Anyone ever refused to sell a horse to inexperienced buyer

Oh and when selling my beautiful girl I had loads and loads of calls for her and a couple of them really got my back up when they called one in particular who's horse had gone lame and she needed a horse to go showing on that weekend. So asked a million questions about her being show ready (which she was) but just didn't like the sound of her at all she was very pushy so I told her I had another viewing arranged and would call her if he was still available I had no intention of calling her back, my girl needed a lovely home where she would be pampered not treated like a machine to just do a job. As it turns out the first people I did let see her were the perfect home so that's where she went, sometimes home really is more important than price
 
Yes. If someone comes across as inexperienced on the telephone or in their email communications I don't even let them come and look at the horse. I've had a few over the years who have somehow duped me into being asked to come and view a horse and when they've turned up it's been obvious they're not as experienced as they think they are and therefore not suitable for the horse. I am a very upfront person and will say straight away that they are not a match and I don't even let them ride the horse. Buyers who are not truthful about their capabilities are a PITA who waste their and my time.
 
Isaachristmas - I guess that is part of my question can those that sell regularly spot the difference between someone uncomfy with being watched by strangers/ new horse and someone that will be really out of their depth! It took me a year to find the right buttons to ride Polo properly so god knows what I looked like the first time I tried him!!

I've had sharers in the past for my previous horse and people on the phone talk the talk then look like a rabbit in the headlights when handed a bridle and martingale done up by the throatlash, or not really be sure how to catch a 19 y/o schoolmaster in the stable.
 
If I liked my horse I would only sell it to someone I liked and thought they would look after them 110% regardless of inexperience. I would go and see where etc and get references if the buyer was going to come up to scratch. They could be inexperienced but ie keeping on a yard with tons of help!
 
I think you can, I think you can also tell the people that think they know it all but know nothing from those who know they have things to learn and actually want to learn. I sold my mare to a lady who couldn't get my horse to work in an outline and struggled to get her into canter (mare in question was a difficult but very well schooled horse and quite push button) but she arrived with her instructor and I knew by the way she behaved around the horse she would offer her a really lovely home. As it turned out they have lessons at least once a week and are at clinics and camps at least once a month. The are competing be90 and doing really well, and I still see and ride her every now and again.
I went to try my horse with them fully informed about my lack of confidence so they knew what they were getting when I arrived (still must have looked a plonker) so I would have completely accepted if they had said sorry but if your nervous he won't be suitable it's a two way street. I think it's clear when you meet someone if they have talked a load of rubbish or when it's genuine new horse nerves.
 
Yes I have, we had a beautiful cob, who now has the most wonderful loving owner, but when she was for sale we had a girl come and try her, at the viewing was her mother and grandfather... Her grandfather was incredibly experienced and knowledgable, her mother was not, it transpired that the grandfather was suffering from terminal cancer and wouldn't last 12 months, the granddaughter with him for support we would have been ok with, but knowing that the granddaughter would be without the experience and support, we refused the sale, even when he wrote an on the spot cheque for 3.5k, we couldn't risk our girl, and it was hard to see, as all he wanted was to pass on his love and ensure he provided for his family before he died... It was very difficult, but annie was our responsibility :(
 
I had a 4 year old cob for sale a few years ago, she needed schooling and i advertised her as for very experienced people only, as she could be a bit cheeky. Bit of a character but had a nice nature. I had loads of calls from inexperienced people wanting a first horse, i refused to even let them come and see her.
I didnt know as i was lied to, but i sold her to a very dodgey dealer. Six weeks later she sold her to a nervous novice rider and told them she had done all sorts of things, again all lies. The horse turned from a nice though green horse to a nutcase.
 
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