I, too, bought a horse sight unseen, except for a homemade video. He
was a challenge at first, but definitely the smartest horse I've ever known. He
decided I was worthy to be his person after I had had him for 9 months. We're
definitely a team now. He's a fine endurance horse for me and finishes somewhere
in the top third. The only down side is that he's not as smooth as I could like,
but he's bearable. I wouldn't trade his personality, his intelligence or his
careful ways on the trail for anything. Our partnership just took about twice as
long as any other horse I've ever started on the trails, but then....he's worth
twice as much, too.
In a message dated 1/27/2005 2:19:49 P.M. Central Standard Time, cschiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Has
anyone bought a horse sight unseen before?
I bought Liya sight unseen off the internet from Wyoming.
They took her to my friends in Montana and she brought her when she came to
Tevis. I only had to go 4 hours to pick her up. She is exactly
what they told me. I got her off Sporthorsefinder.com
website.
I also bought Jake because he was cute and cheap and Trilby did
not want him because she did not think a non arab would hold up. He has
completed 16 50 milers since then and sometimes carrying my fat butt. He
is 14.1 and a SSH.
I have had a lot of offers to buy him and Liya but they are not
for sale. Of course I don't have a lot of offers on the horses I do want
to sell......sigh...........
