I have seen a lot of his horses jumping at BSJA shows and they seem very nice but his prices often seem too good to be true - or perhaps they are just bargains ???
RHT, i agree that is his name, but if you look at his adverts on Horsemart (to name just one place) he appears to spell his name Rikki Gradley there for some reason. Perhaps he thinks we are all too dim to realise that it is the same person.
Yes friend of mine bought a horse from him and he lied about its breeding/papers and then when she got it home it had strangles - she had a massive vets bill.
His name is right and he lives not far from me. Another HHO asked about him on the other forum a week or so ago as her friend was looking at a horse of his. I asked me instructor about him as I've not had any dealings and she said that he does have some very good horses but has had a few bad ones, don't buy without a 5* Vetting and a trial if possible. I'm not sure if her friend bought him or not though. If you Google his name good and bad comments come up on different forums
Thanks for that I will google him and see what comes up, so if i went to see some of his and had a 5* vetting done hopefully I won't go to far wrong....
well you can do, put there was a post on here and see on other websites about him and a woman called vanessa - taking horses on loan/or free to good home ones and then selling them on.
he is one evil guy and even after everything i have been through after buying from him (faulse/missing papers & strangles) its my horse i feel most sorry for... he got caught up in him and nearly ended up dead thank god i came along and took good care of him albeit at the expense of massive vets bills