Have you ever regretted buying your horse??

:rolleyes: Yes!! there have been quite a few times :o but they are when we have our bad days and when we have our problems (mostly being lame) but i would never sell. Love him way too much :rolleyes: Probably cause he has such a great personality.
 
Current one, not for a second. Previous ones, yes. A couple were fab but rather hot which I would get a bit fed up with now and again. Another I re-schooled (he was ex-race and ex-polo) and he turned out really good on the flat. His jumping, however, frightened the life out of me!
 
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I bought my Mollie back in June rather hastily and unwisely (I now realise!).

I wanted a safe, quiet ride for ageing creaky mum (me) and complete novice daughter. I advertised "temperament far more important than looks".

What I've got is a beautiful but nervy, spooky 17 year old with a head-shaking issue.

Sometimes I've regretted my haste, and even thought I should give up and sell her on. But then she winnies as I arrive at the farm and I look at her and think how could I ever do that now? :-)

Anyway, who'd have her?!!!
 
yes after waking up in hospital - an accident resulting in my ability to bear children GONE. Horse was very nearly shot, but I calmed down and Horse was sent to rehabilitation whilst i learnt to function again - Horse found new home, I found the ability to feed myself!
 
wow DQ- thats horrific :/

Im so sorry that that happened to you.

I love my horse to bits- i wouldnt change her for anything. But shes always lame and often i regret not picking another horse- so that i could actually ride. But i wouldnt ever let her know that :/ Shes a superstar pet... lol
 
Samantha008 said:
wow DQ- thats horrific :/

Im so sorry that that happened to you.

I love my horse to bits- i wouldnt change her for anything. But shes always lame and often i regret not picking another horse- so that i could actually ride. But i wouldnt ever let her know that :/ Shes a superstar pet... lol
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Sounds exactly like me :rolleyes:
 
Samantha008 said:
Haha... i just pray for the day i can afford to keep two! Lex as my pet and another to ride....

Or even better that she comes sound...whats wrong with your boy???!
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Apart from being a whimp :rolleyes: maybe a few things but nothing comfirmed. He has really sensitive feet so bruises his feet really easily :rolleyes:

Whats wrong with your girl?
 
All 3 yes!! lol but I wouldn't part with them ever! Hence why I have 2 unsound horses in my field, and only 1 sound one!! :o
I think it comes with having horses! :D
 
Yes sometimes, but only as issues arise, before they have been sorted. Most things can get sorted. I was told numerous times to sell my sons pony as he was not suitable, but now he has turned out to be a fab pony.

On the other hand, I have sold horses when they have been unsuitable (for me -not necesarily others) as well, no point beating your head against a brick wall.

They all have their quirks though, and they all take to for you to know them/settle, so it is normal to say OMG what have I done, every now and then.
 
Definitely!

I bought Tally four years ago, as an Open eventer who was being sold on after the rider lost her confidence due to them flipping over an XC jump. Fair enough! He's also a raving bloody lunatic at times, and takes great pleasure in flinging every new rider across the arena. He also rears, and naps, and spins, and bites. The worst part is he laughs while he's doing it! He's not exactly fun or relaxing to ride as he's constantly coming up with new and exciting things to do (none of which I'm asking for). Plus he has soundness issues, and is incredibly accident prone. He just had three stitches removed from his face after bucking me off on the road, then falling over as he was disappearing home.

He is, however, very pretty. And he can jump (and loves to jump) when he's not too busy being an utter knob.

Then again, I can't sell him (unless anyone *wants* a 17 year old, 15hh horse of indeterminate breeding who rears, bucks, and naps, and doesn't have the greatest soundness record?) and I can't retire him, or else he gets bored and either squashes people, or jumps out.

I do like him. Sometimes. Most of the time, actually. The rest of the time, I'm filled with a great desire to strangle him, at least until he stops laughing at me sitting in the middle of the arena, trying to remove arena sand from my pants.
 
Yes many times I regreted buying him, its only in the last few months that I have actually gained enough confidence back after some of the things he did in the first few months of ownership (hes grown up now) and then some horrific stories told to me from previous owners (bought from high end dealer/producer/scum - whatever he wants to be told but thats a justified statement but too long a story!) which put me off him altogether. Nearly sold him but couldnt as couldnt face the thought of him injuring someone else - old owners are abseloutley ashamed and dismayed at sending him to a dealer now who they thought they could trust (they didnt see the money from him being sold to me).

Fortunatley hes now all grown up, I havnt had a fall in agesss and he really has turned into a safe donkey - literally bombproof to hack now and amazing to school, taken a lot of work and nerve wrecking though!
 
Yes I thought he was too much for me to handle as he can be silly sometimes. And when he was diagnosed with bone spavin... But I'd never sell him now.
 
Yes, I regret buying Charlie. It was a very hasty purchase, which was wrong from day 1. He had many problems which now seems to have been covered up by the dealers and vet, and was certainly not the novice ride we were looking for.
My regrets go on from there. If we hadnt bought charlie, we wouldnt of given Benson up, we wouldnt of been hacking out that day (I rarely hacked alone). you can guess the rest.
 
My mare arrived lame (fell off the box loading) and things were down hill from there. Itculminated in me getting to ride her about 5 times between lamenessess and then she did a front suspensory in the field. She was going to be an endurance horse, she had not been lame a day with her previous owner. I am now just hoping she will be hacking sound one day. I still consider breeding from her, she is well put together bar a couple flaws and I have her well matched to a top endurance stallion. I don't know if I want the hassle though so maybe will buy a youngster. Right now though she is where she is and far too fat too :D but I love her!
 
When things are going wrong, behaviour wise...yes, but I wouldn't change him for the world, he's a stress head when anything changes but I've now a happy loving rogue(as long as nothing drastically changes in his routine) who melts my heart everytime I look at him.
 
Samba the money I sold my cob with I should have just bought a ready made horse I could get on a ride and have fun with. Instead I bought another project. Oh and a stud fee I never ended up using!!!


I love her, but I wish sometimes I could just get on and go.
 
yes and no. i love her dearly, but after a year and a half it's not exactly what i'd planned. i didn't realise i was buying a horse with so much trauma in her past. she's taught me a lot, but i've gone from competing at 1.20 to not at all. she'll jump now, and i'm so proud of that, but she'll never get me back to where i want to be. now i'm going to uni and so i can turn her away over winter and next year breed from her, but i could never ever sell her. she can't even cope with other people riding her, i think she'd have a mental breakdown if she was to completely leave. but no i don't really regret buying her. she's taught me a lot, even if she has ruined my riding! at the time it was the right thing to do, it wasn't fair to see a horse like her in that condition, with the next stop reading market!!
 
Current one no.

My late mare, yes lots of times in the early days. I seemed to spend most of my time in tears, I couldn't pass her on though as I loved her and I was worried she would end up in a can. It worked out good in the end though and she gave me some fabulous memories and taught me so much.
RIP Vaya moo, beautiful girlie xxxx
 
brought the horse myself and pay for everything myself. but im a student with no job at the moment so i regrett it every time i look a my bank account that used to be able to pay of my student debt and now it looks like shes staying on diy field livery this winter rather then the full stabled livery she had last year over winter. bless my lovly horse we will survive together.:p:)
 
Twice for me, her rearing and napping issues i discovered a few weeks after I got her where horrendous, couldnt get her off the yard at one point :(

Then again for a brief moment 8 months after I got my mare I wondered what the heck i had ended up with, she was a nightmare to keep in a stable and was doing herself more harm during her box rest and I was losing the plot with coming into the stable block and her not being in her stable as she had jumped out whilst bandaged on 3 legs!! I had to go and borrow a shetland pony to keep her company as I couldnt leave the old man in as he would have stiffened up and been sore :(

Now we have those issues resolved and with a move in livery I can keep her in without her going mental and jumping over doors and her napping issues have mostly been resolved, we get the odd day where she needs reminding that Im in charge but other than that we have gelled rather well.

DQ I feel horrid for you that must have been some fall xx
 
well i didn't buy her she was a gift but i resented her for the first year and a half. i was nervous and she scared the bejeesus out of me!

and whenever we tried to sell either no-one wanted her or she came back...

eventually i got some lessons with a good instructor and had to put up, shut up and listen. After about 5 lessons we found that 'click', started speaking the same language and didn't look back :)

It's now been 6 years, I love her to bits and if i can help it she's not going anywhere! :D:D
 
yes, when i think about how far we have come in the past 5 years (No where... still at square 1!!) And see others progressing all the time. But i suppose can't be helped when your horse has various medical issues and can't do all the stuff others can and is lame probably about 4 months out of 6 :(
Also yes when i think about how much he has cost me in vets bills over the past 5 years also.
But he is my first horse and said i would keep him to the end, so must stand by my word. He is also 'normally' an absolute sweet heart to be around, but his halo does slip occassionally.
 
at first l thought what have l done, he was hell to load ,would tank off and that was before l got on. ears flat back , bum swinging at you , l took up praying !! then old owners started telling the horror stories, he came from one of the worst dealers out there and had been returned many times, vets had said he should be put down. that was it this horse needed me,l couldn't let the meat man get him, he wasn't bad , people had let him down and he didn't trust any more. l am no expert but l had to try for him. l am kind but firm and its working. he now comes to call , loads like a dream and is now a fun safe ride and l love him to bits. still pulls faces but theres no malice now old habbits die hard bless him. yesterday we did our first x-country, we loved it. hes no spring chicken, has a bone spavin who knows what the future holds but at present we are happy. he has given me so much. so the horse l nearly regretted buying has turned into the best buy ever.
 
Definitely when I found out my new horse was diagnosed with Ringbone only 6 month of owning him. After getting over the shock and a lot of tears & expense, I still feel lucky to have him. He is perfect in every other way, he's sound for now but who knows what the future holds.
 
I love both my two and they're with me for life! I do wish sometimes that they weren't such stress heads, accident prone and rug trashers! Also be nice to just hop on and have a pootle instead of constant retraining and schooling to keep them in check!!! I do love them to bits though! Just wish I had the time for 3 horses, I'd definitely go with my head and not my heart!!!
 
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