Poingsettia
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Seen this happen on a yard. Horse was 13hh plus all day long but they got it down to 12.2 for certificate. Rosette hunters.
Seen this happen on a yard. Horse was 13hh plus all day long but they got it down to 12.2 for certificate. Rosette hunters.
I thought this!Will someone please abuse my pony, which I know full well is over height, until it is so knackered that it sinks at the wither standing on over trimmed feet and will measure in so that I cancheatcompete in showing classes.
No wonder they posted that anonymously on my local Facebook Equestrian page.
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I just stopped typing my reply, yours is spot on. I had B last measured in 2019, exactly the same regs then, she measured 0.7 under breed standard, I didnt cut any mane either.It shows that non of you have had a horse measured recently.
Vets now have to do a full examination of the horse before they measure. If the horse shows sensitivity anywhere then they are not allowed to measure. That includes checking the feet.
The horse also has to be offered water in the presence of the vet 15 mins before measuring.
Any signs of exhaustion or sedation and the vet cannot measure them.
Back handers and dodgy vets are about the only way to get a horse in now.
That said many people are very bad at seeing height.
Ive had a pony who everyone said would be well over. I clipped the hair off his withers, had his shoes taken off and a normal trim the morning of the measurement, had him used to the stick so he was relaxed and he measured under by over 1cm
It shows that non of you have had a horse measured recently.
It's not hearsay, at all. I know for a fact that unfortunately these practices still go on...I just stopped typing my reply, yours is spot on. I had B last measured in 2019, exactly the same regs then, she measured 0.7 under breed standard, I didnt cut any mane either.
Hearsay from posters further up is very daft to be keeping on repeating, what happened 30 or more years ago isn't permitted whatsoever.
Back handers and dodgy vets are about the only way to get an over height horse in now.
Have you reported them?It's not hearsay, at all. I know for a fact that unfortunately these practices still go on...
Could equally need height cert for jumping. Not necessarily showing.Will someone please abuse my pony, which I know full well is over height, until it is so knackered that it sinks at the wither standing on over trimmed feet and will measure in so that I cancheatcompete in showing classes.
No wonder they posted that anonymously on my local Facebook Equestrian page.
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I know what I saw.I just stopped typing my reply, yours is spot on. I had B last measured in 2019, exactly the same regs then, she measured 0.7 under breed standard, I didnt cut any mane either.
Hearsay from posters further up is very daft to be keeping on repeating, what happened 30 or more years ago isn't permitted whatsoever.
The practice I worked at years ago carried out LHC measurements on a fairly regular basis, and at the time was the only practice in the county to do so. around 15-20% of the horses the vet suspected that the owners had possibly done something unethical (e.g. horse cringing away from the stick, looking very tired etc) but it wasn't obvious enough to turn them away.
Unfortunately I would say that as much as 10% of the total number of horses presented the vets had to turn away for blatant ethical reasons, the most common being extreme dehydration and severe foot trimming (horses lame all round as a result); they were always horses that were clearly over-height. A small number would learn their lesson and return some weeks later to be measured properly. The majority we never saw again, and some of them must have got their certificates from somewhere as I later saw them contesting HOYS qualifiers (at the height the owner/trainer had wanted them to measure in at when first presented at the vets). They would have had to have travelled quite far to another registered measurement vet but I presume they thought that preferable to putting the horse's welfare first. If they found a vet who'd turn a blind eye is there now something in place to stop that happening?
I was last directly aware this was going on in around 2012; I am glad there are posters saying that this doesn't happen now and I hope that's the case.
Dodgy vets dont need abused ponies, they are happy to misread a stick.What do you think the Facebook poster who is posting anonymously is asking for?
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I think it was about then (maybe slightly later) that a vet was struck off for dodgy measurements and nearly 1000 ponies remeasured. It was at that stage that they brought the new measures in such as vets having to offer water to the pony 15 mins before measuring.I was last directly aware this was going on in around 2012;
PLEASE NO MORE TIME WASTERS
Looking for a safe happy hacker, schooling and low level showing type 15.2-16.2hh
Genuine horse with good manners on the ground and ridden must be able to hack alone! Would prefer with tack
No ongoing health issues or vices
No cobs or heavy types
Will consider full loan / lwvtb or just full sale, based in Devon and willing to travel up to 2 hours away
Budget: 2-2.5 (can change for right horse)
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If you could buy an allrounder that is safe and sensible, with no health issues, happy to hack alone and in co, good manners and tack included for £2k.... I'd take five!!
PLEASE NO MORE TIME WASTERS
Looking for a safe happy hacker, schooling and low level showing type 15.2-16.2hh
Genuine horse with good manners on the ground and ridden must be able to hack alone! Would prefer with tack
No ongoing health issues or vices
No cobs or heavy types
Will consider full loan / lwvtb or just full sale, based in Devon and willing to travel up to 2 hours away
Budget: 2-2.5 (can change for right horse)
Pic for attention
If you could buy an allrounder that is safe and sensible, with no health issues, happy to hack alone and in co, good manners and tack included for £2k.... I'd take five!!
I love the "will consider" bit in particular. Like yes I'm sure one would be at least a bit open to the idea of the perfect horse being free or have now pay later!
Call me crazy, but I'm currently riding a horse (not my own) that sounds rather similar to the one in the advert: green, nappy, known rearer... However, she's on livery, I'm not paying anything to ride her, no jobs bar grooming and tacking up, and just rock up and ride her whenever I want. What I get out of it is to ride a horse that has potentially more athletic quality than I could ever afford to buy (assuming I can somehow bring out that potential!) and I'm certainly pushing my comfort limits and learning a lot while doing it.Xxx- share/part loan
Xxx is a 5 year old xxx
Xxxx is up for share a few days a week/part loan, due to not having enough hours in the day.
She is a well handled and well mannered, as long as she knows she can’t walk over you! Xxx is currently fit and ready to carry on her education. Has a lovely jump on her, has been out to some local shows, arena hires, woods, beach and recently XC hire. She is a typical baby who needs the consistency to her work and someone to further her education. Xxx will hack in group company fine, however when taken out by herself will rear and bunny hop home. However she has done some long lining out to try to improve this. Well behaved on the lunge, lovely to school and has come on far the past few months.
However horses aren’t always that simple, xxx is a known rearer and is nappy - this is when she rears she then bunny hops you forward. She hasn’t done this in a few months at home however, when taken out to a show she isn’t keen on leaving others and this is when she will start to do it. Can be nappy towards others. But with consistency of going out I don’t see why this can’t be overcome.
Absolutely NO NOVICES as she isn’t simple and is a much loved horse. Will only accept someone who is compatible with xxx as she is quick to learn.
Small financial contribution will be required.
Please let me pay YOU to re school your nappy horse for you
I think the main difference being the ad was wanting a financial contribution, on top of the fact that to do a good job schooling a nappy young horse is work that has paid value (as it should for the skills and risk involved).Call me crazy, but I'm currently riding a horse (not my own) that sounds rather similar to the one in the advert: green, nappy, known rearer... However, she's on livery, I'm not paying anything to ride her, no jobs bar grooming and tacking up, and just rock up and ride her whenever I want. What I get out of it is to ride a horse that has potentially more athletic quality than I could ever afford to buy (assuming I can somehow bring out that potential!) and I'm certainly pushing my comfort limits and learning a lot while doing it.
Yes, I think you are right, I wouldn't have answered that advert either (I always that however bad the advert is, the reality is worse!).I think the main difference being the ad was wanting a financial contribution, on top of the fact that to do a good job schooling a nappy young horse is work that has paid value (as it should for the skills and risk involved).
It's great if you are happy with the set up you have and I have known others do it when they were taking the horse out competing so it can be mutually beneficial.
I understand the height limits for SJ and can see that a limit, no matter how arbitrary, is easy to police but I think I'd prefer something in the rules about the pony being an appropriate size for the age group of the rider - so under 10, under 12, under 14 and under 16 so there'd still be a rough limit but with a bit of leeway as long as people weren't taking the p1$$.The practice I worked at years ago carried out LHC measurements on a fairly regular basis, and at the time was the only practice in the county to do so. around 15-20% of the horses the vet suspected that the owners had possibly done something unethical (e.g. horse cringing away from the stick, looking very tired etc) but it wasn't obvious enough to turn them away.
Unfortunately I would say that as much as 10% of the total number of horses presented the vets had to turn away for blatant ethical reasons, the most common being extreme dehydration and severe foot trimming (horses lame all round as a result); they were always horses that were clearly over-height. A small number would learn their lesson and return some weeks later to be measured properly. The majority we never saw again, and some of them must have got their certificates from somewhere as I later saw them contesting HOYS qualifiers (at the height the owner/trainer had wanted them to measure in at when first presented at the vets). They would have had to have travelled quite far to another registered measurement vet but I presume they thought that preferable to putting the horse's welfare first. If they found a vet who'd turn a blind eye is there now something in place to stop that happening?
I was last directly aware this was going on in around 2012; I am glad there are posters saying that this doesn't happen now and I hope that's the case.
That one really takes my breath away.A friend of mine arrived at a dealers yard to see a very tired looking horse trudging around the horse walker. Dealer happily explained "that's being shrunk for a height certificate” and told her it had been in the walker all night.