Finding a needle in a haystack! (horse shopping)

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Arniebear

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Due to the injury of my current boy, sadly i'll be in search of a new stead in the not to distant future, so im not searching 100% atm more glancing! but nothing is yet to catch my eye so i was wandering if any of you lovely people who just love to horse search would give me a hand!! heres my criteria:

1) GELDING - not guna budge on this one - i just dont seem to get on with mares at all!
2) aged between 6-14 - i dont mind a been there done it type :) or something younger that needs a bit more education
3) must have scope to jump novice BE/ teamchase - you never know i may just have the funds to get there in the near future :P joking aside doesnt have to have a proven BE record just scope to jump the height :) again dont mind if this needs some work
4) hunted - dont mind if it hasnt but would be nice :)
5)15.3-16.3
6) ID X TB type doesnt have to be an ID but something with some more bone and a nice temperment but doesnt ride heavy
7) something that is kind of food orientated - my current lad just wont eat and it drives me insane!!!!!!! (trivial i know!! but i just cant deal with a stress head!!!!)
8) something that will stand tied/ stand to get on - i love my current boy but chances are i'll be competing alone more and it would be nice if i didnt have to ask complete strangers to give me a hand to mount..... everytime!!!!
9) must hack alone and in company

im looking for a nice boy, who has more bone than a TB but still rides light i.e not a cob! i like irish sports horses but the more classic ones, problem is i live in cambridgeshire so everything around here is a pure bred TB out of racing!!!

so if anyone is off for work/ bored in work/ generally bored and fancy horse searching for me :) feel free

i dont mind loans or buying and my budget is £4k - willing to travel up to 60 mile radius from newmarket :)

if anyone thinks my criteria is a bit weird/ too much feel free to suggest otherwise ill budge on most things :)

i can share my twirl :)
 
lcharles said:
I have just the thing but I'm 150 miles away. :D
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ill travel for the right horse - not an issue!!! just dont want to be trapesing all over the UK and waste mine and other peoples time and feul of course!!! :D just out of interest what have u got? feel free to pm - dont want any button pushers for advertising!!!!!
 
These are popping up all the time on my HHO feed. Driving me mad, as I'm definately not in the market to buy at the moment, despite the temptation.
 
alex2601 said:
me likey number 1 :) im sure i could possibly stretch my budget :) will deffo be running his ad past a few horsey friends for their opinion thanks :)
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there is always room for negotiation, they want a five star home and I reckon you could get a drop of £250-£300 possibly more... don't rule him out he looks a sweetie :D
 
Don't discount looking at Tb adverts because in my experience they come in 2 types, thin and spindly and wouldn't touch with a bargepole (as I am heavy) and the more eventy types that often come out a like an ISH anyway (think PtPers), my YO was eventing one that I would have been happy on and I always go for chunkier types.
 
My boy matches your criteria, but don't think I'll ever sell him! He wasn't advertised though, found him through a friend and shared him before hand so had first dibbs when he came up for sale :-) good luck.. I'll keep an eye out!
 
Batgirl said:
Don't discount looking at Tb adverts because in my experience they come in 2 types, thin and spindly and wouldn't touch with a bargepole (as I am heavy) and the more eventy types that often come out a like an ISH anyway (think PtPers), my YO was eventing one that I would have been happy on and I always go for chunkier types.
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its not just that they are spindly!!! i have a P2Per atm and hes everything i want in a horse.... hes just buggered with a capital B!! and his injuries are from racing so its more of i know they have a heightened chance of old injuries.... dont get me wrong i know any horse can break its leg in a field its just for piece of mind id prefer it if it didnt have a racing back ground. i dont have anything against them i love my current boy to pieces :)
 
timorliste said:
My boy matches your criteria, but don't think I'll ever sell him! He wasn't advertised though, found him through a friend and shared him before hand so had first dibbs when he came up for sale :-) good luck.. I'll keep an eye out!
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:) i know what im after are generally worth their weight in gold!!! thanks :)
 
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