Buying a horse

No idea. Personally I'd like the sale of every horse to allow the buyer to have a period of return (say three weeks) with full refund. Let's face it. Some people are just keener to make the sale (and get rid) then be honest about the horse.
 
Its all very well saying that you should be able to return a horse after any sale for up to three weeks but it takes less time than that for the buyer to ruin a horse. Three weeks of being jumped by someone that can barely ride- smacking horse in the mouth every time it jumped and landing in a heap on its back and then wonders why the horse starts to refuse I don't feel has a right to say that the horse was sold with a false description and demand their money back. For the sake of the horse you may want to have it back but essentially if you then want to sell it it will be worth much less.
 
It could be argued that it would be in both parties interests (especially the vendor) to ensure that the person buying the horse is appropriate, rather than sell a horse to someone just because they have the money.
 
Icelandic horse owners and sellers are not the same as everyone else (I can speak from experience as I have owned an Icelandic for 10 years and when I bought him I had to prove to the seller that I was worthy of buying him!)
 
Excellent site but I would not agree to the four week trial period.
we used to offer trial periods but one girl had a six week trial, kept the horse stabled more than she should, and when he then damaged his tail after kicking out in frustration at his stone walled stable we ended up with a vet's bill and a horse who took longer to sell.
I offer any trial here which includes all the things on the icelandic's site, but it means we keep control of what happens to the horse.
The majority of ours are home bred so we know them inside out, and I have to confess I have put buyers off if I feel they or their planned yard aren't right for that horse.
Very few we sell ever change hands throughout their lives which is great, but in a dealer's yard I can see why problems occur, often they have only had the horse five minutes before advertising it.
I think there is a dealers' association now which promotes a lot of the above, not sure what it's called however.
 
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