Where does everyone go to find 3 yr old 'in the rough' cobs for sale?

GeneGenie said:
His cobs are beautiful, my friend just bought a beautiful chunky mare from him. Proper gypsy cobs, you cannot go wrong. He's a good bloke, has his young kids on em showing how trusty they are. Some are for driving/trotting (as gypsys do) but apparently he's the best. I can testify the mare is all she should be, not as I'd ever get my legs around her.
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oh the bloke mentioned in horse and hound for trying to raffle off a pony on facebook, oh yeah salt of the earth kind of bloke obviously with the best interests of all his ponies at heart................. NOT!!!:mad:
 
You can have this one if you want :-)

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Ibblebibble said:
oh the bloke mentioned in horse and hound for trying to raffle off a pony on facebook, oh yeah salt of the earth kind of bloke obviously with the best interests of all his ponies at heart................. NOT!!!:mad:
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Yes which is why he has just had two of his taken by the authorities for fly grazing on hospital land, s'ok tho, he has loads of others flygrazing!
 
Ibblebibble said:
oh the bloke mentioned in horse and hound for trying to raffle off a pony on facebook, oh yeah salt of the earth kind of bloke obviously with the best interests of all his ponies at heart................. NOT!!!:mad:
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Yes because he's a decent bloke and although not everyone can afford the outlay of one, if they've got land and horses already, another one truly adds little in terms of cost. They live out, need worming etc but they're hardy and what's a bit more to poo pick, a bit more feed? Bit more hay etc.... Loads of people were saying 'if I had land, I'd have a go'. They weren't because they hadn't but genuine people with cobs already, they were having a punt and why not? If you can get a £500 cob for £10 wouldn't you be elated? No you'd probably turn your snooty noses up. People who keep cobs don't belong to the snooty brigade, they adore their cobs n keep them for life unlike many of you who trade yours in like it's a car when 'Penelope' has outgrown it. Then it ends up at the sales and eventually the knackers yard and not living out it's days with companions in a field. You lot who criticise are pathetic, the OP wanted info on cobs and was given Chris' details before I recommended him too.
There is no welfare issue at Chris' place, it's daft beggars like you thinking it's gonna end up in a back garden. Your crazy behaviour about him means he's pulled the lotto. There are people with fake profiles stalking his page and copying back to various websites. pathetic behaviour hiding behind false profiles. Cut the negativity, Chris welcomes anyone to view his cobs n ponies and have them vetted. If the truth be known, horses at sales most often go for meat. Is that ok? Even if a long haul journey before death? Isn't it better that dealers like Chris buy them, put a bit of time into them and sell them on? (Or raffle them off in the case of the kind gesture from Chris) if you're on his page, his friends are ALL ppl with, or intending to buy, or know someone who has bought from him. He has glowing references. The ones he sells are as he states.
IF you don't know him personally then don't criticise. If you're not interested in a horse lotto, don't buy a ticket, so simple, but to try and wreck a dealers livelihood through malice is out of order
 
How can anyone describe him as 'a decent bloke'? And then go on to say there are 'no welfare issues' at his place?

How can he advertise a horse as 'safe' when he had bought it the previous day from auction?

And as for the 'long haul journeys'.. words fail me.

He possibly isn't the worst dealer out there but he is certainly pretty far up the list.
 
GeneGenie said:
....and although not everyone can afford the outlay of one, if they've got land and horses already, another one truly adds little in terms of cost. They live out, need worming etc but they're hardy and what's a bit more to poo pick, a bit more feed? Bit more hay etc.... Loads of people were saying 'if I had land, I'd have a go'.
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Really??? This is a totally dersiable comment! If they can't afford the outlay for 'one more' then they certainly can't afford to keep the ones they already have!!! and would be ill prepared for any emergancy situation and vets bills - say if any of the horses contracted strangles etc!!!

You can try and justify the raffling of a horse all you want but it is morally WRONG to raffle any animal, especially a horse.
 
Ladyinred said:
Hmmm.. 4 posts and on CMs friends list on FaceBook. What a convenient time for her to arrive here..
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I've been a member for YEARS but couldn't recall my log in and no longer have the email account I joined with originally.
I'm only reading posts on Facebook due to the nastiness on here. Shame on you all. Put your hands in your pockets and buy the mare if so concerned.
If you were so concerned about horse welfare, all of you, you'd be fuming at heathy horses being shot but I guess that doesn't bother you as most of you treat them as disposable.
 
GeneGenie said:
If you were so concerned about horse welfare, all of you, you'd be fuming at heathy horses being shot but I guess that doesn't bother you as most of you treat them as disposable.
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It is obvious for all to see, especially with the current spate of welfare cases reaching the news almost on a daily basis (usually coloured cobs of some type) that something has to be done as there are NOT enough homes for the number of horses we have in this country....and if that means a cull of some sort to prevent these poor horses from awful neglect then so be it. But that does not in the least mean that anyone here treats them as disposable, on the contrary, it means that welfare is first and foremost in the minds of most....unlike the person you are here to defend!
 
GeneGenie said:
If you were so concerned about horse welfare, all of you, you'd be fuming at heathy horses being shot but I guess that doesn't bother you as most of you treat them as disposable.
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what im fuming at is bin end dealers buying from auctions to try to make a profit on animals they have only just bought selling them with promises of them having qualities (quiet, sound, perfect for novice etc) that they have no way of knowing are true and basically lying their heads off just to sell them. Raffling a horse was not done as the lovely gesture you're making out it was. It was to flog a low quality cob for higher its market value thru raffle sales , and if you really cant see that, then you are incredibly naive.

saying that most of us treat our horses as disposable is an outrageous and potentially libelous comment yourself since you know none of us (i assume) and cannot possibly know how we treat our horses and i personally take huge offence at that remark.
Think before you bash your keyboard.
 
Dab said:
It is obvious for all to see, especially with the current spate of welfare cases reaching the news almost on a daily basis (usually coloured cobs of some type) that something has to be done as there are NOT enough homes for the number of horses we have in this country....and if that means a cull of some sort to prevent these poor horses from awful neglect then so be it. But that does not in the least mean that anyone here treats them as disposable, on the contrary, it means that welfare is first and foremost in the minds of most....unlike the person you are here to defend!
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Absolutely agree!
 
Anyway ........back to the original post OP.

Not sure who they belong to but there are some lovely looking coloured cobs all fairly young looking by J8 of the M53. I dont know if any are for sale but if you aren;t far away it might be worth driving past and having a nose
 
GeneGenie said:
IF you don't know him personally then don't criticise. If you're not interested in a horse lotto, don't buy a ticket, so simple, but to try and wreck a dealers livelihood through malice is out of order
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Nothing to do with "wrecking a dealers livelihood"through malice - simply put, it is ILLEGAL to offer live animals as prizes. This includes goldfish at a fun-fair or any live animal as a raffle prize.
 
Believe it or not @mischamoo, it isn't actually illegal to offer animals as prizes but they are unable to be won by anyone under 16. As the law stands, it's illegal for children under 16 to buy or win an animal.

Did you know that it's also NOT illegal to gift a goldfish as a fair prize? As recently as 2 years ago, possibly a year ago too (can't be certain), Roger Tubys fair at Spalding in Lincolnshire were giving them away from a dustbin filled with water and goldfish. A lot of us protested, goldfish were seen dead on the ground where they'd either been tipped or bags had split. The stall was also selling highly unsuitable bowls. This happened too at the tulip festival fair, I believe ran by Tubys as well.
All that can be done is complain as much as possible to the council who gave them the licence, and protest loud and clear to what they were doing but the worrying thing is, what happens to the bin of fish at the end of the day? One of our group offered to buy them all but was refused.
 
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