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Some posters know that I have been involved in buying a suitable pony for the RDA group that I support.
We did it! He arrived in his new home yesterday, after passing the vetting on Friday. He is actually a bit smaller (14.1 hh) than we originally wanted but will take the riders who would have ridden the loan horse that we were offered but who didn't settle with us and who have been riding the mare who is now having some time off after a skin problem made her uncomfortable.
RDA types are like gold dust apparently, we have missed a few that were sold before we picked up the phone, viewed some that were unsuitable for various reasons, including obviously unsound, been messed around by vendors and met a couple of dodgy dealers along the way. We still need a bigger weight-carrier but at least we are a bit nearer to working our way down the waiting list of riders now.
 
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EventingMum said:
Sound and sane weight carriers are so difficult to find and if you do find one they command a very high price. RDA horses are a very special type and worth their weight in gold when you get a good one. I hope the new pony is a huge success.
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We think he will be.
He is almost the 'twin' of one of the others in the group and reminds me very much of a sensible piebald cob mare that my family owned for several years. The vet liked him and YorksG, who came to the vetting with me because everyone else was working, really liked his attitude.
 
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Pearlsasinger said:
It's far more stressful than buying your own horse, with your own money!o_O
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Especially the driving ones. Going to view nearly 30 not as described horses was soul destroying, very costly and time consuming.

A lowlight was traveling 4.5 hours to the depths of Wales to see exactly what we wanted only it was nearer 12 hands than 15! Even worse we had asked a person from an RDA group in the area if it was worth us going to view and they had said yes it was exactly as advertised. The vendor was most put out that we did not purchase it and pointed out that its passport said it was 15 hands. It was one that got readvertised at the same height, due to timewasters. Three people spending 9 hours in a car, without even being offered a drink were the timewasters?
 
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rabatsa said:
Especially the driving ones. Going to view nearly 30 not as described horses was soul destroying, very costly and time consuming.

A lowlight was traveling 4.5 hours to the depths of Wales to see exactly what we wanted only it was nearer 12 hands than 15! Even worse we had asked a person from an RDA group in the area if it was worth us going to view and they had said yes it was exactly as advertised. The vendor was most put out that we did not purchase it and pointed out that its passport said it was 15 hands. It was one that got readvertised at the same height, due to timewasters. Three people spending 9 hours in a car, without even being offered a drink were the timewasters?
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Goodness! That makes our trials and tribulations look very minor. And even makes our journeys look short!.
Mind you on our way back from seeing the one who would have been perfect if it hadn't been for the CPL, we had to call the AA!
I was driving, we had checked the tyres because we thought we could hear a click, then just as we came off the M1, my 'low tyre pressure' warning flashed and by the time we were off the slip road the tyre was flat. I must have picked up a nail or something in the dodgy dealers yard! That cost me £110 for a new tyre as I had driven to a safe place on the flat tyre. At least we were just by a hotel and could get a coffee while we waited.
We were called timewasters by that dealer too🤔
 
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