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RE: [RC] [RC] Should I buy this horse? - Donna O'Gara

Thanks for all the helpful comments sent privately.
The consensus seems to be if you like her, buy her. I
definitely like her.

Yes, she is definitely built downhill, but not as much
as the pictures suggest. I took them while she was
eating off the ground and she had her front feet apart
so she could reach better.

No, she isn't being ridden. She was ridden just a
little as a 2 year old, then nothing until now. I got
on her in the round pen just enough to find out what
she feels like. I haven't started a horse in 30 or 40
years. I hope I remember how. If not, I can always ask
for help.  She seems very quiet and agreeable.

Again, thank you all for your comments. I'd hate to
have people tell me later, "if only you'd asked I
would have warned you about ..."

Donna
dlogara at yahoo dot com



Should I buy this horse?

10 pictures here:

http://shady-acres.com/foxtrotter/

She's a Missouri Foxtrotter, and I probably won't

want

to do endurance with her, just casual trail riding.

I have two concerns and I'd rather have someone

warn

me before it's too late if I'm getting into

something

I will regret.

She was well cared for her first two yesrs, then

she

found herself in a bad situation with the people
caring for her only feeding her when they

remembered.

After an extended time, possibly a year or more of
serious malnutrition, she went back to her original
owners where she was gradually fattened up. Her

owner

claims her vet says she should have no problems.

She's

now 6 or 7 and seems healthy and happy.

My other concern is her prominent backbone. Even
though she's not thin her spine sticks up. It

doesn't

seem to interfere with the two saddles I've seen on
her, but I'd suppose a treeless one would be a
problem. I've seen several of her relatives and

many

of them have similar backbones but none as extreme.

Her hindquarters seem considerably higher than her
withers. It didn't occur to me to measure that.

She's

very small, just a bit over 14 hands.

I'm really quite fond of this little mare, so I

hope

nobody talks me out of getting her.

Thanks for taking a look and letting me know what

you

think. If you'd rather comment privately, dlogara

at

yahoo dot com



      
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