Alexart
Well-Known Member
Sorry bit of a rant here!!! I won't mention names here or anything but we bred a horse and sold it to a lovely lady a few years ago, and the horse is her pride and joy, the horse is a very nice looking animal and is very sweet natured and has just started her career. She has the horse at a well known stud and has been there a few years, the owner likes to potter a bit but lets others compete her horse as her confidence isn't quite there and she wants the best for said horse and to keep it busy doing lots of things. The horse does show jumping unaffiliated upto 90cm at the mo, dressage and working hunter, the horse enjoys it as does the owner who goes along to all the events. I had a photo of the horse on my sold horses page, as I like to post up dates on how all our babies we've bred are doing, I mentioned next to a pic of the horse when it had just been backed and said where the horse was in training and that her trainer thought she'd do well in dressage etc, which she has - OK not olympic standard but I'm proud of her as is her owner and that is all I said.
Said stud emailed me, I've never spoken to them before, stating that i should not even mention their name as technically it was their business name not the actual address - I didn't know that as all over the web and FB their business name is their address - anyway that also they did not like the fact the we had given the impression they thought the horse would do well which she said they never did - the lady said and I quote "She is a sweet horse but has not shown potential as a serious competition horse and it would be very unfair to try her beyond her capabilities" - nowhere did I ever say I thought they should push a horse and in my eyes she has done well and that was all I stated in literally one sentence!!
She told me to remove their name off our website and to not state where the horse is in training and to do it within 30 days! Is it just me, am I over reacting?, or is that really rude basically saying they don't want to be associated with said horse and it isn't doing well in their eyes, and surely a positive mention for any business is a good thing???!!! I've never had an email like this before it's just so weird and I think rather rude!!!!!
Said stud emailed me, I've never spoken to them before, stating that i should not even mention their name as technically it was their business name not the actual address - I didn't know that as all over the web and FB their business name is their address - anyway that also they did not like the fact the we had given the impression they thought the horse would do well which she said they never did - the lady said and I quote "She is a sweet horse but has not shown potential as a serious competition horse and it would be very unfair to try her beyond her capabilities" - nowhere did I ever say I thought they should push a horse and in my eyes she has done well and that was all I stated in literally one sentence!!
She told me to remove their name off our website and to not state where the horse is in training and to do it within 30 days! Is it just me, am I over reacting?, or is that really rude basically saying they don't want to be associated with said horse and it isn't doing well in their eyes, and surely a positive mention for any business is a good thing???!!! I've never had an email like this before it's just so weird and I think rather rude!!!!!