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Re: [RC] THANKS!! - Karen Sullivan4 years isn't bad.... Some years ago my daugther and I saw an ad posted around town for an 8 year old black Arab gelding for $600 with a lot of trail experience. Of course we went to look. He was a cute little guy, more of a black bay, that a fellow said he had done a lot of hill riding, had owned the horse two years.....bought the horse when it was 6....previous owned had done some endurance,etc. No papers, I looked a the horses teeth; teeth looked relatively short, somewhat odd, it was really hard to guess an age; horse had a small mouth, small teeth. Then my daugther got on him. Horse had extremely long-shanked hackamore and went off down the driveway at at trot, head straight up in the air....almost ran my daugher into some trees. Something was starting to look familiar about this horse. I asked his name.....darned if he didn't have the same name as a horse a friend had owned years and years ago. I asked who this guy had bought the horse from.....he described a sort of generic, wild, black haired middle aged woman who could have been any of 3 people who might have owned this horse. I looked at the horse carefully and then went home and looked at the photos of the horse my friend had owned.....darned if it wasn't the same horse.....who had been age 10 in 1992...making him, when we looked around age 20. Strangest thing....the horse didn't look or act 20.....and the teeth sure didn't look that old, but it sure made me go back and study teeth again!!! Anyway, no papers on a horse; well, every time they get sold they get younger and younger. When I got a young mare, no papers some years ago I desperately tried to track her back to breeder, with no luck. The age the people told me seemed to agree with the second owner I tracked her back to.....but one of the first things I did was haul her to a good vet for a general exam, shots and a good look at the teeth. I asked specifically for the vet to state on her chart how old she was; and at age 6, not near 7.....it was easy to tell......and I made this info available when I sold the horse.....hopefully if she is ever sold again that will go with her..... ----- Original Message ----- From: <rides2far@xxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 8:55 AM Subject: [RC] THANKS!! You guys are great. You gave me all the info I needed. Shame the lady who bought him didn't have this info 4 years ago. Seems they cropped 4 years off his age when the last seller "lost" the papers. I'm surprised they didn't change his name. This may help us be able to get him. :-)) Shouldn't have any trouble identifying him. They have x-rays showing he's missing a rear splint bone. I have the splint bone. >g< Angie ________________________________________________________________ Get your name as your email address. Includes spam protection, 1GB storage, no ads and more Only $1.99/ month - visit http://www.mysite.com/name today! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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