Sold from field...what exactly does it mean?

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I have seen a couple of for sale adverts saying that the horse is being sold from the field. What does that mean exactly? Sorry if this is a silly question but i wondered what exactly you would be able to do when trying a horse that is being sold straight from the field.
Has anyone any experience of this, either buying or selling?

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I assume it means the horse hasn't been ridden (at all/ for a long time) there is no rider to demonstrate it and it is a true case of 'buyer beware'. For that reason I'd never do it
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usually also means the price is a lot lower than it would be if the horse is in work and could be tried properly. So would very much depend on whether you knew and trusted the seller, and knew any of the horse's history. Could be entirely genuine - or it could be a problem horse and to be avoided.
 
I think it means the horse either hasn't done very much/anything at all, and in some cases hasn't been handled very often. My mare was sold from field - she had basically ben born in the field, lived in it for two years and was then driven into a barn and sold (to me
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It's a what you see is what you get kinda thing. You'd be limited with what you could do when you see it, if you'd be able to ride at all in fact! It is a risk. I done it a got a good one but I'm sure there are plenty of bad ones out there. I'd ask about the sellers reputation and history of the horse and if you could maybe contact the vet / previous owner for a bit of background. Most genuine people will let you do this willingly. Just be careful!!
 
Good interpretation.

Mine are that
a) it's so crazy no one will ride it so it's been turned out
or b) it's been unsound so turned out and they want to sell it before anyone rides it and it goes unsound again

Or just possibly the owners personal circumstances mean that it hasn't been ridden for a while, maybe years.
 
This is bought from the field, dragged her across the field - and took her!!! Too fat and unfit to vet (This is Nelly and I am not the woman in the photo!!!)

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I had one 'from the field' to sort out for his owner. I had to walk him away from his paddock across a 40 acre field to the hardstanding where we parked the trailer.
I honestly wondered if he was going to kill me, the 'quiet as a lamb' boy in his own field turned into a spinning rearing plunging beastie when i took him away from his comfort zone- at 16hh that was quite dangerous. The good news it that it took a while but he turned into a lovely riding horse
 
Well he is only a 2yr old and so therefore has had all the basic handling etc but obviously not ridden as yet. Would that worry you as much as an older horse that has been backed etc?
 
My friend is selling a mare from the field. She has bred some lovely foals and has been rebacked etc.. But due to time dark nights etc she hasn't been rode now for about 8 weeks.

She is for sale from the field, if someone wanted to come and catch her, brush her and chuck some tack on and go for a walk round the village they would get home safe.. but she is not fit so cant expect the mare to do a round of show jumps or anything too strenuous.

She is just a genuine lack of time case.
 
Thats what I would have said.... you are buying them from the field, which means they've not been worked in some time..... not all sold from fields are bad.... I've got two for sale at the moment who are living out and who I dont have time to do any preliminary work with..... but i've always been brutally honest about both of them... one being cold back and one never being reschooled from racing!
 
The sandals make me cringe too, but its a bit rude to say she looks like a drag queen when you don't know who she is - she could be SSM's mum ! Of course, if she is daft enough to wear those sandals into a field to catch a horse that size, one might not necessaily want to admit to her as a relative !
 
That's pretty much all I ever buy - but I don't pay a lot!
It's a mixture of "sold as seen" and "haven't a clue anyway" half the time!
 
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The sandals make me cringe too, but its a bit rude to say she looks like a drag queen when you don't know who she is - she could be SSM's mum ! Of course, if she is daft enough to wear those sandals into a field to catch a horse that size, one might not necessaily want to admit to her as a relative !

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She looks like she's about to belt that horse one.
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That lady is a very well respected (and lovely) CB breeder who has devoted her life to the breed. I would think the sandals are probably pretty much what she can get onto her feet now as she is crippled with arthritis. She was waving at Nelly to get her to look up for the photo!!

When we first met her we did wonder what we were doing there!!
 
You can get the odd bargain "from the field", but you just have to be a bit more careful. I bought one off the field - it was a 5yo who hadn't been backed and was STILL with his mother! Was overweight when I went to see him and all he'd had done to him was have a headcollar on and had his feet trimmed. Took us 3 hours to load the poor little chap but he was wonderful, one of the best ponies I've had!

I wouldnt mind buying an unbacked one off the field but not keen on buying one who'd not been ridden in a while as could have issues...
 
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