Most Bizarre gone wrong thread?

[Equkelly]

@2DogsFarm

Did anyone mention the young gal whose Uncle was giving her an aged, unbroke Arab stallion she was going to tame with LOOOOVVVVEEEE?

Lol we probably have every horse related Disney movie to thank for that one!

[BatCoach]

I think this is it New horse

[CindyCRNA]

Damn you! I am at post 105 and now emotionally invested in this thing! I still say this is a 14 year old but will read the whole thing as I can’t look away!

[CindyCRNA]

Any idea what the “blue saddle” thread the referenced in this thread? That thread was great! Not what I expected but I am still scratching my head. The uncle (?) existed but it is unclear if he was actually related to the OP and many felt the website was fake.

[shiloh]

@2DogsFarm

Did anyone mention the young gal whose Uncle was giving her an aged, unbroke Arab stallion she was going to tame with LOOOOVVVVEEEE?

Because that always works, right?

[OverandOnward]

I found it. The snowstorm pony thread.

Equine ATTORNEYS! Seller refusing to release horse to shipper! UPDATE: Ransom refused

Seller told us she is voiding the sale, citing the delays with the trailer. And yes, I have been in regular contact with her to keep her updated on the trailer’s status. She was paid with cash deposited directly to her account, which we have the receipt of. They are requesting bank info to return the money, and it’s that sudden availability of money that makes us suspect the pony may actually already be gone to a “higher bidder”. No way I could make it 3 states away by morning, though even if I…

I summarized it the way I remembered it (accuracy not promised) back in post #23. The pony was sold and the buyer was having weather delays to pick it up – or maybe that pony wasn’t really sold, had the buyer actually paid? but anyway there was a monster of a snowstorm in there somewhere. For 4 weeks. And it seemed no one in the thread could agree on who actually owned and had rights to have the pony, in case it ever stopped snowing long enough to pick up the pony … if the sellers would let it go (or was that just the boarding stable).

691 posts. 96,000+ views. Started in Feb. 2016 when it was snowing, carried on until Nov. 2016 … I rather remember that it had completely departed from the subject of the snowstorm pony by that time. And after all that, I can’t remember what the outcome was re the pony – or maybe they never said.

(The thread starts off discussing ‘horse’, but it was actually a doll of a child’s show pony.)

[Gigantic spoiler post at #310 & #312 (read the first 10 or so posts first to get the original context and #310 will be more fun), don’t read #310-312 if you don’t want to spoil the journey, but not everyone agreed with that interpretation anyway. And it gets even crazier from there.]

[skydy]

@Equkelly

@skydy

Honesty, I found it slightly sad that a young person would feel it so difficult to tell the truth and would go to such lengths to lie. That, I believe, is the downside of allowing young teenagers on BBs that are comprised mainly of adults.

There are many ways of being young and stupid.We oldies did it on horses, as we were not of the internet age.
Hopefully this young person learned from the experience and is well and happy today.

I’m reading the beginning of that one now and I have some mixed feelings as well. On one hand that kid sounded delusional, naive, and entitled. If I was a CotHer back then I probably would have reacted the same way everyone else did.

But reading the whole thing now has me a bit uneasy. I think the reality that you will never be competitive at that level (as a junior at least) unless you have money is a big pill to swallow when you’re 15. In most other sports if you’re talented and you really work hard the sky is the limit. With horses, you can be insanely talented and insanely hard working and 2’6 might be the limit, if that. When you’re a kid your view of the world is just different and you kind of expect things to be “fair” but it just isn’t fair that some riders will never have the same opportunity as those with financial privilege.

And for the record, I’m not at all saying those Maclay kids aren’t talented or hardworking. There are 11 year olds competing at that level that have more talent in their pinky than I will ever have in my entire life.

I just know I also struggled with this reality as a kid and I wish someone would’ve help me cope with this frustration better. I wish more people had explained not to compare myself to kids with completely different circumstances. I wish people didn’t scoff at how high I was jumping. I wish more people recognized how to measure my ability as a rider in ways other than competing. I also wish someone told me about programs like IEA. I wish someone told me that it’s ok to not own your own horse or even lease your own horse and it doesn’t make you any less of a rider.

But anyway, I too feel a little bad for the OP of that one. I wish we could get a “where are they now”. I really hope she’s still riding and that whenever it was that she eventually got a reality check, she didn’t get too jaded to give up riding.

The Op in this case got some really good feedback about coping with those issues. The real problem was the dishonesty by the OP taken to such a great extent. That is an issue for parents to address, not something to be learned on a BB, and it is a great example for parents to keep communication open with their teenagers and not to let them play on the internet unsupervised.

[2DogsFarm]

@BatCoach
Thanks.
A good hour of my Life I will never see again.
Worth every minute
And now, The Blue Saddle!

[Mulligan314]

I’m only 76 posts into this one, but now I want to know if the winner of Maclay from 2013 is a rags to riches fairytale story!!! lol

ETA: I’m reading the Would Anyone post…which is comical…

[Mulligan314]

Just finished the ‘Would Anyone’ thread… total plot twist! I probably looked like a German Shepherd puppy hearing a squeaky toy for the first time when Skittles busted into the mix. Whaaaaaa???

and I wasn’t sure what I was going to do between the end of school and my appt at 5:30…hahahaha…silly me.

[CindyCRNA]

Can you share the link for the blue saddle? I’m intrigued.

[Equkelly]

I don’t get the “blue saddle” reference and at this point I’m too afraid to ask.

[endlessclimb]

Well dangit, I sorta quit halfway through. Now I’ll have to finish it.

[skydy]

It had a very weird ending.

[PeteyPie]

I just looked up the Pony, Open Trailer, Blue Saddle thread and I’m so sad. Look what happened to my pony art

The thread is still a hoot if you want to read it:

Word to the Wise: Lesson Reminder for Everyone

As a reminder to everyone, if you have been offered a free horse or pony who has been outgrown by someone’s child or grandchild, no matter the age, make sure you know who you are dealing with and realize that they have nothing to lose. Over a month ago I posted looking for an inexpensive pony for my children to learn with and got many great responses that I put into play. Was offered many wonderful pony’s and small horses in varying prices, disciplines and sizes, but one in particular stood out…

@PeteyPie

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[PeteyPie]

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[2DogsFarm]

@PeteyPie
Thanks for restoring your stickart!
Now I am off to refresh my memory (& bust a gut) re-reading the Blue Saddle Open Trailer saga…

ETA:
I woulda sworn I posted on the thread, but no.
Too exhausting trying to wade through almost 1600 replies
I did not even get to the Open Trailer or Blue Saddle posts

[OverandOnward]

That I remember. In my mind the mother-OP set her children up for disappointment. Talk about a bad plan after red flags were popping up everywhere in those messages. I blame the self-designated victim.

I don’t think I ever read the whole thread. The action drama was over. It was just a thousand different opinions from there.

[PeteyPie]

It doesn’t work at all on my phone which I’m on right now; it’s an unrecognizable mess

[Mulligan314]

Just finished up Pony/Open Trailer/Blue Saddle…which took me most of the day. Yay, productivity!

I still do not know who PO is…lol…and with the new format, I’ll never know…