Nightmare Liveries

[mickey]

Just a bit of fun - Thought I'd ask you all to detail the worst person you have had to share a yard with, and the worst owner too if you like.
I'l kick things off;
OK, I've had my horse in livery for 9 yrs and moved a couple of times. I could name one or two nightmare owners, but this one takes the biscuit;
- Came across as whiter than white, easy-going lady owner. In fact, was incdeibly lazy. I was on full livery and she'd send her aging father in law out to do all the mucking out, despite the fact she had no job or kids! Because she decided she 'didn't take to' working, she stole all my things - Supplements, mane and tail spray, shampoos, LOADS of my feed. I took my own feed there as part of the arrangement, and at one point I was getting thru double the amount I should have been. Tried to address it, but of course it was just me being silly or something. She made her father in law put disgusting old hay from the palleted floor into my horse's stable. (Along with bits of wooden pallet). Needless to say, I escaped.
- Livery; Surprisingly hardly any! A couple of old women who disliked my horse because he can be moody and he hated them! Cackling old witches!

 

[black_horse]

the worst livery was a number of years ago, bought a 4 year old 'eventing fit' horse (believe me not even lunging fit) with the money left to her in her mothers will. Took it jumping that very weekend, it went lame. Never mucked it out and would only skip out onces a week. Horse was ridden whilst still lame etc. Horse got thrush which turned to cancker took horse x-country, she fell off. brought horse back, never saw her again. She abandoend the horse on the yard for YO to sought out and look after until sold as a companion.

 

[kick_On]

A few years ago :

What appeared to knowable lady, (we thought she was) brought very sweet colour cob. And then left in field, and did sweet AF with sorry soul. So it, got very fat on spring grass, high spirted cos it was bored and THEN was left too point of shoes falling off...........
At total nitemare and only point i that i was going to step in and give a piece of my mind, but someone else got there before me YO

and horse disappeared back to owner in wicked state

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And then we found out this is her normal thing to do

likes to say she owns horse, BUT can't look after one at all.
And i have to say if i ever met her again, i wouldn't hold back my thoughts if she was mounted

 

[Flicker]

Where do I start...
YO: sold yard to a property developer (at this point I baled to another yard) but told the remaining liveries to 'stick with her' and they'd be fine. Then one afternoon, got in a strop with everyone (about 30 liveries in all) and told them to clear off within 4 weeks. Took the show jumps that we'd all clubbed together to buy, to her new yard.

Liveries:
Possibly the one who stole everyone else's stuff, and also got her kids to steal for her. Would leave singularly annoying child floating around the yard while she disappeared off for a 3-hour hack. Never paid livery or any extras, then offered to work them off, then never pitched for work. In between she stirred up a load of grief between the other liveries 'he said - she said' kind of stuff. After she left, she was investigated for nicking hay from the farmer next door to her new yard. Currently on, er, bail...

 

[Paint it Lucky]

YO- used to pretend ragwort wasn't poisonous, becase he couldn't be bothered to do anything about it, the place was covered in the stuff! Had open wells in some of his turnout fields that he never bothered to fence off, left the liveries to do it. Had broken fencing lying round the fields with nails sticking out, again didn't care/claimed he had no money to fix it (then had a new large stone fountain built to make the place look pretty). Was always trying to swindle extra money out of people (with rediculiusly high prices). Was more interested in getting new people in than pleasing the ones he had. Knew nothing about horses but pretended he knew everything and in general was a complete t*sser who used to sit in his office looking at porn and w*nking all day!