Cheeky/ridiculous posts you see on Facebook.

[Cloball]

Having been to UB the most challenging part was the train trip to London

 

[Titchy Pony]

That's quite a list of requirements! A confidence giving schoolmaster that can jump up to 1m20 would be worth it's weight in gold, I couldn't imagine many people wanting to lend one out for free to a random person on the internet. If I had one, the only possible reason I can think of to do so would be if I had a longish illness / injury / pregnancy, and it still wouldn't be going out of my sight!
Oh, and I really couldn't care less what brand the jumps were!

 

[KikiDee]

Also in the "I want a £20-£30k horse for free please and I don't understand why no-one will give me one" club....

 

[Cloball]

Perhaps it wouldn't be so soul destroying if teen hadn't been told she deserves a 30k horse for free.

 

[maya2008]

In my experience of loaning and seeing people look for loan horses, there’s even less sane people in that group than there are in the usual horse buying market. There are some really fantastic homes - but 90% just want a cheap horse or a temporary horse or one they can ruin without paying the eventual vet bill. The first of those means they often cannot afford decent care. The second leaves a sad horse who bonds and then is given back. The third is the worst - returning with injuries and/or ruined schooling and handling. It’s like a world of two extremes!

 

[Peglo]

Also if you’re experienced why wouldn’t you consider an exracer if it fit every other criteria on the long list?

 

[rabatsa]

Has produced youngsters. So why not do so again and make the horse you want?

 

[Cloball]

Has produced youngsters. So why not do so again and make the horse you want?

If being mean ...Not very good at it, impatient.
If being sympathetic... repeated unexpected vet issues.
Somewhere in the middle... can't afford a talented enough youngster.

 

[SpeedyPony]

Has produced youngsters. So why not do so again and make the horse you want?

I did also wonder this- the time it takes to bring a broodmare back into work is probably going to work out similar to the time you'd need to spend breaking in and fittening a 3/4yo. Either way, it'll be a good couple of years before the horse is strong enough to jump the courses they want.

 

[Hollychops]

Has produced youngsters. So why not do so again and make the horse you want?

I would imagine they might not want to wait for a youngster to mature or be able to do all that they want (me with a cynical head on)

 

[Ambers Echo]

I must admit those posts do grate! "I'm sick of producing' At 17! Wow poor you given all these horses to produce. And had an ex intermediate event horse for 7 years? What from 9 or 10?? Who gives a horse lile that to a young child. The scent of entitlement is pretty overpowering on that one.

As for 'she deserves a' .... . No 16 year old 'deserves' a very expensive horse for free!

 

[ihatework]

I’m really pro loaning out. I’ve both done it myself and been the lucky recipient of actually quite valuable competitive horses.

So for me, I don’t mind the asking/advertising.

It’s the way the advert is phased that would either put my back up or not and unfortunately this one makes me look like Quasimodo

 

[TheChestnutThing]

I've known youngster being clipped when they're a bit lousey (licey?!)

Was cleaning out my car on Sunday and heard hooves behind me...a foal, still with a bushy foal tail, with a hunter clip! being lead down my road. I was flabbergasted.

 

[KikiDee]

If one is sick of producing then the answer is usually that one puts ones hand in ones pocket and buys a horse that has already been produced by someone who can be bothered......