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so... who would like to talk me out of a 3 yr old pony/hony; phew, she's safe
Topic Started: Sep 15 2011, 04:58 PM (848 Views)
MayaTy02
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I seem to be friends with too many enablers, someone talk some sense! She's 3, unbroke 14.1 and butt high. But she's soooo pretty!!!

Here's the whys:
1. she may stay a large, and in which case, she's pretty with no bad habits YET
2. She can live in a field essentially for free/super low cost
3. up front costs are very minimal (less than $500).
4. Have folks that can break her and ride her basically for no or low low cost

SO, why not???
Edited by MayaTy02, Sep 15 2011, 04:58 PM.
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WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR????.....GO GET HER

HH :)
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you all are NOT doing a good job! :) Basically I'd split her with another pony mom and our trainer would board, feed and train her for free... we split all expenses 3 ways. And hopefully we'll end up with something...someone can ride :)
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Don't forget that you'll have to quarantine anything that comes out of Camelot-- I don't want that cute Goldie pony getting sick! ;)

I hear ya on the temptation... for some reason I'm a glutton for punishment since I have them on my fb feed. There are tons of cute looking horses on there ALL the time. I'm too chicken to buy something from auction, though... plus I have nowhere to QT here. I do know someone (local h/j trainer) who has gotten a few TB's there, fattened them up, got them going good and sold them on. She ended up with some decent ones, so if your trainer is on board and y'all can QT, I'd go for it.

Tell us which one it is so that we can drool along with you!!! ;)
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she thinks she can arrange QT, told us to see how it unfolds and she'll work it out :) this is her...

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=162900413796344&id=717366596&notif_t=share_comment#!/photo.php?fbid=284012281609247&set=a.283806994963109.81423.159567607387049&type=1&theater

She's young and butt high, but need to make sure she's not AS downhill as she appears, what do you all think?

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If she is as butt high as she appears, she will have to defy her conformation to become anything remotely H/J like....
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a 3 way split of a 10k colic surgery is still expensive.

(cause you said you wanted to be talked out of it)
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Haha....I'll give you $$ toward the $initial costs.

I am no help....if I had empty stalls I'd fill them all.

BUT.

A GOOD horse/pony costs as much as a BAD one to keep. [this is why I'm not in the rescue business] if you are really considering a rescue....definitely make sure it's not a truly bad investment. (Very hard, I know).

A good investment needs to be useable, so just make sure it's not a conformational wreck before you go for it........or at least be willing to acknowledge those limitations if you do. :)

Good luck. :luck: :luck:

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I'd want to see her face and another profile pic. That pic sucks!!!

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I know that pic is NOT good, which is possibly why she's still there...she's young and probably will overgrow which is fine, doesn't have to be a world beater, just something that can be usable around the farm as a lesson horse would be more than enough. People who have seen her say she's not that butt high but that she certainly has some more growing. I believe there will be better pics coming, not going to do anything until we see another angle.
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I think that's just a terrible picture, and that she's not THAT downhill.

But man, she is pretty. Of course I'm partial to bays with a lot of white. She looks like a darker bay version of my Clyde!
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she does Kady! I can't imagine she has a horrible head, but who knows. If she's THAT downhill, she'd barely be walking, so hopefully that's not the case. Folks that saw her, liked her. We'll see... we're ready to pull the trigger with a shipper (Optical Illusions' mom :))... we'll sleep on it.
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Sep 15 2011, 06:26 PM
Haha....I'll give you $$ toward the $initial costs.

I am no help....if I had empty stalls I'd fill them all.

BUT.

A GOOD horse/pony costs as much as a BAD one to keep. [this is why I'm not in the rescue business] if you are really considering a rescue....definitely make sure it's not a truly bad investment. (Very hard, I know).

A good investment needs to be useable, so just make sure it's not a conformational wreck before you go for it........or at least be willing to acknowledge those limitations if you do. :)

Good luck. :luck: :luck:

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I know you're right TBF about that but she's young so we're hoping she has no bad habits or injuries as of yet. If nothing else, if she's as pretty as she MAY be, she can be a pony broodmare/lesson horse. If not, well we can deal with that too.
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I know you're right TBF about that but she's young so we're hoping she has no bad habits or injuries as of yet. If nothing else, if she's as pretty as she MAY be, she can be a pony broodmare/lesson horse. If not, well we can deal with that too.


Well you know i only said those things to talk you out of it if you wanted to be talked out........... ;)

Offer is still good for up front costs if you need it.

Can we talk about names yet??? :woot: ;) ;)
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Sep 15 2011, 07:14 PM
I know you're right TBF about that but she's young so we're hoping she has no bad habits or injuries as of yet. If nothing else, if she's as pretty as she MAY be, she can be a pony broodmare/lesson horse. If not, well we can deal with that too.
Well you know i only said those things to talk you out of it if you wanted to be talked out........... ;)

Offer is still good for up front costs if you need it.

Can we talk about names yet??? :woot: ;) ;)[/quote]how sweet are you?? You are welcome to contribue if you like, we already have a 3 way split on the ponys ownership we can add another :) we were thinking Sunny's Chance (Our farm is Sunnys Corner Farm) or Triple Threat since she'd be owned by three little girls LOL
But now we're getting ahead of ourselves ;)
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