Are we in the middle ages?

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13,2hh Fell, Ride and Drive
Lownthwaite Vincent (Vinny) 13.2hh registered 2 year old Fell pony. Broken to ride and drive and was starting to pop a small fence but we bought him to drive as we have no rider. Vinny is bomb proof even though he is just turned two in June he is a gentleman.
Easy to catch shoe clip and box. A great pony ideal for any novice. We are selling as my father, who is 78 years old, has no time to give Vinny justice due to his health. He is open to vet. This pony is 100% in all ways he could go far in the right hands.

Coloured Yearling Colt
Coloured yearling, 3/4 bred trotting colt, beautifully marked. Freshly broken going nice but needs using to bring on. Stops, stands, etc..
100% quiet, good to box, shoe, & in traffic. A good yearling for someone with time to use and try for speed.

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Poor beggars
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I can't believe folks just can't wait!!!
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there was a similiar post to this the other day, a 1.5 year old colt that had been broken to ride and a 2 year old being sold by the same woman. WHY?
 
Are people completely bonkers, who is buying these poor creatures, suspect even in middle ages people had more sense.
 
And at the other end of the scale, there is a 31 year old Morgan gelding free to a good home on Horsemart
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. I know times are hard, but IMHO this is unacceptable. If you can't afford to keep him, do him one last kindness.
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A yearling is not develped mentally and certainly not physically. Its rather like you asking your toddler to unload your washing machine and carry it out to your twirly or getting them to cook a three course meal! Its so unfair. Why not wait a couple more years? How can anyone be so unfair to a horse to even attempt to ride it at that age. My friend is going to uni to do a physio course and has just passed her first year written and oral exams. She says that her and her fellow students have been shown information about how overworking a horse or even just riding a horse to young can and does cause terrible problems to the horse muscular and bone structure leading to dreadful and irreversible problems in later life. Why not give a youngster the chance it deserves in life and leave off riding it for 2 more years? I wonder if its because of the credit crunch and people have yearlings and want to sell them quickly so in order to get the most money for them they back them early.
 
A driving youngster says gypsies to me. They come thundering past my house most days and several are clearly very young. I dread to think how soon the arthritis will set in.
 
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