marmite
Well-Known Member
we went on the search for a pony the other day now not wanting to name people all i will say is we arragnged to go the previous evening and had a 2 hour drive there.
On arriving one of the ponies we were to try was been exercised? And all the rest were sweated up [told was due to them having rugs on,no rugs on back and none in sight or in storage areas to speak of]
First ponie advertised as quiet and a ride in head collar type ran to the back of the stable when we went in and was very nervous.
Moved onto next 2 we were looking at both very quiet and happy to be fussed over not pretty to look at but nice [also had not been groomed were all sweated up and scraggy]
So we get on to try them i got on the nervy one as i was also looking for another person from the yard riding along nicely next thing F comes up behind me on one she was trying,the one i was on swung its bum round and went for the pony so i pushed it on and that was that.
F trying out this other pony turns away from ride to see what its like the one im one tried to nap so put my leg on it then bucks 3 times in a row with me.
Now reminding you all theese are all ponies advertised as BOMBPROOF childrens ponies can do anything with them ect ect.
So we get back and i get on the one F had been riding i get one and it tries to shoot off [fair enough after years of riding ponies in my teens i do have a slight electric bottom] ride it down a bit and its fine then ask to try it in school to be told its been under water for 3 weeks so we cant use it [was not told that on phone night previous] so we cant canter or jump it not that there was any jumps visable to speak of anyway.
So i get on third pony which sticks its head in the air and starts snorting and threatening to rear so by this point i had enough and went back to the quiet one.
Opened its mouth it has 2 molars and 1 pre molar missing and 2 black canines with swollen and inflamed gums around the base of the teeth supposed to be 10yrs old the pony in question.
Looked at the feet had 2 front shoes on which were too big for the feet when we asked YA why it was shod like this were told its due to be re-shod so i argued the fact its feet were too small for the shoes and if anything its feet should be overgrowing they shoe if in fact it needed re-shoeing.
Asked YM if it needed corrective shoeing answer was no.
So we get back on it to take it for a canter down the lane it played up a bit and did a buck with f so i get back on it and trotted it a little way then asked it to canted it did a massive squeal and threw its back end up.
So we get back to yard and say not happy to pay £3,400 for a pony with bad teeth and shoes and has bucked and messed about with us baring in mind it was in mind for a 6yr old girl just coming off lead rein.
YA then got very defensive saying its all maintinence having horses teeth done ect so i argued the point that the pony had 2 manky teeth and 3 missing which to me indicates a much older pony that 10 and you expect a new pony to come with teeth intact.
Then she said something about it needed corrective shoeing when told that was a different story to what her boss told us she got very hot under the collar.
We then went on to ask about all the ponies where they came from ect and she basically did not have a clue.
Needless to say we left very annoyed as none of theese ponies were as they had been advertised and frankly they would of wound anybody in who did not know how a healthy set of teeth and shoes should look like.
It strikes me as the sort of place where unexperienced people are told if they want a horse they need a bombproof one so they google in bombproof and thats what they see so they go and buy theese things on the pretence they have a good horse [and only a 7 day exchange policy too]
So i would never advise anybody to visit or purchase from there the so called yard itself was not a yard just a few boxes on a runway.
I have also lodged a complaint with trading standards the place outraged me so much bunch of cowboys trying to sell so called safe ponies with health ailments to inexperienced people i have come across some places in my time but that has annoyed me the most.
On arriving one of the ponies we were to try was been exercised? And all the rest were sweated up [told was due to them having rugs on,no rugs on back and none in sight or in storage areas to speak of]
First ponie advertised as quiet and a ride in head collar type ran to the back of the stable when we went in and was very nervous.
Moved onto next 2 we were looking at both very quiet and happy to be fussed over not pretty to look at but nice [also had not been groomed were all sweated up and scraggy]
So we get on to try them i got on the nervy one as i was also looking for another person from the yard riding along nicely next thing F comes up behind me on one she was trying,the one i was on swung its bum round and went for the pony so i pushed it on and that was that.
F trying out this other pony turns away from ride to see what its like the one im one tried to nap so put my leg on it then bucks 3 times in a row with me.
Now reminding you all theese are all ponies advertised as BOMBPROOF childrens ponies can do anything with them ect ect.
So we get back and i get on the one F had been riding i get one and it tries to shoot off [fair enough after years of riding ponies in my teens i do have a slight electric bottom] ride it down a bit and its fine then ask to try it in school to be told its been under water for 3 weeks so we cant use it [was not told that on phone night previous] so we cant canter or jump it not that there was any jumps visable to speak of anyway.
So i get on third pony which sticks its head in the air and starts snorting and threatening to rear so by this point i had enough and went back to the quiet one.
Opened its mouth it has 2 molars and 1 pre molar missing and 2 black canines with swollen and inflamed gums around the base of the teeth supposed to be 10yrs old the pony in question.
Looked at the feet had 2 front shoes on which were too big for the feet when we asked YA why it was shod like this were told its due to be re-shod so i argued the fact its feet were too small for the shoes and if anything its feet should be overgrowing they shoe if in fact it needed re-shoeing.
Asked YM if it needed corrective shoeing answer was no.
So we get back on it to take it for a canter down the lane it played up a bit and did a buck with f so i get back on it and trotted it a little way then asked it to canted it did a massive squeal and threw its back end up.
So we get back to yard and say not happy to pay £3,400 for a pony with bad teeth and shoes and has bucked and messed about with us baring in mind it was in mind for a 6yr old girl just coming off lead rein.
YA then got very defensive saying its all maintinence having horses teeth done ect so i argued the point that the pony had 2 manky teeth and 3 missing which to me indicates a much older pony that 10 and you expect a new pony to come with teeth intact.
Then she said something about it needed corrective shoeing when told that was a different story to what her boss told us she got very hot under the collar.
We then went on to ask about all the ponies where they came from ect and she basically did not have a clue.
Needless to say we left very annoyed as none of theese ponies were as they had been advertised and frankly they would of wound anybody in who did not know how a healthy set of teeth and shoes should look like.
It strikes me as the sort of place where unexperienced people are told if they want a horse they need a bombproof one so they google in bombproof and thats what they see so they go and buy theese things on the pretence they have a good horse [and only a 7 day exchange policy too]
So i would never advise anybody to visit or purchase from there the so called yard itself was not a yard just a few boxes on a runway.
I have also lodged a complaint with trading standards the place outraged me so much bunch of cowboys trying to sell so called safe ponies with health ailments to inexperienced people i have come across some places in my time but that has annoyed me the most.
