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You are probably right. There are a lot of people who make their living "fixing" young horses and once they are bomb proof selling them to people for quite a markup (for most folks they are worth every penny). The horse is probably there now getting properly schooled. I also think that you...

IF it was worth more as a horse than by the pound, there were 20 people at the sale who were there to bid on it and most of them are probably more capable of FIXING the horse than Hillary was. The horse was not doing Hillary any good. A lot of people (me included) have bought salebarn...

To me a horse is just another food animal; when it is worth more by the pound than it is to somebody living and breathing; it rightly goes to the butcher like a cow, pig, or chicken does. I try not to let my cows die on the place and really do not want to watch crippled horses with no teeth...

The vet was willing to take their money and they all have been trained to lead and work horses in vet school(I know because I worked in the barns of a vet school for four years). Why would he take money for a job he couldn't handle? If the boy is advertising that he is a large animal vet he...

I agree totally with your decision. Now I am a very mean, very stubborn person who probably would not have the sense to realize I made a mistake and would have broke the horse if it took me 7 or 8 months and a broke limb to do it without ever admitting to anyone that I was having a problem; but...

"I've never seen warts that looked this inflamed" Same here. The redness bothers me more than the growths themselves. The fire ant theory makes some sense (though I have grazed horses and donkeys in fire ant infested pastures for years and never seen lesions exactly like that and never that...

In Alabama I could probably get $700 for it, $800 if I could get it too lead (probably not worth the effort). The horse itself is very mediocre (~$500); but the striking Paint color pattern adds maybe another $200. If we were in Alabama, I might offer you about $500 and waste a year turning it...

I was once running my cows on my land AND a place owned by a local land speculator. He turned loose a Tennessee Walker/Quarterhorse he couldn't ride (after she broke his arm) out with MY cows without notifying me of his intentions. It ran with the cows for ~10 years and I never really had any...

I prefer the horse sale approach. You have (usually) a big selection. Price is determined by competitive bid and if you took the time to go through the horses BEFORE the sale you already have the 5 or 6 that meet your critieria written down in advance. I hate classified ads because most of...

Egads, that deal is worse than I thought!! The sinister part of me would be tempted to just breed her and sell/raise the foals without papers (they really don't add value to grade horses anyway); but since he has the papers, he could come back in the future with his papers and accuse you of...

I agree with Allan. A deal is a deal and when you loaded her up on the truck, you agreed to the terms. I would not try to crawfish out of the deal. That said, if I did not promise a quality sire, he would not be getting a foal that cost me a $300 stud fee. Find somebody with a mediocre grade...