What made you buy your horse?

River - I just KNEW - there are a hundred reasons why I shouldn't have bought him and a hundred reasons why I should, but the truth of it is - I saw this little grey head over a stable doors and as sad as it sounded his eyes said - hello I've been waiting for you. Dispite everything (and its a lot) I'd give my last breath for that pony...

Luca - YO went to look at him for me thinking he was broken and smaller. Came back and said he's too young and too big but I've bought him for me to break and bring on - sorry hon. I helped her out with him for a few weeks (as I do all her youngsters) and he would do anything for me and nothing for anyone else. He was prooving to be so quiet and lovely that one Sat she said to me - lets be honest he's chosen you - have him. We've broken him together and until he hurt his back he was going wonderfully. I know he's the horse I've always wanted to and been waiting to own... He's stunning, moves like a dream and is adorable - I'd sell him over river though but it would break my heart...

I'm a lucky girl - both my boys choose me!

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Because when I went to get her in from the field with her (then) owner, I saw two HUGE bay TBs and panicked (I didn't know what colour she was!) and thought "oh my god I hope it's not one of those!" Owner disappeared over the brown of the hill and came back with a considerably smaller, and grey, horse
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I took her off her owner, watched her plodding sedately down the hill to the yard like nothing would ever make her move any faster/spooky her/worry her in any way, and I told her she was The One and I was going to take her home and love her forever
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That was literally 30 seconds after meeting her!
She was a gem in the school, my mum (VERY nervous) even got on her - she had sworn she wouldn't get on anything I was trying - and during the second viewing I took Maiden and my instructor down to the jumping field and actually jumped some tiny 1'6" fillers on my own without dying of terror
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She hasn't changed a bit in the three years I've had her! There's one horse I regret not buying, that I saw before I saw Maiden, but I don't regret buying Maiden even though she is semi-retired already
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Safest thing on four legs!
 
I had a 'schoolmistress' who was a complete loon. Although I never fell off (a fact that amazes me still 6 years on) she was no fun - hacking out was like sitting on a whirling teacup
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. I wanted rid and a friend from uni said her yard were doing some dealing and might be interested. She had an outstanding jump so they said they would take her even though she reared most of the time they were trying her out. We arranged to trailer her up to their yard the next week. They offered me £1000 for her or a horse they had just got in - a 15.3 bay cob. I agreed to try him when we dropped amber off. I will freely admit that I was a little disappointed when , after settling my stunning anglo-arab into her new box, I was led round the corner and presented with 'Bobby' a weedy miserable bag of bones. He was no more a cob than i was and in such poor condition that his head looked far too large for his ewe neck. However it occurred to me that if i could fatten him up a bit i could always sell him if i didnt like him, and the alternative of £1000 wouldn't buy me much. We tacked him up and i got on. I was really nervous as the whole yard seemed to have turned out to watch me ride. Walked, trotted and cantered round the school then popped a tiny cross pole in trot. brought him round again and he wanted to canter, but trotted over when i asked him, much to everyones suprise, and that was enough for me. Took him for a hack up the lane and realised how safe i felt. He looked so sad I couldn't have left him. He came home with us and 6 years on it is the best decision i've ever made. It took a while (turns out he was harbouring strangles
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) but he is the envy of my yard now. 15.1 chestnut, stunningly handsome with the sweetest temperament and fantastic paces. His name is Zippy and I adore him.
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Mine were both bought at times when I wasn't looking to buy....sounds familiar???

Looked after Dolls as a yearling, and got her halter trained & loved her nature, put an offer in which was refused. A few months of negotiating & we got her back.

I rode Stan for a few months, then his owners sold him, they returned him within a few days stating he was a killer & I was offered him there & then. Believed in fate & bit their arm off in saying yes!
 
I went to a yard to view a horse to share and I saw this big black horse with his head in a bale of hay. He had the free run of the yard because he was so poorly that he wouldn[t have been able to go anywhere. He hadn't been ridden for a year and no one was sure whether he would be able to be ridden again without coming unsound.

I fell in love with him and started going and walking him in hand to build up his strength.

Forward to today, 6 months later and I have him on permanent loan. He is sound and back in work. I am a real novice but this horse who is 17h and a heavyweight hunter, fills me with confidence.

Sadly he has navicular so his future is uncertain, but he will always have a place with me. He brings me so much happiness and is teaching me so much.
 
After having a 23 year break from horses I booked a riding lesson. Couldnt really get it out of my system somehow, so it was make or break. He was black, dusty, hairy and with a vile attitude. He would move, used to stick his head down to get riders off and if you asked him to go left he went right. I fell in love ...... I booked 3 lessons a week just to ride him and we to groom and feed him as well. When the riing school closed they offered him to me. I jumped at the chance and he led me a merry dance, bolting on the roads, spinning around, barging out of his stable, biting. ......

Five years on he is a sleek, black, fully clipped and hogged, totally handsome and although he will always have a cob attitude, he is loving, genuine and honest. He is my equine sole mate, he totally lights up my life and I cant imagine my future without him. He has a home with me for life.
 
Ed- I didn't want him he had been off work for 2 years and was crackers. He threw me off when my dad came to view him and refused to leave without him as I needed something to actually ride and not just sit on top of.

Sty - I don't know what it was that made me buy him but from the first time I saw his picture I knew I had to buy him, turned up to view him and I just knew he was for me.
 
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