Buying a horse, re horse ads

sarahann1

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Does anyone else get thoroughly fed up looking through ads? I'm not seriously looking at all just now, more casually browsing, but some of the ads just make me shake my head in wonder. I always thought when the time came to get my next one it would be fun, now I'm thinking it's going to be a chore :(

One I've seen has a youngster for sale, nice looking chap, ad says not a plod but really nice to do and is 'fantastic', the pics have the horse with a grackle noseband and what I can only describe as a big ass anchor in its mouth. If its that fantastic why is it not in a snaffle and cavesson?

Another describes the horse as safe and nice, never bucks rears etc etc, I happen to know the owner has in the past been bucked off this horse.

Why, why, why?
 
Because one person's plod is another's forward going, out of control disaster. And not everyone thinks a snaffle and cavesson is fantastic (I don't). Not everyone sees things the same way; keeps life intrestin'
 
The adverts that make me raise my eyebrows are those that describe 14-15 year old horses as "prospects". I don't want to be mean, but if a horse aged 15 has not done anything noteworthy thus far, why would someone think s/he would make an exellent competition horse in the next four, maybe five, years? :confused:
 
I LOVE browsing horse ads :D Genuinely love it. But I am odd.

I think snaffle and cavesson isn't the be-all by a long shot. And that one person't 'not a novice ride' is another person's angel in disguise. Forward going can mean active and doesn't need a lot of kicking to make move, or can mean you'll need a 6' hedge and an anchor to stop it.

:D
 
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