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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I bought an OTT prospect off a video and he didn't turn out, so I traded him sight unseen for a yearling. We met halfway at a rest area to swap, all I knew about her was that she was cow/run bred, solid paint, and I saw 2 pics. She was kinda ugly at the time, but it turned out she was by Jesses Double Dee with a bottom side I really like. One of the best horses I've thrown a leg across and she grew up to be big and gorgeous.
I would buy another young horse that way, but never again a broke horse. |
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 A Gopher's Worst Nightmare
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Location: Southern Oregon | I traded my HS rodeo mare, who at that point was a broodmare and in her twenties for a yearling through pictures straight across. I just seemed to work out for both of us. The lady was looking to add speed to her lines and I was looking for something I could start after I had my daughter( I was pregnant). I would say the filly wasn't quite a nice as the pictures made her out to be, but she turned out to be a good horse. |
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  Champ
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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | I've bought quite a few broodmares based on pictures and one I had a video. I don't buy broke horses. |
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 Swiffer PIcker Upper
Posts: 4015
Location: Four Corners Colorado | Pocob - 2015-09-01 11:55 AM I probably buy 98% of my horses without seeing them in person or throwing a leg over them.
Me too! It has always worked well for me. |
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Location: Texas | I just bought one last week off BHW without seeing or riding him. I really liked the breeding, his age, his pictures and I liked the videos they sent me. I felt like I was getting a fair price that if he didn't work out for me I could resell him with no problems because of his exceptional breeding. I have rode him a total of six times and every time I get on him I fall more in love with him.
I also bought my now nine year old sight unseen off BHW back when he was only five months old. I also bought another one sight unseen a couple of years ago but I didn't end up keeping him. He was too lazy for me so we didn't really get along, but a friend of mine bought him from me and did great with him. She has since sold him as a kid's competitive barrel horse. This was another instance that I felt like I got a good enough deal that if he didn't work out for me I could resell with no problems because of his good breeding. |
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 Elite Veteran
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Location: "...way down south in the Everglades..." | I've never bought anything finished sight un-seen, but the vast majority of my prospects I've purchased that way. As long as there's pics and videos. I've been burnt one time though - so it can happen. But overall I've been pleased and would do it again but I definitely do vet checks and preferably with a vet that isn't the seller's vet (I'm not always the most trusting person lol)
I think as long as the potential purchaser has the experience and ability to ride and work with different personality types and styles it can work out.
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 Not Afraid to Work
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| I did for the first time... wasnt a good experience for me. The gelding was supposed to have all the basics and ready to be ridden. He was also supposed to be 15.1 and growing with a stout build. Put money down, drug my feet for months on it because I was so nervous, asked a million questions.
Got there 500 miles, he was 14.2 and ornary! Didnt load, didnt tie and had minimal to no groundwork. However, I took him home, put a lot of hours in and re-sold him. He was a nice horse just wasnt the size I was looking for. It wasnt his fault and I tried to remember that but it was a very tainted relationship from the beginning. I did end up loving the little guy, bawled like a baby when I sold him but luckily I was experienced enough to handle him. Someone else could have really been in a pickle. I just didnt WANT a horse that green. I wanted all those shenanigans dealt with lol
I know quite a few people who have had a lot of luck doing sight unseen. Which is what helped encourage me. |
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 Loves to compete
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Location: Oakdale, CA | me..........Ive bought my last 3 horses sight unseen with a picture... Love love love them all! I do talk to owners/breeders and get a good feel for them. I love buying horses that way but I do make sure the sellers have a good reputation and I pretty much always buy from breeders.........
I want to buy another horse too but I really need to sell one of my 3 and I can't seem to part with any of them.........
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