Tall narrow natives, Arab?

Very nice, shame she is so far away.

what a difference including mares makes!

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I know the Gazaro stud in Hampshire and this young mare. She's lovely. I seriously considered buying this horse but she was probably going to end up too big for me - my limit was 15.2.
 
OK I won't play games and lead you on. . Take a look on the photos above of the inside corner of her left eye. Yup, it's a sarcoid.

I'd have bought her on the spot. Beautiful straight mover, well made, nice temperament. And a sarcoid less than half an inch from her eye. I'm quite relaxed about sarcoids, but never never ever that close to an eye. What a shame :(


We had a great day traveling through some fabulous scenery, out via Glossop and back via Chesterfield.

And came back to this. This is what Muffin now stands like a lot of the time. It is new behaviour in the last month and says to me that things are progressing, and badly. He is using the top of the door to take the weight of his head. I have contacted the knacker man and I'm about to ask my friend if I can borrow her old mare for a companion. I see no other viable option, his back is already sinking and he must be either in pain or very tired of holding his neck up to avoid pain, or both, to do this so much.

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I've ruled out the bay Welsh mare, I think. I am concerned, in an unbacked horse, what damage a foal could have done to itself by getting cast so badly it has been left with two capped hocks as an adult. If she could be shown in work it would be different, but i would spend my entire time wondering about every twitch and misstep in her hind end.

Back to the hunt please. I like the buckskin 3 year old filly but Hampshire is out until the hotels are open.

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Glad you had a good trip - what a shame about the sarcoid. I am sure you are doing the right thing for Muffin but sad for you about that. :( There are some lovely young horses/projects about and you seem now to have narrowed down to Iberian or Welsh. I reckon you will find something fantastic in either or both of those groups. :)
 
I'm sorry ycbm. But Cortez has the right attitude I think - you've had a horrible run of luck horse-wise, but there IS a horse out there for you, and we will certainly find it sooner or later.

At least console yourself that Muffin has a responsible owner who will not let him suffer....plenty of people don't have the balls to make that decision. It's probably not much of a consolation right now, but still true.
 
It may be just the shadowing of his points, or he may strengthen up, but I think he is back at the knee, which is one of my no goes.

Well that saves asking the price.... I presume that was him but there's no label.
I hadn't watched it, but I see what you mean.
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I'm sorry that trip didn't work out. I'm thinking that's why she's still for sale, as anything half decent seems to get snapped up very quickly

Heartbroken for you regarding Muffin. Just so unfair. I also wonder if he has taken a proper tumble at some point. My friends mare had almost identical damage in that area of the neck and she'd gone head first down a hill after getting a kick.

You will find something amazing Ycbm. He or she is out there somewhere, just waiting........
Hugs to you .xxxxx
 

None of those do anything for me, personally. Which is strange, because I usually find something to sucker me in.

My gelding's half brother is still for sale, cheap, just sayin' :p



Shame that it didn't work out with the filly today. My Warmblood had two sarcoids on his sheath, and I had them removed. I no longer own him so I have no idea if they came back, but sarcoids aren't something I'd want to get involved with, especially on the head/face. On a similar note, I also don't want to get involved with Melanomas, so no grays for me!
 
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