Hello folks,
I've just spent today seeing parts of Ireland I didn't know existed,
going further south than I've ever been before - to Cork, no less, and
back in the one day (not to be recommended). The reason: a mercy
mission to rescue some spanish horses which an eejit with more money
than sense imported with the intention of setting up a breeding empire
(in a country which is a. glut-full of horses already and b. is only
interested in showjumpers and racehorses) and making a mint from
selling spanish horses to Irish men (Gods, the thought alone....).

Anyway, to make a long story short, this guy bought top quality stock
- these are nice animals, all apto (approved for breeding in Spain).
One mare's breeding is the Military Stud in Jerez, another mare is
bred to bull fight. There's a dark brown stallion too, which yer man
paid 20k for - he is beautiful.

Now, when I say these are nice animals, you have to squint and ignore
the protruding bones. Nobody told this guy he had to feed them - I'm
sure I don't need to elaborate. So, after being given a dose of
reality re how small the market is for these specialist horses and
that even the meat man wouldn't take them in their current condition,
Mr. Eejit has decided to be sensible and has enlisted my display horse
trainer friend to move the stock on. Problem: she already rescued two
lovely grey stallions from this guy last year (he saw them pulling a
carriage in Malaga, bought them, a jeep and trailer, and brought them
home. After a while, he couldn't understand why they no longer could
pull him up the hill near his home - poor things were weak as
kittens.), and has another two display horses of her own. So has no
room to take on all these beasties full time.

SO. Opportunity of a lifetime for someone to acquire quality spanish
horses at about 1/4 their value. None of the horses is emaciated
beyond recovery, although nothing has any muscle and you'd be best to
turn em out till next year.

If you or anyone you know might be interested, or if anyone has Ad
Hill's email (in case she knows anyone who might be), please email me
at babbling  at  eircom.net

Cheers
Carol

On 26 Aug, 00:45, Babbling  wrote:
> Hello folks,
> I've just spent today seeing parts of Ireland I didn't know existed,
> going further south than I've ever been before - to Cork, no less, and
> back in the one day (not to be recommended). The reason: a mercy
> mission to rescue some spanish horses which an eejit with more money
> than sense imported with the intention of setting up a breeding empire
> (in a country which is a. glut-full of horses already and b. is only
> interested in showjumpers and racehorses) and making a mint from
> selling spanish horses to Irish men (Gods, the thought alone....).
>
> Anyway, to make a long story short, this guy bought top quality stock
> - these are nice animals, all apto (approved for breeding in Spain).
> One mare's breeding is the Military Stud in Jerez, another mare is
> bred to bull fight. There's a dark brown stallion too, which yer man
> paid 20k for - he is beautiful.
>
> Now, when I say these are nice animals, you have to squint and ignore
> the protruding bones. Nobody told this guy he had to feed them - I'm
> sure I don't need to elaborate. So, after being given a dose of
> reality re how small the market is for these specialist horses and
> that even the meat man wouldn't take them in their current condition,
> Mr. Eejit has decided to be sensible and has enlisted my display horse
> trainer friend to move the stock on. Problem: she already rescued two
> lovely grey stallions from this guy last year (he saw them pulling a
> carriage in Malaga, bought them, a jeep and trailer, and brought them
> home. After a while, he couldn't understand why they no longer could
> pull him up the hill near his home - poor things were weak as
> kittens.), and has another two display horses of her own. So has no
> room to take on all these beasties full time.
>
> SO. Opportunity of a lifetime for someone to acquire quality spanish
> horses at about 1/4 their value. None of the horses is emaciated
> beyond recovery, although nothing has any muscle and you'd be best to
> turn em out till next year.
>
> If you or anyone you know might be interested, or if anyone has Ad
> Hill's email (in case she knows anyone who might be), please email me
> at babbling  at  eircom.net
>
> Cheers
> Carol

Hi, have printed this off and will take it to my YO tonight, he is a
dealer and if the price is right he is always interested and does buy
often from Ireland, can't promise anything though

Cheers

J

On Aug 26, 12:59 pm, "babypink2...@googlemail.com"
 wrote:
> On 26 Aug, 00:45, Babbling  wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hello folks,
> > I've just spent today seeing parts of Ireland I didn't know existed,
> > going further south than I've ever been before - to Cork, no less, and
> > back in the one day (not to be recommended). The reason: a mercy
> > mission to rescue some spanish horses which an eejit with more money
> > than sense imported with the intention of setting up a breeding empire
> > (in a country which is a. glut-full of horses already and b. is only
> > interested in showjumpers and racehorses) and making a mint from
> > selling spanish horses to Irish men (Gods, the thought alone....).
>
> > Anyway, to make a long story short, this guy bought top quality stock
> > - these are nice animals, all apto (approved for breeding in Spain).
> > One mare's breeding is the Military Stud in Jerez, another mare is
> > bred to bull fight. There's a dark brown stallion too, which yer man
> > paid 20k for - he is beautiful.
>
> > Now, when I say these are nice animals, you have to squint and ignore
> > the protruding bones. Nobody told this guy he had to feed them - I'm
> > sure I don't need to elaborate. So, after being given a dose of
> > reality re how small the market is for these specialist horses and
> > that even the meat man wouldn't take them in their current condition,
> > Mr. Eejit has decided to be sensible and has enlisted my display horse
> > trainer friend to move the stock on. Problem: she already rescued two
> > lovely grey stallions from this guy last year (he saw them pulling a
> > carriage in Malaga, bought them, a jeep and trailer, and brought them
> > home. After a while, he couldn't understand why they no longer could
> > pull him up the hill near his home - poor things were weak as
> > kittens.), and has another two display horses of her own. So has no
> > room to take on all these beasties full time.
>
> > SO. Opportunity of a lifetime for someone to acquire quality spanish
> > horses at about 1/4 their value. None of the horses is emaciated
> > beyond recovery, although nothing has any muscle and you'd be best to
> > turn em out till next year.
>
> > If you or anyone you know might be interested, or if anyone has Ad
> > Hill's email (in case she knows anyone who might be), please email me
> > at babbling  at  eircom.net
>
> > Cheers
> > Carol
>
> Hi, have printed this off and will take it to my YO tonight, he is a
> dealer and if the price is right he is always interested and does buy
> often from Ireland, can't promise anything though
>
> Cheers
>
> J- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks Julie,
MAke sure your dealer knows these aren't Irish horses - they're
Andalusian PRE which just happen to be in Ireland. Poor sods

Babbling wrote:
> MAke sure your dealer knows these aren't Irish horses - they're
> Andalusian PRE which just happen to be in Ireland. Poor sods

Working on the basis that the Wreck probably has more readers even from the 
UK it might be worth putting the same on there.
Good luck and good job both of you.
I would LURVE One but not going there
:)
Will you have any pics anytime?

-- 
regards
Jill Bowis

Domestic Poultry and Waterfowl Solutions
Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine Nursery
Seasonal Farm Food
http://www.kintaline.co.uk

"Babbling"  wrote in message 
news:88e5778c-9bd7-48f3-898e-d5c3b6edffdc@v57g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> Hello folks,
<snip sad story of gross ignorance and incompetance and greed.....>

Yes, I'd love one... but have not got space or time at the moment for any 
more horses!  Such a pity.
I do hope you manage to find good homes for them.

Have the mares been broken to ride at all, or are they just brood mares? 
(Or did he buy maiden mares, just to compound the idiocy??)  Piccies and 
details of ages, heights, colours etc would be helpful....

Cheers
Alison.

Good news folks,
1 stallion has found a home, and there is an offer on the table for
the other. One of the mares hopefully has somebody interested in her,
which leaves one mare, currently with foal at foot. She's grey (white
really), about 15.1 and around 5 I think - I only saw these yesterday
and it's my friend who knows the whole background. She's going for a
vet checkup, as we suspect she has foaled with an unopened Caslick's,
and she has horrendous rainscald all over her upper body. She's
terribly sweet though, and her colt foal is a stunner. He's about 3-4
months old, and will be dark grey. Both have great movement (by which
I mean true spanish movement - round, high action, with great
engagement behind - they don't have the extended paces you see on
warmbloods). I understand they can be sold together or separately.

My friend has photos of all in their current condition, and of the
remaining stallion as he was when he first arrived from Spain. I think
he's broken only to drive - has fabulously high knee action. I don't
know about the remaining mare's training, but it's likely she's not
broken as the spanish don't usually ride mares (centre of gravity is
wrong, they say).

Carol

On Aug 26, 5:14 pm, " Jill"  wrote:
> Babbling wrote:
> > MAke sure your dealer knows these aren't Irish horses - they're
> > Andalusian PRE which just happen to be in Ireland. Poor sods
>
> Working on the basis that the Wreck probably has more readers even from the
> UK it might be worth putting the same on there.
> Good luck and good job both of you.
> I would LURVE One but not going there
> :)
> Will you have any pics anytime?
>
> --
> regards
> Jill Bowis
>
> Domestic Poultry and Waterfowl Solutions
> Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine Nursery
> Seasonal Farm Foodhttp://www.kintaline.co.uk

Thanks Jill for the suggestion. Hadn't thought of the Wreck at all. My
friend has pics, which can be emailed to anyone who is interested.
Carol