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Location: Somewhere around here | As some of you may know, I'm selling my main horse. We have a few videos of him running through the barrels but the most recent video he knocked down the first barrel. It was completely my fault (looking at the barrel instead of my spot) and he rarely ever touches a barrel, let alone knock one down, but other than that it was still a great run and we would've won money if it wasn't for me.
The question is, should I show that one or should I show a run where he was a little slower and we made a couple of mistakes but didn't knock down a barrel?
Edited by cecollins0811 2016-01-25 11:04 AM
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Location: Kansas | I would show both honestly, and maybe haul him to an indoor arena and video a couple of practice runs as well. |
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Location: Canada | Leave it out! Videos should show the horse in his best runs. If this was a consistent issue then yes you should leave it in but if it's a one off leave it out. Put the videos in that are typical of his run style and best showcase how he normally looks.
I would suggest hauling somewhere and get some videos of w/t/l both directions, as well as some slow work through a pattern, then once through the pattern at competition speed. That will help more then showing a video where a barrel was tipped.
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| I wouldn't be afraid to share a video of a horse barely brushing one down, but if you nailed it....leave it out IMO. |
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| I don't mind if a horse has an honest tip; for example, snaps hard on the backside and lightly catches the barrel on the way out. However, I don't like to see one come in heavy on the shoulder and tip one. I would not use a tipping video in a sale ad if I had other good videos. |
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Location: SW North Dakota | Although I've never purchased a finished horse, I do enjoy "window shopping." I like to see a wide selections of runs in a sale video- indoor, outdoor, big, little, etc. I don't think it looks bad if there is one run in 10 that shows a barrel being drug down with a hip (or another "innocent" mistake).
I do, however, wonder about horses who are listed as finished and proven with only a few practice videos at home in the ad.
I will be shopping for a high caliber horse for my daughter in a couple of years, and videos are a great snapshot to see if a horse is worth traveling to see in person. I feel the same about the ad photographs... it's money well spent to hire a professional to take flattering pictures of your horse, rather than cell phone pics with the horse's head in a bucket! haha |
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Location: North Dakota | cecollins0811 - 2016-01-25 11:00 AM As some of you may know, I'm selling my main horse. We have a few videos of him running through the barrels but the most recent video he knocked down the first barrel. It was completely my fault (looking at the barrel instead of my spot) and he rarely ever touches a barrel, let alone knock one down, but other than that it was still a great run and we would've won money if it wasn't for me. The question is, should I show that one or should I show a run where he was a little slower and we made a couple of mistakes but didn't knock down a barrel? As a buyer, I would not be turned away from a run where a barrel was tipped. It's usually pretty obvious to see if it was pilot error, or if the horse has holes in training. I like it when people have descriptions in their videos, especially saying how many runners were at that race, and where you placed (or would have placed). You could also put in the description "It is not usual for him to tip; I made th emistake of rating him too soon" (or whatever you want to say). To me, descriptions are important. It's easy to say "Here I am winning the 1D and the jackpot!!!!!!!!!!!!!" but you fail to say there was 10 people entered....... Details are good!
Plus, it's nice to know if the horse is going to be push-button and runs automatic even if I screw up as the rider, or if I'm going to need to keep my act together with riding.
I've never bought a trained barrel horse together (always made my own) but I'm always looking at ads for the heck of it. Someday .... I may be in the market to buy a finished one and it's nice to see what's out there.
I agree that if you are going to have a decent price on a horse, make sure to have GOOD video (no smart phone video that is tiny and I can't see anything) and GOOD conformation pictures.
Edited by r_beau 2016-01-25 5:05 PM
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