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Looking for a new home for Cleo

InTradition.
15.2 hand, bay thoroughbred mare. 12 years old. "Cleo" is a friendly mare that would make the perfect project horse. She has excellent ground manners. She is an angel to catch/shoe/float/tie/drench. She will stand tied all day without fuss, loves attention and will tolerate anything on the ground. She requires an experienced rider as she is stubborn and backs out when asked to do something she doesn't want to. She isn't dangerous at all, no buck/bolt or bite, she is just stubborn. Selling due to the fact I don't have the time she needs to retrain her.

She comes with her winter rug. I am asking only $500 ono. I am looking for a quick sale to a good home. Suit broodmare, project horse or lawn-mower. Suitable for anyone to handle as she is bombproof on the ground but only suit for confident intermediate up-wards to ride.

Contact me at omgitsmadii@hotmail.com

Can anyone help these girls?

I seen this ad on petlink and it breaks my heart to see people so desperate to get rid of their horses. If I were closer, I would take them and try to train the thoroughbred up to re-home her but unfortunately I am hours away and don't have the funding to get them transported!

Posted by BenCruachanMountainRacing (NEWRY VIC) on 22-Jun-08 10:00 PM AEST
To reply to this advertisement email vickig@srw.com.au

MUST BE OFF OF PROPERTY BY WEDESDAY OR ELSE SHE WILL GO TO KNACKERY...ABSOULTELY NO CHOICE!

Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free

16hh+ 10yo TB mare
By Durbridge, comes with papers
UNBROKEN, used as broodmare only
Good to handle
No current photos so please dont ask
In AWESOME paddock condition - couldnt ask for better going into winter

Agistment is sold, MUST GO BY WEDNESDAY, or else she will have to go to the knackers with my other old mare that nobody wants :(

No choice, I cannot keep her, sadly have to get rid of her

Please no time wasters, had a lot of people ask but nobody wants to commit and have run out of time!

MUST BE GONE BY WEDNESDAY

Thanks!

My Brain Bleeds

My brain cannot comprehend this ... shit.


GENTLE GIANT. SHOWJUMPING PROSPECT!!!!
Rising 6 year old throughred chestnut gelding. 17.3hh has been measured. Has papers with him. his registered name is Danish is better. had jumped 1.10m easily. would most definetly excell in show-jumping. Has scar on back leg from when we first got him he ran threw the fence. is not a physco he was running with our other horses. he does not show lame or go lame from riding him because of it. is a very good trail riding horse. have had no problems with him out on the road. he got sent away to allan wollen to get his mouth re-done and got taught how to bring his head under so would do well in dressage as he has got nice movement. he is up for sale because i am sick of having a big horse and would like a smaller horse as want to do sporting on..

Price is $2500 firm because of how much we have spent on him. please email

WTF does "to get his mouth re-done" mean? The grammar in the above ad reminds me of a two year old, dear god, a two year old could probably write out a better ad.

Oh and here's another classic. Why do I do this to myself?

JET BLACK TROUGHBRED STALLION FREE LEASE
I HAVE A JET BLACK STALLION FOR FREE LEASE HE IS BROKEN-IN AROUND 16 HAND AND VERY BEAUTIFUL NO WHITE ANYWHERE WILL BRED BEAUTIFUL BABIES REGISTERED THIS HAS BEEN POSTED FOR A FRIEND IF YOU CAN GIVE THIS BOY A HOME PLEASE LET ME KNOW AS HE IS WITH US AS HIS OWNER HAS MOVED AND COULD NOT TAKE HIM

I have an idea. Geld him. Sell him. For MONEY! And I'm sure he will go to a nice competition home!

Awesome hobbie

Click on the above image to be taken to a good, free, online horse game. Great for all ages!!

Horse Slaughter?

Ok, so you think there is such thing as "Humane" horse slaughter? I encourage you to all think strongly about that. I found this link whilst checking out Fugly's blog. Watch and weep, literally. It sure had me in tears and anger to my core that any horse could end up being treated as such. I sound like a 12 year old pony club kid, well I'm not and I can assure you, I would go without to feed and look after my horses before they ended up anywhere near here. I would rather spend the money and have the put down then standing in these muddy dirt yards, wondering what they did wrong to be treated as such. Look at all the pictures in the slide show, then tell me if there is such thing as humane.

Horse Slaughter Slide Show

That link contains images that are harsh and realistic, it may no be suitable for small children!

New Hair

I'm thinking of getting a new hair cut. I want it heaps layered and shaggy, here are some pictures that I'm thinking of. Though I want it more server layers and 'punker' then the one to the right. the one to the left is awesome, though it would be tonnes shorter as my hair is only shoulder length. I was thinking black with perhaps some red along the top layers?

I need to stop this

Take a look. I need to stop looking at the horse sale sites. Some people are just plain stupid, there is not other way to explain it. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

"chestnut/white 5y/o 14.2hh very friendly quiet stallion,is reg(paint i believe) not sure who with i dont have papers from previous owner yet,he is broken to saddle but has been unridden for a four years (so he was broken as a yearling? awesome),he is great to float just completed a 5 hour trip last weekend from nsw to his vic home,he has a old injury(big lump)below his knee this dpse not interfeer with his baby making duties(Because that's all he knows how to do, I'm sure.),photos will not be sent unlees phone contact is made first so please leave a return number and ill call SADLY WAS A IMPULSE BUY and i realise i really dont have the need for a stallion (Geld it then.) he is lonely here no one to talk too NEEDS A WIFE (NO. what he really needs is his balls removed!) please genuine people only enquire"

Here's another one. Oh so pretty ... I mean, ew.



"1/4 horse x arab D.O.B 27-DEC-07
chestnut, blaze 2 white hind socks. grate to float, feet, lead, worm etc very pretty. stud prospect.
wormed on 22 may and feet 5 june. loves everyone nays and comes over. sad sale as moving to mackay and too many horses ."

Stud prospect my ass. It looks like a donkey. It's bloody awful, perhaps he'd be okay once he's gelded and filled out a little but back legs like that, you don't wanna pass that pretty little trait.

Some people

My brain is breaking after reading this ad. Take a look - sheesh, some people. *shakes head*

2 chestnut thougherbred geldings FREE giveaway
Hello,
i have two Chestnut Thoroughbred Geldings who i cannot afford to nurture anymore. One male(6 Years old), and one female (7 Years old). Please call me if you can afford to take care of them. They do cost a lot. I am very reluctant to give away but our metropolitan relocation and lack of funds make it impossible to keep these horses as healthy as they are now. Just been wormed. Prefer to keep them together but will separate them if i must. They will go to the best location so be willing to explain your current plans for these horses.Please do not leave emails, as i rarely read them. call me on: -----

Thankyou. Marc(pronounced Mark)

Do you now understand why my brain is hurting? 2 geldings ... one a mare? Okay, that's just crazy talk. That's all I've got to say about these dickwads. Don't they understand the need for school anymore?

She strikes again

Here's Julie's lasted ad for her horse, which she has had for about two weeks.

"Posted by Julie on 4-Jun-08 03:30 PM AEST
To reply to this advertisement email #########

i have a 6yr old tb

16h

gelding

quite confident beginner and up

ties up, floats, catches easy, does not buck, blot, rear, bit, or kick

has had kids and adults ride him

has been around cats, dogs, children to adults, colt, and many other horses also cars.

my horse will follow you off the lead. trots and canters like a dream you dont even feel like you are moving has a very soft mouth as well. lunging he does it him self pretty much you just have to tell him when to go faster or slower and when to stop. very friendly with other horses. has been trail ridin mostly but could do dressage, pony club or a nice hack with no trouble at all. he is in training to bow and can nearly do it. it would not take much more to teach him how. he has old scaring in one eye but a vet check is welcome as i have already had one and he has 95 - 90 % of vision but he did race like this. he has been out of racing for over 2yrs as he was to slow his racing name is keltic gun. he is such a great horse he loves cuddles you can hug his hole face and touch him any where. i am only selling him as i dont have the money to keep him and he will only go to an approved home. he is priced way under what he is worth but i just want what i payed for him. he comes with

2 rugs winter and summer
and a bridle with is worth $230 and also the bit

please no time wasters as he is only paid up for the next month

pictures wont be added till tomorrow but he is lovley he has a whit strip down his face and is a fat bot also he is a new zealand race horse so he pretty much looks like a quater horse he has a fat neck and is just sexy."

My brain is hurting yet again. I just can't believe this woman, honestly, was she born without a brain?

Another classic example

I absolutely detest people like this. I know this woman, it is Julie*, posted previously in the post about Homebrand. Homebrand was her first horse, she gave him to me even before she had him a week because she couldn't handle him, so she went a brought a six year old thoroughbred. Logic escapes me. From a 12 year old thoroughbred she couldn't handle, to a six year old. Do some people never learn? Ok, so take a look at her ad:

"Lovley 6yr TB Quite.
tb gelding 6yrs onld and 16h if your after a quite horse that if you want to go will but if you just want to plod along will do that to this is your man he is very loving will let you hug his hole face will but his head in your lap will even follow you around of the lead and the best part he is quite to ride this is your man he is a lovley looking to he has 2 trots a fast and a slow and you can sit to both he has a lovley canter that you could sit to for days. he has been ridin by kids and adults and all that ride him love him he is friendly with other horses. he does not kick rear buck or bite. he is very easy to catch worm float you can do nearly anything with him he would make a nick pony club or dressage horse. he can not do sporting because in one eye he has only 95% -90% of vision and has been checked by a vet and also he raced with this eye so he can still see and it does not bother him at all and also it does not affect him vet check welcome. he has been around cats dogs little kids cars chickens and also a colt and he is fine he has a very soft mouth he can jump but ive never jumped him high also has been ridin on roads but only quite ones. he would suit anyone he is being sold due to i do not have the money to keep him any more i will only sell him to a good home no payment plans avalible as i dont have the money to keep him. also he comes with 2 rugs. and a bridle that is worth $210 he is worth every cent i just want what i paid back photos coming soon. $1500"

4 hours before this ad was posted, she post the same ad, but with him priced for $2500. She paid $700 for him. My brain hurts when I have to deal with people like her. Would you honestly buy a horse advertised like this? I wouldn't. I also know that the horse is BLIND in the eye, it has no vision. I have handled him and he is lovely but he's not quiet, he's a hot baby that needs a routine and proper handling. He would make a great riding horse, pleasure or hack but not a jumper or sporter because of his eye. Come on Julie, we all know he's not worth $1500. Wake up to yourself and stop with the false advertising!

What a day ...

Ok. Wow! I'll start with yesterday, I guess. Adam (my fiancee) and I went out to the horses. The ride was a bit of a disaster. Cleo done nothing but play up for Adam. Homebrand was very well behaved. Adam rode him bareback from the bottom of the paddock to the gate, is a leadrope and halter, and he didn't do anything wrong. Lucy was good, a little cranky though.

Anyway, as we were unsaddling and feeding, Adam got a phone call from one of our mates. We went to their house last night, for a few drinks and some Wii playing. Good fun. Poor Adam got smashed, Mark and him were sick and passed out on the back lawn in like -5degree weather - yummy, hey? I didn't drink to much, I have been under the weather lately so I would rather enjoy myself then get drunk. Adam and Mark amused me enough anyway, I'll put a picture in when I upload them. So today, I thought I would discuss drinking with you.

What makes you want to drink? Do you drink to get drunk? To fit in or because your friends are? Or do you just drink til you get that pleasant buzz then stop? I'm not fussed really, I spent too much time in my 18th year passed out in a gutter to care about getting drunk anymore. I noticed that these days lots of under 18's are drinking to get smashed, I don't understand that. I mean I had the occasional drink with my parents when I was underaged but I never got completely hammered.

I don't know how hard it is to just pace yourself and wait until your of age before you start drinking. I realise now that we have plenty of time to be adults and do adult things, so why rush it? I mean, drinking isn't even that fun. Sure, for the first 5 drinks you have a pleasant buzz, you feel awesome, as if your floating but then you get sick. Vomiting isn't a thing on my 'To do' list, so why do people make a big deal about it? That's what drinking makes you do. Vomit.

Hmmm, getting rushed by Adam, will come back and whine some more soon I'm sure. See you