superted1989
Well-Known Member
A very good friend of mine has recently had a baby and she has now realised that she's mortal! Her homebred mare is very, very quirky and she's made the brave decision to sell her. She's very talented, has done well competitively, but is inconsistent, very difficult to hack and has the worst bronking fits I've ever seen.
Anyway, a girl put a wanted advert on a local site. My friend answered it and bingo, appeared that this girl and her mare were a perfect match. They agreed a price (a lot more than I thought she would get) but my friend insisted on a 'get to know each other' month on her own yard. It's all gone very well, the buyer hasn't been phased by any of the 'tests' the mare has set her, and she is due to hand over the cash on Thursday.
Anyway, today my friend had the mare shod ready for the move. Then the farrier dropped the bombshell that her buyer has had a horse removed, in the past, by the RSPCA. My mate was most distressed, naturally, but we've done some digging and discovered the RSPCA did arrange to pick up one of her old horses. It was wandering in the road as she'd had an accident and was in hospital, the horse was returned within a matter of days. That part was cleared up by several people, but, every single person is saying don't have anything to do with this buyer as she is a compulsive liar and a thief, doesn't know anything about horses and to have nothing to do with her (2 different people referred to her as a skank!). Obviously my friend won't let the mare go without having cash in her hand, and, at the amount she's agreed to pay, there's no way she's taking this mare to turn around quickly to make a fast buck.
I've given her a few lessons on the mare and been there when my friend has quizzed her about a variety of things, all has been fine. Our area is quite a close knit equine community and this girl has never come under our radar, for good or bad, before. Thing is, my friend insisted on the month's trial, the girl wanted to pay 4 weeks ago.
So, the dilemma is, assuming this girl really does have the money, does she carry on and sell as if she'd not heard the bad things today? Or, stop the sale based on other people's say so? I'm undecided, it did seem like the perfect pairing. Normally, I'd say a for the buyer to take the mare for a trial at her own place (we know the yard) but, if she really is as bad as what some people have said, the mare could disappear!
Any comments/ideas welcome!
Anyway, a girl put a wanted advert on a local site. My friend answered it and bingo, appeared that this girl and her mare were a perfect match. They agreed a price (a lot more than I thought she would get) but my friend insisted on a 'get to know each other' month on her own yard. It's all gone very well, the buyer hasn't been phased by any of the 'tests' the mare has set her, and she is due to hand over the cash on Thursday.
Anyway, today my friend had the mare shod ready for the move. Then the farrier dropped the bombshell that her buyer has had a horse removed, in the past, by the RSPCA. My mate was most distressed, naturally, but we've done some digging and discovered the RSPCA did arrange to pick up one of her old horses. It was wandering in the road as she'd had an accident and was in hospital, the horse was returned within a matter of days. That part was cleared up by several people, but, every single person is saying don't have anything to do with this buyer as she is a compulsive liar and a thief, doesn't know anything about horses and to have nothing to do with her (2 different people referred to her as a skank!). Obviously my friend won't let the mare go without having cash in her hand, and, at the amount she's agreed to pay, there's no way she's taking this mare to turn around quickly to make a fast buck.
I've given her a few lessons on the mare and been there when my friend has quizzed her about a variety of things, all has been fine. Our area is quite a close knit equine community and this girl has never come under our radar, for good or bad, before. Thing is, my friend insisted on the month's trial, the girl wanted to pay 4 weeks ago.
So, the dilemma is, assuming this girl really does have the money, does she carry on and sell as if she'd not heard the bad things today? Or, stop the sale based on other people's say so? I'm undecided, it did seem like the perfect pairing. Normally, I'd say a for the buyer to take the mare for a trial at her own place (we know the yard) but, if she really is as bad as what some people have said, the mare could disappear!
Any comments/ideas welcome!