Snowfilly
Well-Known Member
Went with a friend to look at a nice 5 year old bay gelding this morning. She was after a young RC all rounder to bring on and this nice welsh D looked pretty good.
He had a slightly misaligned jaw, top teeth slightly forward but the whole upper jaw and teeth were to the left of the lower teeth by about a finger's width.
From behind his left hip was slightly lower and his left quarter and thigh weren't as muscled as the right.
Despite this, he seemed an absolute sweetheart and the owner's son rode him in the paddock. The left hind wasn't quite tracking up at trot, and he struggled with his canter strike offs, running and hollowing into them.
My friend rode him and loved him; very steady in traffic and lovely butter soft mouth but agreed he felt a little bit off. Final outcome - she wanted to buy him, as he was so well behaved, went well and was beautiful looking but wanted a full vetting because of the crookedness and uneven muscles.
The seller agreed to this and we went off to investigate. Within an hour, friend received a text stating 'you do realise horses aren't all perfect...I don't want my horse pulled around like that and I think he isn't the horse for you because you shouldn't need the vet to see he's the right horse.'
Have had to talk friend down off the ceiling, she now suspects they knew there was a problem and was hoping to pass it off.
Sellers, eh?
He had a slightly misaligned jaw, top teeth slightly forward but the whole upper jaw and teeth were to the left of the lower teeth by about a finger's width.
From behind his left hip was slightly lower and his left quarter and thigh weren't as muscled as the right.
Despite this, he seemed an absolute sweetheart and the owner's son rode him in the paddock. The left hind wasn't quite tracking up at trot, and he struggled with his canter strike offs, running and hollowing into them.
My friend rode him and loved him; very steady in traffic and lovely butter soft mouth but agreed he felt a little bit off. Final outcome - she wanted to buy him, as he was so well behaved, went well and was beautiful looking but wanted a full vetting because of the crookedness and uneven muscles.
The seller agreed to this and we went off to investigate. Within an hour, friend received a text stating 'you do realise horses aren't all perfect...I don't want my horse pulled around like that and I think he isn't the horse for you because you shouldn't need the vet to see he's the right horse.'
Have had to talk friend down off the ceiling, she now suspects they knew there was a problem and was hoping to pass it off.
Sellers, eh?