two horse, one horse, pop
Sep. 6th, 2002 01:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
joflasherSo they sold Joe while we were on vacation. Joe is the horse that the Boy and I have been leasing for over a year. This summer we also started leasing Majic, as one horse between two people isn't all that fun. Anyway, we went up to the farm and, hey, Joe's gone.
Not that this is anything new. Almost every time we've gone away on a big vacation, we have come back to find Joe sold. The other two times, obviously, he came back. Once because the woman who bought him was cracked and the other because he didn't pass his vet check. Oh, he's healthy and sound, he just doesn't have the leg bones of a young horse anymore. He isn't meant for a new career as a jumper at the ripe age of 14.
Anyways, I'm good and upset about it. Not so much because he was sold. I can' afford to buy him and they need the money. Its just the fact that I didn't have any warning and the old owner was less than truthful to everyone involved.
They had told us they were taking him off of the market after the cracked lady tried to have him put down because of an allergic reaction to a wormer. They told us they were going to keep him unless we wanted to buy him. I had all these wonderful daydreams involving the Boy and I riding through the autumn leaves this fall. Dream go smush.
The old owner was going on about how they were getting Tisa and Apache going and they would make a good trail mount for the Boy and we could lease one of them instead. Um, both are under 4 years old and have never really been ridden before. This is a good mount for an advanced beginner how? I don't think so.
So that leaves Boy on Majic and me on someone else. I might be willing to ride Tisa on the trails (Apache is just over 2...way to young to ride for any length of time). Tisa's a fairly levelheaded young girl but she has quite literally never had anyone on her back. I think I'm too old to do that shit anymore. I found out after a couple falls that I don't bounce like I used to. I could try taking Kavort. Kavort's the one that bucked me off and kicked me in the head and rib cage last summer. He's better now but he's still a walking accident. He managed to take most of the skin off of his back by trying to crawl UNDER the butt bar on a horse trailer earlier this year. I'm afraid he'll trip on a pebble and we'll both end up broken. The other option is to ride Steele, who belongs to another girl. The old owner was all for us taking him last night but we refused to without actually getting written permission from his real owner.
There's still a chance Joe might come back this time. The old owner didn't exactly tell the truth to the new owners about him. He went to a novice horse family as a beginner child horse. Joe is many things but a bombproof beginner horse he is not, especially not for a child. He can be as stubborn as all get out, he rears and bucks when he doesn't get his way, he's been known to run away with people and he's entirely too hot out on the trails for someone without a decent amount of arm strength to control. I hope no one gets hurt over there and they have a trainer evaluate him. Any decent trainer will be able to tell them "hey, this isn't a beginner child horse". I wish the old owner had done the same. I know they are tight for money but still...I don't think I care too much for the old owner's honesty. I guess its true, all horse sellers are liars and all horse buyers buy at their own risk.
I love Majic but it might be time to find a different barn to ride at. One where I can look the owner in the eyes.
Not that this is anything new. Almost every time we've gone away on a big vacation, we have come back to find Joe sold. The other two times, obviously, he came back. Once because the woman who bought him was cracked and the other because he didn't pass his vet check. Oh, he's healthy and sound, he just doesn't have the leg bones of a young horse anymore. He isn't meant for a new career as a jumper at the ripe age of 14.
Anyways, I'm good and upset about it. Not so much because he was sold. I can' afford to buy him and they need the money. Its just the fact that I didn't have any warning and the old owner was less than truthful to everyone involved.
They had told us they were taking him off of the market after the cracked lady tried to have him put down because of an allergic reaction to a wormer. They told us they were going to keep him unless we wanted to buy him. I had all these wonderful daydreams involving the Boy and I riding through the autumn leaves this fall. Dream go smush.
The old owner was going on about how they were getting Tisa and Apache going and they would make a good trail mount for the Boy and we could lease one of them instead. Um, both are under 4 years old and have never really been ridden before. This is a good mount for an advanced beginner how? I don't think so.
So that leaves Boy on Majic and me on someone else. I might be willing to ride Tisa on the trails (Apache is just over 2...way to young to ride for any length of time). Tisa's a fairly levelheaded young girl but she has quite literally never had anyone on her back. I think I'm too old to do that shit anymore. I found out after a couple falls that I don't bounce like I used to. I could try taking Kavort. Kavort's the one that bucked me off and kicked me in the head and rib cage last summer. He's better now but he's still a walking accident. He managed to take most of the skin off of his back by trying to crawl UNDER the butt bar on a horse trailer earlier this year. I'm afraid he'll trip on a pebble and we'll both end up broken. The other option is to ride Steele, who belongs to another girl. The old owner was all for us taking him last night but we refused to without actually getting written permission from his real owner.
There's still a chance Joe might come back this time. The old owner didn't exactly tell the truth to the new owners about him. He went to a novice horse family as a beginner child horse. Joe is many things but a bombproof beginner horse he is not, especially not for a child. He can be as stubborn as all get out, he rears and bucks when he doesn't get his way, he's been known to run away with people and he's entirely too hot out on the trails for someone without a decent amount of arm strength to control. I hope no one gets hurt over there and they have a trainer evaluate him. Any decent trainer will be able to tell them "hey, this isn't a beginner child horse". I wish the old owner had done the same. I know they are tight for money but still...I don't think I care too much for the old owner's honesty. I guess its true, all horse sellers are liars and all horse buyers buy at their own risk.
I love Majic but it might be time to find a different barn to ride at. One where I can look the owner in the eyes.
