I don't mean you, BTW!) are guilty of totally overestimating their riding skill or have wildly unrealistic expectations of a horse; I had one advertised once as a hack and kept getting callers asking if she would event, and people who had 3 lessons phoning about my 3 YO TB...
I agree though that there's really NO excuse for nappiness, especially in a horse advertised as a 'confidence-giver'!
 
Dont suppose any of you who are looking are based around mid Kent? If so and you are interested you could loan/share/ride mine. She seems to fit the bill pretty much for what you are all looking for - right size, easy, nice, loves hacking, not nappy etc etc
 
and you'd be surprised how many people who come to try animals GENUINELY cannot ride even a "novice's" type of horse...
 
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and you'd be surprised how many people who come to try animals GENUINELY cannot ride even a "novice's" type of horse...

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exactly - have had compete numpties to try mine - despite it clearly saying in the advert that he is a youngster - im getting novices that can talk the talk - but have NO idea when it actually gets to riding him.

so far the longest ive let someone on him for was 5 minutes - long enough for them to be hanging off his mouth in trot.
i politely asked them to get off as i didnt think thye were suitable for my horse - que them getting stroppy!
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