tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post7983574907271634761..comments2023-10-31T06:31:15.796-04:00Comments on Shame in the Horse Show Ring: Truth in advertisingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-82912115167339554622008-05-12T22:11:00.000-04:002008-05-12T22:11:00.000-04:00I have been caught several times by this. Was shop...I have been caught several times by this. <BR/>Was shopping for a stallion to breed my mare to. I wanted sturdy, old-style walkers, at least 16 hands. Color didn't matter but conformation, gait did. Looked at a horse nearby on the web. Looked ok, talked to the owner, she swore the horse was 16 hands and 'almost drafty.' Went to see him he was a 14.2 slab sided scrawny stunted pony. (But he's a pretty color!)<BR/><BR/>Funniest one was a pony I bought off the web. They didn't list her size (it was a local dealer site) just that she rode, and showed someone on her and standing next to her. She looked around 12h, and adorable. I went to pick her up, and they must have had a TB jockey riding her, she was about 38 inches, a mini! I took her anyway, because she was too cute for words.Shadow Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015365019108553741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-63147165989604913992008-05-12T09:37:00.000-04:002008-05-12T09:37:00.000-04:00How about this one: "mare is a babysitter, guarant...How about this one: "mare is a babysitter, guaranteed walk/trot winner" Read: " we showed this one too young too and now she can't go faster than a trot, so she damn sure can't run off with your kid." <BR/><BR/><BR/>Ok, this one I'll defend as some of the best starter horses/babysitters/walk trot horses we've had have been older show horses that while they'd slowed down with age were verifiably NOT started too young or pounded mercilessly into the ground. Our own mare had been shown only a couple of years and then turned into a broodmare for several before we got her. She trained all three of my kids and then moved on to a friends daughter before arthritis and other age related ailments sent her back home to our pasture before we put her down at age 25.<BR/>Their youngest daughter is now using a very nice old show mare to start her Appaloosa career and she's in her early 20's. We knew this mare back she was foaled and shown thru her early years. Our friend tracked where she'd been in between .... show horse, broodmare, theraputic riding horse and now back to show horse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-32993055374705021082008-05-09T00:42:00.000-04:002008-05-09T00:42:00.000-04:00T Jean,Wasn't he caught when several other trainer...T Jean,<BR/><BR/>Wasn't he caught when several other trainers were? I seem to remember 5 or 6 being suspended at the same time.<BR/><BR/>I know of some AQHA trainers that have had their Professional Horsemen cards pulled. Makes you wonder what they did.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Shireen QAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-18139007034963777882008-05-08T03:12:00.000-04:002008-05-08T03:12:00.000-04:00This website is not exactly accurate:http://www.ma...This website is not exactly accurate:<BR/>http://www.markshaffershowhorses.com/mark.html<BR/><BR/>If you scroll down it says Mark applied for his ApHC judges card, but doesn't say he got it turned down because of a previous suspension for drugging a horse with a banned substance.<BR/>It also says he's a member of AQHA's Professional Horsemen, but according to AQHA records, verified by email from staff, he's not an AQHA Professional Horseman.<BR/><BR/>Would you buy a horse from this fellow? Some people would.<BR/><BR/>I personally would not buy a horse from anyone that has been busted for drugging a horse.<BR/><BR/>T JeanShameintheHorseShowRinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16101707810114180216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-19574765966715273482008-05-08T00:32:00.000-04:002008-05-08T00:32:00.000-04:00robyn,I remember that. Can't say I've seen any pro...robyn,<BR/><BR/>I remember that. Can't say I've seen any professionals go that far, close, but not quite.<BR/><BR/>I wish people would realize that the photoshopped ads are SO obvious. I'd be hesitant to breed to a stallion that was seriously photoshopped. I'm not talking about changing a background. I'm talking adding muscles, removing flaws, fixing legs etc.<BR/><BR/>I think one of the best ads I've seen recently was for a black miniature stallion that was coming out of a dark stall. The lighting was perfect and he looked like a black panther coming our of the darkness at you. It was a striking photo and the image has stuck in my mind.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Tracy Meisenbach<BR/>www.trinityapp.com<BR/>http://thehorsediary.blogspot.com/ (updated 4-30-2008)Tuffy Horsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15916816453349272092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-13005043436189295112008-05-06T18:33:00.000-04:002008-05-06T18:33:00.000-04:00heh..I liked the listing in Fugly a while back, wh...heh..I liked the listing in Fugly a while back, where the stud owner didn't have a decent picture of her stud, so she took a picture of a Breyer QH model and said "he looks just like this horse!" Fantastic then! So her stud also had great conformation and musculature, as well as being buckskin. Yeah, right!robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01001532366083423219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-4493168725125092262008-05-06T12:49:00.000-04:002008-05-06T12:49:00.000-04:00which breed are you talking about?Painty girl........<B>which breed are you talking about?</B><BR/><BR/>Painty girl......my breed of choice is the Appaloosa......also rife with liars, cheats and schiesters.<BR/><BR/>Carrie Giannandrea<BR/>Dances with Horses<BR/>Formula One Farmscarrieglhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571691226604862601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-78042210330807187902008-05-06T09:54:00.000-04:002008-05-06T09:54:00.000-04:00carrie,which breed are you talking about?some bree...carrie,<BR/><BR/>which breed are you talking about?<BR/><BR/>some breeds seem to be rife with the height issues. minis lie about how small they are, the rest lie about how tall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152826429049460534.post-42267764729749774472008-05-06T09:43:00.000-04:002008-05-06T09:43:00.000-04:00Oh Boy! Trying to shop for a stallion and being t...Oh Boy! Trying to shop for a stallion and being told the stallion is 15.2 or 3, not sure.........uh, which is it buddy? Then everyone and their brother who has actually "seen" the horse tell you it is pony sized.......OK then, thanks for that!!<BR/><BR/>Or how about the breeder who uses a "different" stallion for breeding than the one advertised?? Can't do that these days...DNA ya know!!<BR/><BR/>I am not interested in dealing with liars and cheats.......<BR/><BR/>A little honesty would be good!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Carrie Giannandrea<BR/>Dances with Horses<BR/>Formula One Farmscarrieglhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571691226604862601noreply@blogger.com