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You're trying to apply "adoption" ethics to what is

legally the purchase of real property. No matter

how much people may think of their horses as children,

that's not how the law, or the general industry,

views it.

Most professional trainers make their money by buying

low and selling high. This buyer probably spotted your

soft spot and exploited it to get you to lower your

price, all the while thinking to themselves, "What

a great deal I'm getting." Don't assume that the horse

didn't work out. It's possible, even likely, the buyer

bought it already planning to resell it.

Like most of us, I've got a ream of horror stories

about professional horse trainers/dealers and the

incredible things they pull. Like the one about

the lady crying at an auction when she realized

her beautiful babies were going for about 10% of

what they were worth, and that the auctioneer was

deliberately ignoring her frantic efforts to bid-in

her own horses so that his trainer buddy could snap

them up for cheap.

Or the time...oh well, never mind.

Your post had done one thing, though. You've tipped

your buyer's hand to the rest of Ridecamp.

Linda B. Merims

Massachusetts, USA