Best of Craigslist: ‘A Cautionary Tale’ Edition

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Today’s edition: two saddle-for-sale ads that will make you grimace — but first, a friendly reminder that not everything you read on Craigslist is true.

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Reader Cory sent us the following note: “This is more a cautionary tale. In the link below you will see an ad for a nice ‘kids horse’ for sale…”

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2004 Appaloosa grade mare. Cassie is 10 years old, stocky and goes back to impressive in her breeding, being sold as grade as prior owner lost papers. Registered name is “Lady Tenacity” with the ApHC. She is a great husband/child safe horse. 100% sound and sane. New shoes 10/25/14, UTD on vaccinations, and just had her teeth floated. She was a rope horse at one point but I don’t rope so no clue how good she was. But she would make a great ranch horse, or would be perfect in a trail string or for a kids horse. She has spent a good portion of the last 2 months of hunting season in the mountains, highlines, hobbles and stands tied. Doesn’t spook at wildlife. She bathes, clips, crosses water and deadfall, loads and is fine with random motorized traffic. She is just not quite big enough for me. 3000 OBO.

Cory continues, “…My friend at one point thought about buying her, but the price was too steep. Now the person who bought her is reselling her, calling her a ‘kids horse.’ I have attached a picture from when my friend rode her showing she is clearly not a kids horse. (This was after about a month or two of my friend consistently riding her.) Be careful when buying a horse — some people aren’t completely truthful.”

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Husband/child safe horse? I dunno. Maybe if you’re not very fond of your husband…

Moving right along, Sally forwarded us this one:

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Close but no cigar. Looks like a nice belly guard girth though!

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This one is from JR:

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Let’s have a closer look at this “high quality” tack:

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Readers, if you run across an “interesting” ad in your Internet wanderings, send it our way! Email the link to [email protected]. Who knows – maybe you’ll help connect a horse with a safe, loving home. Go Riding.

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Friday Standing Ovation, Presented by Ovation Riding

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This week: Campbell’s Jump for the Cure.

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Each Friday Horse Nation teams up with Ovation Riding to spotlight an individual or organization that is doing good work in the horse world. This week we salute Campbell’s Jump for a Cure.

It’s awesome to see the equestrian community rallying around the cause of breast cancer awareness and research. Horse Nation has featured several of fundraising events: the Oxford Feed & Lumber’s Pink 50 Poker Prance (Elkton, Maryland); Tough Enough to Wear Pink (Hughson, California); and Horse Racing for the Cure (Collinsville, Illinois) to name a few.

We recently learned about Campbell’s Jump for a Cure, held Oct. 17-19 in Brandon, Manitoba. The show’s organizers kindly took a few moments to tell us about the inaugural event, which was by all accounts a huge success.

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$5,000 was the goal. Sisters, Bonnie and Kelly Campbell wanted to incorporate their love of horse shows with a cause close to their hearts, so they held the inaugural Campbell’s Jump for the Cure, a hunter/jumper show and breast cancer fundraiser. The result was overwhelming.

The duo started their own company, Campbell Horse Shows, in July with Beat the Heat Schooling Show designed for grassroots riders and green horses. The response to this show was so positive Bonnie and Kelly decided to host more shows in the fall. They decided to make this show a breast cancer fundraiser as they had lost their Aunt to breast cancer in June and this was their way of helping to find a cure.

They had 113 entries and each entry had to fundraise to be eligible to enter. The response was overwhelming for the girls. With the help of the competitors, supporters, raffles and draws (a trip for two to Las Vegas was given out) the event surpassed its goal and $10,000 was raised! It was an emotional Sunday afternoon when the total was announced as everyone was so proud of what the horse community did for this great cause. There were many breast cancer survivors and families at the show that have been affected by breast cancer and the Campbell duo received many compliments on the event and the amount of fundraising that was done.

Top fundraising prizes were given out: 17 years and under, Paige Helget, Ontario; 19 years and over, Sue Karashowsky, Brandon; trainer, Cassie Bolingbroke, Saskatchewan; and barn, The Dell Farm, Ontario. Laura Glover and Ivy Tufts cut their hair and generously donated it in honor of the horse show.

The show catered to all levels of riding, from groundrail in the hunters right up to 4’3” jumpers. It was a great venue for novice riders to get to see and interact with the experienced riders like Eric Martin who brought his open jumper to get ready for a big show in Calgary he was travelling to just two days after Jump for the Cure.

Visit www.campbellhorseshows.com or find Campbell Horse Shows on Facebook for more information and upcoming show dates, the next of which is Deck the Stalls Nov. 21-23 at the Keystone Center in Brandon, Manitoba.

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Go Riding!

Many thanks thanks to Ovation Riding for their support of both Horse Nation and individuals and organizations that are doing good work in the horse world. If you know someone who deserves a Standing Ovation, we would love to recognize them in a future post. Email the name of the person or organization along with a message about the good work they do to [email protected]. Photos/videos are always welcome, and include a link to their website if applicable.

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