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#1 ·
I couldn't find another thread like this, so I'm putting it here, cause I just had to share. I found this ad an craigslist this morning, and it left me scratching my head.
6-7 year old 1/4 horse for sale,
new horseshoes just replaced, well fed and taken care of,
must sell, tame on a ametaur rider, full horse not neuterd
must sell asap give me an offer

Um ya 1/4 horse, well whats the other 3/4 cow? Tame on amature rider hm I though we humans rode the horses not the other way around. Full horse not neutered, well then once gelded what is it, 1/4 horse. Just had to comment, made me laugh when I started reading it.
 
#312 ·
Strange - 14.3 is probably the average around here. Take a look at some of the cutting and reining lines - they can be shorter. I know several of High Brow Cats offspring are around 14 hands - give or take. The breeders of the "foundation bred" horses also tend to breed shorter QHs.
 
#314 ·
I was cruising craigslist and saw an ad with several stallions for sale/lease/at stud.

Here are the pictures:



A gelding on their sale page


How idiotic does one get to put their child on a stallion, without a bridle or helmet or sit them on the stallion while no one is holding on? Does that really prove how gentle a stallion is? Because to me it just looks like a stupid person looking to get their child injured!

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#317 ·
How idiotic does one get to put their child on a stallion, without a bridle or helmet or sit them on the stallion while no one is holding on? Does that really prove how gentle a stallion is? Because to me it just looks like a stupid person looking to get their child injured!
Haha yeah it might prove how gentle they are... for the 2 seconds it took to take the picture.. What's the bet atleast one of those poor kids fell off during that... erm "photo shoot".
That's the most popular way to end up with disabled kids or get rid of your "burdens" all together lately, haven't you heard? It's all the rage!! (I'm kidding, it's discusting, I don't even let my 6yo sister on the 38" mini without a helmet and bridle, let alone a stallion)
Gorgeous horses though I must admit.
Imagine what would have happened if the little girl on the grey sneezed and kicked his flank, both of them would have been LAUNCHED.
 
#318 ·
honestly sure it might be a little rough and unheard of. but i'm gonna go against the majority here and say that if i trusted the stallion like i do my mare. then i'd put a kid on it. i put kids on my mare bareback like that grey stallion. and she's been properly desensitized so if the kid sneezed and kicked her flank.. dun dun dun! she'd stand there! so if he's had the proper desentizing he'd stand there too! sure he's a rip roaring crazy stallion but that doesn't make him any different temperment wize if he was properly raised and handled. and helmets are an individual thing. i ride without helmets and the 3-6 year olds that ride my horses ride without helmets! but thats only because that was their mothers choice.. and i know several stallions so well behaved you can ride bareback and in a halter with the stally's nose shoved up under a mare's tail and he wont think twice about it. and thats the way it should be. i say good on them for raising stallions the proper way. although i'll prolly get bashed a bit for all that ah well i stated my opinion lol.
 
#320 ·
My opinion has nothing to do with me thinking all stallions are "crazed humping machines" or even slightly more or less good natured than any other horse in the world.

The top photo of the kid sitting on a bridleless horse trotting around a round pen is nothing short of dangerous even if the horse is their 40 yo school horse.

The second photo is not much better because no one is holding on to the reins.
 
#322 ·
very true grey. but my comment was more towards the grey horse not the pinto. i do see the pinto poses a problem. but again there is probably people all around you just can't see because they are outside of the picture.
 
#323 ·
When I was 18 my mom had a horse that had club feet in the front (not so clubbed with shoes on). I don't know whether the club feet made it uncomfortable but this horse NEVER went faster than a walk. NEVER! We always stuck beginners on him because no matter what you did he wouldn't go faster than a walk so what the heck could happen? Not to mention he had been in parades and was used for "pony" parties. So he was pretty much bomb proof.

One time I took my non-horsey friends out to ride with me and I put the one that was afraid to ride on him (because he NEVER went faster than a walk, we'd go trail riding and the whole group would hit a spot where you could canter everybody would be miles ahead and no matter how much you kicked, whipped or begged he wouldn't move into a trot). So I figured no matter what she did he'd be ok.

So before we decided to go on the trails I took them in the arena to see if there were going to be any problems. The owner of the stable's wife opened the arena door to get a load of sawdust or something and my horse and the girl that was on my other horse spooked. When they spun around it must have spooked Cowboy (my mom's horse) because he spun around and started to trot. Which scarred the girl that was riding him. She went a little sideways and pulled the reins back. Cowboy, who doesn't even trot in the field without a rider, stuck his head between his legs and started to buck. I'm not talking crow hops, I'm talking three feet off the ground, kicking up back feet and spinning in circles bucking. Needless to say my friend stayed on for about three seconds before she was thrown off into the arena wall. I was horrified, I thought I had killed my best friend. She was on the ground and not moving.

Fortunately all that was wrong with her was a few bad bruises and a very big knot on her head. But it could have been worse. This is the same horse I put my blind friend on just a few weeks before that happened. We had him for several years and he had never done anything like that.

Another time when I was younger my uncle had a little pinto pony. He was about 20 years old and had been there done that. My uncle would tether him (stupidly) to a big cinder block in the front yard. One day I was standing (stupidly) standing on the cinder block watching him eat because someone had to stay out with him in case something happened. Out of nowhere a little private plane came zooming overhead and started to putter. The horse spooked and went flying. I was caught off guard and went flying off the cinder block. The horse drug that cinder block all the way across my uncle's corn field, across a creek and into the neighbor's field. He had been tethered like that for years and had never done that.

Before my mom bought Cowboy she went looking at horses. She went and looked at an older thoroughbred mare who was used for lessons. Before my mom got on the horse she asked the trainer to get on her. The trainer got up on her, the horse took one step and supposedly a pin that had been put in her knee snapped. The horse reared up, flipped over on top of the trainer. The trainer had several broken ribs and a concussion. This horse was pictured online with little helmetless kids riding her around an arena. What if it would have happened during one of those lessons?

Horses are unpredictable. Kids are even more unpredictable. What if one of those horses was having a bad day? What if something happened?

If you go on the website you'll look and see the lady getting on the horse between the kids. You can tell by the horses body language that it wasn't enjoying the process. I'm sorry but an ad that screams "look my horse is so calm I put my helmetless child on it bareback or bridleless" is pure ignorance to me! Parent of the year award I think not....
 
#325 ·
Wow, those ARE Loretta Lynn's horses. To me those pictures just say ignorance about horses. Those photos would not indicate to me how well trained the horse is. You can get almost any horse to let kids ride them once or twice around the arena and look calm.
Our horses have more and more dead calm days and moments, the more we work with them and ride them. We will joke about "Oh, he is being so calm, I could sell him as a kid's horse today" Or "I should take his picture right now in case I ever want to sell him, I could post this pic and call him bomb proof" It is kind of a joke because we all know any horse can spook or jump unexpectedly.
 
#328 ·
Ok that is pretty bad. They are pretty young kids and in some of the pictures they don't even have a bridle on or anything and the little girl is going at a trot! I ride my horse without a helmet sometimes but would never let anyone else do it. I feel like its my body, my horse, my decision, but if you want to ride my horse you wear a helmet.
 
#330 ·
appr. 2 yr buckskin standardbred gelded horse $200. I have rode him a couple of times real easy going. my daughter rode him some last year, follows along with the herd. to bouncy for me, so we are selling him. he has shoes on all around, in the back he has wing shoes on to try and make him smoother, but it didn't work. when I rode him with the english saddle and used the movement that you do in a trot, he was in good timing and rode smooth, but I do not show or like riding like that and I am not into showing horses, so this could benifit someone else.

i like that movement you do in a trot. i do believe that is called posting.
 
#334 ·
"hello i am looking for a horse that could riden english and western and can jump aleast 2 ft, that is a paint. I am willing to pay max $850 unless you want to trade for my arabin mare that is black with a white star that is english and has no muscle mass that is trained plain english and with work she will be an awesome horse she is the great great grand daughter of the Black Beauty and is registered."



"Im looking to get a paint or palomino mare, or gelding, that is broke to ride but maybe not being rode and needs a new great home! I'd prefer under 12 years old. Please contact me if you have anything close to this! Thanks"



These next two were posted on the same day. They just seem like odd things to trade for a horse.

The title of the ad is "Do you want THIS? I want a safe Horse"
This was my Christmas gift...BRAND NEW with receipt. The Kinect Bundle with 2 games, less than 4 days old. I need a beg safe/confd. builder horse for exp OLDER adult with NO confidence and old injuries from a bad wreck, prefer short and wide. 14.2-15.1 draft pony would be great, so would gaited, Must be WELL mannered and pluggy/slow in nature unless asked for more. Aged ok but not 1 hoof in the ground. Will even toss in a NICE Christmas tree in a not so pretty box and even an old nintendo if you want with lots of games. WILL SWAP lets talk! (you would have to deliever)



"I have an older video game system with many games and extras that can be sold on ebay, or kept and played. I love it and unless I get a trade I like, I want to keep. Ive had MANY cash offers but I dont want the cash right now really...
Nintendo 64, controllers, cords, memory pak, expansion pak in system, many games, steering wheel/pedals....quite a few games...ask for titles!!!
IM LOOKING FOR a horse. Age doesnt matter too much, not looking for an old horse. Size, anything 14hh or up is fine. Color, breed, etc...does not matter. No gaited horses please...Shots and coggins do not matter, and not looking for a registered horse. Im looking for what some call a 'crappy backyard horse' something I can ride, or can train and break to ride myself. Nothing is needed. Rescues are ok as well, I can even help you out if you have a farm...advertising or work as well :)

Also trades accepted for???? Horse tack or anything. Let me know. Have other things can throw in depending on what you have.

Email me and let me know what you have! Thank you "
 
#335 ·
"hello i am looking for a horse that could riden english and western and can jump aleast 2 ft, that is a paint. I am willing to pay max $850 unless you want to trade for my arabin mare that is black with a white star that is english and has no muscle mass that is trained plain english and with work she will be an awesome horse she is the great great grand daughter of the Black Beauty and is registered."

I didn't know Black Beauty was a stallion, or an arabian, or even real!
 
#337 ·
From Wikipedia:

"Black Beauty was played by a Quarter Horse stallion named Docs Keepin Time, who played the role of another famous fictional black horse - The Black in Adventures of the Black Stallion. Black Beauty was also played by few other horses throughout the movie including a Saddlebred mare and Fresian as well."
 
#338 ·
Yeah, I was just researching that, as well!

In the book it was an Arabian, then played by a Saddlebred, then the QH. I didn't see about the Fresian, though. Interesting!
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