Equi
Well-Known Member
It has never happened to me owning the horse, but when i was loaning my horse (and supposed to be the only one doing anything with him as "owner" hated him and had handed him over to me before moving yard with her other horse) i got a call from YO to say he was mega lame. When i got there he was sore but ok after a good massage. It transpired the owner had come ridden him for an hour then let someone else take him on a 2 hour hack but as they had not ridden him before they took him into the school and w/t/c and jumped him first to make sure he was ok for them to ride out. Poor boy was on a build up diet as poor condition and my riding of him had been at MOST 40mins of light school work and hack combined to start to build him up. Im sure the poor thing didn't know what the hell was going on. And yes i was livid and horse was signed over to me to loan solely until i bought him.