Getting strings of well to do owners?

[SpottedCat]

QR: And lest anyone forgets, there is not just the problem of the horse and the bills - what was particularly appealing about today was the lack of effort on my part - all I had to do, literally, was show up and ride. I did school the horse yesterday, and I'd be willing to do that for any other owners too, but in general I just want to be presented with a horse ready to compete, do the event, then go home. Possibly after being bought tea and cake/lunch for my trouble.

 

[Gamebird]

Ah well I should ditch the racehorse-owner thing then! I haven't met one yet willing to plait, transport, saddle-up or even lead-up their own nag. Most of them only recognise it because the jockey is wearing the colours they spent so long choosing (although we did once put huge white French blinkers on a plain brown horse purely to help the owner spot it on the TV

. Can't blame 'em though - I got the wrong plain brown TB off the walker twice yesterday

- I argued that I'd been sitting on it galloping, not looking at its face for distinguishing features!).

 

[ester]

umm if you plan on lec being the first of your string should you not have kept this quiet?

I can provide a small welsh cob, fit, plaited, ready to go!

The height wont be a problem for you but ability (or lack of) might somewhat thwart your plans.

 

[seabiscuit]

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Ah well I should ditch the racehorse-owner thing then! I haven't met one yet willing to plait, transport, saddle-up or even lead-up their own nag. Most of them only recognise it because the jockey is wearing the colours they spent so long choosing (although we did once put huge white French blinkers on a plain brown horse purely to help the owner spot it on the TV

. Can't blame 'em though - I got the wrong plain brown TB off the walker twice yesterday

- I argued that I'd been sitting on it galloping, not looking at its face for distinguishing features!).

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PMSL- I second that- once we had a very rich owner, a large man who came to gallop his point to pointer. As none of the staff were around and all the horses were ready tacked up waiting to go out for their gallop,, he decided to get on his horse so that he was ready to go. He decided that Poppy , being a bay was his horse (15.3 hands little tiny thing) when actually his his own horse was a 17 hands built-like a brick-privvy, but also bay . He had owned this horse for 2 years, ridden it in several Points, and clearly still did not have a clue what it looked like, or what size it was ( well at least he got the colour right!)

 

[Mike007]

I think there is a lot of milage in the "spotted cat plan". So a little less negativity about ability. The first thing to reaslise, and I speak with a certain amount of experience, is that the last person willing to admit that their racehorse is a dud ,is the owner.There are also a great many family pets pottering around at the back of the field,yet owners continue to pay . For the SCP (Spotted cat plan) to work, you must put more work into your sales patter. Any self respecting racehorse trainer would be able to come up with a totally convincing load of B===ocks in similar situation. Phrases like the course was really to small for him,would explain the horses ability to level every fence in the showjumping.Or of course blame it on the going.The owners will back you 100% rather than admit to their friends that they really own an escapee from the dog food factory. So polish and perfect the SCP and remember that your ability is the least of your problems.