oliverspal
Well-Known Member
i dont know why im posting this or where to begin but here goes. we have the pleasure of grazing in a large field of about 9 acres which we pay per horse. land owner not in to horses so leaves us to it. 4 other people rent this field everyone is polite ,friendly, and keeps there own routine so hardly see each other .last month a new girl showed up seemed ok. new pony, she seemed to be just new to owning and did not know many local hacks so my friend and i said we could hack out with her and show her some safe rides.well it soon became clear this girl(i say girl but woman of nearly 30)could not ride at all and i mean at all .pony was all over the place and being too excitable as sold as safe for BEGINNER it was getting dam right dangerous so had a swap about friend gave girl her delightful bombproof cob ,friend rode my youngster ,and i took the pony .pony walked home with a lot of headshaking jumping adn some of it we even went backward .all safetly home eventually.girl says she thinks she may have bitten off more than she can chew(understatment of the century) after talking to her for a few days after she was scared to ride it ,watched her try to get on once and she could not get on her fella had to lift her and even then she was leaning backward on him so he could not get her on it 13.2 .and it also became clear that she had not even the basics in horse care .we could not beleive the things she would come up with ,im not claiming i know it all but bloody hell .why the heck did anyone sell her this horse .she thought once its shoes were on the,d be changed every year for a new riding season.she would just cheak it once or twice a week.these are just an example of the things she would say but you get the idea.my friend and i talked about it all and decided we would try to persuade her to take said pony back.for not just his own safety but for hers aswell .we had told her on loads of occations please do not go through field with bucket or treats as one horse will kick you for food ,and dont feed other horses at all they are not hers but she would not listen we thought we smelt drink on her too.so we put are plan together as politly as possible to convince her to return horse she was also not getting on with it any more anyway .next day friend and i arrive home from ride it see horsebox outside .we go to put ours away ,from over the hill comes said girl walking at very funny angle all bent backwards and crying ,she had gone to catch hers with treats for all and horse that kicks had done just that then stood on her for not dropping the treats.we went to help but it was as plain as day that she was real drunk and did not really seem hurt just attention seeking. so we carried on doing our own to let her and fella load pony . he did, she did not ,she stopped to feed our horses treats on the way out .shes gone and she aint coming back .turns out she well known to have problem will drink .lady that sold him to her has said she will not take him back but will keep him at hers and teach her to ride it . eh . ps some morphine and xray and home from docs same night .like i said i dont know why i have shared my tale with you but hay ho
