I hate doing this but feel I must as another poster is right, someone, is going to get hurt on one of these horses. I think this place used to be really good but something has happened. They apparently are buying alot of killer horses cheap and rehabbing or trying to rehab them or they are taking horses, for the most part, that already have problems that would otherwise be going to the sale, riding them a bit them reselling them as gentle horses...
I should have known better, if it can happen to me it can happen to anyone. I have been riding over 45 years and showing for 40. I am an amateur card holder with several associations and broke my own colts up to 20 years ago. Several years ago I became ill with a problem that required many surgeries and couldnt ride anymore. After several years of rest, I wanted to try again and hoped this might be a good resource for me.
I did live too far to visit, and I had to rely upon their honesty to help me with my choices. My fault.
Long story short, my first horse from them was obviously drugged in the photos with the same young lady standing on her as other victims have seen. You would never put a child on this mare or anyone that wasnt pretty much a pro. Due to my physical limitations I am unable to ride her at all, she is the worst shyer I have ever been around and will turn her butt to you everytime you go in her stall, bucked my husband nearly off when she balked and he gently urged her on. And she was billed as a horse for someone wanting to learn to ride. I am stuck with her as I cant sell her in good conscience. She is smart, strong and knows every evasion trick in the book. I know them all too but am too messed up physically to fix it now...
So like a dummy I went back, they had something that would have fit my project perfectly, height, breeding "training" everything, I thought maybe the first time was a mistake. What I got was a herd sour horse 5 years old that probably hasnt been touched since broken out at 2... Who I am having to send back to the colt breaker like a baby. Again, they had the young lady on the horse in photos but I was unable to get to stand still at all period, this horse has to be sedated to be shod.
They need to take their time with these horses, the majority of these are not safe and there is a reason they were headed to the killers in the first place.
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