Oh dear

Goldenstar said:
OP is having a hard time but is defending her self bravely ( suggest a gin might be in order)
OP is in no way responsible for the poor little mare, and it is laughable that any one might think of going to see a horse presented like that but the plight of the horse is not laughable I just don't understand that ,why encourage dealers like this to continue? it's just tragic that there are so many horses like this one that racing spits out ( if indeed she was ever in training)
Now you all are going to turn on me .
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Its ok Goldenstar i can certainly hold my own!

I would like to just point out yet again i was not laughing at the plight of this horse, more that it looks bloomin awful. As terrible as they may seem to some. I do think some of you get your knickers in a twist about absolutely nothing.
 
b_2_b... Flicka is lovely! I think she looks like a very contented and happy old lady. Its sad to think not all horses will be like her in their old age, if they get the chance to meet their old age.

That poor mare, Im tempted to go pick her up tomorrow if I had the space. I would be dangerous if I won the lottery as every horse like this I would buy :o

I do believe I bought a horse off a very naive friend who went to this dealer. She bought her being told that the mare could jump a small course, do a nice dressage test and hack out well. Truth is the mare was a nervous reck who was dangerous on the ground in the wrong hands. However I bought her as she wasnt nasty, just scared and timid. What happened in her previously I will never know, but I got her safe to handle and have her out on loan at the minute as a broodmare.
 
JFTD said:
We're debating the symbolic or literal taking of the mass!
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You are somewhat side-tracked , but imagine if horses were religious the flights in the field the problems putting who next to who in the lorry the diet requirements OMG what a mess.
 
Trot_On_Dressage said:
Its ok Goldenstar i can certainly hold my own!

I would like to just point out yet again i was not laughing at the plight of this horse, more that it looks bloomin awful. As terrible as they may seem to some. I do think some of you get your knickers in a twist about absolutely nothing.
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*sigh* You really don't get it do you? People think it's shallow and deeply unpleasant to laugh at an animal "because it looks bloomin awful".

I give up. As Lionman says, I made my point. You just seem incapable of grasping it.
 
5horses2dogsandacat said:
b_2_b... Flicka is lovely! I think she looks like a very contented and happy old lady. Its sad to think not all horses will be like her in their old age, if they get the chance to meet their old age.

That poor mare, Im tempted to go pick her up tomorrow if I had the space. I would be dangerous if I won the lottery as every horse like this I would buy :o
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Yes she is, she was given back to us from her loan home who had her for 15 years, probably because they thought she was going to start costing them money :(
Fact is, she's usually the healthiest horse we have!

I hope someone nice gives this girl a lovely home :(
 
Feel free to have a laugh at my mare when I bought her a couple of years ago
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Oh not so funny now though eh.
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Sometimes you just can't judge a book by its cover.
All down to TLC, regular exercise, good grazing and food.
 
FionaM12 said:
*sigh* You really don't get it do you? People think it's shallow and deeply unpleasant to laugh at an animal "because it looks bloomin awful".

I give up. As Lionman says, I made my point. You just seem incapable of grasping it.
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I find you quite rude. I can grasp the concept but i really dont see the big crime in saying a horse is ugly. My god, their are worse things being done in the world. How do you get through your day to day life being so sensitive?
 
Goldenstar said:
Spring feathers good bloodlines are no guarantee of good conformation ( got a bit nervous when typing last word.)
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Goldenstar it was the OP that was talking about how she liked her horses 'well bred' and brought breeding into the debate while stating that the horse in her link was an example of substandard breeding, not spring feather

it might do well to read the whole thread if you're going to quote people. ;)
 
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DH1 said:
Feel free to have a laugh at my mare when I bought her a couple of years ago
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Oh not so funny now though eh.
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Sometimes you just can't judge a book by its cover.
All down to TLC, regular exercise, good grazing and food.
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Wow she's gorgeous. Its a similar transformation for my lad. Sometimes all they need is a bit of hardwork and they turn into superstars! :)
 
WOW DH1 that quite a transformation. What a beautiful horse. I wish someone would buy that poor little mare and post a similar pic next year.

I have downloaded the picture of her and she really is very poor. You can see her ribs they are just disguised by a thick coat. Poor little love

And by the way, the riders jods are ripped
 
ABC said:
Sorry, went of on a tangent.

Confirmation - Catholic ceremony - Wafer and wine symbolise body and bread of christ...

I don't know it made sense at the time of posting :o :D
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Interestingly today, most catholics believe and are taught that the wafer and wine are symbolic of the body and blood.

But during the reformation (16th C) Catholics were taught the doctrine of transubstantiation - that after consecration the wafer and wine literally became the body and blood of christ.

The reformists and protestants were ever logical and argued that if Jesus sits on the right hand of God in heaven, he could not also be in the wine and wafer during the celebration of the mass. Therefore Protestants were taught the doctrine of consubstantiation - wine and wafer are symbolic.

And THAT is a digression of epic proportions.


NB - this is my recollection of studying the period years ago - I cannot be held accountable for any minor factual errors :p
 
rhino said:
Why is it laughable though? Doesn't every horse deserve the chance of a 'happy ending'? Most of the horses at my current yard came to us looking like the advert in the OP, or worse.... Now they would grace any stable..

No-one is suggesting anyone should feel obliged to buy a 'poor' horse if that is not what they want, but luckily we all look for different things in our horses.

Totally agree about the wastage from racing though, absolutely heartbreaking :(
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Horses deserve to be bred by people who have thought though what potential for a good life the foal will have , people who own horses for racing should think though what happens to the ones that fail horses don't deserve happy endings they deserve happy lives I hope this horse gets one but that's chance and lots won't just down hill down hill to the meat man and a quick ending would better for those. If one good thing comes of this horrid economic time it might be less breeding of these TB's.
 
rockysmum said:
WOW DH1 that quite a transformation. What a beautiful horse. I wish someone would buy that poor little mare and post a similar pic next year.
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Yes lovely horse DH1. It wouldn't take a year to get that horse on OPs link up to scratch. A couple of months of good feed and a gradual exercise plan would transform this mare.
 
Goldenstar said:
You are somewhat side-tracked , but imagine if horses were religious the flights in the field the problems putting who next to who in the lorry the diet requirements OMG what a mess.
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:eek::eek::eek:

I have two highlands in the field with an ROI cob - the cob is presumably Roman Catholic and the highlands are probably wee frees or some such very protestant denomination :eek:

It's a miracle they haven't killed each other yet :eek:
 
lula said:
Goldenstar it was the OP that was talking about how she liked her horses 'well bred' and brought breeding into the debate while stating that the horse in her link was an example of substandard breeding, not spring feather

it might do well to read the whole thread if you're going to quote people. ;)
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Who made you the forum police!
 
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