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  • #41
    Originally posted by dacasodivine View Post

    "Great endurance prospect." = Runaway with no brakes or steering. I'm scared witless.
    "All-around" -- Good at nothing, bad at everything.
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    • #42
      Originally posted by TheJenners View Post
      When someone is selling a particular breed horse that is uncommon up here (Connemara) but it has no papers. Yep, I raised an eyebrow at that and asked his pedigree, if known. Because there has to be a reason that a sound 15 yo 14hh Connie is going for... $700. Granted the pic was Connemara-like, but still. The odd/uncommon breed without papers and anything where they state a particular cross but no papers when such papers are obtainable, such as ArabxAPHA - unless you bred it, how do you know? Pretty head? Flags its tail when ya-ya'ing around the pasture? My fat WB does that, and I know his dam and he was DNA tested for his sire.
      Along the same lines, ever notice how suddenly common unregistered Fresians have become? People LOVE the idea of owning certain breeds that they'll overlook a lot just to have one. The volume of percherons or percheron crosses being sold at double or triple their actual value is pretty impressive. Anything solid black with slightly wavy hair is now Fresian or a Fresian cross, regardless of their size, build, feathering, etc...
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      • #43
        Great Endurance Prospect = bolted during training in mid NY, rider finally pulled it up in Connecticut...

        to the writer of " = scared witless" post. love your work, basically nailed. it. !
        Character?
        it's what one does when no one's looking.

        Losing ones long held historical privilege does not equal oppression.

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        • #44
          I pay practically zero attention to whatever the seller is typing into the ad box.

          I look at the height and age, and then the video.

          I honestly get annoyed when the videos have these 10 second lead ins with the horse's name and still pictures and whatever else, and just scroll to somewhere in the middle because generally the first three seconds of actual trotting and/or cantering that I see is enough to tell me whether additional interest is warranted.

          The other thing that drives me bananas is head shot thumbnails. One glance at the WHOLE HORSE is helpful, the headshot thumbnail is just a waste of time and yet another click to get to the information I actually care about.

          To be honest when I was looking at horses for a client recently I think some sellers got suspicious because I called and just wanted to make an appointment to see the horse. In their minds they thought I should be asking 20 minutes worth of questions about "Does it like peppermints" or whatever when the first 10 seconds of video showed me it was the right type, moved well, seemed to have a good attitude and looks like the client could ride it so let's schedule this.

          The horse we ended up with a trusted pro friend sent me a picture of it standing in the stall with a blanket on and said "I think you'd like this one," so we drove 7 hours to see it, rode for 10 minutes and that was that. Zero paragraphs of written ad description necessary.
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          • #45
            I just started making ads for my boy (which I'm still a little but for the best) and have been trying hard to make sure it's clear and to the point Only thing I don't have is video as I haven't been able to ride for quite some time. Hoping to get video soon since he's getting back into shape. Biggest frustration is that Facebook blocked the ad on a horse group I'm in so I had to repost as a discussion, only I can't share that now with people.

            So far no tire kickers, only one inquiry and they were too far away to want to come see him. Both kind of happy and sad for that since it is the slow season for selling anyways.

            Question for everyone: Do you even trust Craigslist horse ads?
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            • #46
              I just finished up a very long frustrating search, and the single biggest pet peeve I came up with was professionals who know better listing a horse as "16h" when it barely makes 15 if that. It makes me wonder what else they're lying about.

              The rest of it, Scribbler nailed. Every horse ad is an exercise in skepticism and reading between the lines.

              And for those of us/you who are honest, I am truly sorry. These other folks give all of us a bad name.
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