So far my horse shopping experience has been simple and straight forward. I found a gelding who I found attractive, well built, with an incredibly earnest eye that I couldn't resist answering the advertisement! I hadn't really thought a whole lot about shopping by this point - I had been given the semi go ahead from my mum but had mad an agreement with myself that I wouldn't go look at just anything it had to be something I felt greatly special about.
I had contacted the owner and she had mentioned that she had gotten my email and that with regret the horse was to be taken on trial to another lovely young lady and that although I sounded like a great match, she had to honor the first come first serve system and that she would let me know if any other of the Thoroughbreds on site would be suitable for what I wanted to do. Funny that even though I had never met the horse I was a little let down by the situation, I had really liked him from the photos and videos and could see him being something interesting in the long run.
I continued my little search, although not too crazily but a couple days later I received and email from the brown horses owner saying that the trial fell through due to no fault of his own and that I was more than welcome to come and try him. I am still in the process of trying him so that's where we stand now.
As far as I'm concerned I am happy with my little to no horse shopping, although looking at the ads is a great deal of fun, trying to arrange meetings, going out to ride a new horse and sort of riding it because you don't want to upset the owner, it's really all just a mess. I always thought that this was a dream come true but so far, I count my stars that it has maybe been cut short!
J
I had contacted the owner and she had mentioned that she had gotten my email and that with regret the horse was to be taken on trial to another lovely young lady and that although I sounded like a great match, she had to honor the first come first serve system and that she would let me know if any other of the Thoroughbreds on site would be suitable for what I wanted to do. Funny that even though I had never met the horse I was a little let down by the situation, I had really liked him from the photos and videos and could see him being something interesting in the long run.
I continued my little search, although not too crazily but a couple days later I received and email from the brown horses owner saying that the trial fell through due to no fault of his own and that I was more than welcome to come and try him. I am still in the process of trying him so that's where we stand now.
As far as I'm concerned I am happy with my little to no horse shopping, although looking at the ads is a great deal of fun, trying to arrange meetings, going out to ride a new horse and sort of riding it because you don't want to upset the owner, it's really all just a mess. I always thought that this was a dream come true but so far, I count my stars that it has maybe been cut short!
J