Need Some Advise
I moved to North Carolina in March and wanted to get back into riding. I quickly found a small stable down the road from my house that specialized in hunter training. The owner is an amazing lovely person, but I was never crazy about the instructor/trainer she had. I started looking around at other stables and interviewing instructors to find the right match for me.
In the meantime, they had a 1/2 Arabian Mare that had been sitting in a field for a year, because everyone was afraid of her. So I approached the owner to find out if I could work with her. She quickly agreed. I worked with her in the evenings as that was the best time for me based on my work schedule. I fell in love. Thirty days in and I again approached the owner about purchasing the mare. I offered her what I believed to be a fair price at the time of $2000 and explained my goal to move her to another facility where I could work with a dressage and jumping trainer. She and seen me take quite a few falls from this mare and laugh when I told her I would pay $2000 for her. She said since I had put all the work in on her and she just wanted to see her go to a good a home she would take $1500. The trainer was cut out completely from the sale.
When I was moving her a week later the trainer came up to me and said that Bella wasn't even worth the meat on her bones and she was going to laugh when I brought her back. I let the comment go.
Fast-Forward, I just took her to her first show a little over a month ago. Local hunter show. She cleaned up. All first place ribbons. The trainer was there with some of her students. I heard from some people that she was going around telling people she had trained her. I again said nothing.
Since then she has been bad mouthing me all over town. She told the owner of the local feed store that I cheated her out of her training fee. And called me a bunch of vulgar names. I'm new to town and I don't want my reputation to be bad off the bat. I have been told though that people know what type of person she is and take everything she says with a grain salt. Should I approach her about her accusations or should I leave it alone.
Also, on a side note I want to purchase a new saddle pad for christmas. I'm thinking of investing in one of the more expensive brands like thin or fleeceworks. Any advice?
In the meantime, they had a 1/2 Arabian Mare that had been sitting in a field for a year, because everyone was afraid of her. So I approached the owner to find out if I could work with her. She quickly agreed. I worked with her in the evenings as that was the best time for me based on my work schedule. I fell in love. Thirty days in and I again approached the owner about purchasing the mare. I offered her what I believed to be a fair price at the time of $2000 and explained my goal to move her to another facility where I could work with a dressage and jumping trainer. She and seen me take quite a few falls from this mare and laugh when I told her I would pay $2000 for her. She said since I had put all the work in on her and she just wanted to see her go to a good a home she would take $1500. The trainer was cut out completely from the sale.
When I was moving her a week later the trainer came up to me and said that Bella wasn't even worth the meat on her bones and she was going to laugh when I brought her back. I let the comment go.
Fast-Forward, I just took her to her first show a little over a month ago. Local hunter show. She cleaned up. All first place ribbons. The trainer was there with some of her students. I heard from some people that she was going around telling people she had trained her. I again said nothing.
Since then she has been bad mouthing me all over town. She told the owner of the local feed store that I cheated her out of her training fee. And called me a bunch of vulgar names. I'm new to town and I don't want my reputation to be bad off the bat. I have been told though that people know what type of person she is and take everything she says with a grain salt. Should I approach her about her accusations or should I leave it alone.
Also, on a side note I want to purchase a new saddle pad for christmas. I'm thinking of investing in one of the more expensive brands like thin or fleeceworks. Any advice?
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