Why are tictok influencers that are completely inexperienced buying youngsters

[Celtic Jewel]

I not a judgement person but I have seen two people who are beginners that bought a youngster there both in their early twenties . One girl was loaning a riding school horse ( not a proper loan / share) decided as the riding school horse was to old she decided to buy herself her first horse a 4 year old welsh cob to teach herself how to jump. The other girl was buying Welsh Palomino yearling as her first horse with no experience or help . Is there nobody telling them it’s a bad idea to get a horse that young without experience?

 

[TPO]

Too inexperienced (some might say stupid ) to know better

Young horses are cheaper than backed and trained horses

For attention

Ego

I'm sure there's a lot more that could be added to that list

 

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

Sweeping generalisation of a title, there are lots of tik tokers that have a world more experience than I, and I backed my youngster this year.

However, I think sometimes it's one of three things:
a) better for content,
b) they're a lot cheaper,
c) more novicey people don't know just how badly it can go and don't realise how much work has gone into even the most average but kind horse to get it to that stage.

 

[VictoriaSponge]

I’m not sure that it’s unique to influencers or that they do it for the content. People have always bought unsuitable horses, it’s just that being younger it’s now more normal for them to share their lives online and we get to see the problems.

I’ve known countless situations where child is desperate for a pony, parents not horsey and don’t realise the responsibility or danger that it brings. Buy said child a horse at the cheaper end of the market which will be young/old/completely unsuitable and child is out of their depth.

 

[HopOnTrot]

Because no one ever did it before TikTok!

 

[lme]

My first horse (at age 15) was an 18 month old coloured 14:2 that my dad got from travellers. I backed him myself at 4 from a Mary Whitehouse book. Nobody died.

 

[SpotsandBays]

I reckon it’s always been done, it’s just now visible on a platform for lots of people to see

 

[Glitter's fun]

Because "I bought a really steady older horse, that someone else already trained" isn't going to attract much attention ?

 

[rextherobber]

Also, how many young people have 10k+ to buy a ready made horse?

 

[fredflop]

Because inexperienced people are increadibly nieve and generally don’t know any better

 

[Gloi]

In my youth we all (apart from one or two with rich parents) bought half or un broken ponies and made the best of them that we could. Nobody died and we managed okay. I think expectations were lower.

 

[Burnerbee]

My first horse (at age 15) was an 18 month old coloured 14:2 that my dad got from travellers. I backed him myself at 4 from a Mary Whitehouse book. Nobody died.

Do you, by any chance, mean Barbara Woodhouse?

 

[lme]

Do you, by any chance, mean Barbara Woodhouse?

I do!! Same era but entirely different person.

 

[Jambarissa]

Do you, by any chance, mean Barbara Woodhouse?

Isn't that the dog woman with the choke chains?

 

[Beausmate]

Isn't that the dog woman with the choke chains?

Yep. And blowing up horses' noses. Walkies!!!

 

[TinseLeneHorse]

Mary Whitehouse would have had a funny turn at the sight of a lunge whip and cavasson

I thought poster meant to say Mary Wanless. I didn't know Barbara Woodhouse had written horse training books - going away to do some googling!

 

[Snowfilly]

Tbf, half the kids I knew in the early 90s had scrawny little unbroken youngsters or barely schooled 4 year olds and were expected to sort them. Nobody died, a lot of people fell off along the way, ponies generally learned to do as they were asked. Made ponies were for kids with money who went to pony club.

I learnt to jump at 10 on a Connie mare who’d never seen a pole in her life before we started.

 

[Errin Paddywack]

Mary Whitehouse would have had a funny turn at the sight of a lunge whip and cavasson

I thought poster meant to say Mary Wanless. I didn't know Barbara Woodhouse had written horse training books - going away to do some googling!

Look for her book called Talking to Animals. Hope I have the title right, not a horse training book but her autobiography which includes dogs, horses, cows, even a couple of geese.

 

[LEC]

It happens all the time. How much do we see it in here? They are just putting it out publicly. The big issue is the bad is swamping the good in being done well. Plus let’s be honest doing it well is boring and non dramatic.

I watch a lot of YT and I find it fascinating. Big holes that will come back and bite them but fine at the moment. But knowledge is something you gain after you need it.

Mind you sometimes mistakes happen and pros won’t put it out there honestly as impacts their reputation or they could lose owners etc.