This makes me sad...

[Dyllymoo]

It's an "honest" ad I guess but she has had lots medicated and it just makes me wonder what else she has going on to make her so unhappy and sharp about things.

Or am I just doom and gloom!

https://www.horsequest.co.uk/advertisment/253534

 

[meleeka]

Surely with all that medicated, she’s worth meat money? How very sad.

 

[WispyBegs]

I find adverts like that truly sad. Seems to me that there may be a more deeply rooted issue going on...


I came across an advert on Gumtree only a few minutes ago - which I found equally sad... can only hope the horses in these situations end up with the right people...

 

[DizzyDoughnut]

I would rather put the first horse down than try to sell it, she doesn't sound happy at all.
If those cobs were closer I would have the bottom one. His feet are terrible

 

[Goldenstar]

I wish I could wave a wand and take away the first horses problems .
Poor girl .
I quite like the little chap on the bottom of the gypsy cob ad .

 

[greenbean10]

I saw that advert yesterday and before I even got to the part about all the injections thought it was pretty disgraceful. Doesn't really hack, doesn't really go in the school, bad to handle, weaves, mareish. The only thing she seems ok at according to the ad is jumping but oh, she's had numerous injections. Depressing.

 

[milliepops]

dunno, the video shows a horse that appears to be fairly useful albeit lacking in some basic training. so although the advert reads like it's pts territory I guess they've found she has a job with the right person. there are lots of horses in homes that have had things medicated and are still living an active life.

it's a huge risk to sell a horse like that but I guess they are serious when they say they will turn people away if they think they are unsuitable.

If I was to sell my welsh her ad would read similarly in terms of the dos and don'ts.... yet she's ridden daily, goes to shows, is training on well, lives a nice life slightly on her terms but wants for nothing. the right kind of homes for her would be few and far between, but she landed with me by chance so there are probably others.
fingers crossed the mare will find a happy ending.

 

[ester]

From the video it appears she only canters?

 

[milliepops]

From the video it appears she only canters?

think there was some trot at the end of the hacking clip!

 

[Dyllymoo]

To be honest I didn't watch the video.

I'm not saying she is definitely pts and someone couldn't get her to do a job, I just feel sad that that is her write up and the person that buys her probably will end up with her having issues.

 

[ester]

think there was some trot at the end of the hacking clip!

oh I'd given up by then!

 

[Tiddlypom]

There is some trot early on. She seems to be a happy enough soul under saddle, I was expecting much worse from the write up.

With that vet history she's more of a candidate for a loan than a sale, I'd have thought.

 

[milliepops]

To be honest I didn't watch the video.

I'm not saying she is definitely pts and someone couldn't get her to do a job, I just feel sad that that is her write up and the person that buys her probably will end up with her having issues.

undoubtedly will have issues! I guess I am coming at it from the POV of having a number of weirdo horses that have come from iffy backgrounds and so I know you can improve some things and have to learn to live with others. And if you can live with issues then sometimes there's a horse underneath them that is worth accommodating. I accept that I'm extremely biased in this regard as I've got a horse that is training GP movements but who can't cope with hacking, has terrible separation anxiety, has to be managed in a way to keep her stress levels down or she will mow you down in a mental breakdown - things as trivial as going in the washbox when she's hot and sweaty have to be done her way because otherwise you trigger a big NO because she's claustrophobic even though she's hot and tired and just done some good work. To me this ad reads similar, that's all - a horse you adapt your handling to, to an extent, rather than expecting her to toe the line.

 

[greenbean10]

Ok I just watched the video which I hadn't before and the horse doesn't look totally useless. Like Tiddlypom, I was expecting far worse.

Even though there are horses that have had injections which are doing very well (mine included!) and I wouldn't be put off buying a horse that's been medicated, I'd never look at anything that had SI, suspensories and back (I presume kissing spine?) medicated in the space of 3 years.

 

[Shilasdair]

I watched the video.
She's the soundest horse I've seen for a while with an educated jump.
The advert is completely honest - kudos to the seller.
I hope she finds her human.

 

[TPO]

I'd take a punt on the mare before I'd give a money to the person selling the cobs.

Bottom end dealers only continue to breed and sell because there is a demand for it. If people* stopped buying poor waifs to "save" them the dealers would stop breeding rubbish mares to rubbish stallions just to make anything to sell.

*from someone who unintentionally bought a starved skeleton from a supposedly reputable breeder ??

 

[smolmaus]

There is always a chance the seller actually means this and she will find some softy who likes a moody mare to take her on and manage her as she wants to be managed.

"Please don’t be offended if I say no to you - I would rather keep her than let her go somewhere I don’t think would suit her.

Full disclosure on her history and quirks are readily available as I’m just trying to do right by her."

I've also been browsing this afternoon and actually had to report one ad, from a known local dodgy bar steward. Poor lad.

 

[Spirit2021]

I have seen ads like this I think it’s more of a case I want this horse but I can’t afford to actually buy this horse. Owner won’t take lower offer. So I will try to put as many people off and write a bad ad so I can offer a low price and the owner would take it because they want rid of this horse.

 

[Lipglosspukka]

I like her.

I mean I wouldn't pay that for her given the medical history and potential for her to need careful management, but I think she looks a nice mare for the right person.

 

[Melody Grey]

I like her.

I mean I wouldn't pay that for her given the medical history and potential for her to need careful management, but I think she looks a nice mare for the right person.

I agree re; the price but in fairness, the advertiser would be asking for trouble if they put £500! I think it’s priced as a ‘needing to put something but not sure what’ kind of way. I think this is more a loan candidate than a sale, but we don’t know the circumstances- it may be that there is absolutely no way the horse could be returned.

 

[LadyGascoyne]

I actually quite like the mare ?