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mizzwade

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#81

Nov. 17, 2003, 11:02 AM

Good luck with your new horse - I hope he is the one for you!

I can't believe how rude people have been to you.....

Take care

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Scuttle

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#82

Nov. 17, 2003, 11:12 AM

I'd just like to add...whatever horse you do end up getting. Please still post pictures! There have been some comments about judging from pictures, and I just wanted to say that some of us out here - or maybe just me - are absolute picture JUNKIES! I don't care who it is, what kinda horse, and how great you ride. I just love to see happy pictures of horsies and their humans. So when the big day is finally here..please share!
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PeriwinkleBlue

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#83

Nov. 17, 2003, 11:16 AM

I agree with Scuttle - I love pictures and would love to see you two together.

Also, since you started the thread, you can also lock it.

Good luck and let us know how the vetting goes!

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#84

Nov. 17, 2003, 12:09 PM

I think that we should all just keep our personal opinions to ourselves. Obviously Tiffany has already heard the same advice over and over again, and personally, I don't think she needs to keep hearing it, when she didn't ask for it in the first place! I just want to wish you luck, Tiffany, and I hope that Beanie (who sounds very nice btw), or whatever horse you get, works out!

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MyShadeOfPink

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#85

Nov. 17, 2003, 01:26 PM

FrenchFry check your PTs

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FrenchFrytheEqHorse

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#86

Nov. 17, 2003, 01:59 PM

Dont worry MSOP...I replied. Let me say, i have no problem with you posting topics like that on the public forum from now on, its everyone's business. I felt my post was just as malicious and appropriate as everyone elses, and you should know if it was directed at you. Sometimes it takes that much to get the point across and considering this topic consists of 3 1/2 pages of people preaching in an unecessarily rude tone to a kid, it was put in a tone i felt most would understand. Dig and be dug in return....

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Faded Dreams

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#87

Nov. 17, 2003, 02:51 PM

kk everybody....

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dogchushu

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#88

Nov. 17, 2003, 03:26 PM

Okay, I dogchushu (the ultimate in nervous novice riders), bought--as her first horse--a six year old TB.

And she's as quiet as quiet can be. A perfect, patient teacher horsie whose been the light of my life since I got her.

That being said, my trainer and I were more than a bit apprehensive about a TB of that age and whether she'd be as good for me long term as she was when I first rode her.

So, we made the horse prove that she was the wonderful girl we hoped she was.

I rode her maybe 5 separate times before deciding to pursue the purchase. we thoroughly vetted her for any drugs that could be keeping her quiet. We also took her on trial for a month. I know a lot of sellers won't do trials--but it seemed so odd that this horse was so dead quiet that we wouldn't get her without the trial period. During that trial period we hoped to see how she'd act in different environments when we were guaranteed no one would be lunging her or riding her down before I got on.

She stayed just as quiet and just as patient as I could have hoped. And her drug tests came out clean.

So there are dead quiet 6-year-old TBs out there. However, since they seem to be the exception rather than the rule, I'd say don't rule out purchasing this horse--but be careful to do your homework and make sure this horse is really the horse you think he is right now. If he's very underweight right now, be aware that he could be a totally different horse once he starts feeling better. And ride him a number of different times in different conditions (eg. try him on a chilly or windy day and outside--not just in a warm, friendly ring) to see all aspects of his personality. Make sure before you ride that no one has been on him before you or had a chance to lunge him into quietness.

Even having bought a wonderful-for-a-beginner 6-year-old TB, I would look for a lot of proof before assuming that another 6-year-old TB was appropriate for me.

He could be a wonderful horse for you and I hope he is. Just make sure you look at him carefully and critically before buying him. He could be another exception to the "young TBs are hot" rule--just do yourself a favor and make sure he proves that to you before you buy him.

Good luck to you!

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FrittSkritt

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#89

Nov. 17, 2003, 03:44 PM

Actually, I think Tiff is pretty damn lucky to have her parents readily buy her a new horse... and if it doesn't work out, she can consider it a "learning experience."

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Black Market Radio

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#90

Nov. 17, 2003, 04:21 PM

Tiff, can I offer you some leg of moose? Seriously though, I think some people on this thread have gotten really poopie! Are we all PMSing around here or what??? Tiff, please check your PT's

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MyShadeOfPink

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#91

Nov. 17, 2003, 04:43 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by FrenchFrytheEqHorse:
Dont worry MSOP...I replied. Let me say, i have no problem with you posting topics like that on the public forum from now on, its everyone's business. I felt my post was just as malicious and appropriate as everyone elses, and you should know if it was directed at you. Sometimes it takes that much to get the point across and considering this topic consists of 3 1/2 pages of people preaching in an unecessarily rude tone to a kid, it was put in a tone i felt most would understand. Dig and be dug in return....

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http://community.webshots.com/album/86540446bdOIrj<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>[/QUOTE]

First of all, stop trying to entertain the idea of getting into a fight with me here

second, show your maturity. If you have somthing to say, say it constructively and maturely. Your showing your age.

I will no longer reply to any of this crap publicly. It needs to end.

//Jennie\\
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*fixing a spelling mistake

Jennie
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MyShadeOfPink

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#92

Nov. 17, 2003, 04:50 PM

Hey Tiffany

Glad you got to check out his pedigree Sorry he doesn't have Secretariat in him, but Native Dancer is back there. Affirmed was always one of my favorites too.

Any updates?

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sprite

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#93

Nov. 17, 2003, 06:26 PM

A good story and a bad story. Bad one first!

At age 23, I got my own horse, a 6 y/o OTTB. Green, underweight, but cute and athletic and fairly quiet. Mind, at this time I had been riding for 15 years, ridden tough horses, bratty green ponies, loved a challenge. With this particular horse, I was lucky in that I was the one who rode him to show him to prospective buyers, so I got to know him quite well. Well, you probably know the rest of the story. He gained weight, got fit, and turned into more than I could handle, after 4 years I finally admitted it and sold him on.

The horse I bought to replace him was a green, 5 y/o...OTTB.
She has been an absolute joy, sweet, quiet, and very forgiving from day 1. Good thing, too! LOL

So, it CAN turn out OK. Especially if ( as it seems) the horse was never raced. My 1st one was on the track for 3 years. The second one, 3 races. Huge difference, mentally.

Anyways, hope it works out for you Tiffany! Good luck!

ps...he's related to my mare too, she has Exclusive Native on the top also. Yeah, I know, he's in a LOT of pedigrees, LOL.

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SquishTheBunny

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#94

Nov. 17, 2003, 06:29 PM

Good luck Tiff! I'd like to just make one suggestion if I may. After you vet the horse, ride it one more time before you make your final decision. If its good then you know its meant to be...if not, then it may save you some $$$. Fingers crossed that this is the horse for you.

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#95

Nov. 17, 2003, 06:38 PM

Wow, I agree that you naysayers ought to be ashamed of yourselves. I recall getting a very similar nasty/judgemental reaction when *I* posted about buying my OTTB, with his minor soundness issues (OMG, is there no veterinary medicine these days?) AND without a vet check (dear God, I must be insane!). But what y'all are forgetting here is that imperfect, "flawed" horses do NOT always end up as lawn ornaments. Just because you've heard a hundred horror stories about a given scenario doesn't mean it never turns out differently.

And you know what? I am imperfect. I am flawed. But I do the best I can, and so does my horse. His best is good enough for me.

Tiffany, I will be hoping that you find the perfect horse, no matter what form he or she takes, and that you will know in your heart when you've found "the one."

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#96

Nov. 17, 2003, 06:53 PM

Just wanted to say that our BEST schoolhorse is Native Dancer's grandson. He is such a good boy and has been a school horse from day one. He is very quiet and has taught so many kids their up-downs even though he was right off the track. Good luck! Don't let people get you down.

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Shiaway

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#97

Nov. 17, 2003, 08:04 PM

I, too recieved negative comments on the dressage board when I wanted to buy Sol. But actually everything the naysayers said was absoltly right: it wasn't the right time in my life to buy a horse. I was going to Japan. Who knows what will hapen when I'm there etc. They have absolutly good reasons for saying what they did and everyone else told me pretty much the same thing.

Although no one told me Sol wasn't an appropriate horse for me since they don't know my riding and my trainer put me on him in lessons which means he thought it was ok for me to ride Sol and Sol although being young is a very well behaved horse and he is also termed a "hot blood" because he is a Lusitano. However, I have ridden many other lusitanos at that age so that wasn't really the issue.

It was more of the face that he had OCD surgery (only preventitive) and what would I do with him when I went to Japan etc.

But they were right. And I knew they were right and I tried to listen to them and rationalize it to myself but I couldn't. I love him so much I just couldn't pass him up. I knew it would be difficult at first but I had the opertunity and I didn't want to pass it up.

I am really glad I bought him. I love him so much and my riding has improved over the short time I have owned him. Dressage has become so much fun because of him. I figured something out for him while I am in Japan. Although it is not ideal I think it's ok and he is not unhappy.

Just wanted to share my experience. I think other people are looking out for your well being, Tiffiny. It seems that you have gotten this message although some other posters havn't. But in the end it is your decision. It is good to keep in mind what the posters have said because I think they speak with truth and experience and a desire to help you, not to just preach at you. A starved horse is different than a fat and happy one. And I would be worried about the injury, too. But if you feel he is the one no one can stop you except your parents who i am guessing are paying for him? Anyway if they aren't then disregard that last statement.
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PeriwinkleBlue

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#98

Nov. 17, 2003, 08:08 PM

Shiaway, well said. Thanks for sharing your experience.

I didn't know you have a Lusitano! Do you have pictures? I'd love to see him!

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Nov. 17, 2003, 10:58 PM

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#100

Nov. 19, 2003, 02:17 PM

Just wondering what was happening with Beanie....

I wish you good luck with him!!

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