So, my search continues! As you may know, I recently decided not to buy a horse I was looking at due to the seller acting strangely regarding receipt...
Anyhow, today I had a phone call from another seller that I had emailed a while back. They invited me to come and view their horse this evening. All being well, they also said I am welcome to visit again this weekend to ride (they work days during the week).
So, I'm headed out this evening to view - if the light is good enough then the seller wants to trot the horse up and down on a hard surface. But at the very least I get to handle the horse and see what she's like on the ground and in the stable.
She's a 14.2 hh grey Arabian mare. Aged 10, and has been used for light riding/companion for younger horse for the past 5 years. Very sane when hacking out apparently; good with traffic, etc. Lives out but stabled at night.
Any advice welcome in the meantime, and I'll keep you all posted when I get back tonight! I've never seen an Arabian in the flesh before, so I really don't know what she will be like. I'm told she's very affectionate but that she did suffer from rain scald last winter.
Seller has all her paperwork and has no problem with vetting and giving receipt and transfer of ownership forms. She did say that she is very attached to the horse, and will only sell to someone she's comfortable with. Guess I'm getting vetted too! It's nice that she cares about where her horse is going to though
Anyhow, today I had a phone call from another seller that I had emailed a while back. They invited me to come and view their horse this evening. All being well, they also said I am welcome to visit again this weekend to ride (they work days during the week).
So, I'm headed out this evening to view - if the light is good enough then the seller wants to trot the horse up and down on a hard surface. But at the very least I get to handle the horse and see what she's like on the ground and in the stable.
She's a 14.2 hh grey Arabian mare. Aged 10, and has been used for light riding/companion for younger horse for the past 5 years. Very sane when hacking out apparently; good with traffic, etc. Lives out but stabled at night.
Any advice welcome in the meantime, and I'll keep you all posted when I get back tonight! I've never seen an Arabian in the flesh before, so I really don't know what she will be like. I'm told she's very affectionate but that she did suffer from rain scald last winter.
Seller has all her paperwork and has no problem with vetting and giving receipt and transfer of ownership forms. She did say that she is very attached to the horse, and will only sell to someone she's comfortable with. Guess I'm getting vetted too! It's nice that she cares about where her horse is going to though