A $400 dollar horse going into winter is pretty par for the course in my area. No one wants to feed the horses for the winter. Craigslist here is full of horses well under $1000 and some are nice family horses that no one wants to take the effort to feed or care for in the winter.
I would say go take a look. I don't see anything that screams barrel horse to me. his back seems a tad short so he may have a harder time bending around the barrels - but he could be a nice project.
I would say go take a look. I don't see anything that screams barrel horse to me. his back seems a tad short so he may have a harder time bending around the barrels - but he could be a nice project.