Stolen horses - newbies and Appleby horse fair

[herondell]

just seen this my oh is a romany gypsy and i have never met a bunch of lovely helpfull people and very good horse men some of his family breed trotters some coloureds some welsh d or cs and one of them breeds well known ds which are very well looked after i only have to phone up one of them and ask for any sort of help and they are there i get my welsh d mares coverd and they will not take any money i have a choice of 3 trailers to borrow they say its just sitting in the field dont buy one just use one of ours there realy kind when these texts was going around it got my goat up because as soon as a horse is stolen its the gypsys or appleby i would love to go to appleby as i have heard his friends and family talking about it and what a good fair it is and that i should go with the girls so a few from my yard are going to go next year i said on one forum that someone put up about a theft and a person said it must of been local travellers all i said was is there any proof then i got if there is going to be a debate on travellers we would be banned some people dont see that they have rights they have a gypsy council

 

[Shannagolden]

It's interesting reading this, Horse fairs do get alot of stick and I agree that cruelty can take place. But no more than any other horse event. After owning my horse for ten years I finally took him to a local show last year and had a great time. However the following week I went to another show as a spectator and was shocked at the poor standard of riding, the pushy pony club mums and the attitude of some of the riders. I must admit that it put me off a little, but if I then came to the conclusion that all competitors were like this then that would obviously be untrue and unfair.
Incidently I sold a filly of mine to a traveller that was staying in our area, I was very sorry to see her go and hoped she would be ok. I need not have worried, the following year the travellers came back, still had the filly and she looked great.
I would far sooner sell to a competent person who understands horse's than to an over sentimental do gooder who thinks that they are cuddly toys.

To the person whose horse was stolen - I truly hope you get your horse back. It is every horse owners worst nightmare.

 

[VLHIEASTON]

Ever heard of punctuation ?

 

[JM07]

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shannagolden's reply is full of punctuation...

 

[Donkeymad]

Think she meant the previous post JM07.The one I am responding too.

herondell, true romany gypseys are great, it is the rest that are not and tend to get everyone tarred with the same brush.

 

[herondell]

i think you will find that remark was pointed at me but do i care no...... i wrote it in a hurry to get down the yard to feed my horses its a forum not a school .....

 

[tourmaline]

Hi, couldn't agree more with you. I was at a show, the love of my life tied up to the horsebox, I was only feet away and someone tried to steal him, he is coloured and very stroppy (lol) and guess what, a friends pal saw them and brought him back to me, yes this friend is a traveller, and he really told me off. A warning to all, DO NOT leave your horses tied up at shows unless someone is watching them.