I was reading through the posts and I gotta jump in here on this one. You are exactly right!! Whenever I was iffy about a horse I always regretted the purchase. When I went to see Tuffy I rode him for 5 minutes and said I'll take him. I just knew. He has a permanent home with me. The palomino mare I bought for my daughter I didn't even have to get on, I watched someone else ride her and said I'll take her. I must have ridden 50 horses in the last 8 months or so and I can usually tell in the first 5 minutes if it's a horse I'll be seriously interested in. I drove more than an hour and a half to see a horse that looked and sounded really nice. When I got there they were already riding the horse and had him in a dripping, lathered up sweat. If I hadn't of driven so far I would have turned around and walked away. Those people must have thought I was a total moron.
Morning:)
Becky
I'm always leery of a horse that has been riden when I got there, sorta figure it's been riden down so we'll have a safe ride. When I sell horses, I always let the buyer go get it out and tack it up so they will know exactly how hard it is or isn't to catch, saddle, etc.