Fugly Horse of the Day

It’s been a while since we’ve done this, so let’s find some new homes for horses!

READ THIS: IMAGES!  Please just post the direct link to your image and I will make it into an image.  The IMG link does not work.  HTML only works for me.  I don’t know why.  If you know why and are a WordPress guru, please tell me.  Right now only admins can make images and I haven’t found a setting to explain this.

Okay…that said, if you are shopping for a particular horse, please list the details of what you are looking for along with a contact e-mail address so that anyone who has what you want can get in touch.

If you know of someone who is shopping for a particular horse, please fill us in!

Finally, if you have a horse/horses for sale, yep, you can list them here.  Free service to my readers.    I have one request – please learn to size your pics.  Google “free online pic resize” and you will find services to do this for you.  Using pictures that are no more than 400 pixels wide really speeds up the site for everybody and is very much appreciated.

Here’s what I have requests for at present – if you have candidates, e-mail me.

- A medium to large pony, SAFE and suitable for hunt/western lessons.  This is in Los Angeles and it is an excellent home with only the best of care.  They will buy or care lease.

- An unbroke young Arabian, at least 15.1 hands (really!  As in, you used a stick with a level!) suitable for an endurance prospect.  This is in Washington state.

Here are some of the good horses I know of that are for sale right now (and if it’s on this list, I’ve ridden it myself).  If interested, e-mail me and I’ll hook you up with the owners.

- Large POA pony mare, hardship registered, I’d call her about 60% finished for the show ring hunt seat – sets her head, fantastic at walk/trot, still needs more collection at the canter.  She has a killer jog and will be great western too, but needs to learn to neck rein.  10 years old.  Has blues hunt and western at schooling shows, reserve champion senior mare at POA show.  Very safe under saddle but can be pushy (alpha mare type) on the ground and will need to have ground manners enforced on a regular basis.  Plenty stout enough to pack a medium sized adult. Ideal for someone who wants to feel safe on the trails.  This one is in the Tacoma, Washington area.  Shown at left.

- Medium POA pony mare, hardship registered.  Three excellent gaits, currently in training o/f, but not as bombproof as the first pony. This one is for an experienced child, but she is super fancy (looks to have some Welsh in there, much more fine/elegant than a typical POA) and has a great jump.  She is six years old.  The holes are:  Sensitive in the face, would not tolerate heavy hands, occasionally spooks, and can pull back when tied.  But absolutely sound, clean legged and loooooves to jump!  I would not put more than 120 – 130 lbs. on her due to how finely built she is.  She is in Portland, Oregon.  Video (requires QuickTime)

- Big solid buckskin gelding, honest 16 hands, does it all – trails, been roped off of, beautiful hunt seat horse, had some basic dressage work.  I absolutely love this horse.  For an intermediate or better rider with soft hands.  He has a mild stifle issue so he needs to be ridden very regularly – not for a weekend rider.  Ten year old.  He is a sweetheart with no vices, ties anywhere, loads great.  Very big, fancy, floaty trot on this horse, super super comfortable gaits.  It is hard to think of a direction he couldn’t go – he’s very versatile and just a super cool horse.  He has all the paperwork to register him ApHC if desired – breeder didn’t follow through, but the paperwork is there. Tacoma area.

As always, I can get you a FREE THOROUGHBRED in the Seattle area.  If you want a Thoroughbred and are prepared to take on an OTTB (this means you will need to pay board for at least 3 months while they detox from racing, at a facility with Thoroughbred-appropriate fence (no barbed wire, no hot tape only)) and you are an experienced enough rider to restart one from racing or pay to have it done.  I can also hook you up with a WIDE variety of Thoroughbreds, some with show experience, for under $1000.  If you are on the East coast in the land of insane prices, you really might want to consider a shopping trip to Seattle or out to see Joe at TB Friends in California.  You would not believe the stuff we can hook you up with for under $1000.  Seriously.  Even with hauling, you could save a lot of money.  As with any horse, vet before you buy if you want to reduce your risk.

So what’s on your shopping list?

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