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#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#ditto!#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#SP - No one was trying to insult you or your horse... it's just dangerous grounds to leave out the fact that a horse is green. Mopar WAS green, there is NO way I would even consider putting a novice rider on him... sometimes I wondered if I wanted to get on him myself LOL... he was capable of doing the things I mentioned but he wasn't very confident doing them, he needed help from an experienced rider to guide him through what you wanted him to do. Trust me, that horse was green, he needed many, many more miles put on him before I would consider him 'trained' or 'experienced'. #ed_op#BR#ed_cl#Having said all that, I agree with your point that Cnigh should maybe put in her ad exactly what the horse can do. As Chenders said green to one person means something different than to another. There are different kinds of green... #ed_op#BR#ed_cl##ed_op#BR#ed_cl#For example: Mopar may have been able to do more than Harvey can right now because he had more training on him and he was older BUT I would more likely put a less experienced rider on Harvey over Mopar because of her attitide that you have described, she's easy going, not spooky etc. Mopar could be nervous and explosive when he got handed too much, he was spooky and jumpy... he was honest as the day is long but also lazy and liked a good fight.... when he was scared he was also a power house and for a less experienced rider would not be safe.... SO, you may consider Harvey more green than Mopar, he was a different kind of green, he didn't have that laid back 'come what may' attitude that your girl seems to have... and when he got confused he got upset... #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#BR#ed_cl#Anyway... I wasn't trying to start a fight... JMHO that any 3 1/2 yr old horse IS green and it would be 'false advertising' to state anything less.. BUT in an ad to lease any green horse, your right, it would be wise to state everything the horse can do along with it's attitude and personality because it makes a HUGE difference to who's looking #ed_op#BR#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#horsemad! wrote:#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Wow, SP... a little touchy? #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#
#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#0060bf#ed_cl#That is what I meant. There are so many different 'types' of green, and can mean so many different things to different people. I still consider Harvey AND Dream 'green' in terms of what they know. However both are confident in their jobs and what they are asked to do. While they are both green I don't consider them 'unsafe'. Where as usually (maybe stereotyping) when I look at horse ads, i see "green" and turn away, because right away i associate that with "unsafe" or "dangerous."#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#0060bf#ed_cl#And my intentions were not 'snarky'. #ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#Dee22 wrote:#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Anyway... I wasn't trying to start a fight... JMHO that any 3 1/2 yr old horse IS green and it would be 'false advertising' to state anything less.. BUT in an ad to lease any green horse, your right, it would be wise to state everything the horse can do along with it's attitude and personality because it makes a HUGE difference to who's looking #ed_op#BR#ed_cl#
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