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Post by annmarieb on Dec 13, 2010 23:02:02 GMT 1
I'm currently looking for a 2nd horse, but I've seen so many I like
Living up here in the scotland is proving a pain.
How far would you go looking?
If you find one, if its miles away how do u go about viewing it ?
do u send someone else u trust along or like me Pay out the train fare or plane fare to view in for a few hours.
then theres the issue of transporting it to you
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2010 23:20:35 GMT 1
Well I went to see my horse when he was 3 hours drive away.
I kept seeing his advert for a few weeks and then emailed his then owner. We had a long email conversation and then spoke on the phone and I just HAD to go and see him, I wouldn't have bothered if I wasn't already very keen.
I drove there and took a friend, then went back on my own for the vetting. I'm lucky OH is a landrover man so we hired a trailer and he drove to collect him. From your post it sounds like you don't have a car, could you offer to pay for fuel if a friend will drive you? I think for that sort of journey you have to wait until you're really keen on a horse.
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Post by sunflower on Dec 13, 2010 23:22:44 GMT 1
Im near Chester and currently looking for a horse but wont travel more than 2 hours away. I cant afford to tbh.
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Post by Zuzan on Dec 14, 2010 0:23:13 GMT 1
mmm probably not the best example but I live in the North Highlands and Neets came from nr Leighton Buzzard............ I was after CB specifically tho..
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Post by Amanda Seater on Dec 14, 2010 10:29:30 GMT 1
Re the transport thing - my neighbour has just had a 2 foals transported from Tenbury Wells to Liverpool and Perth on a shared load for £250 each. You should have seen the transport - WOW huge air conditioned Oakley for the horses lovely man driving. These foals had never been loaded and the driver was quiet and calm - always reasuring. The foals went on no problem. and I hear they arrived happy and munching. The company was Gillies they do north south runs
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Post by emma on Dec 14, 2010 13:26:23 GMT 1
It depends what you're looking for. I wanted a particular bloodline when I bought my last 2 ponies so I went over to Ireland. I'm up in Cumbria and would think nothing of going down to somewhere like Devon for the right pony
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Post by jennyb on Dec 14, 2010 13:46:47 GMT 1
I've heard Gillies are good, and their lorry truly is amazing!
I went to Budapest to buy my horse. Saw pics and vids online, fell head over heels for him and booked my flights a few days later. Had to wait a while for him to arrive, as he needed to be gelded and transported.
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Post by Trouble on Dec 14, 2010 14:17:30 GMT 1
My new boy was a 2 hour drive away, it took him longer in the lorry, but I paid a pro so I could be sure it would go well.
I made the 2 hour drive twice to go and try him twice, that's how I knew he was the one!
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Post by ruthp on Dec 14, 2010 14:34:03 GMT 1
Bali was futher away than I planned to go in my initial search - about 2 hours away. But there was just something about her, and I went I tried her three times before I made up my mind. She was delivered by the dealer - who was as keen as I was to ensure that Bali and I were the right combination for both of us.
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Post by wendyinfrance on Dec 14, 2010 15:08:52 GMT 1
I bought my last horse from Hertfordshire - I live in SW France, an hour north of the border with Spain. I'd seen photos and videos, had long chats with the owners via telephone and then paid a friend who lived a couple of hours away to go and see him and check him out for me. She really did it as a huge favour but I gave her some money to cover petrol and a little bit of her time. The poor friend ended up stuck in traffic on the M25 tho' so I was mortified about that! The friend liked him a lot though she said he needed a lot of work (she was right!) but nothing I couldn't manage. I then had him properly vetted. The first time I saw him in the flesh was after he'd stepped off the lorry at this end! (BTW, it was KAS who I knew via the DG who went to see him for me.. She knows her Arabs - and she has a lot of horse experience generally so I trusted her judgement...) It cost about 550 quid to transport Rubi down here - and it took 2.5 days in all (ie the journey was split over that time with stabling overnight in between). But I was looking for something a bit more specific - I wanted an Arabian, fitting a certain age profile, to do low level endurance, trail riding and general riding club activities. Perhaps it helped having a clear list of things I wanted and didn't want...
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Post by Roz on Dec 14, 2010 16:25:52 GMT 1
I dragged Gem along with me to see a horse in Northumbria (I live in Devon), it sadly wasn't right for me, but I'm glad I went. I do think that for the amount of time you own the horse, a few days spent viewing it are small in comparison.
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Post by Kayti on Dec 14, 2010 17:21:22 GMT 1
i guess I have been lucky with the travel side of it as all my horses have "found me" one way or another. Maisie was shipped to me, unseen, from Yorkshire but recommended by a good friend as in interesting project to make me think and she still is.
I accompanied a friend on a flight from Southampton to Edinborough then an hours drive North to see a horse last March. We left the Weds morning, rode weds afteroon & thurs morning, vetting late morning was pre-booked as we wanted to be there to see, then flew back in the evening. The horse arrived the friday evening (about £400) 6 months on and he is an absolute star. A young horse but reliable, trainable and very very much the right horse for her.
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Post by happysnail on Dec 14, 2010 18:32:50 GMT 1
Depends on what you're looking for. We got a horse from salisbury to highlands and the stallion came from Wales. Gillies offered a really good service and were lovely with the stallion. My friend did a self drive lorry for the Salisbury horse- epic journey though with picking up and returning the box on top of moving the horse.
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Post by annmarieb on Dec 15, 2010 0:16:54 GMT 1
Thank you all, I do drive. but with small kids in tow is not fun hahaha
Eric gillies is fantastic, he has delivered several horses to our yard. Ada my tb x trotter found me
maybe i just can decide on what i need
Hopefully find her/him soon
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Post by Suz on Dec 15, 2010 0:45:02 GMT 1
I went to yorkshire for my mare and i'm from Hampshire but had spent a lot of time communicating with her owner. going to see her was delayed by last decembers snow and so when Mum and I finally went at the end of jan I took my trailer with me. Figured it would take less deisel and time to go there once with trailer and maybe not come home with her than to have to go up there twice!
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