Possible suitable horse- always miles away!

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HilaryG

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I am looking for a quality coloured to be a happy hacker, do pleasure rides and escort my youngsters out on hacks.

Needs to be over 16 hands middleweight/heavyweight (if sport horse breeding).

Why are the ones that might be suitable (from their photos, breeding and description) always miles away?
 
Afraid that if you are fussy regarding your requirements, you will have to be prepared to travel. Good luck!
 
If it looks really worth it could you find a friend to go look for you who may live nearer if prepared to pay fuel and ask to get a video to send you etc? Its what we do when looking :)
 
I dont think you seem too fussy but you are limiting yourself by only wanting a coloured, so you will need to either be very patient, one will come along, or be prepared to travel. You can do a lot of checking, get videos etc so that a journey should be worthwhile.
 
I went six times to see my boy it was 150 mile round trip - I wasn't going to see him as I had fallen off some "his never done that before" horse the afternoon before and was in quite considerable pain and could just about sit down however after throwing quite a lot of pain killers down my throat I went, he was the last horse I was going to see before I gave up and was entered in my phone as "another ********* donkey" - he is worth it all!!!!
 
Thank goodness for cars, trains, planes, boats.... A bit of a day trip or weekend away looking at horses is fantastic fun. Why view distance as an obstacle when it really needn't be in this day in age? :confused:
 
be positive said:
I dont think you seem too fussy but you are limiting yourself by only wanting a coloured, so you will need to either be very patient, one will come along, or be prepared to travel. You can do a lot of checking, get videos etc so that a journey should be worthwhile.
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I have an ID x TB mare that would do the job fantastically but I loaned her when I couldn't ride, prior to my operation, and I wouldn't dream of taking her back as she has a fantastic home (at 22).

I have been to see a few locally but they have not been as described which puts me off travelling the hundreds of miles to see others.
 
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Thank goodness for cars, trains, planes, boats.... A bit of a day trip or weekend away looking at horses is fantastic fun. Why view distance as an obstacle when it really needn't be in this day in age? :confused:
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After travelling for two hundred miles, each way, to see what I believed was the the ideal horse (after photos and emails) only to find that it wasn't as happy in traffic as stated and had other issued, I am a bit put off.

I don't find it fun travelling for 3 hours (at less than 30 mpg) to find the horse totally unsuitable.
 
I travelled a 9 hour drive a night over and a 9 hour drive back to see my current foal and it was worth every mile (even if there was a few hundred of them!)

I wouldnt be put off by distance if you believe its the right horse but at the same time be realistic and dont lose sight of what you want just because you have been searching for so long, the right 4 legged friend is out their waiting for you!
 
What area are you in? someone may know of one.

I do know what you mean about people only telling you what they think they can get away with and you can spend so much time looking it starts to take over your life:eek:
 
be positive said:
What area are you in? someone may know of one.

I do know what you mean about people only telling you what they think they can get away with and you can spend so much time looking it starts to take over your life:eek:
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I am in the North West.

I now make a point of asking questions by email rather by phone (which I would prefer) and I find if the questions get too difficult you don't get a reply!
 
HilaryG said:
I don't find it fun travelling for 3 hours (at less than 30 mpg) to find the horse totally unsuitable.
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Well its hardly massively hard work, and horses aren't any more likely to be suitable/as described just because they happen to be closer to home. I don't get the unwillingness of people to make, what is really a small amount of effort, to finding the right horse, or do you expect someone to just bring one to you?

I'm also in the North West and when I was looking I went to North Wales, South Wales, Sunderland and Somerset before finding the right horse in Yorkshire. I know petrol is expensive but not as expensive as keeping the horse - which you don't have at the time because you haven't bought it yet - so comparatively you're loaded, lol. I believe that if you aren't prepared to go and look beyond your doorstep for horses you will be very lucky if the right one lands in your lap.
 
HilaryG said:
I am in the North West.

I now make a point of asking questions by email rather by phone (which I would prefer) and I find if the questions get too difficult you don't get a reply!
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Thats not surprising, they dont want to put anything on record that is not true. I always like to talk to someone before going to try, I find that a proper conversation can be very helpful, if I like the person when talking to them I often like their horse.
The only other thing with email it is often difficult to give definitive answers to some questions, I have sometimes been sent a list some of which are impossible to answer and this gives the impression I am hiding something. So try to form your questions carefully with yes/no or never tried, answers being the only real options.
 
QUOTE 'Why are the ones that might be suitable (from their photos, breeding and description) always miles away? '

This is the curse of the internet. Sure there are plenty of horses posted on the internet but there are even more that are not. You can drive hundreds of miles looking for horses but if you ask around you will probably find what you want within a 50 mile radius of where you live, providing you are not looking for a world beater. :)
 
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