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heres your answer 'For sale from field, owner lost interest, and family ill health forces quick sale.'

you wont be able to ride it to try it I doubt. Which means its a massive risk imo
 
Does look cheap, but if an ex racer and they really do need to rehome him I could understand the asking price. I really, really like the look of him, and googling the numbers comes up with nothing; my first thought was it was most likely a dealers, but it isn't.

I would definitely give a call, and go and see, he looks lovely. The last pic - looks like he possibly has tiny bald patches/scars on his neck?!
 
pinklilly said:
He's a tb and sold from the field. I like him though. Maybe you could get refs from pony club?
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ah! What a good idea! :) Have emailed to ask if he's still for sale and if he is will ask about their definition of 'sold from field'. I knew a friend who bought one from the field and they said it meant just out of work, they did trial ride theirs :)
 
sorry to ask but how experienced are you as you mentioned your a first time buyer? I personally wouldnt buy a sold from the field horse as a first horse. Does look nice though but always wonder why people sell 'good genuine' horses from the field. Surely they could have found someone to ride/exercise it to sell it. Maybe im overly cautious!
 
rhino said:
I would definitely give a call, and go and see, he looks lovely. The last pic - looks like he possibly has tiny bald patches/scars on his neck?!
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I do, think he has a really nice eye :o Just what I wanted, something I can bring on flatwork wise but a bit more established over fences
 
He looks rather nice despite sold from field, is he near you as maybe you could spend a bit of time 'assessing'. I wouldn't buy one I couldn't even get on to try but I am a new buyer too :-)
 
I think that it is just because he is being sold from the field, however, I wouldn't advise a horse that hasn't been rode for a while for a first time buyer. Hope you don't take this the wrong way :)
 
I'd be asking for a recent as in yesterday type picture of him before you travel any distance to view. I'd imagine he hasn't been handled in some time and could be a bit of a handful.

The reason I say this is that I knew someone who bought a horse who was too much for them and then left the poor boy out in a field for months because it got so excited whenever anyone went in there that it would charge over, knock you down and then leap about all over the place. It was worse after you got the headcollar on too.

In the end a dealer bought it off him and took it from the field after sedation.

This one may be nothing like the one I've mentioned but please be careful. There's usually a reason for selling from the field and generally it's not just that it's been out of work.

Sorry I know I'm cynical but better safe than sorry.

That said he does look lovely, so I hope it's much better than I've said. Good luck :)
 
I really like the look of this horse too. It will be a gamble as he won't be fit or mentally used to work, which means if you are able to try him out it may not necessarily be representative of his usual self etc. That said, if you do manage to obtain references and he isn't known for outrageous behaviour and you are relatively experienced or have help available then it should be fine. Also, bear in mind that if the owner has lost interest and there are other family issues the horse may possibly not have done anything very much at all for anything up to about three years. This can sometimes mask soundness issues too I imagine (although sometimes problems are more obvious when the horse it out of work). However, he is still quite young so it shouldn't be a problem physically to bring him back into work and if you are a reasonably confident rider then I would definitely give them a call because he is a realistic price :) (at that price though I would think they really do mean sold from field!!)

Definitely ask for references if you do go and see him and let us know how you get on! I love chestnut tbs :)
 
There is no reason at all why a 'sold from the field' horse can't be ridden by a prospective purchaser. I certainly wouldn't buy one without doing so, in fact I lost out on one to someone who bought without trying a mare and then found that she was too strong for them. She was back for sale within a few months.

Having said that, I wouldn't recommend a 'sold from the field' green TB for a first time buyer.
 
emma.is said:
I do, think he has a really nice eye :o Just what I wanted, something I can bring on flatwork wise but a bit more established over fences
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Just to point out, there is only so much one can gather from photos, but he looks seriously, ahem, ''forward bound'' over fences. I doubt he's particularly established over fences, doesn't sound like he has done much at all. He came out of racing in 2009/10, ran 4 times over hurdles, got nowhere in 3 races and pulled up in his last
 
Bhorses said:
I think that it is just because he is being sold from the field, however, I wouldn't advise a horse that hasn't been rode for a while for a first time buyer. Hope you don't take this the wrong way :)
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I'm not as novicey as it sounds :) had a horse on full loan for a year now who is an utter handful but he's progressed hugely (I've made some posts on here about dressage disasters and some great recent shows) but my parents can afford to buy now so that's what I want to do :) will be taking my instructor and an experienced horsey friend with me too :)
 
rhino said:
Does look cheap, but if an ex racer and they really do need to rehome him I could understand the asking price. I really, really like the look of him, and googling the numbers comes up with nothing; my first thought was it was most likely a dealers, but it isn't.

I would definitely give a call, and go and see, he looks lovely. The last pic - looks like he possibly has tiny bald patches/scars on his neck?!
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Agree with this. Worth a look. Probably cheap if out of work as will need fittening and schooling again. He did look fairly green in his jumping, but capable - just bear in mind that you will need to build him up slowly before you get back to that stage with him, he won't be able to just pick up and carry on...

Sounds like you have enough experienced people coming with you to help anyway. Good luck and let us know!x
 
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martlin said:
Just to point out, there is only so much one can gather from photos, but he looks seriously, ahem, ''forward bound'' over fences. I doubt he's particularly established over fences, doesn't sound like he has done much at all. He came out of racing in 2009/10, ran 4 times over hurdles, got nowhere in 3 races and pulled up in his last
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That's really interesting actually, did you find that from searching his reg. name?

Although I agree that he probably isn't especially established over fences (those could have taken from about three sessions over small jumps!) and as an ex-hurdler is likely to rush fences... what suggests to you that he is especially forward bound from the pictures? Aside from the picture of the ditch, which he is leaping over like most horses do on their first go..
 
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so he only ran 2 or so yrs ago yet has been reschooled, done hunting/jumping etc etc and been left in the field as owner lost interest? seems a short space of time for so much to happen!
 
Karsumatra said:
That's really interesting actually, did you find that from searching his reg. name?

Although I agree that he probably isn't especially established over fences (those could have taken from about three sessions over small jumps!) and as an ex-hurdler is likely to rush fences... what suggests to you that he is especially forward bound from the pictures? Aside from the picture of the ditch, which he is leaping over like most horses do on their first go..
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Yes, I had a look at his registered name on Racing Post for the racing record.

As to the forward bound over fences, as I said, there is only so much you can gather from photos, but they show few things:
the ditch - leaping over showing greenness :)
the sj photos show a rider constantly trying to catch up ;), now, it might be just the rider, but when you look where the horse took off, an educated guess would be that it arrived at the jump pretty quickly :D
 
I am always worried when the current rider has lost interest. Whent to view one years ago, where teenage boy had take up football instead, I would have taken up football (which I hate with a passion) if we had bought it :D I also am not keen on horses jumping when they are green in flatwork, I wish people would establish flatwork before they have them jumping, but that does seem to be an old fashioned view :eek:
 
martlin said:
Yes, I had a look at his registered name on Racing Post for the racing record.

As to the forward bound over fences, as I said, there is only so much you can gather from photos, but they show few things:
the ditch - leaping over showing greenness :)
the sj photos show a rider constantly trying to catch up ;), now, it might be just the rider, but when you look where the horse took off, an educated guess would be that it arrived at the jump pretty quickly :D
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Yes, it would be interesting to know because its so hard from pictures - hence why I asked just to see what other people take from them! :) I got the impression it just looked a bit awkward due to the low height of the jumps for horse and rider (I look awful unless the horse actually JUMPS over something bigger..well actually even then I look awful but very slightly less so) :D

I definitely agree horse looks green though. OP, what sort of horse are you looking for/at what budget?
 
Karsumatra said:
Yes, it would be interesting to know because its so hard from pictures - hence why I asked just to see what other people take from them! :) I got the impression it just looked a bit awkward due to the low height of the jumps for horse and rider (I look awful unless the horse actually JUMPS over something bigger..well actually even then I look awful but very slightly less so) :D

I definitely agree horse looks green though. OP, what sort of horse are you looking for/at what budget?
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I'm on a budget, looking to pay about 1k really. Looking for something I can bring on and do low level everything really. Bit of pony club, hacking, jumping, dressage and if I get brave maybe hunting :)
 
You are probably looking at the right sort of horse then If this one does not work out then you could maybe even consider a horse which seems to have a nice temperament straight off the track, so long as your instructor agrees it seems calm and likely to be suitable for further training. Just takes a little longer and I know you said you'd prefer something which had done a little bit of jumping. Unfortunately nice youngsters of different breeding are usually a bit more but not always you might well get lucky!
 
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Karsumatra said:
You are probably looking at the right sort of horse then :) If this one does not work out then you could maybe even consider a horse which seems to have a nice temperament straight off the track, so long as your instructor agrees it seems calm and likely to be suitable for further training. Just takes a little longer and I know you said you'd prefer something which had done a little bit of jumping. Unfortunately nice youngsters of different breeding are usually a bit more but not always you might well get lucky! :D
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don't mind a lot of schooling or work, hopefully I'll have him for years so willing to put the work in especially considering my budget :)
 
Make sure he is vetted, it's not the cost of buying a horse it's the cost of keeping it, find out how many homes he has had. Get the owner to ride him first and all the other advice as above.
 
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