Safecobs
Cassiejane
Cassiejane
them as I'm looking for a nice safe horse at the moment.
So if anyone knows anything about them I would appreciate it.
Cassie
Jill.
> Does anyone have any experience with Safecobs.com
knowing nothing about them at all but simply judging on the website
There is lots of fluffy babble which says absolutely nothing - promises the
world that cannot be relied on.
There is no name - no address - no credentials -
A glorified dealer of very ordinary cobs probably picked up for a song at
auctions.
I wouldn't touch with a barge pole.
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The horses look overpriced for what they are.
At leat they admit they're purchased in Ireland (probably for < £500)
so shows some honesty on that point ....
Only you can define what it is that you want in a horse, age,
ambitions, etc.
Have you considered having a horse on 'loan' from the RSPCA or the ILPH
? They have nice horses, reschooled and you can have them for 'life' or
until your circumstances change.
You get the satisfaction of giving a horse a loving home and yet having
no financial outlay in purchasing the horse. Worth asking the ILPH as
for every horse they put out on loan it means room for them to take in
a needy case.
....and you won't be putting money into the pockets of dealers who
don't have the 'guts' to put name and address on their website.
Newshound
a rather tatty field and casual dealer as a very green 3 yo. Undoubtedly
came from Ireland. And she's been a brilliant horse, very popular with the
keen teenage girls when she was on working livery at one yard, but also
perfect for me as a happy hacker who started in his 50's. Wife is about to
use her at RDA. Daughter back from Uni will be taking her to local shows. My
rule for buying horses, look everywhere and take an expert with you unless
you are one. (I married mine).
S
Newshound
Jenny Delaney
> P.S. these Safecobs look pretty skinny to me......
>
Definitely for Irish cobs. My cob is very much at the stocky end of the
line, but I was rather surprised at that lot. My incredibly non-horsey
husband took one look at one of them and said "that's too leggy to be a
cob, surely".
I grew up with Irish cobs. I *am* Irish. I know what in my day was
called a cob and I wouldn't call any of those horses an Irish cob. A
British one, maybe, but to me an Irish cob is one you can set a bomb off
under and they won't blink (they can be little buggers when you're in
the saddle, but on the ground they're complete sweeties.)
Peggy was advertised to me as an Irish cob. She's not - definitelly got
Shire in her breeding and probably Fell.
But when my mother saw her she said "you've bought Blossom!" (Blossom,
aka Blobby, being the riding school pony I took to pony club camp.)
My response was "why do you think I bought her? I know exactly where I
can control her and what situations not to take her into."
Incidentally, why do they say that Rosie, described as safe and
dependable, would be best placed with a family who have experience of
owning horses?
My little nag is someone I absolutely trust on the ground - when it
comes to friends' kids visiting her, I give them a couple of basic horse
ground rules and she basks in adoration. The kids don't need horse
experience, Peggy teaches it to them very safely.
Jenny
Andrea S
first had him. He cost me £1500 and he is the safest most lovable boy in the
world. Oliver is very stocky too.
I would never part with him for anything even if he can be a plodder
sometimes.
Andrea.
Matzi
>> P.S. these Safecobs look pretty skinny to me......
I liked the look of rosie the back cob mare, right size etc..
price def high but to be honest I'd go and see before I passed judgement,
with an experienced person of course : )
and IF they're anything like as good as advertised then to be honest I'd pay
the money....at least with dealers you often have more legal comeback if
anything goes wrong.
Mand(2)
ps do they look thin? or just not over weight like many cobs I see?
I am I misinterpreting what people are meaning when they say thin?
Lucyloo
bit young and not having gone through the kevins yet, they are
generally what they are advertised as.
Jill.
Tell them to get their details on that website ASAP
It put up MAJOR red flags to me
If they are a business its a legal requirement I believe.
Horses and dealers and IRish -- sorry they need to be WAY up front to look
honest.
BC
coverage on quarters. Quite refreshing to see cobs that aren't
overweight for a change.
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Jenny Delaney wrote:
>
> Incidentally, why do they say that Rosie, described as safe and
> dependable, would be best placed with a family who have experience of
> owning horses?
maybe they think she deserves better then to be someone's "first
horsie" experiment ??
Tamara (over here) in TN
~E
> Does anyone have any experience with Safecobs.com
Nope, but those look like some seriously overpriced horses to me...
~E
Sue Rogers
"Newshound" <news...@fairadsl.co.uk> wrote:
Undoubtedly
> came from Ireland.
I wonder. Bet she came from England, Wales or Scotland but maybe got
shipped to Ireland and back at some point.
Plenty of safe, trustworthy, traffic-proof cob stock started life in
England on a tether, whether or not it's later sold as "Irish".
I've been to Ireland several times and never seen that many horses over
there, certainly no more than in England. Yet pick up any horse mag and
the for-sale pages are only ever full of "Irish" horses, never "English"
horses.
Sue Rogers
> take an expert with you unless
> you are one. (I married mine).
Hee hee, I like that!
Matzi
> Nope, but those look like some seriously overpriced horses to me...
> ~E
Again i think it come down to the fact that something anything is worth what
someone else will pay for it.
A good unspolit all rounder...not that easy to find! good horses that need
some work yes, but that doesn't always help those who are competant riders
but don't have the specific experience needed maybe to bring on horses. (how
i count myself these days)
plus i remember every tlaking about running up nad down the country looking
at horses..how much more would you be willing to pay for a good horse within
easy reach as aposed to looking for a cheeper one which might involve added
days off, fuel etc?
Corse i'm all theory lol never have own one of my own : )
Mand(2)
~E
> Again i think it come down to the fact that something anything is worth what
> someone else will pay for it.
Sure does... I just didnt find any of them very attractive looking physically.
Just not my type, I guess. If I wanted something safe and bombproof, I
think I'd go for one of the Fjord or Haflinger horses. They're dirt cheap over
here...
You can get a nice Fjord horse for about GBP1000 or so. I don't think they're
very popular in the UK though?
~E
Janej55uk
life! which I find mind blowing!
Rocky is 1/4 fjord 3/4 TB
Vermintrude
Don't have any experience of them personally, but they look no better
or no worse than any yard which takes container shipments from Ireland.
The trick is to find the ones who get the first drop-off as they have
the pick of the bunch.Of course, I may be being very cynical here -
they MAY source their own horses from Ireland and have them sent over,
but this is something you'd have to ask them.
Unless you really know what you're looking for, I'd avoid anything
that's been imported in the last 6 weeks and just had a quick wash and
trim and ignore the "has hunted in Ireland" as this means b*gger all:
i.e. has turned up at the meet, had its card marked and then been taken
off home pretty smartish. And the prices are way OTT - they may be just
a starting price for bargaining, but if you look around, you should be
able to get a fairly decent sort for £2500 max.
HTH
Susanne
Newshound
>> you are one. (I married mine).
>
> Hee hee, I like that!
A good decision (though not cheap). You might be right about my "Irish", but
she looks as though she had a hardish time as a youngster (hobbled and
probably smacked around the face). We guessed this might imply unsentimental
breeders/early owners. Someone told me there is some sort of
subsidy/payment for breeding in Eire and so quite a lot of "ordinary" cobs
get bred there which end up in England.
Newshound