Recently I have noticed the quality of people and horses to go down. It all started when my older brother decided to get back into horses. This was a big deal for him and he wanted to take the time into finding the right horse for him. He found a horse that he loved which was a 4 yr old palomino gelding. The only problem was that it was close to spring planting and he would be too busy to spend time with this horse. So he sent it to a trainer to get more hours on him and to work on some reining. 2 weeks before we went to pick him up the trainer called and said they had bad news, his horse cracked some ribs rough housing with other horses. So we picked him up. had several different vets looks at him and finally cleared him for riding. We took our time, doing a bunch of ground work and he seemed just like he normally was. Until we tried to ride him. Ive never seen a horse buck so hard in my life. We called the trainer and she said she had no idea, then later lied to my dad saying the horse was crazy to begin with and my brother never should have bought him. We ended up selling him as a bucking horse.
Then, my father who is 65, decided now that he was retired he wanted to get a good trail horse and live the life on the back of a horse. Went to look at this horse that they swore was bomb proof. He rode it around and decided to go with it, since it was 14 yr old and was a been there done that horse. He brought it home and the first night he rode it he did ok. Tried to take off right when he got on but my dad got him under control. The next night he rode him, my dad got on and the horse bolted and my dad couldn't get him back in control and ended up bailing and going to the ER with a broken nose, and fractured cheek bone and eye socket. While he was gone my brother got on him and he did the same thing, by brother was trying to put him in a circle and the horse wasn't listening and ended up breaking a rein. and he had to bail too. He got back on and the horse immediately started bucking and threw him off and bucked all the way back to the yard.
Sorry about this novel but it is just so frustrating to have this happen to good people. I mean we do our research before we buy but lately it seems like people will do whatever to make a sale instead of taking their time to make a good honest horse.
Then, my father who is 65, decided now that he was retired he wanted to get a good trail horse and live the life on the back of a horse. Went to look at this horse that they swore was bomb proof. He rode it around and decided to go with it, since it was 14 yr old and was a been there done that horse. He brought it home and the first night he rode it he did ok. Tried to take off right when he got on but my dad got him under control. The next night he rode him, my dad got on and the horse bolted and my dad couldn't get him back in control and ended up bailing and going to the ER with a broken nose, and fractured cheek bone and eye socket. While he was gone my brother got on him and he did the same thing, by brother was trying to put him in a circle and the horse wasn't listening and ended up breaking a rein. and he had to bail too. He got back on and the horse immediately started bucking and threw him off and bucked all the way back to the yard.
Sorry about this novel but it is just so frustrating to have this happen to good people. I mean we do our research before we buy but lately it seems like people will do whatever to make a sale instead of taking their time to make a good honest horse.