funny answers sellers give.

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Rang up this evening about a 6 year old horse advertised as county show prospect. Not cheap, photo v bad, so dark I am not sure what colour it is, but near enough I thought it worth a call.

Asked - does he move straight? Answer (after a pause) Yes he prefers going in a straight line, he's not so keen on cornering.
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Decided that even though he's local maybe I would leave it.

Have you had any funny answers to questions?
 
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My favourite one was when I went to see a youngster - 4 yo ISH, the owner tried to ride it, didn't go very well, actually it didn't go at all... The horse had a dutch gag in, so I asked, loosely pointing at the horse in the arena:
Do you always ride in this bit?
the answer was:
No, sometimes I ride in that bit (pointing at another arena) and sometimes in a field.

I was gobsmacked, tried very hard to keep a straight face but failed.
I did buy the horse though - it's lovely
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I once got, in response to ANY question I asked, "It's nice and straight". I seriously couldn't get him to answer in any other way! I gave up.
 
How about these from a lady who had been training her horse using the methods of a certain Cowboy and his Australian wife;

On me pointing out his overgrown and split hooves - "He is naturally barefoot Farriers are cruel"
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On asking to see her riding him - "I will have to ask his permission"
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and finally my favourite;

Horse was very anti being bridled (we probably did not have his permission)

Me: "When did you last have his teeth floated?"

"Never he grazes 24 hours a day that is enough to keep his teeth naturally worn down"


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in response to chavhorse, that is truly shocking, god if i asked permission to ride my horse id never be allowed on him, amd they sound like the thickest horse owners ever, but then again if they follow the words of a cowboy and his australian wife then i cant say im surprised

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Lets put it this way if it was not "Natrul" it was considered evil!

She asked me where I would be keeping him

"In a lovely yard, stabled at night and turned out all day"

Seller: Stables are wrong and not good for a horse they should be naturally outside all the time"

Also the poor damn thing was not allowed to be be led it had to be led with her tapping a bloody stick on it's leg all the time.

My friend (ex professional showjumper and all round experienced horsewoman) who had been quietly boiling over for the entire time eventually lost it and said " keeping a horse naturally is wonderful if all you want to do is stand at a fence in the middle of Wyoming and stare at it as soon as you start interacting with it.....IT AIN"T NATURAL ANYMORE"

We made our excuses and left before we got thrown off the property!

Totally barking bonkers I felt sorry for the horse......Scary what a box set of expensive DVD's can do!
 
I once went to see a 7yo horse being sold because of the owner's ill health and she didn't have a rider. I was assured that the horse had 'done a bit of everything', was good in traffic, had been to shows the previous summer but was a 'little green' when it came to schooling. So nobody to ride the horse, just the owner and her non-riding daughter, you'd think I'd be a little suspicious. But no, they tacked up the horse, up I got, gently put my leg on and WHAM! I was picking myself up from the floor.

It turned out that the shows had been in-hand and the traffic was from in hand walks on the road, he had never been sat on before in his life!

Lesson learnt, always ALWAYS see the horse ridden first. Do not accept excuses no matter how reasonable they sound
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thought that was one of the basic rules see it ridden first I take horses for schooling/problem horses but I always always like to see them ridden fist even if the rider fall off/is thrown off at least I know where the problem comes from
 
me `` has he jumped at all?``

seller ``what,at the busses?``

also,she left his tack at home because she had a `head cold` and wouldn`t go in the field with him.
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Some years ago we were looking for a horse for my daughter comming off ponies to do PC stuff with etc.
Explained daughter was 13 and competent but this would be 1st horse etc etc
Viewed a pretty Irish horse who was bathed, platted, and clipped when we got there. It was 6 and had had a foal.
The lady lunged it and then I asked if we could see it ridden.
She looked very shocked and said "Oooh no I don't think so she doesn't like being ridden"
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Me: I'm sorry, he's very lame.
Her: How do you know that?
Me: ???? Well he's nodding his head! Look, every time he puts his right front foot down. So he's lame. Probably on his left front foot, though possibly on his right hind foot, I suppose?
Her: Oh, we thought that was just a trick he'd learned.


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This is the funniest post.
We went to see mare last year told her it was for 14 yr old girl who liked jumping and pc and was horse suitable.When we asked owner to ride it she declined another 30 mins into conversation she told me she had broken her back after horse dumped her and she thought mare was suitable for my 14 yr old.Couldnt even get on the mare .
 
Years ago I rang up about a mare and asked if she moved straight and was told yes! Got there and the mare dished, I said I thought you told me she moved straight owner replied she's just trotted in a straight line
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these ring some bells! can't remember specific questions or answers, but i do remember:
the one that had shrunk 2 hands and aged overnight.
the "snaffle mouthed" one that was being schooled in a pelham.
the lame one.
the 4 year old being ridden in spurs and locked into an outline, including over a small jump. when i asked the woman (event rider) if she'd mind giving it a bit of free rein to the fence, so i could see what it did with its head and neck (and balance), she thought i was asking for the moon on a stick and absolutely refused, i think she thought it would fall over the fence if she let go of its face.
the one with no rider (daughter away at school, mum didn't ride.) as i got legged on, she told us it hadn't been out of the stable for 3 weeks. it bucked all round the field without stopping, for the next 5 mins or so, until i felt a bang under my leg and it stopped dead. i hopped off, saddle came with me, girth had snapped. she then said "oh yeah, the stitching on that's being coming undone for a while."
the most ridiculous thing is, my friend bought it!
 
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