Photographs of Horses being sold (rant)

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abaddon_1974

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Having finally decided to start looking for a horse, I have been reading adverts on the net.
I have noticed that the photographs usually do nothing to help sell the horse.

Why do sellers think I want to see that their horse can wear a rug in every picture, or want to see a blurred photo of what may be the horse jumping (or could be the yard cat).
Or even see several shots which look to be identical.

Surely it cannot be so hard to take a few in focus close up shots of a horse doing different things.

If there is enough space it would be nice to perhaps see a horse untacked, then one with a rider while stood and perhaps an action shot of jumping or cantering. If space allows a close up head shot would also be nice.

Maybe it is because I am new to this game and I do not understand that what is actually required are blurry distant shots of a horse that is showing off it's ability to wear a rug.

Any ideas why people selling horses do this?
 
There are some awful pics in sales ads. What annoys me is seeing a picture of a horse tacked up and just stood there. Brilliant the horse can wear tack, might not allow a jockey to sit on it or actually move but it wears tack. Also draw rein pictures!! Great the horse obviously only works like that when it's strapped down!
 
the best ones are of them laying in the field looking cute......and then just the head over the stable door, very helpful.......do these people really expect to sell a riding horse from this sort of pic?
 
I saw a brilliant one the other day - a back view of a driving horse pulling a cart, all you could see of the horse was its tail! There was another photo though but that one was so dark and the horse so far away that you couldn't even tell whether it was a horse or some other animal, standing in a field.
 
A few I can remember

Ones of horses wearing a cap, or a Santa hat or tinsel:confused:
Lying down:confused:
With it's willy hanging out, lovely
Cat leaping a fence
Doing a lip curl over the stable door
One that's a arty pic in black and White just of the eye
A badly photoshopped one, yes your horse is reaing and not jumping 1.40m
One bucking/broncing
A horse having a itch
Tanking off across a field, a kids pony if I remember
Very fat/thin horses
The ones with a Pelham/standing martingale/gackle/draw reins and the rider has spurs on:confused:
the ones wear the horse is 'sitting' just getting up from a roll

Why do people do it?
 
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