Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Trials of Selling


So I have decided to sell my horse.  I must be going through a mid life crisis.  Instead of nice red four wheeled car, I want a nice red four legged eventer.  Now it seems like all the nut jobs who are looking for horses,want to look at mine.  I am realistic about my mare and very straight forward.  I have nothing to hide, nor would I.  My first potential buyer asks if she's had natural horsemanship training.  Um, no and it's really not my thing.  They felt she was too tall.  She wanted a 15.0 hand warmblood.  Good luck!

 Second potential buyer is 72 and her trainer is 78.  We start off OK, but I knew my mare was not happy about a second ride in the day during feeding hour.  She was tight and cranky so I just hacked her long and low.  The woman wanted to trail ride and do dressage a few days a week since she's just learning the basics.  She had no interest in showing.  Her trainer states my horse has the worst movement he has seen and good luck moving up to second.  I state that I was selling her as a low level horse and you can leave now!  I would pay money to see her ride a big mover on the trail or even in a lesson.  The saga will continue, but I plan on showing next month.