Would you do this to a horse....for the sake of a sale?!

[VictoriaEDT]

Im sorry I will prob get shot down but I think it is bang out of order for someone to jump (loose school) a yearling filly over (what looks to me) a 4-5 foot parallel for an advert photo .
See page 112 of HH, the pole is resting on the top rail of the fence post so that is how I am guessing the height.
and you may say, well it prob was just the once......but it must be a regular thing for the filly to be able to jump that in the first place?

 

[VictoriaEDT]

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/marketplace/classified/details.php?id=133048&category=4

 

[VictoriaEDT]

I think sometimes HH has a duty to reject adverts with pictures like this.

 

[Eira]

Was just about to post the link as I spotted it earlier .
IMO that puts serious buyers off instead of enticing them .
Its disgusting tbh and very sad

 

[random_rider]

OMG! ! How sad! Poor thing!

 

[VictoriaEDT]

yeah I stole the link you posted in soapbox before I deleted the post for being in the wrong place......tut tut slap on wrists!

 

[Eira]

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yeah I stole the link you posted in soapbox before I deleted the post for being in the wrong place......tut tut slap on wrists!

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Ah right

I deleted the link , didnt realise it was in SB and thought you'd had a telling off

 

[lachlanandmarcus]

I doubt H&H would do anything, they take E&Ls insert leaflets every week....!

 

[VictoriaEDT]

E&L?

 

[Eira]

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E&L?

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Unscrupulous (Long word for me

) Insurance Firm that people have had problems with

 

[stencilface]

Annoys me that they take money from them to advertise - surely they should use some discretion??!!!

 

[BlackDiamond]

That is so sad, what does that prove? I mean why not just stick a ten stone man on it to show it can be ridden?...

 

[dieseldog]

It isn't jumping a spread and the fence is about 1.05. Nice back end on it though.

 

[BlackWhite381]

would put me off would have to worry about what damage had been done to the legs

 

[casey2312]

I haven't read the replies, but most horse people are as thick as [****], and probably see no harm in it.

 

[Ezme]

I'm guessing you people havn't seen the back cover of horsedeals this month then.... have a look next time your in a shop

 

[brighteyes]

Was going to say they are Jump 4 Joy uprights which go to 1.50m and it's about half way up, so 1.05 with pole on. The other pole you can see looks like a guide pole. Wish they wouldn't do it.

On the other hand, if you are buying a youngster to jump, you will want to see it over something.

Pass. I don't know

 

[Crazy_Caz]

In my opinion.... don't think thats right at all.... but thats my opinion....

 

[Eaglestone]

Do you think it has been photoshopped

 

[Jingleballs]

I would be worried about exactly how much free schooling/jumping it has been made to do and any possible lasting effects.

 

[scotsmare]

One of my personal big hates is to see babies jumping. Yes, I appreciate that if they're bred to jump then you should give it a whirl but surely not till they're older.

As for H&H rejecting ads because of it - theres no way they'll do this.

 

[sachak]

i think its appauling personally! and yes an ad like that would put me off - wont have a v long career jumping fences like that so young!

 

[fredthoroughbred]

That advert has made me feel really unhinged...poor wee creature

 

[VictoriaEDT]

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i think its appauling personally! and yes an ad like that would put me off - wont have a v long career jumping fences like that so young!

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I agree I cant actually see HH pulling adds like this.....but I still think they should!

 

[somethingorother]

poor thing it looks like such a baby... mostly because it is. There's no need for this and i would never buy off someone who would risk damaging a babies legs like this, or just as worse didnt realise that it could. Idiots.

 

[Daffodil]

I dread to think what damage is being done to this rather lovely looking filly.

 

[Natch]

H&H can't/won't pull ads like this and E&L because where does that leave them? On the moral high ground where if a horse doesn't look in good condition, they don't get in either? No ads from the likes of James Grey, who might still be proven innocent? Better for H&H to remain impartial IMO and let us the public decide, then for the mag to screen adverts and articles and only spoon-feed us "safe" ones.

If it helps think of it this way, if E&L are stupid enough to spend so much of their money paying god knows what for inserts of flyers into every mag etc, the price for us to buy it is lower than if they don't. And it feels kinda satisfying to shake E&L out and leave it on the newsagent's shelf!

 

[icestationzebra]

I don't agree with it no. They may well be shooting themselves in the foot as I (and other likeminded people knowing what stress that would put on young legs) wouldn't ring up about it or buy a youngster of that age that had been put over fences.....

 

[abuela]

Apart from the legs issue, I would be wondering:
- what tactics had been used to get the horse to jump
- what happened before they snapped this photo.

 

[the watcher]

QR

I looked at that picture and my first thought was - I don't want that, it looks quite capable of jumping out of every paddock on the yard and brave enough to do it too!

Just as well we all want different things from our horses.