Tall narrow natives, Arab?

paddy555 said:
real shame about the virus otherwise you could just hop on a plane and if it was love at first sight you would have your answer.
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The last horse I bought, I flew over on a Friday, came back on Saturday. Cost me €19.95 + car hire, the hotel and dinner. The most expensive bit was the car, and found out the agent would have picked me up anyway.

I highly recommend the quick-break-to-sunny-place-oh-and-buy-horse-too method :cool:
 
In the meantime you can enjoy all sorts of purebred fun perhaps!! :) :) A good arab is of course, fabulous and a good Welshie is it's own unique form of joy too. :) Both of these are reasonably cheap in the UK thankfully so you might be able to consider a fun, cheaper horse as well as the dream Spaniard that Cortez will find you given a bit of time :) :) And you have an appaloosa (I have one of these too and if I could find similar breeding again would have another like a shot) - so then you would have a lovely stable full of different equine delights :cool::cool:
 
paddy555 said:
totally agree I don't like the large ones. Two of mine were by General Gold and only 14.2. Small and they could work.
Useless however in an arena. The liked it best when you pointed them in the right direction, set the sat. nav. and let them get on with travelling.
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This made me smile Paddy as it sums up mine perfectly! I think of him as a tiny war horse, just made for running around madly anywhere you point him ,but try and get him to do something he thinks is boring like schooling and he does a Kevin on me !
 
Cortez said:
Well, when I go over to Spain THE MINUTE IT IS POSSIBLE next to look for a place to live, I shall most certainly find something for you. I have decided that you need to join the Spanish horse club :-), I think you'd like them...
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That is high praise from you! I really want one. If I buy something else for now I will still be interested in the autumn.

Thankyou!
 
paddy555 said:
lovely mare. 27 seems to be nothing for an arab.
Mine was beyond hopeless in an arena. (that is why I wonder if a pure bred would be suitable for YCBM)
ride him over a perfectly mown lawn and he would end up in a heap on the ground. He simply couldn't be arsed. Far too boring Trot him down a twisty slope, strewn with rocks and other hazards on a loose rein and you were perfectly safe. :)
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I have to say this description fits the one I owned as my first horse. I think I should probably steer clear.

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palo1 said:
In the meantime you can enjoy all sorts of purebred fun perhaps!! :) :) A good arab is of course, fabulous and a good Welshie is it's own unique form of joy too. :) Both of these are reasonably cheap in the UK thankfully so you might be able to consider a fun, cheaper horse as well as the dream Spaniard that Cortez will find you given a bit of time :) :) And you have an appaloosa (I have one of these too and if I could find similar breeding again would have another like a shot) - so then you would have a lovely stable full of different equine delights :cool::cool:
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I would buy another Ludo tomorrow. He is an utter delight.

I'm thinking a big D would be quite a contrast, in a good way.
 
ycbm said:
I have to say this description fits the one I owned as my first horse. I think I should probably steer clear.

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Oh I dunno, I trained a PBA to Prix St. Georges once.....he wasn't built like the show arabs though, and wouldn't have been able for GP. Also, it took a very long time to get him there, but I loved him dearly, he always tried his big 'ol heart out for me. I love arabs :-)
 
Cortez said:
The last horse I bought, I flew over on a Friday, came back on Saturday. Cost me €19.95 + car hire, the hotel and dinner. The most expensive bit was the car, and found out the agent would have picked me up anyway.

I highly recommend the quick-break-to-sunny-place-oh-and-buy-horse-too method :cool:
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The answer to YCBM's problem is very simple. Wait till air travel to Spain is released, leave on a Friday, a girl's weekend over there for the pair of you. View a few horses, try horses, buy horse and return Sunday. Problem sorted. Simples. :D:D
 
ycbm said:
I love their sheer intelligence. Einstein of the horse world.

Honestly someone, buy that £1500 chap in Berwick, he is a right cracker!

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I like his expression and I think he would be sensitive and work with you. I am not so sure I like his sire especially his face. I would want to know a lot more about his parentage, what they have done etc. and how easy they are to break. I would like to see other siblings and what they are doing.

I would also want to know a lot more about the place in Berwick. I saw on AL they had other (or another) arab youngster for sale by the same sire. If they are breeders I would want to know more about their breeding policy and what they are breeding and aiming at.
The prices are relatively cheap. They may be fine, totally brilliant but I would want to do a lot more background checking.
The horse has been for sale for a long time. The pics aren't brilliant. Why not update them to current pics.
 
HashRouge said:
He's SO slight though. I didn't think he looked like there would be much room for the saddle!
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The photos are the same that have been on the ad for 300 days approx... he will be a different animal as a six year old, which was when mine finally gave up on getting wider (as in skeletally, not fatness... apparently there's more scope there for the latter, despite being on poor grazing).
 
Meowy Catkin said:
The photos are the same that have been on the ad for 300 days approx... he will be a different animal as a six year old, which was when mine finally gave up on getting wider (as in skeletally, not fatness... apparently there's more scope there for the latter, despite being on poor grazing).
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Wow didn't realise he'd been for sale for that long!
 
ycbm said:
I would buy another Ludo tomorrow. He is an utter delight.

I'm thinking a big D would be quite a contrast, in a good way.
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Well my Appaloosa x Arab is utterly divine; refined, charming, intelligent and athletic; a complete gentleman to boot. His appaloosa side is via Capital lines and his arab side is Egyptian: slim built, slab sided and perfect for toe dancing on a high ridge...!! My little Welshie is round, deep, sparkling with good natured mischief, strong, bold, with fancy moves and also intelligent and willing. If I could manage to keep 3 in work, find the right kind of instructor (and afford the purchase price) I believe a noble Spaniard would complete the set, but I shall have to live vicariously through others atm. :) :)
 
Oh god, now I've seen Arty's half sister (well, wrong terminology because is same sire different dam, but since the sire only bred 3 I'm going with it ?). And she looks so similar to Arty. I really need to stop looking at horse adverts now...

How about this guy though? Pictures are a bit pants but he just looks like he has something fun but kind about him:
http://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/119865296/lovely-gelding.html?ref=advert-share-email
 
Apologies if this has already been suggested, but if you arelooking at Spanish horses, have you phoned Gazaro Stud in Hampshire? They usually have Andalusian youngstock for sale. Not sure website is always up to date, so best to ring. Not near you, but not as far as Spain!
 
my first arab was 15. 2hh by lady anne lytton`s Manto, he was a lovely riding horse


most of what we have now are pb arab, intentionally, i want them to be sound into old age...........
 
that big chestnut yearling with the one sock, by wish upon a star , i like the look of, don`t usually like wb, but his sire is by gribaldi sire of totilas, trak, so could be some arab in there, and tb in trak herds
 
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