Horse homeless for X-mas, anyone?

[natalia]

Hi,

Thankfully its not my horse who's homeless!

A little background:
Dandy is a 15hh MW cob gelding, Bright bay, 6yrs. He is owned by a 52 yr old novice woman who has decided he is simply too much for her and has had him at the yard where I keep my horse on sales livery for about 2 months now. Previous to this she had him at another yard on sales livery also, still with no sucess. She paid 4.5 k for him less than 6 months ago.
Dandy is for sale because the woman claims he bucked her off. He is a forward going horse and since we have had him hasn't put a foot wrong. I have been riding him and taken him to SJ clinics (over about 2"9- 3ft) been to clear round SJ indoors, hacked him alone and in company etc. He is 100% to shoe, clip, catch box and really easy to have around. Since he has been on sales livery he has been on trial twice and returned both times, the first family found him to forward and the second said he bucked their duaghter off in an SJ warm up ring. His owner has had his back, teeth ect. done and its deff not pain related. I personally belive its just his cheeky nature and he just tests you out if he thinks he can. He has never bucked with me on top or anyone else from our yard. I think he just sees a novice coming and has a bit of fun. He's forward going to ride, a bit joggy at times (but never will go anywhere) and is really quite fun. He has hunted, loves XC and jumps well, without looking at anything.
The dilema- HIs owner can no longer afford sales livery and wants rid of him by the end of next week, else he will be sold to a dealer (and to be honest hes far to quality for that as we haven't found him to have any real issues). If anyone is intrested she has said she will take 1.5k for him. I am asking here becuase hes a lovely horse who deserves a nice home pretty sharpish. If someone was a confident rider and wants a fun cheap horse with no hangups he's here and he MUST GO. She had previously advertised him for loan for dosen't want to risk him coming back as she can't afford it. He has been in H&H for 3.5k but no sucess. If it was the spring we would easily get that for him.
If you think you could help, please call me on
07977 431 829
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[natalia]

just to add I have tried everyone I know and it really is a case of "no room at the inn".

[Lynn]

Where in West Sussex are you?

[alibee]

Have emailed you.

Alison

[natalia]

near hickstead.

[sulasmum]

he sounds fabulous

[natalia]

he is fabulous! If only someone would realise hes not a push button, has a brian and is a bit of fun!

[natalia]

brian? I mean Brain!

[Charlyfarly]

have pm'd you natalia

[gillh]

Hi, I could be interested and am fairly near to Hickstead.
Can you get a pic of him on here? Would he come with any tack?

[marywelsh]

hi
not to put a damper on things but if he has been sent back twice and 3 people have claimed he has bucked them off, then it can,t be the case of one novice owner, if this isn,t sorted first before the horse is sold n then surely the poor horse will just get past from pillar to post.
obviously i don,t know the extent of the bucking have they said it is an excited buck or does the horse want to get you off but i do think this horse has issues that need sorting out first
good luck in finding him a home, hopefully it will be an understanding one

[gem]

oh bless poor chap,

[joandlad]

Natalia,

Have just spoken to a friend of mine who runs a small livery yard. She's got a client who has just had a horse fail the vet. I've given her the details in your e-mail and your contact number and she's going to see if they are interested. Her name is Lucy in case she rings you.

I hope he manages to find a good home for Christmas.

[RiP Its A Matter Of Principle]

Horses are horses, we cant always controll them however we can try our best to have a situation under controll!! Maybe this is why some people cant have horses cause they cant live with out feeling like they are in controll!!

Okay the horse has bucked people off.. oh my days, i dont know how many times i fell of principle when i first got him and still now, when he has a lil bucking freenzy as my old instructor used to say " the more times u fall off the better a rider u will become!!"

[natalia]

Hi,

I have been inundated with e-mails and phone calls! thankyou all so much.
As it stands theres been an offer of a home in glostershire, but we have to take him half way. We haven't disscussed this with his owner yet though, and she may not agree as they are offering under what she wants for him. I am also waiting for Dylansmum to give Katrina a call, as she was intrested in him, and is very local to us. Which we would prefer.
As I say in his two months with us, he hasn't put a foot wrong or even threatened to buck. And he has been out and about doing things and having fun with consistant good behaviour. As far as we can gather from various reports it is an excited buck, verging on cheeky. It seems like he does it to test his rider out if he thinks he can and also out of excitement (ie in a warm up ring beofre SJ) We spoke to some people who saw the last incident and they said that the girl that was riding him had no seat and just popped off. Half the problem is that whenever he bucked his old owner used to get off and lead him home, not even trying to ride him forwards, therefore he got out of work and he won every time. He is being sold clearly stating he needs a confident rider, but here he has never been a problem. We also think that in all these homes he was being kept without a regular routine and overfed, hence having a bit more energy than normal. Here he gets a small breakfast and dinner and then turnout all day (but not much grass) and ridden in the mornings when theres time. He often goes for about 4 or 5 days without being ridden and dosen't come back sharper or sillier. Its all very well saying to me sort this problem out before he goes, but we haven't met any problems here so there's nothing to sort out!
PLease do get in touch if anyone else is intrested, the more response the better cahnce Dandy has of finding a new mum!