How did you find your horse?

Barbara F · Grand Prix

How did you find your horse?

prospect · Advanced

I am glad you found a great horse - BarbaraF as I know you were looking for a while.

I found my 10 year old on the internet - pictures did not do him justice - but knew as soon as I saw him that I was buying him.

My new 3 year old is a home bred. He is a nephew of my 10 year old - I bought the full sister of my 10 year old, bred him to a swedish warmblood and watched him as he was born. I have handled him ever since and I am absolutely thrilled with him.

Here is a pic of him at his first clinic -

Some horses we have bred, some bought directly from the breeder, a couple ponies of other pony clubbers and some off the internet.

SiobhanDressage · Well Schooled

My horse was given to me by my coach as I had been riding him previously for 6 months. He is pictured in my signature, and he is from the same barn that Barbara's horse is from!

Nikki Salo · Grand Prix

Most of the horses that I have owned or leased were found through word of mouth, but my favourite boy came after a long search (was looking for about 5 months). It was an ad in the paper that said "Red Quarter Horse gelding for sale" no other details except the phone number. The phone number turned out to be for the local general store, the guy who owned him was Amish. We played phone tag for two days, I finally went out to see him, tried him (bareback with a halter -- took out a good row of cabbage in their field, I felt really bad!) he was a handful and very spirited and I was in love. Had him trailered home the next day aww

Roka · Well Schooled

I went to look at some Icelandic foals on a large stud farm 20 years ago, but the foals were rather wild and ran off when you approached them (plus they were very expensive!). We went through a paddock with some young horses and brood mares and a 4 year old mare kept following us wanting to be petted. The owner said she had been a "people-horse" from day one and preferred people to the other horses. So I ended up buying her as she was only a year away from breaking in and I had to wait 4 years for a foal to mature. Plus it was nearly same price and she was in foal too. Haven't regretted that for a day although her gaits are not super flashy as some of the foals were.

Diamond_Jubilee · Well Schooled

Our ponies are all home bred. Our 14 year geldings mom was even born and delivered by my mother in laws own two hands! She has been breeding for over 30 years and her stallions (all 4 of them) and several of her mares have been imported from England.
I have leased a hunter a few years back and he came from a horse dealer (someone I would never even though of looking through, but hey, you never know what they can find for you!). He was the most amazing horse ever!!

MagsNMe · Advanced

I found my Maggie when I went to look at weanlings and she was a three year old. The breeder put her through the chute for me. I remember him saying, in disgust, that she was a ladies horse, just wanted to be loved...

So, I bought a weanling and got involved with the Cdn Warmblood folks and the Alberta Invitational Warmblood sale. I knew what Maggie was up to. So, in 2006, my weanling now a two year old, I figured, I'll be at the sale anyway, better take boots and a helmet, maybe try a few horses... talk about bad ideas! I got on two. When I got on Maggie, the first words out of my mouth were... I love this horse... She has a walk, oh a walk. She overtracks 12", walks with her whole body.

So, I 'accidentally' bought a horse I didn't need, she went very cheaply (for a 5 year old broke warmblood, some training issues there). This led to my Mom getting my old jumper who was 19 at the time, and me taking on little Maggie. Never regretted it.

And oh does she just want to be loved!

spirithorse · Advanced

My Dragonharte's Enigma, better known as Lady, came into my life because someone believes in me. She is a gift, a gift from out of the blue.

horsekiss · Yearling

my first, Rocky, we found watching a video of another pony jumping. as the pony was doing the course he went trotting by in the back field, he has been with me ever since.

Mirya R · Yearling

I just got my horse recently (last easter) cause the wish foundation bought her for me. the wish foundation is an organization that gives kids with cancer a wish. I don't have cancer anymore, but when I did, I didn't get granted a wish so they felt bad and gave me one now.

I asked for a horse. It took us like four months to find her, but we did and now everyone loves her and one of my friends is madly making plans to steal her.

Andrew · Yearling

Me and a friend own the same horse she found him on hcbc being a rescue horse and needing a good home she went to go see him and loved him instantly so in a couple weeks we were able to get the love of our lifes and havnt regretted it since and gave him a name that fits too Calsifer's fire storm oh and i would like to mention thats hes 7yrs old and a appy 1/4horse

-- Edited by Andrew on Tuesday 14th of December 2010 12:13:41 AM

Barnmouser Ash · Grand Prix

Some of the horses I've owned have been through word of mouth, and others through Dreamhorse (as well as one retired, cancer/tumour infested thoroughbred mare from an auction... sad situation). However, we found my girl Cassy through the realtor of the first farm we bought. She rode at a barn in town and knew of an older retired Arab mare the barn owner was looking to sell to a little girl in hopes that she would get lots of loves and good care. I went out to see her the week after my birthday, fell in love, took a few "lessons" to get used to her, and brought her home the next month. I had her almost 4 years before we had to put her down due to extreme arthritis in her knees, but that's another story for another day. :)