What do you guys think of these colts? Pics on page 3,6,7,8 & 12

[NellaBean]

As someone who got a "cheap" horse and is now paying to board a totally worthless permanently lame pasture ornament....I would wait and find a "better one". The purchase price is the least expensive part of getting a horse. Costs the same to keep a good horse and a bad horse, or a lame horse vs a sound horse. Pay a little more now to have a usable horse later. Or pay less now and in a few years you might end up with having to decide what to do with your indefinitely lame horse.

 

[danischi24]

You mistake me. It's not that I don't have the money, it's that I'm not prepared to pay a fortune for a crappy horse (which 99% of the ones I've seen are) just for pleasure riding. In the past, I've spent crazy money on competition horses but this is not what I'm looking for now. I went to a yard with over 100 horses (most for sale) a few months ago, all well kept & couldn't find ONE that I would have given any money for. I'm looking for a certain type that is very rare here because it's not a popular type. I've had my eye on the market for over a year & have found very few that I've been interested in. I like this colt & have had two leg specialists give opinions. He passed the flexion test btw, for what it's worth. For the price, I'll take a chance on him. If it doesn't work out, I won't be much out of pocket & will be able to place him quite easily as I know some people who like flashy lawn ornaments. Now I just have to see how low they will go & if they will throw in the goat

 

[EweSheep]

A goat!!!!!! He got a mischevous look about him LOL!

If you can afford the risk, go for it! None of us can sway your decision on getting the pinto and it would be your decision and yours alone. We can respect that. Once you get him cleaned up, conditioned him, you sure can report back to us how he has done and not giving you problems. We are not going to say "told you so" when you do end up having retire him for lawn ornament or forced to sell him again. We all have learned our lessons from the past and still continue to learn. Oh yes, we have been wrong a time or two about horses.

Did you find out about his actual age? I must say he is older than two years old because the way he is built. Looks more like three to seven years of age. unless he got papers that tells him of his age.

 

[welsummerchicks]

those people who want snazzy looking lawn ornaments, I know there are about 2 million horse owners in the US who would be willing to ship their snazzy looking lawn ornaments over to Israel. I'm going to bet it isn't really that easy to get rid of a horse over there either.

 

[Akane]

I don't like the pinto. I like what you've said and what can be seen in pics of his personality but his gaits seem like a disaster waiting to happen. He looks like he strikes a little odd with his fronts possibly from his weak hindquarters which is not curable or possibly from poor hoof trimming. Hard to say from pics but at this point I would not bet on him staying sound long even with just some trail riding. I like the quarter horse a little better. Looks poor for a competition horse but I actually think that one may stay sound longer than the pinto so long as you condition it slowly up to the level of work you want to do. Personally I wouldn't buy either but I'm sitting on 4 good mares with 3 of them being out of my favorite competition horses. If they are cheap and you've got somewhere to send them if/when they go lame I might risk it given nothing better as an option.

 

[danischi24]

I have friends that have offered a home to a give away horse so this isn't a problem. Here are his teeth-they are even, he was just moving his mouth around a bit. They say to me between 2 & three. Judge for yourself.

 

[Hound]

It would be more helpful to see his molars/possibly wolf teeth too.

I can tell you he is at least 4, most likely closer to five. He has his 'corner' teeth which are fully developed at 5.

 

[welsummerchicks]

the front teeth don't matter much at all. It's the back teeth being uneven that's a problem.

I thought you said you had a zillion friends who wanted pasture ornaments? This is one person, and they already got theirs.

 

[patandchickens]

Hum, those really look rather like permanent teeth to me. Which would make him 4ish. But I would want to see the rest of the mouth (what the grinding surfaces of those front teeth look like, and see what molars have come in) to be sure. If he is 4ish he is a very malnourished 4ish, which tends not to work out well as a long-term soundness proposition IME but is probably better than 2 if you really want to start riding him now or soon.

Aren't there *other peoples'* horses you can ride, to get your ya-yas out so to speak, while you patiently wait for the RIGHT horse to come along rather than leaping at the first not-absolutely-horrible one that comes along?

Pat

 

[welsummerchicks]

not considering the pressure of youth.