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https://www.nfed.co.uk/ad.php?ref=162672
Poor ponies, look at their price - hope they go to a knowledgeable home
Poor ponies, look at their price - hope they go to a knowledgeable home
"New Forest" Ponies
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They look like a pair of shetlands, certainly not NF, not sure what is 'poor' about them, apart from being a bit unkempt and fatter than ideal nothing wrong with how they are and while the price is low they are really only pets so should find someone happy to take them on as companions.
Would be a better ad if the poster had specified mares or geldings!
On price - the NF pony in my avatar cost £10 guineas (£10.50). Price does not always reflect the quality of the pony, or the life in store for him.
On price - the NF pony in my avatar cost £10 guineas (£10.50). Price does not always reflect the quality of the pony, or the life in store for him.
There are quite a few shetlands grazing on the Forest but I have not met anybody who calls them New Forest ponies. Weird ad.
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Whilst I doubt these have NF blood there is no lower height limit on NFs.
These are probably depastured shetlands - and they're much more expensive than a new forest from a sale would be. Mine, who is quite small for a purebred, was 15 guineas (£16.85) and certainly isn't 'poor'. Admittedly this was 20 years ago and I don't like horses being sold cheaply, but buying a cheap horse/pony doesn't mean someone is clueless either ....
These are probably depastured shetlands - and they're much more expensive than a new forest from a sale would be. Mine, who is quite small for a purebred, was 15 guineas (£16.85) and certainly isn't 'poor'. Admittedly this was 20 years ago and I don't like horses being sold cheaply, but buying a cheap horse/pony doesn't mean someone is clueless either ....
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They are most definitively Shetlands not New Forests.
The last shetland colt foal we bought from the sales was 50gns. We have previously bought them for as little as 35gns.
The last shetland colt foal we bought from the sales was 50gns. We have previously bought them for as little as 35gns.
There not even close to the new forest. Wool is a village closer to weymouth/dorchester.
I suppose they may have bought them from Beaulieu Rd sales maybe.
I suppose they may have bought them from Beaulieu Rd sales maybe.
Definitely shitlands! The coloured one almost looks dwarf like.
Looks like the advert has been taken down.