Having second thoughts about potential new pony

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Some of you may remember I posted about a pony that was for sale at my yard, a welsh a x b 4 year old gelding that I wanted to buy, break and sell. I was told he was fantastic to lead, catch, farrier and had had tack on and was great. Since then I have spent time with him and he has proved impossible for me to catch, although the lady who has been working with him can catch him perhaps 75% of the time. He regularly plants himself when being lead and refuses to go forwards, and will bite and half rear to avoid going forward. The lady tells me he's nervous, though he seems to me to be a bit of a tyke, and needs boundries and discline rather than mollycoddling. Appart from all of this, he is VERY overweight, and his feet have not been done regularly and have a distinct curve in the front wall, like this ( rather than this \
The breeder wants 675 for him, bearing in mind this is my first solo breaking and bringing on project, I want it to be as easy and uncomplicated as possible. I know the breeders policy is not to handle the youngsters until they are 4, so he's only been worked on for about 3 months. I was hoping I would be able to get something better handled for that kind of money at that age...
Any comments much appreciated. I think maybe im just being too fussy

thanks
xx
 
Just my opinion, but I think you should maybe look for something without as many problems. If this one is bad mannered, overweight, bad feet + not well handled - I think you could get something better for the money. Good luck!
 
Thankyou - thats what I was beginning to think too. Many thanks for your post.
Anyone else?
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Personally, I wouldn't do it, the pony sounds like it is just going to cause you problem after problem and I definatly dont think that it would be worth that much. We tend to go on gut feeling about horses and if you are having second thoughts, trust your instincts and dont do it!
 
Are you sure the pony doesn't have laminitis?! The foot shape you describe is a classic laminitic hoof, this might explain the ponies reluctance to move, it may be in pain! I would get a vet to check it out before making any decisions regarding buying.
 
i would not buy this, you can get far better value for your money imho. my mare was £650, she is 14.2hh was fully broken as she was an irish gypsy horse, turned out she was in foal to a black and white filly too. i still have her 15yrs later, she was from, an auction and you can still pick up 'projects' for that kind of money, this pony doesnt sound good in many ways tbh
 
I only made a quick response before with a price of £200 pound, which is about the mark.....ponies like this are always going through the auctions. and in general are a lot of hard work and trouble, if there was good profits to be made with these ponies, everybody would be taking up the challenge
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I bought unhandled reg welsh A 3 yr old for a hundred, so think maybe you could easily find something for a bit more that had been handled. Also, mine was pretty much wild when I got him, had had no handling what so ever, which infact has made my life easier as he has no naughty habits and everything he learns is from me, and hopefully that will be all good things
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Thankyou very much for all your posts. I did wonder if parhaps he did have a touch of lammy, its interesting thats been mentioned. This has definately reinforced my decision not to buy him, its gone from a gut instinct about it being the wrong pony to a pretty solid mental instinct.
Will keep looking and hopefully find something at a better price that is far closer to my requirements.
Thanks again xx
 
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