Mr Day - a dealer?

[shadowboy]

For a friend, shes seen a gelding of his for sale, but hes got so many horses for sale looks to be a dealer. Is he? if so what experiences have people out there had. PM me please.
thanks in advance

p.s hes based in Wilts I think

 

[ttt]

Yes, he is. I have never bought from him myself but I know someone who has.
I have heard he is honest though.

 

[dotty1]

There have been other threads about him and they all have been good.

 

[shadowboy]

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There have been other threads about him and they all have been good.

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brill, thats cool. I havent been online for about 6 months really as I cant ride any more, but thought you lovely peeps would know your stuff. I shall pass on the info to her.

 

[stencilface]

I think he is also a member on here a Mr_J_Day I think....

 

[rocketdog69]

Hi there. Yes he is a dealer. Towards the end of last year I purchased a chestnut gelding from him as a project, admittedly it was cheap, the alarm bells should have rung but they didnt. When I got there he was all plaited up (strange). He was pictured with a saddle and bridle on but they were not particularly keen that I rode him. I didnt think there would be a problem. I got him home all was well. When I tried to get on him he bucked like a proper rodeo horse. He had me on the floor several times before I decided to get a Parelli expert to do some work on him. He broncoed with him and he said he wont do it again now. How wrong could he be. Every time I hacked him out and he was startled by something he would go into a proper bronco, nose between his hoofs, back and front feet together. To cut a long story short he was dangerous and not fit to be ridden by anyone.

He might just have been a one off but if I were your friend I would be very careful, make sure you try the horse in everyway possible and have the horse vetted if he/she wishes to purchase.

Sorry to be the bearer of disappointing news.

 

[ladyt25]

I think there's bad and good horses everywhere. Cecildog did you not ride the horse before you bought him? There I would say you made your first mistake if that's the case. If i went to see a horse I wanted as a riding horse then the first thing i'd do is get on it. If the vendor wasn't keen on me getting on that I'd say "see ya!" and walk away.

Wherever you buy a horse from, if you're not sure enough to decide yourself then take someone knowledgeable (ie instructor etc) you trust and who knows you well with you and ask their honest opinion.

There seem to be tonnes of threads on here where people blame the vendor for their bad purchase decisions and yes sure, there may be some who were genuiely sold a horse under false pretences but may I fear have been down to the purchaser not trying the horse properly to start with OR overestimating their own abilities and also seeming to expect a horse to be a machine and not to maybe have some 'disagreements' within a few weeks of getting the horse. The horse puts a foot wrong within a week and they seem to think they've been 'had' and want the vendor to give them their money back!

Sorry for the rant it just gets to me. As I said there are some genuine cases but I can't believe they ALL are!!!

Oh, and no I am neither a dealer nor have I sold/bought a horse recently.

 

[rocketdog69]

Youre entirely right. I should have tried the horse before I bought it. As I said before I knew he was cheap and therefore wasnt going to be good enough for the Olympics but this dealer in question said he'd been backed and because I'm a trusting "Northerner" I believed him. I didnt overestimate my ability either. I compete regularly at almost every discipline and have done so for 35 years. My mistake was going to a dealer who regularly sold what looked like super horses for very rock bottom prices and being a trusting person!

I didnt want to describe the state of the other horses on the property ie the dirt they were all standing on, how many ribs i could see etc etc for fear of my post becoming too defamatory!

Be careful when you read between the lines!!!!!! You may have picked up the wrong book!!

 

[ladyt25]

I am not making any judgements on anyone's riding ability but just saying that when buying a horse people should spend time to look and take someone with them to offer an honest opnion if they are unsure about anything.

I just feel there seem to be so many people who dive into horse buying and think sometimes buying from a dealer is like buying from a shop (and yes sure you do have more rights) but many of these people are so blinkered by the excitement of buying a horse they don't actually consider it for long enough and often buy a horse that looks good and expect it to behave impeccably from the word go. If it doesn't then they take it back an expect a refund as if it was an item of damaged clothing!

In many cases they buyer immediately blames the vendor and often this, I find unfair.

If shadowmonkey's friend is going to see this horse they need to go in with their eyes wide open that is what I am saying.