Opinions on this horse [=

We are looking at some pretty rough photos.As I said if you feel he is the one GET HIM VETTED .I fell in love with horse who looked awfull ,feet like a cloverleaf ,but there was somthing about him . I had him vetted as my excuse to myself not to buy him . He passed with my own vet,a full five stage vetting. He is my wonderfull Bob the not a cob. I have never had any cause to regret buying him.
 
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he looks like he needs some tlc, a bucket and some excersise but other than that he looks kind and sweet. when i was looking o purchase a horse i wanted a fresian ready to back or just backed and wasn't in any rush to get a horse as i had just had a baby. i went to look at a shetland pony for my 3 year old son and ended up buying a 4 1/2 month old traditional coloured cob :confused: completely opposite to what i was intending on ever getting but now he is like my third child :p so my advice to anyone looking for a horse would be not to have a type in mind just to go with you gut instinct and your heart will do the rest my boy has just turned 1 and it the best ever glad i went to look at the shetland foals now :D:):p:rolleyes:o:D:p:)
 
Second pics confirmed my thoughts - not great conformation - ewe neck set on low and over at the knee. First pics he has a kind face but I'd be worried about buying a horse with poor conformation. I also suspect that he's younger than six - he's still very dark and looks bum high.
 
Sorry if you bought him but i dont like him at all he looks over at knee pasterns look weak and his neck comes out of his shoulder all wrong and is very ewe necked,and to top it all he looks like he has had a rough winter to would have liked to seen much more condition on him by this time of year ,he would have to be really cheap for me to even contemplate him as there are so many nicer cheap horses around especially ex racers x
 
Yes indeed. There are plenty of good examples of TB on the market for silly prices at the moment, if that is what the OP has set her heart on, there are also several re-homing centres although that would maybe not be what the OP is looking for if she wants to sell the horse on. This horse has so many glaring faults though that she would be hard pressed to make any money on it.
 
bexcy-bee said:
15.3, bred to race but wasn't fast enough to race, then went to polo home, where his legs grew to big to be useful (?) Then this lady brought him, and dont think she has done too much with him. 6yrs old, hoping to sj/event him.

bexcy-bee x
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Sorry but if this is what you want to do with a horse I don't think his conformation is up to the job. As Ihotse says fetlocks so close to the ground in walk is not good, this is because he has long pasterns, NOT good for a horse you want to jump

Being totally honest (so please don't take offence) I travelled 90 miles looked at a horse over the stable door it had pasterns like above, didn't even get her out of the stable

He does however look very sweet
 
I can't find where she said it, but I'm sure the poster said she wanted something she could event.

Does anyone on here, think for one minute that he'll make her a strong and sound eventer????

Sorry if I'm being negative, I'm not as I'm sure he'd be nice for someone whose looking for a nice RC hack ;)
 
elsbells said:
I can't find where she said it, but I'm sure the poster said she wanted something she could event.

Does anyone on here, think for one minute that he'll make her a strong and sound eventer????

Sorry if I'm being negative, I'm not as I'm sure he'd be nice for someone whose looking for a nice RC hack ;)
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we must have posted at similar times. the link I posted above you says at the end she wasn't something to SJ/event

No I don't think he will stand up to it (sorry)
 
Op, that horse is sweet looking I can see why you're interested. If it was no good at polo, I worry it might not be any good to event.

I'm not worried about the pasterns, I've seen similar in quite successful SJers and short pasterns are in fact worse at shock absorbing which is why draught horses shouldn't jump!! So I disagree with Ihotse. Those "fetlocks" look like they are doing their job of absorbing shock rather well to me.
 
I think I'll reserve any more judgement until we hear if the OP has bought this horse or not :) Good to see him with more condition on though, I was worried for him - fancy selling him with such unbecoming photos!
 
I think he looks very sweet, if a little immature still.

I don't think I'd be overly concerned about his pasterns, they are fractionally longer than I'd like, but I'm used to heavier horses not TBs - there are plenty of horses competing successfully with longer pasterns than his, and with few problems. Once he's fit and muscled up, and you could put boots on if you were worried, but you'd be doing everything you could to help prevent injury!

hope it went well OP
 
Ok, so mixed reviews on him then! lol I dont personally think his pasterns/fetlocks are toooo bad, not the best, but I've seen much worse. If I were to buy him, it wouldnt be to sell him on, and if i did sell him, it would be a good few years down the line, and even then it wouldn't be to make money on him. My next horse is to be my horse, for as long as I possibly can have him (hopefully forever [= )

I am just uploading a video of his horror moments, but for now, here's some pics ;)

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bexcy-bee x
 
He reminds me very much of my horse who I bought looking like this as a 5yo - very weedy and poor. Mine was full of worms though, perhaps this one is too. It did take a good year for him to put on decent condition (although he'll never be chunky). Because he was in such poor condition when I bought him, he was terribly depressed and overly quiet for the first few months. His character did come out as his condition improved though (in a good way). It is a risk taking on a horse in such poor condition, but IMO they can only get better.
 
MagicMelon said:
He reminds me very much of my horse who I bought looking like this as a 5yo - very weedy and poor. Mine was full of worms though, perhaps this one is too. It did take a good year for him to put on decent condition (although he'll never be chunky). Because he was in such poor condition when I bought him, he was terribly depressed and overly quiet for the first few months. His character did come out as his condition improved though (in a good way). It is a risk taking on a horse in such poor condition, but IMO they can only get better.
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Im glad you said this [= makes me feel more confident in his overall looks atm

Just reading back, I forgot to mention, this lady brought him in October, and she showed me pics of when she got him, he was a rescue case quite frankly! The photos were taken in dec, where there was an incredibly big change in what he looked like. He seems to have been usless to polo, so was left in a stable. This lady has done incredibly well to get him looking this good already, so Yes, it can only get better, Im sure [=

bexcy-bee x
 
I'd be very very careful. His conformation is not great at all which only means you'll have issues later on as he'll struggle to work correctly. Not so much worried about long pasterns, but upside down neck and over at the knee plus very on his forehand - not great combinations for dressage side of eventing. There are loads of horses at really decent prices out there that have good basic conformation - if it were me I'd keep looking.
 
Elfen said:
I'd be very very careful. His conformation is not great at all which only means you'll have issues later on as he'll struggle to work correctly. Not so much worried about long pasterns, but upside down neck and over at the knee plus very on his forehand - not great combinations for dressage side of eventing. There are loads of horses at really decent prices out there that have good basic conformation - if it were me I'd keep looking.
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Sorry, I may be having a very dunce moment (happens lots!) But what is over at the knee? lol

bexcy-bee x
 
i think its basically as the term implies the shoulder and front of the horse is set over the knee - ergo weight not travelling properly through the joints/tendons?
 
The second photos are better but he has something of a ewe neck - though a bit more topline would improve the look. But I really don't like his pasterns I'm afraid, and TB's with that kind of leg confo (i.e. over at the knee) are often prone to early arthritis so that for me would be enough to say no.

BTW for anyone who doesn't know, over at the knee means the leg above the knee is set further forward than the leg below. They look almost as if they're leaning forward all the time.
 
I wouldn't put the bucking down to 'character' (I'm assuming you were only walking around a little on ground as hard and stony as that looks so nothing exciting going on and in his usual area.)

I'd more likely put it down to something hurting him. Could easily be tack but could be something worse too.

Vetting, definitely.

As above, he does still look very young based on colour and shape... so make sure you both ask vet about age and get his racing name/trainer's details/anything to help you verify age with weatherbys/whoever. Having said that, he'll have done too much too young anyway most likely...

Looks sweet though.
 
How much is he? Or have I missed that bit? If he's cheap, REALLY cheap, I think he's worth a punt....definately looks like he's in pain somewhere to me, get him vetted to check that its going to be fixable, I suspect it is and obviously he's going to take a lot of hard work, but actually, he looks quite sweet and like he could turn into something rather nice in the right home with appropriate care and training.
 
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