Opinions on this horse....

I don't normally like coloureds with so much white on, but I do like her and I can see why you're looking at her. Looks a nice sort and certainly a head turner.
 
she's not your main stream coloured, and i think that is reflected in the price. She does look like a good mover though. What would you want to do with her?
 
Well I'll put my penny's worth in so here goes....


I think if your not into showing (due to her colouring) but want a smart looking and nice moving cob (from the photos) she looks a decent enough mare and I think she's reasonably priced if she's well handled and straightforward.

I can just picture her all turned out nicely with some smart tack on in the hunting field.

If you like her go see her, don't be put off by folk, we all like different things in a horse depending on what we want to do with them.
 
Her conformation looks really horrid in the photo of her stood up and that would be enough to put me off... let alone all of the washing you would have to do!
 
splashgirl45 said:
too much white for me and i would be a bit worried that a big strong horse like that is still unbroken...i would be asking why????????
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As long as she hasn't been started but it's 'gone wrong' so they're selling her as unbacked - the fact that she's not broken/backed is actually a plus for me. She's only four after all and not fully grown.
 
Faracat said:
As long as she hasn't been started but it's 'gone wrong' so they're selling her as unbacked - the fact that she's not broken/backed is actually a plus for me. She's only four after all and not fully grown.
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My thoughts too, she's not going to look strong in the back either if she's done nothing, I've seen more shoddy weak looking cobs at that age that than turn out to be very nice looking things given time and work, a cob is at his prime when they hit seven, so for four she's ahead of the game a bit. Not the best photo from the side, think it's because she's stood looking alert, I rather like her.
 
Kenzo said:
If you like her go see her, don't be put off by folk, we all like different things in a horse depending on what we want to do with them.
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In this case Pixie is 110% absolutely right and anyone who knows the seller will say the same.
Look for something else!
 
Looks a decent sort if you don"t mind lots of grooming.
Somerford so sorry to hear about tour horse, everything crossed fir you.
 
A dealer selling an unbacked 4 year old?
Highly unlikely, a couple of weeks work at most and they have these straight forward types going under saddle great and therefore make a lot more money.

If being sold unbacked I'd suspect they've tried and she difficult and it's an old trick to them sell as a blank canvas.

It took me 1 week to take my straight forward 3 year olds from being sat on to happily cantering around an arena, dealers do this for a living and are way more skilled than me and don't sell unbacked unless there is a problem, just doesn't make good business sense when they can double prices once backed.

Barge pole is right!! :(
 
faracat....perhaps i am too suspicious, my worry would be exactly that, did they start to back her and had problems....from other posts it seems that this is a dealer and i would have expected them to have put in a bit of work so they could get a better price ......she still has too much white for me, think of the stable stains!!!!!!!
 
splashgirl45 said:
faracat....perhaps i am too suspicious, my worry would be exactly that, did they start to back her and had problems....from other posts it seems that this is a dealer and i would have expected them to have put in a bit of work so they could get a better price ......she still has too much white for me, think of the stable stains!!!!!!!
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I have a grey so I've got used to the muddy look. :p

I personally like to buy unbacked horses, but if she is 'unbacked' because they failed to back her that is a totally different thing.
 
Well we can only respond Faracat and the OP may take on board our opinions.
Nothing wrong with a genuinely unbacked 4 year old, but how many have been messed up by numpties trying to back them between 3 & 4 and then passed on because they can no longer be handled or worked with by your average person?
They tend to end up with dealers or some muppet who has no idea what they've taken on because they've bought a supposed blank canvas :(

Dealers would always attempt to break this age group, hell at 15.2hh and going nicely under saddle she'd fetch a lot more than 1350 because her size of cob type commands decent money if a good sort.

Just screams fishy and walk away to me :(
 
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