Where is this ponies back?!

I'm usually polite (I hope) but REALLY I'd like to slap that bloke around the chops. :mad:


Edit: ".. sat back like a little lamb" Well not through choice...
 
When I was about 12, my father bought me a supposedly 4yo, broken to ride 14h coloured cob. He was actually rising 2 years old and was somewhat surprised when I sat on him. We got a vet to check his actual age and, when we found out his actual age, turned him away to grow. He was super laid back and I used to take him out on 'hacks' in-hand with other people from my yard. I eventually got on him when he was rising 4 and I couldn't keep up when everyone else wanted to canter. He gave me a 'what are you doing up there' look before calmly cantering along with the others.
 
I think I've had the misfortune of meeting this person. The term "ridden" is used very loosely. Just cos you can sit on it doesnt mean it is broken :(
 
I'm glad OP you brought this up, was just looking through DD myself and saw this poor soul.
Hope someone kind can give ''them all' a lovely home where no lead weight will ever sit on them again.
 
But I guess, if somebody bought him there'd be more, and more and there will just be an everlasting chain of ponies that are knackered or like this. :(:mad:
 
Parachute said:
But I guess, if somebody bought him there'd be more, and more and there will just be an everlasting chain of ponies that are knackered or like this. :(:mad:
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Yep, tempting as it is to go and buy up all the poor little fuglies, you're just putting money in the breeder/dealer's pocket, and showing that they can make a profit by effing up ponies.
 
Pippity said:
Yep, tempting as it is to go and buy up all the poor little fuglies, you're just putting money in the breeder/dealer's pocket, and showing that they can make a profit by effing up ponies.
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Sad but true :(
Wish I had the money and knowledge for this little poppet. Makes me so angry when people just breed for money, and don't consider anything. :mad:
 
It's all about money and it's disgusting.
Breeding animals = easy money on this bloody planet. No consideration for welfare at all. They're just money making machines. Really upsetting. :mad:
 
See this is what I don't get. You guys are all saying these breeders just do it for the money. This pony is supposedly 4 years old and they are selling it for what? £350? Where I live that wouldn't even keep a mare alive for 2 months and that's forgetting about the 18 months it takes to keep her till the foal is 6 months old. And then to keep it for another 3 years. That works out a sight more than £350. So unless they buy from other even dimmer breeders who sell for pennies to the auctions or whatever then there aren't many people making much money out of a pony such as this. I can't see why anyone would bother breeding anything if all they end up with is a piddly £350 once it gets to riding age.
 
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