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GRRRR it REALLY annoys me when people advertise horses as rosette machines. It looks like a nice horse but no horse is a machine! If thats what you think of a living, breathing, feeling animal then you shouldnt have horses IMO. It says alot to me about the owner.

I know its just a term but its not a very nice one!
 
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It is a nice horse but its also only four! Shouldnt be out continually winning rosettes at that age anyway, or it wont still be winning them when its ten!
 
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It did get you to look at the ad though, whether you agree with the wording or not.

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Very true....
 
Yes but if i was looking for a horse like him i still wouldnt buy him because i know i wouldnt trust the owner and their production techniques from that description!
 
It wouldn't offend me at all. The last thing any animal is, is a machine but to my mind it is just a term for a successful competition horse or pony.
 
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Exactly...

There will be hundreds of ads starting "14.2 black" this ones title makes it stand out
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I realise its just a term but it offends me because it shows no respect for the horse and a 'take, take, take' attitude to what the horse can do for the rider. I feel that if people view horses as machines, even with a term in an advert, it shows little empathy for the animal. I actually met a man once who said he wanted a horse that you could just get on and turn a key and it would do as it was told, and he meant it!
 
oh dear, i refer to Pilfer as a rosette machine AND a xc machine!!

does that make me an awful person despite him living the life of luxury in a home for life?

i see it as a compliment- because he is so reliable and good at his job.
 
I see it as a compliment too. It wouldn't offend me because I seee the term being used to make it stand out and explain that it is talented and capable of being placed. What does worry me, however, is the amount it has already done aged 4.
 
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It didn't get me to look, even though I'm slavishly following the prices of anything 14-14.2 for my daughter for when eventually fencing is finished. Completely put me off and I wouldn't even look at an advert that described a horse/pony in that way, if he/she is regarded as a machine I would wonder how well it's maintained, and how hard the engine has had to work.

As someone has said it's only 4 it's definitely one I'd avoid as any pony we get is going to be a pony for the long term either for life or at least till daughter goes to Uni even if outgrown, and I wouldn't want one that's been overworked at a young age.
 
...but you DID read the ad because it was mentioned on here.

'Bold across country, has been cubbing' The pony COULD have trotted around a few small XC jumps, popped them enthusiastically without having a hissy fit and the description would be true, he COULD have spent all of an hour out cubbing, I wouldn't have any qualms about taking a 4 year old out to see hounds, all good experience.

I think people are way too fast to criticise and condemn without phoning up and getting some facts. Has anyone done that?
 
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