Novice and Pony viewing - can you translate this??

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"stood beautifully at the meet then when the hunt departed he decided to act like a circus horse"

"tried him with only fronts on but he got footsore"

Both of those sound like warning signs to me but to be quite honest I am not sure exactly what she meant :o

Also, if a pony overreaches so badly that there is a constant clicking noise in trot and walk - that's not good is it? My dd says its fine but I think she really liked the pony :rolleyes:
 
Acts like a circus horse, reads nutty to hunt, take your life in your hands:eek:

Footy behind without shoes, this could be a sign of an underlying issue or just badly cared for feet.

The over reaching is probably not over reaching but forging, a sign of being unbalanced, green, or poor foot balance, shoeing.

If you are not planning on hunting and get it vetted to check the feet it could be fine.
 
Many many horses if taken to a meet then not allowed to go with the hunt will try and demonstrate their keenness to follow, if you want to do a lot of hunting this could be an issue but if not it wouldn't bother me. None of mine would stand politely at a meet in the first place so I'd take that part as a good thing.

Lack of shoes, really hard to tell could be underlying issue could just be bad management, can you get some photos to show your farrier or even better if local could your farrier have a look for you? Same with forging (over reaching she'd have loads of cuts on her legs - the clicking is shoes hitting each other) if the feet are long and pony is younger could easily be fixed with work on ponies balance and better farriery.
 
The circus pony comments was a strange thing to put in an advert! All credit to them they are being totally honest with you!

Would you be taking the pony hunting?

Re the feet, I took my mare's shoes off for six months when she went to stud. Once back, I tried her without shoes for another month, but she wasn't happy, I wouldn't worry too much about that if the pony is seen by a vet.

As for the forging, it is often the rider rushing the horse causing it, and once horse and rider find more balance and rhythmn it stops.
 
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