Desperate looking for an horse

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TbLover

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I look on dragondriving, horse and hound, horsemart, preloved

but nothing to find on the south east coast

I was so desperate that I put an advert online but know one contact me

A 30 years old Lady is looking for an horse which should be in an age range between 6 and 12 it should be in a size from 15.2 hh on
must hack out alone and in company and of course healthy too
I have no wishes of colour or sex
I look in the area of Kent

OPINIONS????
 
TbLover said:
Title tells

I look on dragondriving, horse and hound, horsemart, preloved

but nothing to find on the south east coast

I was so desperate that I put an advert online but know one contact me

A 30 years old Lady is looking for an horse which should be in an age range between 6 and 12 it should be in a size from 15.2 hh on
must hack out alone and in company and of course healthy too
I have no wishes of colour or sex
I look in the area of Kent

OPINIONS????
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How about:

Wanted 15.2hh plus horse to buy or Loan with view to buy for a more mature lady. No preferences with colour or sex but MUST be able to HACK ALONE or in company therefore must be excellent in traffic.

I'm in the kent area please get in touch if you feel you have the horse for me.

Loving home awaits

something similar to this? I placed a add like this on preloved and found my horse, I had loads of replies.
 
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you may also want to add things like,

must be able to live out all year or must be a confidence giver and suitable as a first horse/novice ride.

I'm not sure on your circumstances
 
I'd also be tempted to change it to "from 6 to around 12 years old". If someone had a horse that was 13 and perfect in every other way for you I'm sure you wouldn't want them to not contact on that basis :). Keep going you'll find one!
 
TbLover said:
Title tells

I look on dragondriving, horse and hound, horsemart, preloved

but nothing to find on the south east coast

I was so desperate that I put an advert online but know one contact me

A 30 years old Lady is looking for an horse which should be in an age range between 6 and 12 it should be in a size from 15.2 hh on
must hack out alone and in company and of course healthy too
I have no wishes of colour or sex
I look in the area of Kent

OPINIONS????
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Would this girl be worth a look?
http://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/107218316/quick-sale-needed.html
 
Theocat said:
That advert has used four separate phrases to tell us the horse is a bit of a nutter :D
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Bit judgemental... Just says to me that the horse needs an understanding rider and is not going to be palmed off to an inexperienced novice owner
 
ImmyS said:
Bit judgemental... Just says to me that the horse needs an understanding rider and is not going to be palmed off to an inexperienced novice owner
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Maybe judgemental but quite probably right! I fell in to that 'trap' when we bought my 14.2hh many years back. I was naive and should have read between the lines of te sentence "Could go far in the right hands". What that actually translates to is "We've failed to be able to sort this one out, it's time for someone else to have a go"!

Thankfully he landed on his hooves and I still have him 18 years later but he's never been reliable or consistent enough to be able to do anything with. Let's just say he's a little bit 'quirky'! :D
 
Am I right in thinking English isn't your first language?

Rightly or wrongly, a strange turn of phrase can make people suspicious of ads (it is reminiscent of scam emails) - so it would be worth getting someone to write your advert for you. :)
 
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