Gutted - sold my youngster yesterday

Thanks MM. He is not the first youngster I have had but the first problem I havent managed to work with - very tough nut to crack that pony :(
 
Is it the yellow one you have had to let go? Such a shame, but like you said you gave it your best shot!

Cute new pony- really kind face!
 
Well done for making the decision. Now you can start enjoying your new horse.
Our TB was very similar build despite shovelling hugh amounts of feed into him until we started adding feed balancer. He now has a build up mix and balancer (any type) and keeps weight on well.
 
Another one here who has had to accept that a horse just wasn't ever going to come right with me and would be better off with someone else (and he has been). Very hard decision. Love the new horse - what a nice, kind face.
 
All the best with your new horse, hope he gives you the enjoyment you missed out on with your other horse, I'm sure he'll look really well once he's got some condition back on him etc, don't build him up too quickly though, better to put the condition on slowly and stay a bit under for a while if your changing his current diet.
 
I fully appreciate how you feel and what you needed to do. I ve been in the same position before and its just the only thing to do. Spending a fortune, being uptight, anxious and worried constantly is no way to live. Best of luck with your new project and tell all those who criticise on here ( they probably haven't got a clue) where to stick it!!
 
Ah thank you all so much I feel a bit better :D I have got a really good vibe from the new pony, I think he reminds me of my old horse which helps :D

Kenzo I have put him on pony nuts, oil and chaff and sugar beet, he is on really good grass, so we will see how he goes on that for the time being. I have used equivit body builder before to great effect so might give that a go.
 
R2R said:
Ah thank you all so much I feel a bit better :D I have got a really good vibe from the new pony, I think he reminds me of my old horse which helps :D

Kenzo I have put him on pony nuts, oil and chaff and sugar beet, he is on really good grass, so we will see how he goes on that for the time being. I have used equivit body builder before to great effect so might give that a go.
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It's the good grass I'd just watch for a while, if he's moved onto new grazing from different premises etc, personally I'd limit the hours he's out on it for the first month, just to prevent lami.

If you can't limit his grazing or don't really want to I'd add lamiguard or similar for safe measure, it's not uncommon for these type of TB to come down with it when people are 'putting weight on them'.

Sure he'll be fine though :)
 
Wouldn't it have been kinder to him to pts, if he was such a serious problem, what make you think that when your dealer friend sells him on, he will find a good home and a very experienced rider. Seen to many posts on this forum where people have overhorsed themselves and got into problems and it's the poor bloody horse that comes off worse.
 
Echo Bravo said:
Wouldn't it have been kinder to him to pts, if he was such a serious problem, what make you think that when your dealer friend sells him on, he will find a good home and a very experienced rider. Seen to many posts on this forum where people have overhorsed themselves and got into problems and it's the poor bloody horse that comes off worse.
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I think we have already gone through the reasons for him not being shot and my actions...but thank you for your assessment of my horse and the fact I “over horsed” myself, not only has it done amazing things for my confidence, it is also completely unfounded.
 
By the sounds of it you've done the right thing, well done on making such a horrid decision.

On a brighter note WOW at your new project! Such a beautiful kind face, I hope he brings you lots of enjoyment
 
Thank you, I have got a good feeling in my bowels about new pony :D!!! I dont know whether it is a mix of releif or the excitement of owning something with an honest look in his eye.

His ears however are so big they reach the top of his fly mask.... :D
 
New pony looks fab such a sweet face, hope you both have lots of fun together after all the stress of you previous horse :)
 
R2R said:
Despite 2 years of surgery, rehabilitation, professional breaking, schooling, time and patience I sold my youngster yesterday after he reared with my instructor and threw himself on the floor, put the girl who rides him in hospital last week and then tried to double barrel both me and one of my liveries in the head. I am totally utterly gutted, I tried my hardest with him but he was so unpredictable. I don’t really know what else to say other than I really feel like I tried my hardest and failed, and I was fed up of battling anymore. He was riggy, rude, bargy and opinionated, and I tried for 2 years to crack him, faught many battles and won but now I feel I have well and truly lost :(
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R2R said:
He went to my friend who is a dealer. He knows him as I sent him for schooling to his yard a month ago. He knows his history...I am so gutted but I couldnt risk him anymore. He was 100% in teeth back etc but so unpredictable - I have tried everything he went off to be professionaly schooled and broken, then home, then lots of hard work etc :(
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While completely sympathising with your situation, and not knowing the horse, you or the dealer personally, with the information in your post, it isn't unreasonable or nasty, to wonder what the future plan for the horse is. The dealer has already had a chance to work with him, unsuccessfully.He remains unpredicable and dangerous. Its true that with a new environment and the right rider, he may be a different horse, but what does the dealer plan for his long term future if the right home isn't found - or if he remains a risk to riders/handlers ?
I'm looking at it from the perspective of a buyer, I recently bought from a dealer (after 5 stage vet), a horse that, it turns out,has such physical and psychological problems, that professionals have labeled her dangerous and 'possessed' and fit for the bullet. I'm keeping her, happy that, in her case, she'll come good, but she's certainly not what I planned as a new horse.
 
Sorry, to clarify, horse was at his yard being schooled by my instruuctor, not said dealer.
 
Sorry but Horserider is right. You say he'd gone your friend who's DEALER, will he or she be passing on said dangerous horse onto somebody else?? It's a fair question. I just don't understand your logic about said horse, as if he's a danger now after 2 years, what will be the sudden cure to make him saleable??:confused::confused::confused:
 
I don't understand what this stigma is with dealers??? It's SO hypercritical, lots of people will buy from a dealer but OMG people who sell horses to dealers are so cruel!!!!
Look at it this way... OP sold horse to 'a professional' NOT a novice or nervous rider. She sold him to someone who is fully briefed on every aspect of the horses behaviour and to someone she trusts. For all you know the dealer may have in mind a full competant event rider in mind for the horse who can deal with the quirks for a good horse at a cheap price.
What you are all assuming is that this dealer is unscrupulous. How do you know this??? If OP had sad she had sold horse to 'a professional who could handle the horse' your response would have been different?
There's an awful lot of 'novice' people on this forum who's naive responses clearly highlight this. Sounds like OP has been through a lot with this horse.
I hate people who's response to everything is pts.. Yes a horse is tricky, hmmm I know let's kill it!!! I'm sure OP would not have passed horse on if he was beyond hope, he's just not suitable for this particular home. It's upsetting enough with out 'do gooders' thinking they know everything when actually they know nothing.
 
Firewell. If you had so called dangerous horse that R2R said they had, What would you do?? What is your gut feeling about what to do right by horse and future owner, who maybe a teenager going into her first season eventing??
 
Look- echo bravo, not being funny but R2R has already said that she didnt want to let go but had to, it cant have been easy to let go of a horse that has had so much money spent on, time spent with etc. she has let him go to a dealer she knows and trusts, so lets leave it there, theres no point critisising her for a decision she has already made, im sure the dealer will find a suitable home for said horse, as he knows its history and what it is capable of so wont pan it off to first potential buyer, R2R obviously didnt rush into this hard decision so stop laying into her
 
If 2 years of surgery/schooling etc. can't fix the horse-it's not fixable and imo should not have been sent on-what use is said horse to the equine world if it is unpredictable (said yoruself) and so likely to do someone serious damage(and already has-hospital).
People like you should not have horses-you tried really hard, commendably hard and still no luck-pity the poor person who buys him
 
SusieT said:
If 2 years of surgery/schooling etc. can't fix the horse-it's not fixable and imo should not have been sent on-what use is said horse to the equine world if it is unpredictable (said yoruself) and so likely to do someone serious damage(and already has-hospital).
People like you should not have horses-you tried really hard, commendably hard and still no luck-pity the poor person who buys him
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What a completely horrible and totally unjustified comment.
 
2months time-someone comes on and posts they have bought a horse and it has been dangerous/injured them then discovered that it's previous owner had sold it when it was 'dangerous' having hospitalised a rider
-I'm betting few on HHo would be saying good on the previous owner for admitting horse was too much etc. like they are now.
If horse went well for others I would not have a problem with sending on to a dealer-or even if it was predictably bad at certain things!
 
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