lannerch
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It’s all in relation to the free money you have available .How many here have spent multiple millions on anything?
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It’s all in relation to the free money you have available .How many here have spent multiple millions on anything?
How many here have spent multiple millions on anything?
Come on. It’s all relative.
A lot of us in here have spent a huge % of our disposable money on a horse. Some of us will have spent all of our disposable, even if that’s 2/5/10/20k. I’d wager this family hasn’t spent (as a %) any more than the rest of us.
Well said.Yes, and this is strange to me, as most people to some extent buy our way to success with horses. Does not matter whether it is buying a great little schoolmaster/mistress for your child to do well at pony club, investing in lessons to be able to do well at RC level, or just being able to afford to keep horses so we ride more frequently than others. As in every walk of life there will be some with more than us and some with less, but should not stop us from wishing them well whatever their situation.
Yes, and this is strange to me, as most people to some extent buy our way to success with horses. Does not matter whether it is buying a great little schoolmaster/mistress for your child to do well at pony club, investing in lessons to be able to do well at RC level, or just being able to afford to keep horses so we ride more frequently than others. As in every walk of life there will be some with more than us and some with less, but should not stop us from wishing them well whatever their situation.
This is how I feel. Yes we love the underdogs in this nation but all the money in the world can’t make a natural rider. I could have pumpkin and Charlotte train me for years and I still would never be able to compete. It’s not annabellas fault she was born into money. She could have gone down the route of being a vapid it girl but she chose ponies, just like we all did. Good luck to her I say, I hope she does reach the top. With mentors like Charlotte she will hopfully become another good advocate for horse sports which frankly is rapidly declining.I think you’re all looking at a likely Olympic rider there.
Yes they have the money but it still takes talent, drive and dedication.
I don't get all the comments - its not like British people have not spent serious money on horses in dressage but it passes without comment - Fiona Bigwood happily spends 6-7 figures on a horse. Carl sold Del and none of this bitchiness came with it. Mistral Hojris was NOT a a cheap horse when he was purchased for Laura B. They also paid a lot of money for Capri Sonne Jr. Michael Eilberg had the ride on the auction horse which cost his owner £2 million but had the normal auction horse problems so has done nothing. At least Gio has proven himself.
There is SERIOUS money in horses and I have written an article for E-Venting that privilege in horses comes in many forms. Sometimes its money, sometimes and mostly its in parental commitment. Fiona Bigwood, Laura B and Emma Hindle are incredibly wealthy individuals but don't seem to get this kind of rubbish with it.
It goes hand in hand with the inverse snobbery around full livery. Apparently you’re only a real horse owner if you get up at 4.30am, do all your jobs wearing your duct taped together boots, before you go to your minimum wage, then eat your can of cold beans for dinner.
There are some very angry comments on the FB post, calling it bad sportsmanship to buy her way to success.
I have mooched over to Instagram and had a drool over her page though. Is it ok to be jealous of a wood panelled tack room???
And if you are doing it with three broken ribs and an arm hanging off or two weeks after a serious operation then you are truly a "horsewoman".It goes hand in hand with the inverse snobbery around full livery. Apparently you’re only a real horse owner if you get up at 4.30am, do all your jobs wearing your duct taped together boots, before you go to your minimum wage, then eat your can of cold beans for dinner.
I don't get jealous over peoples horses. I get jealous over beautiful stables, barns, tack rooms and of all thing, neat post and rail fencingI have mooched over to Instagram and had a drool over her page though. Is it ok to be jealous of a wood panelled tack room???
Ooooh neat fencing. I feel we need a fence appreciation thread…I love a good fence ?I don't get jealous over peoples horses. I get jealous over beautiful stables, barns, tack rooms and of all thing, neat post and rail fencing
But the numbers of the famous/successful ones that end up in dire straits is far, far smaller than nameless bargain basement beasts, isn't it? The same as you don't see marine fish that cost £100 getting tossed down toilets, but £1 goldfish you do.Not necessarily, there have been quite a few famous and successful horses that have ended up in some real dire straits.
In equivalent numbers, probably not. There are a lot more cob types around than high end horses.But the numbers of the famous/successful ones that end up in dire straits is far, far smaller than nameless bargain basement beasts, isn't it?
Well if I had the money and a daughter/son grand daughter or grandson who was hard working, talented and ambitious I would buy them a horse like Pumpkin.It may be a bit unfair on those who have to try and make their own but then life is often unfair,The pressure on her will be great.Let her make a mistake and then there will be no shortage of people to laugh at her behind her back, sadly.
I actually to see animals cost a lot of money - they end up getting better care. Think about it, you wouldn't find a horse like Pumpkin abandoned in a ditch with a headcollar grown into its face, but you probably would a coloured cob colt bought for £100.
I know. When things get very expensive there's cons as well: they become commodities target than living things. Which is not good either.You also probably wouldn’t see Pumpkin living out in a huge field with his friends thought.
The more valuable competition horses I know are kept in a box 24/7 and spend their time out the stable on the walker or being ridden - although I know this isn’t the case for every top horse.
You also probably wouldn’t see Pumpkin living out in a huge field with his friends thought.
The more valuable competition horses I know are kept in a box 24/7 and spend their time out the stable on the walker or being ridden - although I know this isn’t the case for every top horse.