Ick horse shopping. Either half of the people never call back or the horse is lame. Still looking though....
I love the ads where the horse isn't registered so there's no proof of age and then the horse always seems to be 10 years old. Like that's the magic number. Have you noticed that?
Oh, dear. I love the one about the ungelded 5-yr-old. I'm a bit of a horse classifieds hunter myself (purely for education and entertainment, not currently looking to buy). I've seen some pretty dumb/crazy stuff (mostly in the paper); for instance, Someone trying to sell a horse of unstated gender/breed, for $200, stating that it "needs broke". A miniature horse for sale, with the only description being "stud, broke for children" (hey, that sounds like a lot of fun for the kids!) Multiple people trying to sell zebras (Uh-huh, zebras) People trying to sell "john" donkeys, "Phillies", and "Spotted Horses of America" (if any of those exist, please educate me). But I think the grand prize goes to an ad I saw on the web, of an equine similar to a heavy exmoor pony, with FOUR 16-yr-olds on the poor thing's back (the front one on it's withers, the back one on it's croup). The ad boasted "gorgeous, bombproof, and even rides and drives!" (I wouldn't put up much fight if my back was broken, either) And it said Sold. I sincerely hope it was a good samaritan that didn't intend on ever using it for anything at all physical.
One time i read of a gelding for lease....Gelding is 8 years old, green but very sweet he is gray and a pony...beginners can ride him and will love him! He loves beginners!
My favorites: -10, 12, even 13 year-old "prospects" -horses advertised as 16 hands that barely top out at 15h -2 year olds advertised as "child safe"
ONCE AGAIN, I ENJOY READING ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS. SOMETIMES READING HORSE SALE ADS ARE GREAT ENTERTAINMENT, ALTHOUGH OTHER TIMES I JUST END UP FEELING SORRY FOR SOME OF THE FORLORN ADS FOR PATHETIC HORSES (AND ZEBRAS!) THAT PRETTY MUCH NO ONE IS GOING TO WANT. MY SISTER FOUND ONE AD FOR AN OLDER THOROUGHBRED "PROJECT" THAT WAS FOR SALE FOR NEXT TO NOTHING. THE AD LITERALLY SAID THAT THE HORSE REARED EVERYTIME THE SADDLE WAS PUT ON ITS BACK. THE AD WENT ON TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE, "SO MAYBE IF YOU'RE A TRAINER YOU CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX IT." HMMMM.... HAVE THEY THOUGHT OF FORKING OUT THEIR MONEY TO A TRAINER? OR AT LEAST A VET TO MAKE SURE THE HORSE DOESN'T HAVE AN INCREDIBLY SORE BACK OR WITHERS THAT ARE CAUSING THIS BEHAVIOR? GEEZ....
Too bad that some people don't want to pay for a vet if they've already decided to sell the horse. My favorite are the teenaged mares who have done nothing but have foals yet they're going to magically transform into perfect deadbroke pleasure horses as soon as you swing your leg over their back.
The sad thing is there are so many clueless "Horse People" out there that think they know a thing or two about horses but actually know very little. Its the poor horses that suffer from their ignorance.
Yes there's a couple selling horses out of pilot point texas and every horse is a unicorn until you buy one. Their write ups are almost identical for every horse but their reviews say differently. They were so bad they had to change the name they advertise under