Being massively sensitive or someone is being offensive!

I have Wonder horse over reaches that Fergs wears for horseball.

They're not bad, actually...
 
rhino said:
As an aside OP, I saw this website a few days ago and think you might like it :D

http://www.wonder-horse.co.uk/
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the tack shop at our local horse charity had a load of these in stock. They were given to them by the company as they had the wrong size labels in. Being sold at half price and I did seriously consider getting one :D (didn't in the end as I wanted one with a half neck and they didnt' have any of those left)
 
Batgirl said:
Totally get that Rhino (tbh I thought I would get more posts like yours! :D ), however whether I am or not it is quite rude to say so, if she thought I was that novicey she shouldn't have offered to let me jump her novicey 4yo :)

Still people see what they see and I know my limitations and am quite honest about my ability to sellers, no point in lying.

Like the last post about the friend I would recommend, what makes that particularly pertinent is that it was not a private sale so hardly doing her business any good.

That said, nice horse :)
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I might expect any spirited young horse to throw in some sort of wobbly, not that I would want it to do so, well done for sitting it and so on.
I don't think saying to anyone at the time, casually suggesting that the horse might be a bit much for them, needs more school work, or is not used to a new rider would be fine, but not in a text, unprofessional.
Suppose they get one in tomorrow that would suit you...... you are no longer a prospective buyer.
Aside[not aimed at OP]: I find it difficult as a vendor without much experience of selling. The ability of most riders who have come to see my boy has been well below "experienced rider/not novice ride" as in advert. They seem to think that if they can do a rising trot on an old pony, they are ready to take on a horse which needs more flatwork [as in ad]
One lot [three of them in a group came and told me there would be no problem with continuing flatwork as they did not jump :rolleyes: they would not have managed an hour unsupervised without getting in to trouble. I had to tell them the horse was not suitable. They were going to put him in a field for three months "to bond", presumably in that time they would have learned to canter, I kid thee not! Oh and on the phone the mum told me her child was having lessons with an instructor as she would not listen to mum... mum is a beginner, child is learning "western" so had no idea about "english" and has had maybe two or three lessons as far as I could tell from the standard of riding. All three were passengers, absolute beginners in my book but not in theirs, apparently.
 
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...and I bet that if you'd said you wanted the horse they'd have made the sale gushing about how perfect you were for each other and walked away happily counting the notes. Ignore.
 
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