Nudibranch
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No details on the Horsemart website but this is one for sale amongst others. They seem awfully cheap and not in the best condition but I am curious as looking for a quiet hack....
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Anyone know this dealer (Durham)?
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nicnag
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One word Bargepole! been a well documented dodgy dealer for many years.
minesadouble
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Echo the above, he has the worst reputation in the business! - Sorry!
icemaiden113
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Just had a look some of them look akay! Give them a call! You could be in luck!
Luci07
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If you have had clear warnings then I would stay well away....
Just a thought but if you are just after a quiet hack - have you thought about contacting the veterans association? they often have nice horses for loan looking for a quieter life and you know that they will have been checked carefully to confirm what they are able to do. I looked into it for a friend who wanted to sell or loan her 16 hh ex eventer so he could have a quieter life and they had some nice horses on their books.
Just a thought but if you are just after a quiet hack - have you thought about contacting the veterans association? they often have nice horses for loan looking for a quieter life and you know that they will have been checked carefully to confirm what they are able to do. I looked into it for a friend who wanted to sell or loan her 16 hh ex eventer so he could have a quieter life and they had some nice horses on their books.
Nudibranch
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Thanks for all the info and pm's people... really don't fancy going to look although I have to say, if you read up on the court cases it seems the buyers really should have known better! Not that that's a defence for mis-selling of course.
Luci07 I had thought about doing something like that, but even though it's only for hacking I would be looking something fairly young and most definitely sound and able to do mid-distance rides. I recently lost my ex-racer aged only 13, partly due to narcolepsy and partly progressive arthritis so it's made me very wary of soundness issues.
Luci07 I had thought about doing something like that, but even though it's only for hacking I would be looking something fairly young and most definitely sound and able to do mid-distance rides. I recently lost my ex-racer aged only 13, partly due to narcolepsy and partly progressive arthritis so it's made me very wary of soundness issues.
trick123
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NO,NO,NO and NO poor poor horses probably all from the knackers yard!!!!!!
JanetGeorge
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One word Bargepole! been a well documented dodgy dealer for many years.
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Yep - and it's interesting that he misspells his name on his advertiser profile - accidentally ??? - or to make it harder for people to Google him.
http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/article.php?aid=97387
http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/397/86735.html
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/39HORSE-TRADER-GAVE-US-INJURED.1198187.jp
And they are just the tip of the icerberg!
One word Bargepole! been a well documented dodgy dealer for many years.
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Yep - and it's interesting that he misspells his name on his advertiser profile - accidentally ??? - or to make it harder for people to Google him.
http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/article.php?aid=97387
http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/397/86735.html
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/39HORSE-TRADER-GAVE-US-INJURED.1198187.jp
And they are just the tip of the icerberg!
skewby
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oh dear, he sounds like Very Bad News.
His horses are all poor
wherever is he getting them from? All a certain type (I don't say breed as he may be lying!) and allegedly "imported from Ireland".
His horses are all poor
FabulousFlynn'sMum
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Hi hun, BIGGEST BARGEPOLE IMAGINEABLE!!!!!!!!!!! I have unluckly folk coming in the shop where I work who have been taken in and bought off this scumbag, one poor girls experience has resulted in her fracturing her neck riding a horse bought from him!! Need I say more!!! STEER WELL CLEAR!!!!
Sorry about shouting with the caps but I feel very strongly about this!!
xxx
Sorry about shouting with the caps but I feel very strongly about this!!
xxx
lamlyn2012
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PLEASE, PLEASE do not go there. I have personal first hand experience. He has been prosecuted by Trading Standards and he was the subject of a number of bad articles in H & H around three years ago. He used to be in Bishops Auckland trading as Westview Stables. His horses were alot more expensive then. I wonder if he's now going down the line of "you get what you pay for". Please be careful. If you check the internet you will see for youself.