So true! I was looking for a horse and it was noted as a “very well trained hunter horse” “doesn’t spook at anything”. I got on him and he almost flipped.
Okay, I have a STORY. My trainer has a client who is LOADED beyond imagination. She wanted to buy a horse for herself, so she started the hunt, right? She found one that she really liked at an auction, and she went to go take a look at it. It was a 7 yo buckskin gelding. Aside from being saddlebroke, it had ZERO training, and I mean ZERO training. It was also a grade horse with no pedigree. Anyway, she rode it, and she ended up really liking it and she went to bid on it at the auction. Now, the most anyone would pay for this horse would probably be $5,000 at the most, and that's being super generous. But no. This lady had decided that she was gonna get this horse at any cost. She walked out the auction that day with the horse... at the cost of 100,000 FREAKING DOLLARS. ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A GRADE UNTRAINED HORSE. WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD DO SUCH A THING. I still can't believe it to this day.
Maybe she had a good feeling with it. Or it was love at first sight. Then i cant see what's wrong. There's nothing wrong with her. I know horses that's 15 years old cost 200 K i think i Also know horses sold for millions so
I’ve had two experiences! The “14 year old mare” was 22, and had only been in the seller’s possession for about a week, as opposed to the years she said. The second was a “green broke” gelding who wouldn’t let anyone get up on him, or pick up his hind feet. The second was more my fault, since I rushed into getting him, but I don’t regret getting him, or selling him, because he was in a potentially bad situation where he was; he got time to rest, and learn some basics with me, and then went to a super good home with an experienced trainer. I lost a lot of money on those two scammers though 🤦🏽♀️
Omg. I got a Craigslist horse from a place just like this! I ended up buying her, she was in her mid 20s, in need of serious vet care, her pics were from when she was a young show horse. Still some of the best 3 years of our lives. I used her as a pasture buddy, and gave preschoolers riding lessons with her. So glad I did that. She was beloved and cherished in her twilight years💛
And this is why folks you watch the video that Equine Helper made not too long ago called ‘what to look for when buying your first horse’ Also rescues are (I’d say) more reliable for good horses and if the horse does have something wrong with it they’ll tell you because they want the animal too go to the best place possible (Saying that I know there are some bad rescues out there but for the most part of what I’ve seen)
Years ago, there was a woman that went around to the various horse auctions in the area and buy up everything that she could get for cheap. Within just a day or two, the horses would be up for sale on Craigslist with all kinds of made up stuff about it, good baby sitting horse, goes all day, child safe, etc. I saw some of those horses at auction that she was claiming to be child safe. I wouldn't have bought them for a kid. Many people were afraid of someone getting hurt by buying a horse from her, so her ads were constantly getting flagged. She also showed up to the local county fair with one of them. Don't recall now why, but she was kicked out.
I went to buy my mare at night and the seller never brought her inside. He took me to a field to see a black horse at night. I bought her without seeing her. I arranged to have her delivered. My four year old started mare was, in fact, a half starved two year old filly. I still have her 3 years later. I only adopt mustangs now. At least you kinda know what you are getting
I have a story! I was looking for a paint or tb, something that could event and I saw this really cute paint but the add said $1 so I thought the seller just made a mistake so I contacted them and asked for the actual price, she said he was $3,400 as he was still very green and she needed more space. I went to go try him….in his photo, he looked like a 15h paint. When I got there I saw this chunky behemoth of a horse with his markings, turns out he’s half Friesian and his sales photo was from when he was 2. (He was 10) I love drafts but it wasn’t what I was looking for, also, his sales photo was of him jumping so they were jumping him at 2 😐. The owner was this old lady who hired a trainer to work with the horse but the trainer never came out of the loft, he just looked at me through the window. She got on the horse first and looked like this was her 3rd time riding. Before I even came out to look at him, I told her that I was looking for something that could jump. She said he’s a natural jumper with a lot of talent. He could barely get over a Cavaletti. I thanked her for her time but told her he wasn’t exactly what I was looking for but I did send his ad to my trainer because she was looking for a draft cross and he was really nice on the flat. My trainer contacted the owner and asked for his price to which the owner told her he was $23,000. This was 5 days after she told me he was $3,400
My story is a good one! We went to go see this OTTB gelding thinking that he was right off the track and needed to be restarted. I got to lead him around first, then they started to tack him up. His original owner was going to hop on him first then I would get on. Apparently they have had him for a year and had already restarted him and have been training him. We ended up buying him and now he is an amazing horse ❤
I saw an ad of a super calm paint mare so we went to see her. The owners, who clearly weren't that involved informed us when we got there that she had a bad cut on her leg and they had just found out. We decided we would at least tack her up while we were there and if she wasn't favoring her leg, possibly ride her. Well, she almost walked on top of me when I was leading her and then started getting antsy at the trailer. Once she was tacked up, my trainer went to ride her. The mare was acting kinda crazy so she tried something else. She got off and turned around and walked away from the mare, seeing if she would follow. Instead, the mare bucked and took off running in the opposite direction :/
why is this so true! before I found my mare, I looked at a gelding who was gorgeous, but literally pinned his ears at EVERY SINGLE horse he saw. I also looked at a pony who bucked every time someone tried to ride her, even though on the add they claimed she was "Grandma's horse" and "Anyone can ride her"
Hehe better prepare for this one... so we were about to buy a horse from a friend, I have rode this horse several times and knew him almost completely. So we get there to pick him up and they lead us to a mini field in the back where the horse was. From many many feet away I knew this was not the horse I knew. He had a black spot on his grey body and was 1 whole hand shorter! Me and my mom were furious, and this lady told us we can't have the horse we want because she doesn't want to sell him to us because she hated us. I told her I had already paid for the horse I want so either give me the horse or my money back. She refused to do either so we threatened to call the police, she gave us half the money and said if we wanted the other half were going to have to take her to Cort! We left with that and the fake horse because we felt bad about the shape that he was in... if you read this thank you sooo much Ik it is long, Gypsy if you read this please comment I am a huge fan of your work and you inspired me to get 2 of my own mustangs! Hope everything works out for you!:)
My mom went out to meet the horse we wanted to buy (we got him, yay!) to ride him, and when she walked him over to the mounting block she fell off of the mounting block, and then when she finally got on he backed up 10 feet almost into the farm supplies! She still cannot believe we bought him. Then when we were taking him home, the trailer was 2 hours late. At least he loaded and unloaded perfectly. Hes very worth it though!
Truest thing I've ever seen 😂😂!! I was looking for horses before my current one. I went out I tried a mare listed as "bombproof" and "kid safe" even. When I tried her she was PERFECT. Two weeks after I brought her home she went nuts and spooked a anything she could find to spook at. The one I currently have now I did a two week trial on. (I didn't know I could two week trial her until my friend told me(after I bought the crazy girl))
Story time, I was at training so after my mom and me went to get a horse and we were told it was the wort most annoying throbread horse ever but when we bought him he was so nice
I'm glad I decided to rescue my horse. They were honest for the most part, except I don't think they knew what she was/is, and her trail riding experience was minimal at best. She's been the cutest little mare, though, and is exactly what I was looking for anyway.
A month ago, I was looking for a mare to breed with my Stallion and that also is a great beginner horse, Husband safe, does fine on trails. When I called about the horse, they said Venmo the money and I will send you the address, so I Venmo the money, and It turns. out THE HORSE DOESN'T EVEN EXIST! AND THEY WOULDN'T GIVE ME THE MONEY BACK!
Oh it's a nightmare. I lost count of the horses we went to look at that were nothing like their ads. There was one that was supposed to be 'safe' and it took two people to get the saddle on it. I didn't even bother riding that one. Then there was a lovely little dun mare which I would have liked to have bought. I rode her in the school and she went very sweetly. I said I was really interested but would like to try her on the roads and in the open. They said "oh someone has put a deposit on her but they are away on holiday". They couldn't have told me this when I first answered the ad and BEFORE I drove miles across the country and tried her out? We ended up buying one that was in a field a fifteen minute walk from my house LOL.
This didn’t happen to me but to my friends, I’ll just call them Friend 1 and Friend 2. So this was only about 1-2 years ago now, Friend 1 already had a horse but she was looking to buy another because she wanted to do more jumping and improve (the horse she had wasn’t the best jumper and had a bit of a rough past and was quite spooky, was getting a bit old -but still acted young, and she would most likely outgrow him soon, but still a good horse). Friend 2 was also looking for a horse, she found an AMAZING one, it was a great jumping and just seemed SO PERFECT, so Friend 2 said if it didn’t work out then the horse might be an option for Friend 1. So both went to see this horse. The owner wasn’t there but their friend was their. When they pulled up the house was so nice and they definitely seemed quite wealthy but when they got to the horses it definitely didn’t seem like they put much of their money toward feeding them or caring for them...they were very thin and tired, they got him tacked up and the whole time the horse was trying to get food out of a bag. I don’t remember what they said about the ride but they definitely didnt buy him. They felt terrible for the horses there and called their owner about it because it was quite concerning how neglected and starving they were, the owner screamed at them and was just plain rude. I really hope that horse got out of their and I hope that person get karma for what they did to him...some people just shouldn’t own animals. (Sorry it’s so long-)
Bought a mare on Craigslist and I really appreciated that they told me they weren’t sure exactly how old she was. I brought my dad who is a horseman and a dentist (life hacks) to check her out.
@@me_868 about 5. They were thinking 6-8 so not too far off. I think she’ll eventually make a decent kid horse. But for now she’ll be taking turns being my trail buddy with my 22 year old gelding.
That video was hilarious and unfortunately so true! I got a new horse 2 months ago and before I got him I went to look a a 6 year old mare. The owner assured us that she was perfectly sound and had never been lame a day in her life but when we got there she started limping the moment I started lunging her at the trot. The limp got progressively worse until she was moving like my arthritic old gelding. But according to the owner this was the first time she had ever seen her limp and it was only because of the footing.( soft mud) Please!!!
I'm not ready to buy a horse just yet but I've heard SO many stories and it makes me afraid for when I go through the process of looking. I'm definitely going to have my trainer with me every step of the way AND do vet checks with a trusted vet. I'm not taking chances lol
I’d trust those online mustang auctions over some of the Amish horse sellers. Cause yeah, you never know what you’ll actually end up with. You see an amazing online add and then see the actual horse in person be 10 years older and with medical issues or sadly things wrong with their movement and legs. Same sadly goes for breeding puppies. Somehow bad sellers/breeders are allowed to continue business.
when you're ready it's worth the money to do a prepurchase exam with xrays. even if you're out $1500 or so, it's better than having your heart [and wallet!] broken later.
The one I'm thinking of is actually too sad to repeat, honestly. But horse people and used car deealers are a lot alike. The difference is, horse people are more imaginative.
So true!! I went 8 hours to go look at a “Bombproof” and “Kid broke” gelding. as soon as i got there the guy went to open his stall the horse reared up trying to flip over! they started riding him and he spooked at his own leg! i didn’t get him
There is a guy not far from me who buys and resells horses as "bomb proof." If you come to see the horse in person, he wants your credit card info and a deposit. He prefers to sell sight unseen and just deliver the horse to you. No 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 right? Most of the horses start around $4000, and most of them look like they just came off the meat truck. I got to meet one of these rock solid horses in person after a client bought one. He was billed as a quarter horse (pretty sure he was a mustang cross), he was terrified of his own shadow and not at all a beginner horse. He was very sweet and a lovely garulla but not a $4500 horse by any means. Anyway, we tried to help him as best we could. He was better by the time we got done with him, but still not a good match for his owner, in my opinion. I always wonder whatever became of him.
I bought a mare in the dark, the owners said she was green-broke, a QH, a race horse, and five yo. In reality, she was a four yo half arabian half-QH who bucks every time shes loped and spooks at everything and has a giant scar on her leg that is still sensitive, shes never raced (probably), and was so caked in mud it took me 7 months to get all it off. she was the bottom of the pack and was pretty skinny even for not being worked in probably a half a year- a full year. there's more to the story but that's the bottom line. AMAZING VIDEO as always!!! so funny! and true!😂😂
I've heard several who put deposits down not knowing and then get blocked never to hear from them again. Or the ad says mare but it's quite obvious it's a gelding or it says it's 14 hands sitting next to a small child that can look over it's back. I always get a good laugh out of the ads that I see on Facebook
When me and my Mum where looking for a horse to buy/share we found a 15.2 hands chestnut gelding who was a 7yo. We both rode him and though he was really nice and she had a video of him jumping a 90 - 100cm course. He was also great in traffic. The lady said he had never bucked and was great to load, shoe etc. We bought him for a decent amount of money but it was a nightmare. It turns out he was on drugs when we tried him and when we got home he bronked whenever he got slightly excited and you would go flying!! Unfortunately we did not have the time to work with him so we sold home for less than half of what we bought him for and I was very sad.
I went to see and trial a 16hh bay gelding. Up of arrival he was very underweight and had some suspicions scarring that the owners said was nothing. When we sent them the paperwork that we could bring him on trial they ghosted us, presumably because it said “to your knowledge this horse is sound”. I never heard from them again. The horse was sweet and I hope he found a good home
So I was going to get a Horse name mocha when we were trying to load her she wouldn’t go in so we they tried for half an hour and she beat herself up doing it and then she said I guess you can have this one and we bought it we didn’t see it or anything like well that we saw it but we didn’t like ride and everything but and she loaded right away and that horse is my heart horse❤
My sister and I were looking at horses during covid, which... terrible idea... so we were basically having to trust whatever the seller said... And WOW the amount of lying that goes on, right to your face. One guy told us that the horse he was selling hadn't seen a vet (excluding checkups/vaccs etc) for years. Luckily enough we did the thing you weren't meant to do and got the vetting done by the vet that had seen the horse before, because he told us he'd removed a sarcoid from that horse earlier in the year! And then we had people trying to downplay severe respiratory issues and melanomas because we said we weren't a showing home, so of course it's fine to ride a horse that probably shouldn't be ridden at all... Another had all these lovely videos of him being ridden (he was a youngster/3), and they said they were looking for someone to continue his education... Sounded alright, because we're not novices... This horse comes to us and has no manners, can't pick up his feet, doesn't respect boundaries/fences etc. The poor thing must have barely been handled by the looks of it. They must have stuck a saddle on him as soon as they could and called it a day. Found out the dealers had barely had him two weeks after importing him from Ireland, so they didn't even know what he was like themselves. GAH. There are definitely good people selling good horses out there... But it's certainly worth taking someone that knows what they're doing, and not just believing what the seller says... because sadly at the end of the day some people are doing just that... looking to make a sale. They don't care if it's not the right match for you, they just want the money. We ended up with a horse that cribbed (no vices ofc) and had major problems with his bridle (full on would back away, spend an hour trying to get it on him), all of which was never mentioned. But we've been working on things with him, because he's mostly a good lad. He doesn't crib any more, and goes nicely in a bitless bridle and vocal command with no fuss.
I sold one of my mares Nova to a family with like 6 kids about 2 weeks ago and they called the other day saying she buckled the eldest daughter of but I know my horse wouldn’t just buck someone off and mom said it was probably because of the saddle so we sold them a saddle too
I went to go look at this Appaloosa/paint cross a few weeks ago. In his ad, it stated he was a 10 year old, 15.3hh fancy-broke arena/trail horse and was fit for the show ring. Well, we went to go see him, and he was a 14hh 28 year old that had laminitis. The owners were acting super weird too, they kept insisting he was sound and 15.3hh, but he was far from that
So we I guess could say rescued my horse but anyways about a year ago we rescued my horse Apollo he did not come from a a good place he was in a tiny stall with 6 other horses & some horses were tied & that was there stall but Apollo was sick when we got him he’s a we think 20 but he could be younger & his a chestnut & works hard to please & is also spoiled but now any time I mucking the stall aka he’s boarded at my horse trainers house so any time I muck he’s stall he’ll come down & hope for attention, love your video
Their was an ad for this really beautiful pinto gypsy for a really good price for a gypsy like 5,000 or 4,000 I don’t quite remember it was a while ago then I went over to the persons house and it was a total rip off this beautiful gypsy was none other than a short stocky pinto pony who looked nothing like the photo on the ad I asked to look at papers and this horse was half gypsy but you could not see it for the life of you I almost flipped I drove 3 hours to get ripped off😢
One time, I responded to an ad for a young Thoroughbred gelding. The owner said the horse had been ridden on trail a few times, and was perfectly calm on trail. I have owned several OTTBs, so I knew that some can be "arena bound" and never comfortable on trail, jigging all over the place. So I clearly stated that I wanted a horse with a temperament suitable for both arena and trail riding. I didn't care if it had no dressage training (I had a trainer) - I wanted sound, no racing injuries, and not a super hot temperament. When I got there, it looked like a facility for boarding race horses offsite from the track. The gelding was eating hay, but was tied to a wall in his stall (why?). He was handsome, and conformation looked good. Then the guy tells me that I COULD NOT RIDE THE HORSE because he was going to be raced in two weeks, and that riding him would "mess up his training." What??? I was flabbergasted at having driven such a long distance to see this horse, only to then be told that the horse was still racing. The guy acted like I should buy the horse just based on how he looked. Really??? His ad should have said "race horse for sale."
Me: I was looking for a horse because we were going down to a place a couple days drive from our house (I live North so not many jumping horses) one of our horses needed surgery wich is why. So I had found this 5 year old mare her name was clover, she is a pintaloosa and I talked about her so much. I finally made a decision to ask about her. I talked to my parents (I was 12) and they said yes. I put together a message and they didn’t answer. A few days later I messaged again asking about a date to go look at her. Still no answer! As I was driving down I messaged I was really interested and wanted to buy her. Still no. Answer so my mom decided to put up a Facebook add about how her 12 year old daughter is looking for a jumping horse. And then we got some people and she clearly said in the ad I was outgrowing my old pony so I was looking for a Warmblood type. People were asking about ponies and we had to keep saying no (also she said that I only had 6 k) (I payed for half of my first horse and my parents payed for half. I only had 3 k and that’s a lot for a 12 year old) so then these people are trying to sell me these 12 hh ponies for like 15 thousand so we had to say no. Then I found her. She was a beautiful chestnut tb mare, 15 years old and registered. Called the lady and bought her. 2nd best decision of my life. She acts as if she was 7 and she has northern dancer and Secrateriat in her bloodlines. Amazing horse ❤
Ok so this isn’t nearly as bad as some peoples other stories but… my trainer found a horse, his name was Webster, we tried him out and LOVED him… so we bought him. His vet check was fine and everything and then the first few rides he started getting slower and slower but nothing bad, we have now had him for a year and he is literally a tortoise he is so slow and unpredictable. One lesson he was being great then he got slow and then he spooked at air or something. Like I said he was literally PERFECT when we test rode him but now he is slower that slow, he is also so strong and heavy on you hands and he over jumps EVERYTHING
I have a story lol. Ever since I was little I was riding horses. As I grew older, I was ready for my very own horse to take care of by myself. So we began looking for horses. We found this palomino quarter horse mare who was good on trails and was around 13. But the lady told us we needed to pay for a physical before we baught her. So when we were about to do it, she out of nowhere told us that someone else was doing the physical. So we went looking for a different horse. She called us back a couple days later and told us that after the guy baught the physical, he didn’t want the horse. And that we could come get her. But we thought about it, and thought that if the guy still didn’t buy the horse after spending the money, something must have been wrong with the horse lol. But we ended up with a red roan tenesee walker who is better then any other horse we could have gotten!
Hey just wondering if you and the horses are ok because I’ve seen that there has been that Texas has had a lot of tornados I love your videos they make me so happy❤
“She’s really broke go anywhere put your grandma on her and she’ll do great” in reality she doesn’t even know how to turn and they say put your grandma on her biggest lie I’ve ever heard
So i have a story basically i was looking onl8ne for a horse i could come pick up and i found the perfect one who performed english riding was a beautiful dark bay and a very pretty quarter horse for around 3,800 and i asked the person if she was sold or not and the seller said no gave me the address and when i g9t there it was a house in a neighborhood and i know on the door and GUESS WHAT they said ohh my bad i sold that horse and i ment to post an add for this bike………..right
When I was first looking at buying a horse a few years back we thought we found the right one but the closer it got to go see him the more excuses the owner came up with. Later on we found out he was no where sound to by and would be more expensive so the vet bills.
I have a story, so when I was looking into a horse, I found the 16 hand gray gelding he was so cute, so sweet looking, but when I asked if we can go see him, they said that they could ship them out here only they never said that I could see him or ride him
One of worst wrecks I ever had was getting on a palomino that was supposed to be well broke and trained as a proven barrel racing horse. It was great on the ground but once on it, Green broke maybe. It was more like a rodeo horse! Broke a ladies collarbone the next day.
I have a story so when I was looking for a horse this person had a horse and his name was cash and they were recharging 7000 for him and when we got there he was extremely skinny and then they were like oh yeah there’s a place where we can ride and they had us ride in a church parking lot and yeah and then he had a lot of medical problems but I ended up getting A different horse
The owner I bought my first horse from told us he was 16, turns out he was 27, she let it slip in front of me once. Luckily he had lots of get up and go left in him.
My grandma went to go look at a "kid safe" horse. Well it turns out you couldn't pick up his feet because it had a MAJOR kicking problem. They said that they didn't need to pick up the horses feet because they lived in a sandy area. The horse continued to act up in every way possible. As you can imagine we decided not to buy that horse. The owner then got VARY angry with us for not buying her INSANE horse. Later she put up the same advertisement for the "safe broke" horse. 🙄 Never making that mistake again.
We went to look at a QH gelding who was a halter horse. We were told he was an amazing well trained horse with great ground manners… for 1500. We decided to go look and I have never seen a horse so lame in all 4 legs. His confirmation was terrible to the point he would never be rideable, and possibly never comfortable even as a pasture pet. We took a hard pass, and they still tried to convince us that it was natural 🫡
So true! I was looking for a horse and it was noted as a “very well trained hunter horse” “doesn’t spook at anything”. I got on him and he almost flipped.
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Okay, I have a STORY. My trainer has a client who is LOADED beyond imagination. She wanted to buy a horse for herself, so she started the hunt, right? She found one that she really liked at an auction, and she went to go take a look at it. It was a 7 yo buckskin gelding. Aside from being saddlebroke, it had ZERO training, and I mean ZERO training. It was also a grade horse with no pedigree. Anyway, she rode it, and she ended up really liking it and she went to bid on it at the auction. Now, the most anyone would pay for this horse would probably be $5,000 at the most, and that's being super generous. But no. This lady had decided that she was gonna get this horse at any cost. She walked out the auction that day with the horse... at the cost of 100,000 FREAKING DOLLARS. ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A GRADE UNTRAINED HORSE. WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD DO SUCH A THING. I still can't believe it to this day.
Omg that’s so much money
Maybe she had a good feeling with it. Or it was love at first sight. Then i cant see what's wrong. There's nothing wrong with her. I know horses that's 15 years old cost 200 K i think i Also know horses sold for millions so
100, 000 dollors, that's more than I spend on my horse in a year!
White people, go figure...
@@bubblegumz3301 prob coulda gotten him for at MOST 10k 😂
I’ve had two experiences!
The “14 year old mare” was 22, and had only been in the seller’s possession for about a week, as opposed to the years she said.
The second was a “green broke” gelding who wouldn’t let anyone get up on him, or pick up his hind feet.
The second was more my fault, since I rushed into getting him, but I don’t regret getting him, or selling him, because he was in a potentially bad situation where he was; he got time to rest, and learn some basics with me, and then went to a super good home with an experienced trainer.
I lost a lot of money on those two scammers though 🤦🏽♀️
I find it nice that you took care of him and got him a new home!
This is so funny and really true, I love when she says “ whiper napper like you” it was so funny!😂love it!!😍
Omg. I got a Craigslist horse from a place just like this! I ended up buying her, she was in her mid 20s, in need of serious vet care, her pics were from when she was a young show horse. Still some of the best 3 years of our lives. I used her as a pasture buddy, and gave preschoolers riding lessons with her. So glad I did that. She was beloved and cherished in her twilight years💛
And this is why folks you watch the video that Equine Helper made not too long ago
called ‘what to look for when buying your first horse’
Also rescues are (I’d say) more reliable for good horses and if the horse does have something wrong with it they’ll tell you because they want the animal too go to the best place possible
(Saying that I know there are some bad rescues out there but for the most part of what I’ve seen)
Yes! It is so hard! The seller lied about all the horses we have bought...
Years ago, there was a woman that went around to the various horse auctions in the area and buy up everything that she could get for cheap. Within just a day or two, the horses would be up for sale on Craigslist with all kinds of made up stuff about it, good baby sitting horse, goes all day, child safe, etc.
I saw some of those horses at auction that she was claiming to be child safe. I wouldn't have bought them for a kid.
Many people were afraid of someone getting hurt by buying a horse from her, so her ads were constantly getting flagged.
She also showed up to the local county fair with one of them. Don't recall now why, but she was kicked out.
I went to buy my mare at night and the seller never brought her inside. He took me to a field to see a black horse at night. I bought her without seeing her. I arranged to have her delivered. My four year old started mare was, in fact, a half starved two year old filly. I still have her 3 years later. I only adopt mustangs now. At least you kinda know what you are getting
I have a story! I was looking for a paint or tb, something that could event and I saw this really cute paint but the add said $1 so I thought the seller just made a mistake so I contacted them and asked for the actual price, she said he was $3,400 as he was still very green and she needed more space. I went to go try him….in his photo, he looked like a 15h paint. When I got there I saw this chunky behemoth of a horse with his markings, turns out he’s half Friesian and his sales photo was from when he was 2. (He was 10) I love drafts but it wasn’t what I was looking for, also, his sales photo was of him jumping so they were jumping him at 2 😐. The owner was this old lady who hired a trainer to work with the horse but the trainer never came out of the loft, he just looked at me through the window. She got on the horse first and looked like this was her 3rd time riding. Before I even came out to look at him, I told her that I was looking for something that could jump. She said he’s a natural jumper with a lot of talent. He could barely get over a Cavaletti. I thanked her for her time but told her he wasn’t exactly what I was looking for but I did send his ad to my trainer because she was looking for a draft cross and he was really nice on the flat. My trainer contacted the owner and asked for his price to which the owner told her he was $23,000. This was 5 days after she told me he was $3,400
My story is a good one! We went to go see this OTTB gelding thinking that he was right off the track and needed to be restarted. I got to lead him around first, then they started to tack him up. His original owner was going to hop on him first then I would get on. Apparently they have had him for a year and had already restarted him and have been training him. We ended up buying him and now he is an amazing horse ❤
We need a part 2 this was so funny!
I saw an ad of a super calm paint mare so we went to see her. The owners, who clearly weren't that involved informed us when we got there that she had a bad cut on her leg and they had just found out. We decided we would at least tack her up while we were there and if she wasn't favoring her leg, possibly ride her. Well, she almost walked on top of me when I was leading her and then started getting antsy at the trailer. Once she was tacked up, my trainer went to ride her. The mare was acting kinda crazy so she tried something else. She got off and turned around and walked away from the mare, seeing if she would follow. Instead, the mare bucked and took off running in the opposite direction :/
"All that chrome.." 😆😆😆😆
why is this so true! before I found my mare, I looked at a gelding who was gorgeous, but literally pinned his ears at EVERY SINGLE horse he saw. I also looked at a pony who bucked every time someone tried to ride her, even though on the add they claimed she was "Grandma's horse" and "Anyone can ride her"
The way she talks reminds me of the grinch lmao🤣
'Whippersnappers!' 🤣😂
I got you at 27 seconds!! Great video as always😁 "DrESsiGe"😂🤣😂
The 7 year old mare and her 6 year old dam made me pause the video I was laughing so hard!!!😂😂
My uncle got so sick of the horse buying process and stuff like this, he started breeding his own to avoid it altogether 😂.
Hehe better prepare for this one... so we were about to buy a horse from a friend, I have rode this horse several times and knew him almost completely. So we get there to pick him up and they lead us to a mini field in the back where the horse was. From many many feet away I knew this was not the horse I knew. He had a black spot on his grey body and was 1 whole hand shorter! Me and my mom were furious, and this lady told us we can't have the horse we want because she doesn't want to sell him to us because she hated us. I told her I had already paid for the horse I want so either give me the horse or my money back. She refused to do either so we threatened to call the police, she gave us half the money and said if we wanted the other half were going to have to take her to Cort! We left with that and the fake horse because we felt bad about the shape that he was in... if you read this thank you sooo much Ik it is long, Gypsy if you read this please comment I am a huge fan of your work and you inspired me to get 2 of my own mustangs! Hope everything works out for you!:)
Wow, I can't believe there are actually people like that in real life.
Yup I have even more stories!!
Ok that's messed up 🤣
My mom went out to meet the horse we wanted to buy (we got him, yay!) to ride him, and when she walked him over to the mounting block she fell off of the mounting block, and then when she finally got on he backed up 10 feet almost into the farm supplies! She still cannot believe we bought him. Then when we were taking him home, the trailer was 2 hours late. At least he loaded and unloaded perfectly. Hes very worth it though!
Truest thing I've ever seen 😂😂!! I was looking for horses before my current one. I went out I tried a mare listed as "bombproof" and "kid safe" even. When I tried her she was PERFECT. Two weeks after I brought her home she went nuts and spooked a anything she could find to spook at. The one I currently have now I did a two week trial on. (I didn't know I could two week trial her until my friend told me(after I bought the crazy girl))
Story time, I was at training so after my mom and me went to get a horse and we were told it was the wort most annoying throbread horse ever but when we bought him he was so nice
Love your videos!! Y'all are so great at what you do, thank you for making these videos! They are so good 😁
I'm glad I decided to rescue my horse. They were honest for the most part, except I don't think they knew what she was/is, and her trail riding experience was minimal at best. She's been the cutest little mare, though, and is exactly what I was looking for anyway.
When I went to see this horse (It was advertised as a 11 yr old beginner rocky mountain horse) It was literally a 2 yr old green bay Arabian... wtf
So amazing😂😂😂 Gypsy love your vids!❤ they are always so funny and amazing!!!!!!!🎉❤😂
A month ago, I was looking for a mare to breed with my Stallion and that also is a great beginner horse, Husband safe, does fine on trails. When I called about the horse, they said Venmo the money and I will send you the address, so I Venmo the money, and It turns.
out THE HORSE DOESN'T EVEN EXIST! AND THEY WOULDN'T GIVE ME THE MONEY BACK!
horses are so much MONEY🐎🐴
Oh it's a nightmare. I lost count of the horses we went to look at that were nothing like their ads. There was one that was supposed to be 'safe' and it took two people to get the saddle on it. I didn't even bother riding that one. Then there was a lovely little dun mare which I would have liked to have bought. I rode her in the school and she went very sweetly. I said I was really interested but would like to try her on the roads and in the open. They said "oh someone has put a deposit on her but they are away on holiday". They couldn't have told me this when I first answered the ad and BEFORE I drove miles across the country and tried her out?
We ended up buying one that was in a field a fifteen minute walk from my house LOL.
This didn’t happen to me but to my friends, I’ll just call them Friend 1 and Friend 2. So this was only about 1-2 years ago now, Friend 1 already had a horse but she was looking to buy another because she wanted to do more jumping and improve (the horse she had wasn’t the best jumper and had a bit of a rough past and was quite spooky, was getting a bit old -but still acted young, and she would most likely outgrow him soon, but still a good horse). Friend 2 was also looking for a horse, she found an AMAZING one, it was a great jumping and just seemed SO PERFECT, so Friend 2 said if it didn’t work out then the horse might be an option for Friend 1. So both went to see this horse. The owner wasn’t there but their friend was their. When they pulled up the house was so nice and they definitely seemed quite wealthy but when they got to the horses it definitely didn’t seem like they put much of their money toward feeding them or caring for them...they were very thin and tired, they got him tacked up and the whole time the horse was trying to get food out of a bag. I don’t remember what they said about the ride but they definitely didnt buy him. They felt terrible for the horses there and called their owner about it because it was quite concerning how neglected and starving they were, the owner screamed at them and was just plain rude. I really hope that horse got out of their and I hope that person get karma for what they did to him...some people just shouldn’t own animals. (Sorry it’s so long-)
So accurate 😂
7year old mare, with the 6 year old dam 😂
And this is why I'm taking my friends who have more experience buying horses along if I ever buy a horse.
Good idea !
Bought a mare on Craigslist and I really appreciated that they told me they weren’t sure exactly how old she was. I brought my dad who is a horseman and a dentist (life hacks) to check her out.
How old was she
@@me_868 about 5. They were thinking 6-8 so not too far off. I think she’ll eventually make a decent kid horse. But for now she’ll be taking turns being my trail buddy with my 22 year old gelding.
That video was hilarious and unfortunately so true! I got a new horse 2 months ago and before I got him I went to look a a 6 year old mare. The owner assured us that she was perfectly sound and had never been lame a day in her life but when we got there she started limping the moment I started lunging her at the trot. The limp got progressively worse until she was moving like my arthritic old gelding. But according to the owner this was the first time she had ever seen her limp and it was only because of the footing.( soft mud) Please!!!
i dont have a horse..but i'm dreading the day i do get one and this happens :'D
I'm not ready to buy a horse just yet but I've heard SO many stories and it makes me afraid for when I go through the process of looking. I'm definitely going to have my trainer with me every step of the way AND do vet checks with a trusted vet. I'm not taking chances lol
I’d trust those online mustang auctions over some of the Amish horse sellers. Cause yeah, you never know what you’ll actually end up with. You see an amazing online add and then see the actual horse in person be 10 years older and with medical issues or sadly things wrong with their movement and legs. Same sadly goes for breeding puppies. Somehow bad sellers/breeders are allowed to continue business.
when you're ready it's worth the money to do a prepurchase exam with xrays. even if you're out $1500 or so, it's better than having your heart [and wallet!] broken later.
The one I'm thinking of is actually too sad to repeat, honestly. But horse people and used car deealers are a lot alike. The difference is, horse people are more imaginative.
“DrEsSAgE” 🤣😭🤣😭
im in the process of finding two new horses right now...this is so true 😭
So true!! I went 8 hours to go look at a “Bombproof” and “Kid broke” gelding. as soon as i got there the guy went to open his stall the horse reared up trying to flip over! they started riding him and he spooked at his own leg! i didn’t get him
There is a guy not far from me who buys and resells horses as "bomb proof." If you come to see the horse in person, he wants your credit card info and a deposit. He prefers to sell sight unseen and just deliver the horse to you. No 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 right? Most of the horses start around $4000, and most of them look like they just came off the meat truck. I got to meet one of these rock solid horses in person after a client bought one. He was billed as a quarter horse (pretty sure he was a mustang cross), he was terrified of his own shadow and not at all a beginner horse. He was very sweet and a lovely garulla but not a $4500 horse by any means. Anyway, we tried to help him as best we could. He was better by the time we got done with him, but still not a good match for his owner, in my opinion. I always wonder whatever became of him.
I bought a mare in the dark, the owners said she was green-broke, a QH, a race horse, and five yo. In reality, she was a four yo half arabian half-QH who bucks every time shes loped and spooks at everything and has a giant scar on her leg that is still sensitive, shes never raced (probably), and was so caked in mud it took me 7 months to get all it off. she was the bottom of the pack and was pretty skinny even for not being worked in probably a half a year- a full year. there's more to the story but that's the bottom line.
AMAZING VIDEO as always!!! so funny! and true!😂😂
Was amazing but too short❤❤
I've heard several who put deposits down not knowing and then get blocked never to hear from them again. Or the ad says mare but it's quite obvious it's a gelding or it says it's 14 hands sitting next to a small child that can look over it's back. I always get a good laugh out of the ads that I see on Facebook
Ya o'l horse trader...taught by one of the best I'll bet. 🤣
Omg i love that you make so much funny vids it makes me laugh so hard
When me and my Mum where looking for a horse to buy/share we found a 15.2 hands chestnut gelding who was a 7yo. We both rode him and though he was really nice and she had a video of him jumping a 90 - 100cm course. He was also great in traffic. The lady said he had never bucked and was great to load, shoe etc. We bought him for a decent amount of money but it was a nightmare. It turns out he was on drugs when we tried him and when we got home he bronked whenever he got slightly excited and you would go flying!! Unfortunately we did not have the time to work with him so we sold home for less than half of what we bought him for and I was very sad.
The sad thing is that horses cost a lot and can cost a lot more, so that is why scammers love horses.
Can we pls have any update on Zara Zinfandel and Cozi also I love you so much and I love all your videos
pretty true tho lol 😂 😂
Love all your videos!
Early and omg your channel is
Littarly my therapy I watch you every day
I went to see and trial a 16hh bay gelding. Up of arrival he was very underweight and had some suspicions scarring that the owners said was nothing. When we sent them the paperwork that we could bring him on trial they ghosted us, presumably because it said “to your knowledge this horse is sound”. I never heard from them again. The horse was sweet and I hope he found a good home
The way u said dressage 😭
Ah I saw this earlier by I was in math class. When I saw it, you posted it 2 minutes ago.
Super funny, as always!
So I was going to get a Horse name mocha when we were trying to load her she wouldn’t go in so we they tried for half an hour and she beat herself up doing it and then she said I guess you can have this one and we bought it we didn’t see it or anything like well that we saw it but we didn’t like ride and everything but and she loaded right away and that horse is my heart horse❤
Oh my word that would be so creepy! I have no stories to tell but will be wary if I ever buy a horse!
My sister and I were looking at horses during covid, which... terrible idea... so we were basically having to trust whatever the seller said... And WOW the amount of lying that goes on, right to your face. One guy told us that the horse he was selling hadn't seen a vet (excluding checkups/vaccs etc) for years. Luckily enough we did the thing you weren't meant to do and got the vetting done by the vet that had seen the horse before, because he told us he'd removed a sarcoid from that horse earlier in the year! And then we had people trying to downplay severe respiratory issues and melanomas because we said we weren't a showing home, so of course it's fine to ride a horse that probably shouldn't be ridden at all... Another had all these lovely videos of him being ridden (he was a youngster/3), and they said they were looking for someone to continue his education... Sounded alright, because we're not novices... This horse comes to us and has no manners, can't pick up his feet, doesn't respect boundaries/fences etc. The poor thing must have barely been handled by the looks of it. They must have stuck a saddle on him as soon as they could and called it a day. Found out the dealers had barely had him two weeks after importing him from Ireland, so they didn't even know what he was like themselves. GAH.
There are definitely good people selling good horses out there... But it's certainly worth taking someone that knows what they're doing, and not just believing what the seller says... because sadly at the end of the day some people are doing just that... looking to make a sale. They don't care if it's not the right match for you, they just want the money.
We ended up with a horse that cribbed (no vices ofc) and had major problems with his bridle (full on would back away, spend an hour trying to get it on him), all of which was never mentioned. But we've been working on things with him, because he's mostly a good lad. He doesn't crib any more, and goes nicely in a bitless bridle and vocal command with no fuss.
I sold one of my mares Nova to a family with like 6 kids about 2 weeks ago and they called the other day saying she buckled the eldest daughter of but I know my horse wouldn’t just buck someone off and mom said it was probably because of the saddle so we sold them a saddle too
"Venmo me 250 dollars and then I'll give you the address." The lesson is: don't give your money away kids😂
I went to go look at this Appaloosa/paint cross a few weeks ago. In his ad, it stated he was a 10 year old, 15.3hh fancy-broke arena/trail horse and was fit for the show ring. Well, we went to go see him, and he was a 14hh 28 year old that had laminitis. The owners were acting super weird too, they kept insisting he was sound and 15.3hh, but he was far from that
Never fails to make me laugh😂❤
So we I guess could say rescued my horse but anyways about a year ago we rescued my horse Apollo he did not come from a a good place he was in a tiny stall with 6 other horses & some horses were tied & that was there stall but Apollo was sick when we got him he’s a we think 20 but he could be younger & his a chestnut & works hard to please & is also spoiled but now any time I mucking the stall aka he’s boarded at my horse trainers house so any time I muck he’s stall he’ll come down & hope for attention, love your video
Can u post Raws for my 50 day 50 duos?❤
love ur vids😍
Their was an ad for this really beautiful pinto gypsy for a really good price for a gypsy like 5,000 or 4,000 I don’t quite remember it was a while ago then I went over to the persons house and it was a total rip off this beautiful gypsy was none other than a short stocky pinto pony who looked nothing like the photo on the ad I asked to look at papers and this horse was half gypsy but you could not see it for the life of you I almost flipped I drove 3 hours to get ripped off😢
I know you got in a car crash but I was wondering if you will ever get back to working with your mustangs?
Did you move or have a new barn ???
I really want an horse but... the price....
This is awesome
One time, I responded to an ad for a young Thoroughbred gelding. The owner said the horse had been ridden on trail a few times, and was perfectly calm on trail. I have owned several OTTBs, so I knew that some can be "arena bound" and never comfortable on trail, jigging all over the place. So I clearly stated that I wanted a horse with a temperament suitable for both arena and trail riding. I didn't care if it had no dressage training (I had a trainer) - I wanted sound, no racing injuries, and not a super hot temperament. When I got there, it looked like a facility for boarding race horses offsite from the track. The gelding was eating hay, but was tied to a wall in his stall (why?). He was handsome, and conformation looked good. Then the guy tells me that I COULD NOT RIDE THE HORSE because he was going to be raced in two weeks, and that riding him would "mess up his training." What??? I was flabbergasted at having driven such a long distance to see this horse, only to then be told that the horse was still racing. The guy acted like I should buy the horse just based on how he looked. Really??? His ad should have said "race horse for sale."
Me:
I was looking for a horse because we were going down to a place a couple days drive from our house (I live North so not many jumping horses) one of our horses needed surgery wich is why.
So I had found this 5 year old mare her name was clover, she is a pintaloosa and I talked about her so much. I finally made a decision to ask about her. I talked to my parents (I was 12) and they said yes. I put together a message and they didn’t answer. A few days later I messaged again asking about a date to go look at her. Still no answer! As I was driving down I messaged I was really interested and wanted to buy her. Still no. Answer so my mom decided to put up a Facebook add about how her 12 year old daughter is looking for a jumping horse. And then we got some people and she clearly said in the ad I was outgrowing my old pony so I was looking for a Warmblood type. People were asking about ponies and we had to keep saying no (also she said that I only had 6 k) (I payed for half of my first horse and my parents payed for half. I only had 3 k and that’s a lot for a 12 year old) so then these people are trying to sell me these 12 hh ponies for like 15 thousand so we had to say no. Then I found her. She was a beautiful chestnut tb mare, 15 years old and registered. Called the lady and bought her. 2nd best decision of my life. She acts as if she was 7 and she has northern dancer and Secrateriat in her bloodlines. Amazing horse ❤
Ok so this isn’t nearly as bad as some peoples other stories but… my trainer found a horse, his name was Webster, we tried him out and LOVED him… so we bought him. His vet check was fine and everything and then the first few rides he started getting slower and slower but nothing bad, we have now had him for a year and he is literally a tortoise he is so slow and unpredictable. One lesson he was being great then he got slow and then he spooked at air or something. Like I said he was literally PERFECT when we test rode him but now he is slower that slow, he is also so strong and heavy on you hands and he over jumps EVERYTHING
I have a story lol.
Ever since I was little I was riding horses. As I grew older, I was ready for my very own horse to take care of by myself. So we began looking for horses. We found this palomino quarter horse mare who was good on trails and was around 13. But the lady told us we needed to pay for a physical before we baught her. So when we were about to do it, she out of nowhere told us that someone else was doing the physical. So we went looking for a different horse. She called us back a couple days later and told us that after the guy baught the physical, he didn’t want the horse. And that we could come get her. But we thought about it, and thought that if the guy still didn’t buy the horse after spending the money, something must have been wrong with the horse lol. But we ended up with a red roan tenesee walker who is better then any other horse we could have gotten!
Hey just wondering if you and the horses are ok because I’ve seen that there has been that Texas has had a lot of tornados I love your videos they make me so happy❤
There has been a lot of tornados
Omg! I love this ❤❤❤❤❤
“She’s really broke go anywhere put your grandma on her and she’ll do great” in reality she doesn’t even know how to turn and they say put your grandma on her biggest lie I’ve ever heard
Those buyers are just too picky!
So i have a story basically i was looking onl8ne for a horse i could come pick up and i found the perfect one who performed english riding was a beautiful dark bay and a very pretty quarter horse for around 3,800 and i asked the person if she was sold or not and the seller said no gave me the address and when i g9t there it was a house in a neighborhood and i know on the door and GUESS WHAT they said ohh my bad i sold that horse and i ment to post an add for this bike………..right
This is so funny!
When I was first looking at buying a horse a few years back we thought we found the right one but the closer it got to go see him the more excuses the owner came up with. Later on we found out he was no where sound to by and would be more expensive so the vet bills.
This has nothing to do with the video, but are you still selling Keiko?
how old is kazi is she actually 27
I have a story, so when I was looking into a horse, I found the 16 hand gray gelding he was so cute, so sweet looking, but when I asked if we can go see him, they said that they could ship them out here only they never said that I could see him or ride him
Went to try this horse and it seemed legit and hen I got there I asked the seller to get on first and she fell off!
Ma'am we need a update about you right now I hope your okay!!!
One of worst wrecks I ever had was getting on a palomino that was supposed to be well broke and trained as a proven barrel racing horse. It was great on the ground but once on it, Green broke maybe. It was more like a rodeo horse! Broke a ladies collarbone the next day.
Ahahahahh
I have a story so when I was looking for a horse this person had a horse and his name was cash and they were recharging 7000 for him and when we got there he was extremely skinny and then they were like oh yeah there’s a place where we can ride and they had us ride in a church parking lot and yeah and then he had a lot of medical problems but I ended up getting A different horse
When I was looking for a horse one time, they said that the horse was 10 he was like 22…
The owner I bought my first horse from told us he was 16, turns out he was 27, she let it slip in front of me once. Luckily he had lots of get up and go left in him.
My grandma went to go look at a "kid safe" horse. Well it turns out you couldn't pick up his feet because it had a MAJOR kicking problem. They said that they didn't need to pick up the horses feet because they lived in a sandy area.
The horse continued to act up in every way possible. As you can imagine we decided not to buy that horse. The owner then got VARY angry with us for not buying her INSANE horse. Later she put up the same advertisement for the "safe broke" horse. 🙄 Never making that mistake again.
Did you move?
129yh
Can u pls make more star stable videos
We went to look at a QH gelding who was a halter horse. We were told he was an amazing well trained horse with great ground manners… for 1500. We decided to go look and I have never seen a horse so lame in all 4 legs. His confirmation was terrible to the point he would never be rideable, and possibly never comfortable even as a pasture pet. We took a hard pass, and they still tried to convince us that it was natural 🫡
That poor horse!! 🥹
Lol 😂❤
we went to see a blue roan that was supposed to be more go then woah and he was the opposite