Craigslist Goes Ga Ga

Ah Craigslist. There can't be many people who don't know about it, maybe the odd UK resident. Just to fill you all in, Craigslist is a free listing site for people selling/offering pretty much everything (literally- we're talking adult services to fruit, or in some instances, the two combined!).

Horse selling on Craigslist is pretty common and reaches various standards, from the expert, to the clueless, and finally the demented. And today we present what is quite possibly the criminally insane. People, if you know this man, please keep him away from animals and children.

Thanks to Snarky Rider for this bizarre item!

AD CONTENT:

Hello, this is my lovely horse legacy. He has been in my family for 5 years. He truly is a wonderful creature. At night, his mane glows like the brightest of juptiers moons. It is what we in the horse world call "magical". I give him daily protein shakes to make sure he countinues to grow big and strong. I don't know when he'll stop growing, he'll probably countinue to until his time comes. Please be prepared to accommodate a horse the size of a small tank if you plan on keeping him for more then a month. I feed him a strict diet of cucumbers and horseradish. Some people say that it's sick to feed a horse horseradish, but sense horse radish doesn't actually have horse in it, I'm sure it's ok.

800 OBO if you have any albino chickens we may be able to negotiate. Or 800 dollars worth of Fred Meyers gift cards so I can countinue to buy horseradish for my other horse.

Call 1-(307) 340-1521 to contact me. My name is Austin Boone. In order to ensure your not spam, please say "you have a magnificent stead on your hands I'd like to obtain. I'm pretty sure no telephone operator from overseas can say that correctly.

By no means do I think this is serious (college kid prank perhaps), but sadly I would still BET that someone out there does ring and try to acquire this non existent horse!

What's most terrifying here though is that the photo is not dissimilar to actual sales ad I have seen over the years!

It's a What Now?

Some more light relief for today, courtesy of an excellent site I found, now listed in my faves, called Horse Trader Tricks. Their 'for fun' page is just one of many excellent items they have to offer, I heartily recommend a visit!

I am a little surprised that 'Fellabella' doesn't make an appearance in this list, but please enjoy:

Creative Breed & Color Spellings

APPALOSO /Quarter pregant - $500-I have a four year old appaloso quarter for sale she is pregant she is not broke to ride .I have saddle her up and i have sit on her. She was bred with a liver and white paint .

APOOLOSSA - $8500

LEOPARD SPOTTED APPOOSA HORSE 5YRS. TRICK HORSE ANY ONE CAN RIDE

blue rhone apalusa - $600

chetlyn pony - $250 young chetklyn pony, kid friendly


12 yr old Carmello Reg. Fox Trotter - $1000-This guy is a 12 yr old. He stands 15.1 hands tall. He is a registered Missouri Fox Trotter, carmello in color and built like a quarter horse.

Horse for Sale-He is 14.2 hands a good trail horse. He is a carmelloh. very good additude. Sweet and loving. age 6 years old.

AQHA quarter horse beautiful!! CRAMELLO!

Kid broke, gentle gelding - $700
15 hand, creamellow Quarter Horse gelding. Very gentle. Great on the trails and in the round pen. Very nice slow, easy canter. No vices/bad habits. He rides on a loose rein with a natural low head set. Eight years old. Current coggins and worming. Please call for an appointment to ride this gentle gelding. Thanks.

Blue Rome horse - $275-i have a 10 year old blue Rome horse that is green broke..you can saddle her up and everything and ride her but she doesn't know a lot of stuff but she know some...she is a pretty horse but her lip hangs down because she got it caught on a barb wire fence...if any questions or pictures please txt dont call..

Choclate palamino - $1800-very gental gelding, no bad habits, anybody can ride, very muscular and very beautiful, has a flaken maine and tail and is choclate colored

For Sale- 6 year old leopard print mare broke,sweet,very pretty,1000.00 or 1200.00 with tack,call or text,can send photo

Thero-bread chestnut horse - $100-im getting rid of her because we simply cannot afford her, shes got brand new front shoes on her, theres nothing wrong with her if u have any questions contact me.

8 year old reg sorrow mare - $800

Young 2 year old Chest Nut - $350-I'm selling a 2 year old chest nut gelding that I have started and is green broke. He stands at 13.5. Get along with the other horses great. He will make great 4-H horse for a child. $350 obo


5year old Geurla Gelding - $650

Thourebreed mare - $400

11 yo Medicine Hat Paint - $300- I am an 11 year old Tabiano-Overian Paint gelding. I have a medicine hat, bald face and blue eys. I am VERY green and need a lot of work. I stand well for the ferrier. I am skidish.

Horses for Sale-5 year old Morgan/Paint Gelding Blue eyes. Dark Sorrel 15.5 hands Rides/Gated $600 5 Year Old Creamilo Gelding light gray eyes Green Broke Ground Gentle Rides. $500

I have 2 horses for sale a 3 year old gelding foxtrotter that is a doppler grey and has bloodlines to zan bar grey this horse is green broke just needs some saddle time and is naturally gated with 30 days perfessional training. The other is a solid black quester horse colt 17 month holter broke and leads other then that just been handled no holes in either horses and have no bad habits since they have not been tought any.

Horse for Sale-This gelding was born in 2010. He is half Pacifino and half Quarter Horse and may be gaited.

Gurlla- $500-4 year old gurlla gelding grade QH stands 14'1 hands tall easy to catch and load stands to be saddle and stands when you get on him no buck, kick, or bit just an easy going horse asking

Advert of the Day

Today's ad of the day has a slightly different slant, and it made me feel a lot of things. Firstly the cynic in me wondered if it could actually be for real. Then I felt very sad for the kid in question, and finally I felt terrified that someone might actually ring and offer her a horse!

Here it is:

AD CONTENT:

Hello im Kim im a 13 year old girl look i know my prices are small but let me explain my mare (Flicka a black TWH/Saddlebred mare) died on 9-11-11 due to colic for the 3rd time, apparently some horses are like born with a weakness to it which she had she was 7 when she died and i think we got her at 2 years old now im looking for a horse someone can hold for us my dad is taking extra precautions so the horse will be safer than flick was she would have never left us but we didn't make a very good fence with her but now dad said that he is gonna make the best fence in history lol i have been looking at many horses but still have not found one any paints will be welcomed i want to learn cross country so i need a good jumper and fast runner but i'll consider ALL horses i love horses my room is filled with them we have many animals so we are experienced 5 cats, 6 dogs and chickens i have had lots of horses in the past but flick was the only one who wasn't sold here is somethings i need:

-Mare or stallion (gelding will be considered because i may want to breed the horse in the future)
-All horses are welcome Paints will be welcomed with opened arms so will all
-any breed plus mixed breeds
-must be broken and young (2-4)
-Must be low priced

my parents are in debt but they try to get me what i ask for thats why they are great
There are so many areas of concern here that I can barely start.

Flicka a black TWH/Saddlebred mare) died on 9-11-11 due to colic for the 3rd time, apparently some horses are like born with a weakness to it which she had she was 7

Firstly poor old Flicka looks to have been very ill for some time. Can you see in the pictures where her hips and spine are jutting out?

From some of the content I wonder if the family really knew how to care for her properly. I wonder if there may have been something very wrong internally, maybe even a growth/obstruction of some sort. The cost of looking into this appears to have been beyond the owners- but if it was, by no means would I EVER recommend they jump in and get another horse!

my dad is taking extra precautions so the horse will be safer than flick was she would have never left us but we didn't make a very good fence with her

Um... so there wasn't a securely fenced paddock in place for Flicka? Surely this is one of the main essentials for horse keeping!

Perhaps this explains the colic- she may have been wandering into nearby wasteland and eating god knows what. Plus of course the risk of horses getting into accidents and injuring other people...

i want to learn cross country so i need a good jumper and fast runner

For $500 the poster is more likely to end up with something that would fall over a jump instead of take it! Also a horse that goes really fast and jumps doesn't always make a good cross county horse- they need to have that cruising speed, stamina, bravery and the intelligence to measure their fences correctly.

...but i'll consider ALL horses i love horses my room is filled with them we have many animals so we are experienced 5 cats, 6 dogs and chickens...

I am sure the readers of this blog don't need me to point out that keeping lots of different animals does not in any way make you experienced in horse management!

i have had lots of horses in the past but flick was the only one who wasn't sold here

I can only presume that most of the other horses just passed through and may not even have been with the family for long. Therefore any knowledge acquired is probably minimal.

Mare or stallion (gelding will be considered because i may want to breed the horse in the future)

AAAAAH!!! If you are going to buy a horse for about $500 I would bet my WHOLE RIGHT LEG that it's not going to be a good breeding candidate! I am presuming that the bit in brackets is a typing error as of course, geldings are not capable of breeding. Not to mention of course the experience needed to do a good job of caring for a mare in foal and her baby. Never mind safely and securely managing a stallion (without a proper fence possibly?! Feel faint...)...!!

-must be broken and young (2-4)
-Must be low priced

Again for $500 anything nicely broken and that age, fully sound and healthy (this could be where they get duped into taking on something with chronic illness) may be hard to come by.

The continual emphasis of a low price is a constant worry. $500 at current currency conversion rates (from those handy tools online) is only about £300. That's barely 2 months care for my horse. Keeping horses correctly is not cheap and that's assuming things don't go wrong. My horse once spent a few nights in a vet hospital. I had to pay the £250 (about $395) insurance excess, but if she hadn't been insured, I'd have been looking at a 2k vet bill. I tend to agree with the approach that if you can't afford to spend around what the type of horse you really want (in this case an allrounder/ cross country schoolie) will cost you, you probably can't afford to keep the horse anyway.

my parents are in debt but they try to get me what i ask for thats why they are great

Maybe this is why poor Flicka's recurring colic was never properly addressed. :-(

I do feel sad about this whole stituation. Heck I was a frustrated horse loving kid and all I wanted was to ride but my folks couldn't even afford to pay for regular lessons. I worry that the family could end up being presented with a horse that's either dangerous or sick at the price they are promoting. And of course I fear for the welfare of any horse that might end up with them.

If I could have one hope it would be that someone with a stables in the area and the patience to work with young people would call her and invite her over, so she can get the feeling of riding properly schooled horses and learn to go cross country as she wants, without putting herself or another horse at risk.

As an aside, I discovered this ad as I tried to investigate the other side of horse selling- the problem of buyers! More on that later.

Fun with Adverts...

These ads just appealed to my strange sense of humour and made me smile...

Reason for sale is because of lack of grazing... you can tell, that looks like your front garden!

A superb hunter- especially when there's folk around to shoo him over those ditches?!

A tank in all ways. To handle too apparently... 

This is the only decent picture I have... Oh dear.

He just wants to please, he gets ridden every day. Maybe that's why he's so tired...

Loves children- God knows why if this is a regular occurance for her:

He has beautiful flowing paces and a huge jump. Yikes, no kidding!!

Cremello mare.... errr if you say so...:

This is just an entertaining typing error which will probably be fixed by the time you see it..

'Sadly selling my beautiful 78yrs old 16.3hh Grey TB broodmare with 6 month foal'

She sure looks good for 78 doesn't she?!