Red flags when horseshopping⛳️⛳️⛳️
We webt to view a pony today he’s brown, 13y, 142cm. the owners have had him for 1 year and are selling because it takes too much time. Sounded nice jumps, hacking…
They wanted us to come 2weeks ago and look at her competing him and try him after the competition. We did not do that, not worth driving 2h to try a allready tired pony.
Then comes today. We arrive there, the pony is tacked up and outside waiting for us. And suddenly her trainer pulls up because apparently she’s going to have a quick jumping lesson before we get on him (me and my cousin, who we are trying the pony for)
No one has anything negative to say about this pony. I ask the trainer “what’s the worst thing he can do” she says that he can take off, but he just needs too be put in his place ones in a while and then he listens.
She also started talking about how hes such a perfect nice horse and he has previously been in a riding school… I know people who know this pony and have heard that he wasn’t in the riding school that long because he hated it there and basically refused to do anything. She just somehow finds a way around me telling her I heard they had problems with him at the riding school.
The owner rides him with spurrs and a whip, and he’s barely moving forward💀
I get on him Hes pretty lazy but otherwise a pretty nice pony, i think it’s mostly how hes being ridden that makes him that lazy all though he doesn’t seem to naturally have too much energy.
My cousin get on everything is fine she even does a few smal 40cm jumps on him.
Now the big thing.
While my cousin is walking him of we’re talking and at some point someone just happens to mention he has KISSINGSPINES!
The previous owner is also there bacaus her horse is in the same stable, so i start asking her because these people clearly don’t know anything and the trainer is just going on about how this wont affect him and he’s not going to be doing sny championships anyway and lots of horses have kissing spines and still compete.
Well the previous owner tells me he was x-rayed 3years ago. The people who have him now bought him 1y ago not doing any x-rays. And they didn’t thin to even tell us about this.
After 2h of everyone glancing this horse we finally leave. My cousin and her mom were completely in love and I just told them straight up no
They also wanted 8000€ +1000€ with saddle For this horse that has capacity for 80cm. and does all gaits but not in a collected frame (right now) wich is crazy cause hes worth MAX 6000€ (saddles included)