I found this horse for sale.................?

Question

I found this 2yr old gelding for sale today, and I must say I am shocked by what I read:

Zorba is about 14.3hh now and will maure 15- 15.2hh

he will excell in anything

He is chestnut with flaxen mane and tail,

3 white socks, with spider web over rump

Very quiet, easy going nature

Has been ridin around with halter and lead rope since he was 1 yo

Now he broken in and going great, hasnt put a foot wrong, Currently being ridin by a 13yo girl.

Will make great pc mount.

$4000

Am I the only one shocked by this?

Answer 1

I'm sure it's a great horse but there making it sound like the best one in the world. Though ya sometimes horses are that great to some extent.(ridden since 1 yo with halter and lead aka little child on the back of the horse while mommy or daddy leads the horse around very slowly) (2yo gelding ridden by 13yo aka broken in harshly by strong man or woman and been taught if sometime goes wrong it's always the horses fault and gets punished for it) training a horse at the age of 1 or 2 to ride is just cruel.  Or on the other hand it could be a well mannered cared for 21 yo horse..

Some people are just big liars.

Answer 2

They were probably exaterating in the description, its probably like any old horse, its not as perfect as it sounds but dont be picky about the horse itself when your  buying one. And please dont consider appearance when you buying a horse.

Answer 3

depends on his breeding. sounds like a c**p horse and an equally c**p owner a way to ruin horses back at a young age...way to go breeders of ZORBA

Answer 4

Poor baby.

I despair of some people. Hopefully he will be bought by some one who has a clue.

Answer 5

When will it end....

Answer 6

Thats not good!! Becuase we have a two year old if you look at like 99/100 two year old horses knees, there is a big gap and that gap is growing room so they could make his knees crooked or it could cause major damage!

Answer 7

thats a little young to be riding,,,,but he could be a good horse

Answer 8

Yep, I'm shocked, and it's sad. Almost as sad as the TB's being raced at 2 because of big $$

Answer 9

What about the thoroughbreds and quarter horses that are either raced as 2 year olds or shown in futurity classes, they must be ridden as yearlings???? Seems they are easier to handle as they are still babies.  Sad.

Answer 10

I've seen this before.  When my daughter was 12 years old we were looking for a new horse for her.  We answered an ad for a young mare, chestnut, flaxen M&T and four white stockings.  When we got to the place there were horses tied up everywhere.  I've never seen anything like it.  The man was showing us different horses but I didn't see the young mare from the ad.  I finally asked if we could see her and 1/2 hour later this rather large man comes out riding what looked like a yearling!!!  I was nothing if not shocked!  We left immediately.  I was tempted to buy her anyhow because she was so pretty and sweet but my daughter wanted a horse to ride now and I knew she couldn't ride that baby for another year at least.

Some people are real idiots...this is probably where all the swaybacked horses come from.....

Answer 11

fugly fugly fugly

Answer 12

Ay, there are asshats like this every where. Check out Fugly horse of the day, its a blog of a lady who is against *** hats like this, hypp horses, breeding for color etc.

The blog is quite hysterical, funny, and snarky.

Answer 13

Any horse that was broke at 1 years of age will more than likely become lame later in their lives,it happened to me,dont buy the horse!

Answer 14

That is so....

go for it, take that horse treat it like your baby and let it relive its childhood

Answer 15

It's a shame. I've seen things like this first-hand... I wish there where more laws involving equines. It should be illegal to start riding a horse before the age of 3. (I know a lot of people start around 2, too young in my opinion)... When will people learn?

Answer 16

wow yeh i AM shocked

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!