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Take pictures of horses for sale, knee deep in excrement in a small stable, covered in mud, bailer twine lead ropes and usually a child with no hat thrown in for good measure... and expect raving reviews and a quick sale?!

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Love the picture made me smile. Yes ads like that put me off because to me if they can't take a good picture of the horse for sale then makes me wonder if they have a clue about horses or even telling the truth
 
It doesn't matter about the picture if they include the word 'stunning' in the title of the advert because that is all the information any prospective buyer will ever need!

I saw an advert yesterday which had one photo only. In that one photo the pony was laying down, apparently he is stunning though but maybe only when standing up ;-)
 
Im such a hypocrite about this! ;) I constantly look through ads and think WHO in their right mind would put THAT picture up to sell that horse for THAT amount of money??!! And who would actually go to view it, let alone buy it???!!!

But I bought my boy after seeing his for sale pics knee deep in mud looking like a welfare case (I must point out that he wasnt! He was very loved and well cared for, just awful, awful pics.....But he had the breeding and all the attributes I was after) I travelled on a 11 hour round journey to see him and put down my deposit after 20 mins of being there :)

I think for really cheapy horses its to get the sympathy from buyers who want to 'rescue' them. For anything worth serious money I have got no idea, I would love to be enlightened.....
 
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People just have different standards and they just don't 'see' the surrounding filth! For some people its about presenting the horse to its best but for others they just see its a horse to sell so there is a picture of it, now buy it if oyu want!

Sadly peoples standards arent as high as they should be but then thats the same about life in general as well I guess!
 
Some for the pity angle perhaps that caring owners see the poor sod and want to rescue it from the filth into a better home or cos they dont see it as filthy sadly and think it is perfectly normal and acceptable care :(
 
Ha ha - my friend and I were laughing at this exact thing the other day. I'm currently looking for a horse. The number of 'stunning movers' adverts with a picture of a blurred outline lying down in a field with a child kissing it...

Sorry to hijack the thread, but my other biggie at the moment is 'would make good dressage horse'. Usually means it either can't jump or won't jump.
 
It's the riders that sit slouched like a sack of potatoes in a chair seat hands glued to the horse's withers and horse's nose on chest that I hate to see. Is it so hard to sit properly for a pic for gooness sake.
 
Yes, I love a good shot of half a horses nose, a confirmation shot taken head on and a picture of them stumbling over a X pole in the mud in the dark!
 
HA!

I hate them! it skip right past or only stop to think oh for goodness sake!

I can't stand seeing riders slumped on top slouched, collapsed hip, pulling the bit out through the back of the horses head. I don't bother with headshots, confo shots that barely show the whole body let alone standing square at decent angles. filthy with nest of a mane and tail, stood tied on a filthy yard with mud,poo, junk everywhere or stood in a muddy field with a rank rug on.

sigh.... I suppose some people don't bother reading or looking at the photo, if the price is right they want it delivered that day :D maybe that's the market some people are aiming for! *runs and hides for insulting someone somewhere*
 
I remember seeing an advert last year for a cob. To show how safe and chilled out it was they had a few photos of a teenage lad and the horse in an allotment doing the following : sitting backwards (bareback), Standing up on the horse (facing backwards) and sitting under the horse. The poor poor thing.

Another one (another cob and a teenage lad... I'll admit, I was browsing Dragon Driving ;) ) and the horse looked absolutely petrified as he was riding it through a gateway. Head up, ears back, clearly not happy one bit. And she was only 3 yet had done "everything". Poor mare.
 
Baffles me too.

I'm selling my jumping pony and it didn't take long to get some decent photos of him clean and plaited up, stood up correctly, jumping over a decent size fence at home, and on the flat as well as a couple others I have of him out competing/hunting.

What really gets me is the tracky-bottoms tucked in to socks whilst wearing trainers look :O
 
Charem said:
Baffles me too.

I'm selling my jumping pony and it didn't take long to get some decent photos of him clean and plaited up, stood up correctly, jumping over a decent size fence at home, and on the flat as well as a couple others I have of him out competing/hunting.

What really gets me is the tracky-bottoms tucked in to socks whilst wearing trainers look :O
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And the trainers are usually about an inch infront of the horses chest while the head is about a foot behind the saddle XD
 
Joanne4584 said:
I remember seeing an advert last year for a cob. To show how safe and chilled out it was they had a few photos of a teenage lad and the horse in an allotment doing the following : sitting backwards (bareback), Standing up on the horse (facing backwards) and sitting under the horse. The poor poor thing.

Another one (another cob and a teenage lad... I'll admit, I was browsing Dragon Driving ;) ) and the horse looked absolutely petrified as he was riding it through a gateway. Head up, ears back, clearly not happy one bit. And she was only 3 yet had done "everything". Poor mare.
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I can't cope with that site. I reported a post once of a 9month old filly being ridden by two kids with bailer twine and also driven in another photo, it was a bit skinny and woe-be-gotten. I was, in words not quite as nice as the following: to mind my own business and stop being a nosey moaner, and to get a life.
 
equi said:
I can't cope with that site. I reported a post once of a 9month old filly being ridden by two kids with bailer twine and also driven in another photo, it was a bit skinny and woe-be-gotten. I was, in words not quite as nice as the following: to mind my own business and stop being a nosey moaner, and to get a life.
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It's heartbreaking isn't it :( Me and my friend want to rescue them all!
 
Must admit that when I hopped on my cousins horse to get some sales pics we somehow didn't notice I had on my riding jeans until it went online. I think it was because we'd put so much effort getting a decent confo shot.
 
My friend went to look at one last week with awful photos. One of them was taken by it's rider, so you just saw the top of the neck and the head! When she got there it turned out that it had dreadful feet - they must have picked random photos that didn't have it's feet on!
 
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