You know the horse market is crazy when

[McGurk]

I find the ad style refreshing.

And since what she says in the ad is pretty much backed up by the videos, I’m okay with it.

@TheDBYC

… he has been doing the 1m/1m10 job with a petite adult rider, and apparently he is not a big fan of that gig. He thinks the smaller jumps are speed bumps, and this makes him quite strong and he is not really 'backing off”. So we don’t think X should really do that anymore. We think his person is a young pro, or gritty amateur or junior…

I don’t think that’s throwing shade at the rider. It’s a big, strong horse, and if the fences are little, there’s nothing to back him off. “Petite adult” may simply mean the rider likes the physical strength to hold him together on course.

Here’s what I would find offensive: marketing this same house to a timid junior or amateur as a schoolmaster, and either drugging it or lunging it to death so they can safely get it around 1m/1.1m, and then charging them for training board when that no longer works.

That scenario is actually a whole lot more common than being upfront about what type of rider the horse needs.

[TheDBYC]

As I said before, we’ll all just have to agree to disagree on this one. I also suspect i’m falling short explaining my objection here based on the responses. . It’s not that I think the ad is dishonest or they should be marketing the horse to timid riders as a schoolmaster. Not sure how to clarify what is bugging me.

[vxf111]

This is a much more typical ad posted by her…

First “sentence” is stream of conscious without clear use of English grammar. Third sentence includes a misspelling that makes it impossible to understand what the seller is even saying. What is a “vibrate” mare? “Vibrant?” Who knows. No price. No height. No age. No video, just the suggestion to go look at the general FB page (which you have to scroll through other videos and go hunting for one of this horse). Location lists the entire state without narrowing it down to a city.

THIS is what the seller usually posts. And then she bitches and moans about why buyers suck. Girl, you can’t even string together two English sentences in a row. Sit your ass down complaining about other people until you can get your own act together.

[Mander]

“Vibrate mare”

So is she like a massage chair or something? or maybe she rides like a jackhammer?

[vxf111]

This is one of the seller’s clearer ads albeit still missing key info.

And looking at the video, I don’t know in what way this horse has “upper level potential” but then it doesn’t appear either “trainer” involved in this business has ever produced an upper level horse of any type so… it is what it is.

The video of the one “trainer” on a horse being marketed as a kid’s pony is one of the most shambolic “sale videos” I’ve ever seen. And yet this person is certain THIS OTTB is going to go all the way when her partner can barely hold it together jumping a pony over a crossrail. shrug

[Scribbler]

If I was shopping locally I would go less by the actual literacy of the ad and more by the videos, the trainers show record, the volume of horses and other red flags.

There are sales barns and websites with impeccable writing that I don’t trust because the text and images don’t align.

I kind of expect a certain degree of grammar error or computer glitch in the horse world, and it’s not a deal breaker.

If however the seller self presents as a sociopath I would likely give them a pass. But it also depends on price and supply.

[vxf111]

I agree. But glass houses. This one is throwing stones about how other people communicate on FB. She’s got no room to talk.

And I promise if you watch the videos you will not find yourself considerably more impressed by what is on display there. The level of riding is about on par with the level of English proficiency

[Bristol_Bay]

“investment horse”

LOL

[vxf111]

BTW this lightly restarted OTTB that has done nothing but hack out and jump a crossrail costs low fives.

[OverandOnward]

@vxf111

BTW this lightly restarted OTTB that has done nothing but hack out and jump a crossrail costs low fives.

Dayum! Wish I weren’t so attached to my lightly started OTTB that jumps crossrails … if you aren’t picky about details like steering and pace.

Although the kicker is that whatever something is worth on the market, that is what it costs to replace the same level of thing. So there’s no coming out ahead if I sell this one to buy another horse.

[vxf111]

She’ll never GET low fives…

[vxf111]

Another sample of this seller’s professionalism. This does contain most necessary info (other than expecting the buyer to dig through a FB page with photos and video of all sorts of things to find video of this one and failure to specify WHERE in the entire state this horse is located). But this illustrates the seller’s WRITING STYLE and why she has little room to complain about how other people communicate.

[TheDBYC]

If I have to help her like people, I’ll need a substantial discount in return.

[vxf111]

She wonders why people don’t call on her ads…

[Victorious]

Cats can be such jerks sometimes…lol

[OverandOnward]

This public obsession with the one seller is a bit weird. Weirder than the seller.

[vxf111]

Complains about other people and “there” intelligence. Classic.

[TheJenners]

@Spudsmyguy

I have a feeling I know who that is too.

Ohhh boy have you seen the blow up on the region horse sales FB page she normally posts on? Ninety-three comments and climbing on her failure to pay on a consignment sale from six weeks ago plus our questioning if she actually has her own facility has been answered…but not in a good way. Eep.

[ilovetheadd27]

I am following that same thread on a regional fb group. I visited her facility once to look at a horse and saw the horse 5 mins before saying no thanks. It was appalling. Bring on the popcorn for that one.

[TheJenners]

It was hard to tell because most of her sale photos show an indoor arena, or horses standing in a pasture. The pictures on the thread of her “facility” are terrifying.