On my missing horses thread, I posted the video the girl who owned before me put up on youtube. Hwin is much more mature now - about 200 pounds heavier(probably a bit less than that!)! She was 8 then and the girl had just gotten her a few months prior. She did a wonderful job with her. She was doing hunter/jumpers, I am doing dressage. Hwin loves both! thanks!
Sorry to bump up an old thread, but if this member:
Tialulu
I’m looking for a TB chestnut mare (approx. 11 yrs old now) purchased Fall 2007 at the Virginia Hunter Professional Auction by the Strain Family Farm. She has a dent in her HQ visible by her tail like she had been poked by a steer; and a star on her forehead. 15.3 to 16.0 hands and otherwise a plain chestnut. Registered & unraced “Pinky’s Playgirl” known at the time of sale as “Penny Lane.” She may have shyness about having her hind feet touched & exhibit extreme reluctance. She had been abused in past by a farrier. Otherwise unflappable & great jumper. Just want to know if she’s okay & available for purchase. Note: I did contact Bill Strain and he told me that he handles 1000 horse sales or horses per week and this was two years ago. I would expect that a professional horse dealer would keep records. He was unable to help me.
ever comes back, I may have information on their horse
I had a horse for 27 years that came through there. He had some bizarre things wrong with him, but not from them. They just pick them up and turn them over. I always heard you cannot vet them there, but they do have the exchange policy.
You can vet them there before purchase, but I’ve never seen a horse fail, please feel free to contact me for further details on them
I am pretty sure you have to use their vet as I don’t remember seeing others come in
I had 2 fail from them. They did take them back. Got the horses from Frying Pan Auction and used an outside vet too. Things may have changed (even came to get the one in Catlett VA).
Loved my boy that came from there (he was horse #1 the other 2 were YEARS later). He had a big dent in his forehead and you couldn’t braid his forelock without him having a head shaking fit but other than that he was worth the price of gold. He is still alive now and about 28 in PA.
A chestnut mare named penny lane was just advertised for sale on facebook on either the Hudson Valley horse source page or the “horses for sale in ny ct nj” page
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You can vet them there before purchase, but I’ve never seen a horse fail, please feel free to contact me for further details on them
I am pretty sure you have to use their vet as I don’t remember seeing others come in[/QUOTE]
I know three people who got horses from them in the past few years. One horse put the owner AND a friend of hers in the hospital. It was beyond the 2 week trade in period so they did not take it back. They offered her some credit toward a new horse but she chose not to shop there again.
Another person finally struck gold on the third horse she got from them. The first two were returned within 2 weeks.
The third person kept her original horse. She is a vet and said the horse had some problems but she felt sorry for her and felt capable of fixing the horse. I think it worked out fine for her.
It is kind of like buying at auction but since you CAN return the horse for the first two weeks (for credit, not cash) and if you are willing to drive there and keep trying other horses, then you can likely find a horse eventually. But you need to be prepared to make multiple trips and have the horses thoroughly vetted.
