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I have just been looking at horse classifieds when I found a horse for sale with me riding it!
It was an old loan horse I had. I have just been a bit annoyed about the advert and wondering what other people thought I should do.

Horse is advertised at 16hh, I measured horse and it is 15.1 and a half hh if wanting to be very accurate (I measured horse at 8 years old so has not grown!). Horse is slightly chunky build though so takes up leg but 15.1 is quite a difference to some people!

Horse is advertised as calm, sensible ride...not entirely true and has been sat in a field for the past year. Also from what I last heard 2 years ago (as owner tried to sell to me) horse has some degree of bone spavin in hocks. Owner said horse could be hacked a few times a week and no more than 20 minutes schooling, I declined her offer. however in the advert there is no mention of spavin...am I right in thinking that spavin is irreversible, it can be managed but in time will get worse?

And on top of that owner has used a photo of me without my permission (and a horrible one at that
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Should I just sit back and do nothing? or contact the owner after 2/3 years and just mention my concern?

Thanks!
 
You could try contacting them but it seems unlikely they would listen to you. Let's hope that a prospective purchaser is sensible enough to get a vetting. Surely when people turn up to try the horse they will just take one look and realise it is not 16 hands. This ad shows how important the saying 'Buyer Beware' is.
 
Not sure how the permission thing works, if the photo was out in the general domain I don't think there is copyright, or was the photo one she took?
Honesty isn't always the first thing sellers think of, buyer beware. Unfortunately you're not in a place to say anything IMO. And if you ring the owners, do you think they will say sorry i'll change the ad??
 
Copyright remains that of the person who took the image, no matter where that image is.

If you are recognisable in the image the holder must obtain a model release (permission) to use said image in certain circumstances. However in this case they arent selling the photo they are using it to sell the horse.
 
If the advertiser took the picture it is hers to use as she sees fit. So you can't do anything about that.

The other stuff sounds bad, but so much of horse advertising is about perception and interpretation. How well do you know what the horse is doing now? Is it possible that the horse is now up to work and that the spavin is no longer troubling him? Is it also possible that he has been doing some work and is now a clamer easier ride?

If so the only discrepency is the height, 2.5inches is not that much. It is possible to legitimately measure a horse and get different measurements, try going to shows and seeing what enormous ponies are classed as under 14.2hh. It is also possible that she has never measured the horse and is simply guessing based upon other horses heights so that she can put something in the ad.

I don't know that there is enough serious dishonesty to justify reporting the ad to the website administrators.
 
My boyfriend took the picture and I do not remember giving it to the owner, I did put it on my facebook though. As far as I know the horse has been sat in a field for the past year and did not do much other than the odd hack up until then anyway. for me the height issue is a big difference as I look silly on anything under 15.2
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TBH was not too bothered by my photo being used, but the not mentioning the spavin really bothered me!

I think I will leave it and hope that the buyer gets a vetting etc and horse does not end up in the wrong home!
 
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