Ha! Hilarious thing I just heard....

[Bossanova]

A friend of mine bought a little horse a few weeks ago and has had him on livery with us since- she's now got her own land so decided to buy him a companion. Someone told her of a nice Fleetwater Opposition 3 yr old sat in a fireld doing nothing. She went to see him, like him so offered a small amount of money (bearing in mind he's unhandled)
She went to pick up his papers today prior to collecting him and was shocked to see it said he was a stallion....upon further enquiry it turns out he is indeed entire , she hadnt noticed and she is now the proud owner of a 3 yr old, unhandled stallion.
I cant stop laughing- this girl has had horses all her life and *should* know better

 

[teapot]

Sounds fun

 

[Alibear]

oops she ovbiously didn't look down then

 

[marmite]

Oh dear hope its going to be ok poor girl she must be kicking herself.

 

[riotgirl]

PMSL! Although if it was me, I'd probably be swearing rather than laughing...

 

[LEC]

Could you not run your mare who did not go into foal with him?

 

[Bossanova]

Oooh thats the other good thing that happened today- she was scanned in foal this morning to McGuigan

 

[Bossanova]

Oh, and that would be rather blatant incest, same father

 

[Kelly1982]

PMSL how funny is that!!

She is gonna have her work cut out thats all i can say

 

[LEC]

Excellent news and surely rather than incest its now called line breeding

A baby mcguigan very nice.

 

[_April_]

PMSL!

What a shock she must've had! lol

 

[Bossanova]

Ah yes, sorry.... darn shame we cant try it then!
A live baby McGuigan this time would be good- although its not due till like June which is a big bummer but never mind

 

[GTs]

Well it is not a difficult problem to solve.

 

[Winifred]

Oops. Entire and unhandled, should be fun! Did your mare lose the first mcguigan baby? Or will this hopefully be your second? Fingers crossed as they are so nice (biased!!!)

 

[Bossanova]

This years baby got cord twisted round and died 48hours before birth. Poor little thing- was a stunning big black colt too

 

[tarzipan06]

Similar thing happened to me. Went to buy a cute shettie for the kids, bought him and then realised he was entire

, I just assumed he had been gelded as he was a 6 years old.
Not a huge problem though as had him cut within a week of having him - but it was a bit of a shock - just goes to show always look first

 

[Winifred]

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This years baby got cord twisted round and died 48hours before birth. Poor little thing- was a stunning big black colt too

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How horrid. Fingers crossed for this years

 

[susan_w]

You'll have to call it Barry (as in McGuigan)!