23/05/2025
Horsemanship is dead
Had a rather refreshing conversation with a vet yesterday (these type of vets are rare to find 🤣)
Horse was sailing through the clinical - then decided on the way to ridden phase that it was going to misbehave 🙈 threw some shapes on way to arena/when first stepping into arena before being put back in its box and getting on with the job perfectly and sailing through the rest of the clinical.
Buyer was in attendance. The vet said - the horse is clinically sound. It’s not for me to comment on that behaviour, I’m here to tell you if it’s sound or not - which it is - it’s up to you to decide if you can handle that behaviour or anything else it might decide to throw at you down the line given it’s a 5yo.
He went on to say that 90% of the time it’s the owners that are the problem and not the horse when it comes to issues arising after vetting/purchase. What a breath of fresh air!!
Said 5yo came out today perfectly well behaved and went to arena on buckle end then hacked out with new owner having realised yesterday that she did not in fact, have our number and was going to do her job 🤣
Horsemanship is dying. So many people think that horses are robots these days and are not entitled to act up in any way or show any kind of change despite you ripping their whole life/world upside down when you purchase them… they are living beings with feelings/personalities and we need to better appreciate that and understand the reasons why they may act up ❤️