No "maybe" about it!
Dear me! It wouldn't have been cheap at half the price, what a disappointment! We arrived to see his head over the door and I didn't like his face - he has a mottled blaze and a noticeable bump between the eyes, and small eyes too. I went to speak to him and he rolled his eye at me exposing the white, but he failed to back away and give more space between him and me. Now I'm not worried by him being cautious about strangers, but I am about him not thinking that it would be a good idea to distance himself from me, like George did in the same situation. It rather smacks of a horse who would fight his corner a bit too much!
He was brought out of the stable and he just looked all wrong. Terribly thin, with a huge belly - a dreadful worm burden by the look of him. He didn't "stand over his feet", the back legs were out behind him. His feet were appallingly splayed and to be honest I think his owner should feel damned embarassed about owning a horse in that state, never mind offering it for sale.
Before I knew it, he'd been tacked up and put on a lorry, so we had no choice but to follow, and in any case we were curious. We went to an indoor school close by and the guy rode him. Both SH and I thought that he was not sound on whichever was the outside of his hind legs at the time. It may simply have been that he had no muscles because he was so thin, but it's not a risk I'd take. He looked like a possible wobbler.
And on top of all that, his temperament looked suspect to me. He wasn't moving forward and he looked as if he was thinking of being mutinous, if only he had the energy. With a belly full of food instead of worms, I got the impression that he could be a very argumentative horse.
His height never came into it but if he's 17.2 he's the smallest 17.2 I've ever seen. That would have been great, but there was so much else wrong with him that it was immaterial.
I made my excuses and left, I didn't want to ride him, there was no point. I wouldn't buy him for more than £1500 and only then as a project to fatten up and sell.
It was a disappointment, but it focussed my mind wonderfully on what I really want, and we had a good day out too.
C
posted by cptrayes @ 6:14 PM
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Very wise. The bump between the eyes plus small eyes would put me off straight away. Poor horse I wonder what will happen to him now.
That's dissapointing! But it never ceases to amaze me at how people describe their horses. And they have these crazy ideas about value.......
Oh well....next!
Too bad. He didn't look that bad in the pics, but as I said, the angles were bad. Hard to see that lack of character in his face too. (I hate little eyes. "Pig eyes" are a definite sign of a stubborn personality.) Very sad to think a horse is being badly kept.
So, that was a bummer, but as you say, it helped solidify in your head what you want. And obviously, it's not that one.
I just can't see how he is going to get sold if the owner insists he's worth over £3000. Where he got that figure from is beyond me - the horse is homebred, they have land where he has lived and he's clearly not spending a lot on food!
On with the search!
C
What a shame, homebred and wormy, probably never had a proper worming dose in his life, bless, wormy youngsters just make trouble in later life they never seem to thrive, oh and if he has been hungry he will be a real sourpuss. Oh well keep looking, what's next Goresbridge?
Anne
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