rallan15
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Of course I got the wrong one I’m not suprised! I have no clue what you guys are talking about then!Wrong sort of 'racket'.
LWVTB or just buy?
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ycbm
Overwhelmed
Is English maybe not your first language, or is this possibly a joke? 'Racket' as used meant fraud, not noise.
rallan15
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Yep English is my first language I’ve lived in Scotland all my life! And no joke - I was thinking racket as in a very loud, annoying noise. No need to be rude!
ycbm
Overwhelmed
I do apologise. I had no intention of being rude. I have never come across anyine British on this forum before who would have mistaken what MoC meant by 'racket' in the context in which she wrote it, hence my confusion.
rallan15
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Ah okay I understand now. The way you said it was quite blunt but no problem. To be honest I’ve never heard racket used in any other way except for being loud.
conniegirl
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No, you won’t find anyone willing to LWVTB for 10months!
It’s rare to find anyone willing to LWVTB anyway, normally it is only between friends or horses that have a problem and won’t be able to sell any other way.
I was very lucky with my current lad, I had him on loan and then after a while was asked if I would like to buy him, but even so I had him on loan from a friend. Loans are getting harder and harder to find as there are so many horses damaged or ruined whilst on loan.
When you buy a horse you take a risk, research the seller, try the horse with a knowledgeable person at your side, get the horse vetted with bloods taken and then you have to take the risk.
Good horses sell fast and easily so no one in thier right mind would LWVTB.
It’s rare to find anyone willing to LWVTB anyway, normally it is only between friends or horses that have a problem and won’t be able to sell any other way.
I was very lucky with my current lad, I had him on loan and then after a while was asked if I would like to buy him, but even so I had him on loan from a friend. Loans are getting harder and harder to find as there are so many horses damaged or ruined whilst on loan.
When you buy a horse you take a risk, research the seller, try the horse with a knowledgeable person at your side, get the horse vetted with bloods taken and then you have to take the risk.
Good horses sell fast and easily so no one in thier right mind would LWVTB.
ycbm
Overwhelmed
Rallan is your current loan the Welsh D that you were posting about in November?
https://forums.horseandhound.co.uk/threads/getting-horse-fit.770032/
And if you could spare five days a week to exercise him less than two months ago, and planned to get him hunting fit, then I don't understand why you can't buy him as soon as his current sharer stops? It seems your best option to me, a horse you already know well.
https://forums.horseandhound.co.uk/threads/getting-horse-fit.770032/
And if you could spare five days a week to exercise him less than two months ago, and planned to get him hunting fit, then I don't understand why you can't buy him as soon as his current sharer stops? It seems your best option to me, a horse you already know well.
Theocat
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Turning it round:
But if I loan you my horse how I am meant to know you're nice and genuine? I mean there's some pretty dodgy loaners out there if you get what I mean.
I agree with everyone else - if you have a decent horse to sell, you'd be mad to loan it out first. It might get injured, or develop a chronic condition, or bad riding might set it right back, and you can bet the loaner won't buy it if that happens - so the seller is stuck with what is a lot if the time a problem created by the loaner.
As regards a share - not many people will know months in advance that they will want to sell at a set point - perhaps those off to university, but they'll be making the most of the summer and certainly won't want to share during their last few months.
Another option is to spend the next nine or ten months riding as many horses as you can (e.g. in lessons, or friends' horses) and get into the habit of assessing every horse you sit on as if you were going to buy it. Is its schooling, temperament and attitude where you would want it to be? Are you comfortable on it? Do you feel safe? Is it a nice "person"? How does it move? Can it do the job you will want it to do? Does it have decent conformation? Is it sound? (Although you will want a vetting anyway).
Buying horses is always a gamble, but quite honestly I think more people get into difficulty because they buy the wrong horse for them, than because the dealer is dodgy. You can make the process much more likely to be successful if you work out exactly what you want, and then practise learning how to recognise it.