Another Critique, Please!!

I absolutely LOVE her face!! She looks sssssoooooo sweet! I say go for it! $500 isn't much all things considered. Get her vet checked to make sure everything is ok and go from there. For what you are planning to do with her I bet she'll be fine. Plus if you plan on training her then eventually selling her to a nice family looking for a great trail horse or all around, you could make a little bit of money!! Soemone had mentioned Foundering...how do her feet look?

I had a horse who had a thyroid problem and he had a somewhat cresty neck. (Don't know if the two things were related) It was easy to manage...

Hey JDI. She is huge, I will take a picture of her today and post it. But she still seems rather comfortable. I talked to the vet and he said that some horses will go 370 days...Ahhh!

She is on day 346...so I guess he will just have to wait and see.

Thanks, ahearn, and FGR, looking forward to the pics!

Anyone else?

yeah the being green broke at 10 thing could be a bit of a concern but i dont think so for an experienced handler

i think just as a pleasure riding horse she looks gorgeous :) very soft eyes. she is a little short in the pasterns and a little downhill. im not going to comment on the neck because neither shot is showing the neck properly. i think she looks pretty good for pleasure/trail but probably no good for showing etc but you said it wont be your next dressage horse so that doesnt matter

find out as much as you can about any probs with her feet and why she was broke so late

Her face is adorable, but her neck is huge!! but that will probably go down when she starts to lose weight.

So many people around my area have horses that aren't fully broke, it's disgusting.
I figure it might be a good idea to buy her, put miles on her and whatnot, get her settled and then maybe sell her as a family horse for a profit and buy up :P haha (I have free board, it's possible!)

New note:

Turns out the mare's 8, not 11.. which makes a heck of a difference to me.
Asked the owner about lameness, and she's had Champagne for 2 years, is friends with one of the 2 previous owners, and neither of them know of any lameness issues - so chances are she's just fat...
Appearantly she's quiet as all get out, but just hasn't been ridden that much, which is why she's being sold as "green broke" only.
Owner is not firm on the price at all, more wants just to find a good home for her.

Any comments now that you know this stuff?

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i give props to the owner of the horse to sell her as green broke because she hasn't been ridden in a while. It will make a more experienced person want to buy her, rather than someone looking for their first horse.

I didn't have a problem with her age, but younger is better i guess.
I would still do a vet check on her just to make sure everything is ok.
She also does look chubby all over, and who knows, maybe most of her fat just goes to her crest, instead of her hips

I think if the price is right, and everything checks out, she seems like a good buy

Man, she has perfect face markings.

I think some exercise and grooming will improve her greatly.