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Am coming up to selling my horse soon, but there is one thing im a bit unsure about.

About six months ago we had a near miss on the roads and since then i have avoided the roads untill i moved to a new yard in febuary.

The new yard has got all of road hacking but some lanes. He has been fine on lanes and today i took him on the larger road with more traffic.

Now the problem is that when larger vans come along he can be slightly silly, nothing nasty just rushes a bit and is very looky. This i put down to being from the incident when he nearly got hit.

I am just unsure what to write on the advert. I am tempted to right is good on roads, because he generally is, but i dont want to lie. (hope that made sense).

My idea was to put that on the advert and to then explain the actual situation to the on the phone as i dont want to put people of ringing in the first place as he has everything else going for him.

Just wanted opinions on what you think would be best?

Thanks for reading, hope it all makes sense.
 
is it him that is nervous... or are you feeling slightly nervous on the bigger roads?

if it's him... i'd maybe say 'good to hack out' or something and then explain in depth when people ring.

if there's a chance it could be you, i'd get a confident person to hack him on the bigger roads, to make sure he's fine, then you can say he's 100% on roads.

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I would put something like "X is good on roads, but due to a near miss 6 months ago he can be wary of larger vans. He is safe and sane at all times but can attempt to rush past them"
 
About a week after it happened, my instructor rode him out and he was fine apparently, was a bit wary but fine.

Today he was really good bar one van. I just dont want to lie to prospective buyers but i dont want to put them of. . .

On the forest he is 100% fine on his own and others etc. and the smaller roads again. He is better with traffic coming behind him nd is soo much better with cars coming towards him.

Thanks for all of your advice
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I would put something like "X is good on roads, but due to a near miss 6 months ago he can be wary of larger vans. He is safe and sane at all times but can attempt to rush past them"

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I think this is a great way of putting it, honest but doesn't dwell on it too much.
 
I would either leave it out and state on phone.. Or put brief descrip of how he is. I wouldn't put good on roads though as i would expect a horse that is good on the roads, to be just that good in all respects on the road.
 
Yea i think i will put something along the lines of that. . .

I dont blame him for being vary. . .probably just muppet me being nervy on top and him feeling it.
 
I would actually mention it in the ad as someone else has suggested. If you advertise on places like HQ you can write detailed info. I prefer it when a seller is completely honest in the ad, then it doesn't waste my time calling them up. I really like your boy - pity you are selling him.
 
Thankyou
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Has been a hard descision but i cant keep pushing him to do what i want to do when i feel it doesnt suit him. I want him to go and do what he loves and to do it at his level.

Thanks for the suggestions about advert. . .Think i will put something along the lines of what was above
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Could you also try and rebuild his confidence with traffic before you sell him.

I always think that if you can rehome a horse with as few 'ifs and buts' as possible then the horse has the best chance of a good home.
 
I wouldnt mention it in the ad. Mention it on the phone. Just say is 100% to hack alone and in company and just mention his nervousness, as he hasnt actually done anything has he?
 
I am going out on the roads as much as i can. . . i have been slowly building him up to the bigger road we went on today for quite a while now. He used to tense up so much he grew a good inch or two but now there isnt really an issue. . .he can just be a bit iffy with vans or anything bigger. . .he is ok with horse lorries, as he is on quite a large busy yard with people coming and going all the time.

We will get there im sure. thanks
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When it happened he went straight up. . . but by doing that he got out of the way. Since then he has just been nervous as in rushing or trying to spin, but having spent a good month+ being very determined with him he now walks on past. With larger vans he just rushes past and is nervy. I havnt coe across anything bigger so i dont know how he would react to anything bigger.
 
Silicis - I would put in advert something like Good in light traffic or good in traffic, but wary with large vehicles.
I would definitely put it in the advert though!

Why are you selling? What level does he do at the moment then? He is stunning...................... Will you accept an SAE?
 
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