More of a whinge than a rant, and aimed at no-one but fate!

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Hey, so sorry to whine in my first few posts but am getting slightly frustrated now!
I have a lovely mare up for loan due to my looming university course and i am so far having very limited luck in finding someone for her
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She is a lovely mare who is capeable to turn her hoof to anything (happily jumps 3'6+ courses and a safe, sound hack). never bucks/rears/bolts/bites/kicks etc etc and incredibly bold across country. Everyone who knows her cannot understand why i am having so much trouble! I have advertised her via word of mouth and at a couple of local shows and had lots of interest, however once people see her they lose interest. dont get me wrong, she is well put together, very capeable very pretty and does well in showing and dressage (so cant be a total gremlin), but people are put off her as she is not your typical 'eventer' or 'competition horse' - she is middleweight and rather broad, she still goes like the clappers and jumps well. you could call her a 'proper hunter - built to last'.
I have had a couple of people come to ride her, but none have got on with her. she really is uncomplicated yet she manages to scare people
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maybe its her strength and power that does it, but she didnt put a foot wrong (apart from one, who took longer than she expected to stop her cantering out on grass). Yet any of my friends/instructor etc who have sat on her seem to get on fine, even the most nervous of my friends will get on her and pop her over a jump or hack her out. is there something i can do about this? any advice about loaning in general? you are very welcome to tell me to shut up and get on with it, i am starting to panick slightly!!
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Aim her at older ladies like me perhaps? I bought a nice middleweight cob as a mum's hack and all the teenagers very much looked down their noses at him. Now my daughter is riding him and they've all realised what a genuine boy he is who will try his heart out at anything and gets placed nearly every time jumping or XC whilst their TB types are playing up or going wrong and I have a string of PC mothers who would like to buy him either for themselves or for their teens!

Whereabouts are you and how big is your mare?
 
I am in east anglia and my mare is 15.2, done all pc activities etc. the thing is that i would really like her to carry on with her schooling and jumping. she could give someone so much fun, she is the most gennuine horse i have ever met, she can be handled by a 5 yr old child wthout a bother!
Am afraid i dont have any photos i dont think, unless i can find one from a website where we have competed
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I know i am going to sound awful here, but i really dont like the thought of her going to any of the colleges around here. they really dont have the best reps. also i have put years of blood sweat and tears into her, and really dont fancy her being used as a 'guinea pig' for students. i know everyone has to learn somewhere, but i dont feel that she would be best suited. :s Sorry
 
I would have thought that there would be more interest as she could be moved to a different yard. All I can suggest is speaking to your tutor, vet, farrier, PC or shows you go to.

The only other things that may affect interest would be age or length of loan. I'm sure you will find someone suitable with time - good luck
 
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