The worst viewing you've ever had?

Went to view a 16.2 ex racer for share, described as a plod and sensible. Owner rode out with me on a friends Horse. As soon as Horse stepped on grass his head shot up in the air (almost knocking my teeth out!) he got really strong and was bouncing everywhere. Not so much the plod I had wanted! was just about to ask the owner if we could swap (hers was a plod!) and the Horse spun and bolted with me down a road. Luckily there was no cars. He then slipped over and my leg went through a concrete pipe on the side of a building! the pipe snapped in half and tore form the wall, My other foot had got wedged in the stirrup so when the Horse got up, I did too. Horse then proceeded to bolt again, all the way back to the stables. When I got off, I called the owner (who was still riding back to the yard) and said we were both shaken but ok. Owner then screamed at me and said I wasn't experienced enough for him and his going to be lame again now. When I asked what she meant she admitted the Horse had been on 6 months box rest due to a back injury. I was the first one to sit on him!! no wonder the poor thing bolted back home! since then the Horse has bolted with another rider and also threw his owner off breaking her back. The Horse was PTS. I have a scar on my leg now from the pipe.

When I was looking for a Horse to buy. I went to see a 14.1 "safe hack". Turned up to see a 13.1 Pony. Owner tacked him up (using her 17hh Horses saddle) and bridled the Pony, the bridle was falling to bits and had been stuck together with duct tape. Despite this Pony went nicely for her so I got on. She was sweet but was too green (wasn't stated in advert) asked to hack out and she said I could but with her on foot. All was fine, but everytime a car/bike/person/dog came near the owner would snatch the reins from me and look so frightned! she obviously thought the Pony was going to do something. I did question her on this and she admitted to not hacking the Pony out as she wasn't insured and also hated hacking. But she was sure the Pony would be a safe hack as she was safe in the school. I said thanks but no thanks!
 
Not quite the same but I have a "they have never done that before" story. Went to view a confidence giving Pony. I had walked and trotted in an open field, but wasn't quite confident to canter an unknown Horse yet. So owner got on. She mounted then answered some questions I had for about 5 minutes. She then asked for canter straight away, Pony mini leapt and put in a dirty stop and rider goes over head. She got up and said "she has never done that before" and first I thought "yea yea" but then I really looked at the rider, she is either a spectacular acctress or really was shocked. She said "I completely understand if you don't want to view her again, I hope you don't mind, but I am getting back on as I'm not letting her get away with that, I promise you she has never done that" she got back on and got the canter.

I took a gamble and got the Horse ;) I have now had Ruby a year and she did do this again in the school, My YO was riding her at the time, gave her a tap with the whip and a growl and too this day Ruby has never done it or tried to.

So sometimes the "They have never doen that before" comments are true :p
 
I went to view a 15 something welsh cob one day after work during the week (for a weekend loan/share), owner was lovely but didnt ride as much as she should have (when I say this i mean the horse had hardly been touched in 18 months!) so you can imagine the horses attitude..... Incredibly exciteable! - this was fine with me.

So tacked up, got on and rode her to the jumping field, she was fine, but had an incredibly quick step when trotting - which I personally really dont like as being tall I cant really get into the movements as easy.

But anyway, I continued to walk her round the field, just to loosen her up as I knew she hadnt been ridden in ages and wanted to ease the pair of us in. She was fine in walk, but was very skitty with the horse next door in the menage being lunged, whenever I went to walk her down the straight bit next to them she would fling her head around and want to shoot off. She also spooked at most other things which went past. I was firm but fair with her and she did respond. Went into a little trot with her, which was fine apart from the speedy gonzales rate the legs went! But after about 5 paces she wanted to just 'go', which wasnt going to happen as the field really wasnt big enough. I also noticed whenever she went out of a walk her head was vertually on the floor, which was not only off putting but a bit strange? and she was very 'flighty' on the ground.

I was fairly happy with the introduction and said id come back on the weekend to have another go when the field had dried up a bit and see how she faired with that. Came back, tacked up and got on, went back to the same field and did a bit of walking, trotting and just testing how responsive she was - again this was ok but needed some work. Another lady at the yard was going to go for a wander round the huge field they had there and the owner said why didnt I go with her. Great i thought! So out the pen I went and caught up with the other lady and her horse, we started off round the field with no issues and was having a chat, but the horse I was on had one pace and that was a super fast walk and she just wouldnt slow down, which made for a fairly stressful wander round! Then on the way back up the field my horse flew up in the air and went into a full gallop the length of the field - without being asked. And im talking head on the floor again, throwing in a few bucks and the speed she went was incredible. She wouldnt stop no matter what I tried with her until i aimed her at some huge bushes and eventually she stopped. By this point the saddle had slipped and when we stopped I was hanging off the one side and slid all the way round until i fell off - seriously bruising all my lower back and also mild concussion.

Then I got the usual 'oh she has never done that before'........

'Umm no thanks - the horse is a liability and not what you told me'.

I am just glad it happened to me and not a small child as this could have been potentially very dangerous.
 
I've just remembered one from when I was looking a couple of years ago. My leg was broken at the time (!), so went for an initial look-see at a lovely little Haflinger mare. The seller was a breeder on a small scale and imported horses from all over to improve her line etc.

Told the seller my circumstances (ie that I had lost confidence after a fall and needed a safe, happy hacker etc etc) and they assured me that she was just that, with the potential to do more if I wanted. Watched a groom ride her and she certainly appeared to be all that they said. Lovely little thing. Good as gold in the school (and sooo pretty :)). Only problem was, she responded to verbal commands only - in DUTCH! :D:D

My Dutch is a bit rusty! :D
 
I had a hidious lady who came to view our 12.2hh quiet pony club pony. He had always been a very well behaved and my daughter rode him first, he went so well and was impecably behaved. I then asked lady if her daughter would like to get on, daughter did a frightened rabbit face and nearly burst into tears.(should have realised then there was a problem) so (tiny) mother asked if she could get on and not wishing to hide anything I agree. Mother had allready said that she had seen loads of ponies and none were quiet, they had all been fizzy and lunatics. I then realised why, she proceeded to shout and flap the reins at the pony whilst slapping it with her stick, before I had a chance to say anything the poor pony shot forward stuck it's head down and deposited her in a heap.I then said the obvious 'he's never done that before' which he hadden't. But then he had never been ridden so baddly before.
 
Wow... some of these are enough to put you off buying!

Can't say I've ever had any "horror" viewings. Worst one was probably a gelding who had been in that home for a month, they'd put him in a grackle because "it looked pretty", and they insisted on bringing him in and out in a chifney because he'd pulled when they first had him. Said horse appeared to be an absolute lamb, and had not long come out of an RDA home. He was being sold because "he was too much, and they were buying something quieter".
 
First horse I bought having loaned and ridden every nutter available to me. Went to see a 5 yr old gelding. They tacked him up, I got on, put my legs on him. He went mental and bucked me off. "he'd never done that before" either.....

Will never ride anything until its been demonstrated to me in all paces now.
 
When I was looking for a horse about 5 years ago I saw an 8 year old standard bred advertised as 'bomb proof' havig done dressage and a little cross country, anyones ride, been hunted by a 10 year old. Decided to go to see it so rung for drections. The yard was in the middle of nowhere with a very difficult lane to negotiate, luckily I have a landrover! When I got there there were several large cages with large angry looking dogs! there were also chained german shepherds and doberman. Altogether about 20 dogs! I got out of the landrover and walked over to the very dilapitaded stables, about 10 in a square shape. In each stable there was a horse that looked a little under weight but they also looked very elderly and it can be difficult to keep a good weight on an older horse so gave them the benefit of the doubt! Girl led out the horse for sale and I nearly fell on the floor, the poor animal was like a skeleton covered all its ribs were sticking out! I was horrified, she offered to tack it up but I said it was not was I was looking for but her OH had closed the gate to the yard and they insisted I saw it ridden even if I did not want to try him myself so I sat and had to watch this poor animal being forced around a ring, it was not a school just a stone track on the side of a hill! I left as soon as I could, drove about 5 miles down the road and rang the RSPCA! It turned out they had already been reported as they were buying very old hoses and selling them to unknowledgable people as under 10yer olds. They have been banned from owning animals now.
 
Some of these stories are very funny. It would be good to hear both sides of some of these stories too!

I'll add two of my horse-viewing stories from many years ago....


1. Described as a schoolmaster. I asked to see him ridden and fell for the "well I would but I hurt my arm the other day - but you can ride him, let's go to the lungeing pen" and I got on and he took off and did a couple of laps of wall-of-death. She said "aww he finds it difficult to balance in here as he's so big, let's go into the big arena" where said ned took off again, aiming for far fence where he spun left at last moment, dropped his right shoulder and ejected me, shoulder-first into the wooden post-and-rail. owwwwww. one very bruised shoulder. Err, no thanks.

2. Described as broken-in, quiet to ride, can be seen ridden, open to any trial, when I arrived the vendor said she couldn't find his saddle so I'd have to buy him from the field but he definitely was broken-in and rideable. Err, no thanks.
 
Looking for a sharer/loaner for my big mare.
The advert CLEARLY stated no novice riders, she is quirky and if you can't ride she WILL deposit you on the floor.
Lass phoned up, told me she was extremely experienced and her last horse "bucked all the time".
She turned up at the agreed time......in FULL make up, the LONGEST false eye lashes I have ever seen, and jods and boots that had clearly never seen a horse before.
I should have trusted my instinct and stopped things there and then, but the girls father insists she is a very good rider, and is attending the local equine college.
So I lunge said mare for 10 mins, and she gets on.
And lands so hard in the saddle the mare promptly put her back on terra firma.
Girl starts to cry, father is furious and I again state "She is NOT a novice ride and you CANNOT land on her back like that!!!"
Thank god someone far better suited turned up not long after!
 
Daughter was asked to try a first pony for someone, it was their first and the mum had done a horse care evening class, so that was all ok then ;). I insisted on going too since daughter was 13. Got to the yard to find 2 ponies basically running wild, daughter went to catch the pony as the owner was 'getting the tack', couldn't get near the pony, owner shakes a bucket and the 2 ponies run into the yard where she admitted this was the only way of getting them in. I look over pony, nice little Dartmoor, owner gives the tack to potential buyer who proceeds to put saddle on back to front and bridle on upside down, daughter takes over (obviously horse care course didn't cover this). Seller has noone to ride pony, daughter is more than capable so jumps on. Pony is incredibly nappy basically a total little barsteward! Buyer has arranged a vet who arrives and passes pony as sound.
I took owner to one side and suggested very firmly that the pony was not suitable in any way she then informs me she has put a £250 deposit on it and has a asking price of £2500 :0!!! Sellers wouldn't refund the deposit and eventually she did decide to write off the money. Not quite sure why she paid a deposit on a pony she'd never seen but there we go and alongside the vets fees it was an expensive lesson learnt.
 
Another "it's never done that before story"...

I was looking for a horse after my full loan ended, and the nice safe allrounders that I was looking at seemed to be going almost before the adverts came out, so it felt like I spent forever on the phone asking about horses.

The first I went to go see was lovely, as was the owner, but I was a bit put off by the fact she rode it in the school in a pelham 'just in case'. I think she was more nervous than I was!

Went to go see a couple at a dealers that were nothing like she said on the phone - well below height and definately not established enough for a novice.

The worst one though was a beautiful cob that seemed perfect... Everything in the ad and on the phone was ideal. I deliberately didn't ask any leading questions about temperament/suitability and she said it would be perfect as an allrounder for as a confidence giver for a nervous/novice rider - which was exactly what I wanted. Something that wouldn't scare me... Took an experienced friend with me who'd seen all ads/pics etc. Saw the cob groomed and tacked up, it was calm and quiet in the stable...so far so good. A rider hopped on and walked/trotted up and down the lane and field track, then went into the indoor school. Walk, trot, canter each rein. He seemed a bit green but perfectly sane and willing to try. Bit of a production when I went to get on as he wasn't used to mounting blocks, but I thought that was something easy to sort if I took him home. He was a bit forward but again, young and a different rider, so no biggie... I then walked about 2/3 round the arena, then asked him to change rein across the diagonal. Cue him taking off at full speed wall of death style. I panicked and froze until he eventually saw the exit and span - sending me flying out the side door through a plastic barrier into the metal pillar in the wall, splitting my (new HS1) helmet, and damaging my shoulder! Cue "he's never done that before". My friend got the majority of it on video and you can just see me move my outside leg back a fraction before he ran... She hopped on after and said he felt as if he'd just been backed, and if she'd ridden first she wouldn't have let me on! Cue her trying all the following horses first, whatever they looked like and whatever the seller said!

Unfortunately by the time I went to see my current boy I was a nervous wreck and barely trotted a few strides. My friend then got back on and had a play and announced we were having this one. Fortunately he is fantastic and suits me to the ground despite a rocky start :)

There were plenty more silly stories but nothing dangerous -just horses really not being as described...
 
Selling my daughters 14hh section D. Woman came to view her said she had worked on show jumping yards and was very experience. She wanted the pony to teach her 2 boys to learn to ride on. Told her she was not good in traffic as she didn't like tractors and lorries, no problem she said as she wouldn't be hacking. So she rode her in the school, without a hat :0 she declined when I asked if she wanted to take her up the road. She bought her and I dropped her off, less than 48 hours later she rang to say she took her out and she wouldn't hack out alone. She said she would give her more time to settle in. Then came tje treats, I wasn't in a position to take the pony back but offered to help as ahe was local. This she refused and sued me instead.
 
Our worse viewing as a seller....

We had been quietly trying to sell my mum's amazing 14.2hh RC all rounder by word of mouth. seriously fantastic pony who had done his job perfectly of giving my mum back her confidence and she now wanted to do a bit more than he was comfortable with.

We managed to put off all enquiries that weren't perfect- until one day the perfect buyer called... could they come today?! Mild panic set in :eek: and as they turn up they've only brought the bloody lorry! Tears prickling already :(

They were perfect though and quite local so we saw him out and about after. But my mum cried for a week! It was awful!

In hind sight we now feel like it happened the best way as dragging it out would have been even worse.

I'm now searching for another version of him :rolleyes:
 
Went to view a pure lusitano, arrived to find "it" in their back garden (yes, they kept it in there all the time)! The owner had hacked its tail off to literally just below the bone "because it annoyed her" and the horse was thin and covered in old scars. This horse was only meant to be a 6yo so sad to see so many scars already! The teenager told me how the horse bolted with her the week before down the road, and that it bucked all the time. She also said it had been thrown off the farmers field as it destroyed the fence jumping out (and yes I saw the fence...). I thought surely this girl just doesn't want to sell so is making this up?! But no, her mum merrily stood there agreeing with her but saying how stuff like it bolting was a good thing as her daughter used to gallop it to school when they lived in Portugal and she'd get there really fast (I'm not kidding). She brought out some horrific ancient tack and lept on wearing shorts, sandals and no hat. She proceeded to haul this horse in the mouth round the garden booting it in the ribs. The horse looked like it had never ever been taught even basics like how to turn or go forward. It was so sad to watch, I told her I'd seen enough and left. The owners had the balls to be asking £3,500 for this horse. I offered her £500 as sympathy for the poor thing and told her in an email how horrified I was! She didnt reply. Poor horse :(

Worst selling viewing, two come to mind - one girl found it great that my horse did flying changes and kept doing them over and over, I told her to stop as he was getting fed up but too late, he threw in a little buck and off she flew! The horse had never ever bucked with me in the 5 years I'd had him. I also had a useless timewaster of a lady who wasted my time coming to see and ride a horse to then turn round to me at the end to say "its just a shame he's chestnut, I really want a black one and he's really too big height-wise for me" (the advert had clearly stated his colour and his size!). I was speechless!
 
i went to see an exracer who wasnt quite as described to say the least! was ment to be an 11 yr old schoolmaster -first suspicious sign was the huge hollows above the eyes so i checked the teeth-im not an expert but read up on the basics and i could see he was well over 20! she then tacked him up in a dressage bridle which was clearly 2 sizes too big and the bit was huge it must have been off a huge warmblood cos he was 16.2hh tb,any way she cobbled the bridle up and i asked her where was the horses tack? she said it was! erm no dont think so! by this point i had decided he wasnt for me :rolleyes:but wanted to watch where this actually would go :eek:then she put 3 numnahs and a saddle again clearly not his and couldnt find a girth .20 mins later she had borrowed a girth from someone and led him to the block ,she hopped on no probs ,went to outdoor school and proceeded to ride this poor old horse who tbh tried his heart out but didnt have a clue what she was asking ,he was totally hollow and was motorbiking around the corners. anyway i couldnt watch anymore and gave my excuses and left:eek:
 
Buying - Years and years ago, when i was looking for my first horse (as a teenager - naive and stupid) i went to see a TBxcob, advertised as perfect RC allrounder, jumping 3ft+ courses, XC schooled blah blah... turned up, he seemed sweet enough, we tacked him up, woman said she couldn't ride him first as she'd put her back out... so I hopped on... we all walked around the back of the stables, and through a paddock to the 'schooling paddock' at the back of the farm. I started riding him round, walk and trot fine, a couple of bucks going into canter, but nothing awful. Lady said he was goign nicely for me so to jump him... Well... took him over one cross pole, landed, and he took off broncing, then jumped OUT of the field (over the 3ft+ fence :rolleyes:) deposited me on the floor and took himself back to his stable! Turns out, this is how she hurt her back too... just didn't think he'd do it again :eek:

Selling - More recently, I had a lovely 14.2 I had produced, advertised as a competition prospect for competent teenager. I hadn't competed him, but was jumping 1.10m at home, established counter canter and simple changes, XC schooled, forward going and responsive but not silly, potential in any sphere... Thought I was pretty harsh with 'vetting' potential parent's/callers on the phone, until one slipped through the net. They talked the talk, walked the walk, but when said wonder child got on the pony ( after I'd shown them all he could do of course) it quickly became clear that even in walk, the kid was wobbly, parent said they were just nervous, but then kid gave a massive big kick to ask for trot (whilst hanging onto saddle not reins!) and the poor pony looked horrified and shot off in trot! Kid couldn't rise properly, and thankfully pony just shot over to me and stopped. I politely told the parents that perhaps 'wonder child' could do with a few more lessons before considering buying a pony like this one!!
 
MissMistletoe said:
When I went to view a mare a few years ago, I picked up all of her feet, one at a time just to guage what she was like to handle.

When I reached her hind leg, she proceeded to kick and kick quite angrily at me.

The seller just looked on and said " well, you never bother with their back feet do you now?".
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I had one like this. I went to pick up his feet and just asked whether he was OK with it - to be told that I could try if I liked, but they didn't really bother with their feet as they had too many horses!

I then got on (using a plastic lawn chair as a mounting block) and discovered that while this youngster perhaps had been going very nicely for the young daughter as advertised, he had quite obviously only ever been ridden by her, and was clearly freaked out having a stranger on board. I didn't think I was a terrible rider, but I found that the controls I thought I knew and those that this horse knew didn't seem to have any common ground - I had to get off, admitting I didn't know how to ride it.

I left feeling pretty useless and embarrassed, and thinking that perhaps a 5 year old was too much for me to handle.

But it's a good job I don't really listen to myself, because the 5 year old I bought a couple of weeks later is rock-solid, well schooled and a little hero :D
 
Floxie my new mare nearly fell over when I tried getting her to lift her back feet. She is improving but she is 7 yr old for goodness sake. Obviously come from a similar mindset owner!!
 
I stupidly went to see a horse on my own in the middle of nowhere! The minute I arrived I thought I didn't like the look of him but we carried on - I walked 30 minutes round the block whilst the girl showed me her beasts paces, they weren't bad, we then went back to the field where she walked, trotted and cantered him and then she asked if I would like a go. I didn't really but got my hat and got on. Walk and trot went fairly well then I asked for canter and he exploded. I hit the deck very badly bruising my back. I could just about get up the two hour drive home was soooo painful - I even had a fag I hadn't smoked for 7 years! The girls reaction was "oh his never done that before, but my friends selling her horse down the road his much more of a novice ride"!! - AUGGHGHGH :rolleyes:
 
Well I am glad I am not the only one to attract the crazy horse owners, after nearly 4 months of crazy though to plan plodding pigs, I have finally found my new baby :D, she arrived yesterday :D:D. But had some very unique experiences most due to my pigheadness in the fact I will get onto anything.

One involving a 10yrs 15.3hh TB x Welsh who was a forward going but sane ride, ridden regularly. Got there after quite a drive, lady meets my husband and I by her gate holding back a very cross looking dog, who was not happy we were visiting. She then informs me that she won't be ridding as was in her "office wear:confused::confused:" so her friend will ride him. She then spends about 20mins trying to catch said horse, while my not so horsey husband is trying to usher me out (sadly I didn't listen to him!). She finally catches him and then spends another 15mins trying to find "his" tack (not so regularly ridden I feel!). I tack him up and he was fairly laid back, a bit bolshy, but took that as he obviously wasn't ridden quite as often as suggested and just needed to learn some manners! Friend then turns up looking very nervous and announces she's going to ride him on the lunge firstly :confused::confused:, husband looks very confused and try's to drag me away but for some reason like a car crash I was drawn to this accident waiting to happen. Women then try to mount him from a mounting block but he refused point blank so I helped give her a leg up in a very rabbit dug up field. She lands on him hard and he bolts forward and she screams! Friend reassures her and she walks him on in a tight circle, she asks him to trot, he takes one look at us rears and bolts with screaming friend on top, ripping the lunge line from friend ! Husband then grabs me and shoves me in the car and drove off. I wonder whether the woman is still going round the field!

Another one was a nice quite hack who ended up being a bucking bronco. And one who was scared of the sound of his own feet on the road!

Also stupidly got on a horse without seeing him being ridden due to owner having "hurt" her back. I get on and only just managed to grab my reins as horse fully rears, to my relief i manage to hold onand then looses his balance falling over lands on me, so lesson learnt after 3 broken fingers! And shock horror he had never done that before!
 
Viewed one years ago that owner had randomly groomed it but not picked it's feet out so that I could do it, it was a youngster & quite stroppy about me picking them out, after I'd viewed it she very kindly said I could turn it out,slightly bemused I put it in its field where it promptly turned round when I started walking back to the gate & came at me teeth bared! Wasn't impressed with it & was prepared to just leave it at that however the owner pestered me for several days by ringing me & telling me she really wanted me to buy it!
 
I have been pony shopping for a first ridden pony and the nutters that are out there are crazy!

Went to see a lovely mare, advert stated gear pony hadn't done much as she'd had a foal but had been round the block etc with 4yr old on board. Got there the foal hadn't been weaned, mare hadn't been ridden for 8months! I was to keep her stabled for 3 days and do a weeks worth of ground work and she's be ready to take my daughter to pony club off lead rein!

When to see another one, I fully explained to people my needs and that daughters riding is limited etc. she got on walk was fine but soon she lost balance a bit doing her up, downs in trot and the pony cantered away with her. The people then tell me that oh he's never had a child so novice on him!

Also went to see an 11.2hh which was definitely 13.2hh I didnt even get out the car!
 
More bad than good unfortunately. Nice pony led from field good as gold then guy picked up a back leg as young girl didnt want to. Well the guy nearly lifted it off the ground as it was trying to kick him he couldnt let go otherwise it would have. £600(I was lookiing for companion only needed it good with farrier and to lead on road sometimes to get to field)

Another companion wonky I mean wonky legs. Wouldnt say where they got it from but it was shut forever in a stable and they knew it would be reported etc. very sad but we didnt have it as it was clearly happy in the big herd they had and they were looking after it. Mini dealers etc

Last one took all my money to pay for horse who never bucks and it did a kangaroo down the field I ended up hitting the deck uninjured just hurt pride!!

I havent looked since!
 
Have had some horrible viewings whilst horse hunting - but this one is the one that stands out as the worst!

Horse advertised only 20 miles from us, sounded ideal, had SJ, XC - was laid back temperament. Was supposed private seller, but knew from a bit of digging that she wasn't but went along anyway as wasn't far away. Got there, horse was quite poor and had hardly any muscle. She got her groom to ride him in the school first - she couldn't even keep him in a trot! I will add that this wasn;t the horses fault, the girl was VERY novice. I then got on as was waste of time watching her try and trot him! He was fine to trot although had no bend whatsoever. Then tried for canter, fine one rein. On the other - gave a massive buck! I could hear the owner saying to my OH as i went past the immortal lines 'Oh, he's NEVER done that before'!! I couldn't help but have a snigger! At that point the owner took a call from another 'potential buyer' - except it was actually her husband round the corner as my OH could hear him! I got off as was no point jumping him as was a no for us anyway. The funniest thing was that the next day they changed the advert to say he had flying changes established! Funny, i'd never known a buck be classed as that!
 
I went to see a TB, it was a good hours drive away so asked all the questions on the phone and it sounded perfect. I turned up to said horse in the stable and told I couldn't see it ridden or ride it as she didn't have the horses tack with her! She was also very reluctant to get it out of the stable and then told me I wasn't allowed to take it's rug off. After a bit of persuasion I took the horses rug off to find it so skinny that it would have been impossible to even put a saddle on it. The owner said "yes he is lacking a bit of topline after the winter!"

Another I went to see, again, not close, supposedly a 14.2hh Welsh D, I turned up and it was a 13hh Welsh C. Very sweet little pony but when asked again what height it was in case I mis-read the advert I was told it was 14.2hh!! These people clearly didn't have a clue! When asked what she had done schooling wise with him, she replied "Draw Reins"....
 
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