09/03/2026
I’m going to say this once, publicly, because I will NOT stay quiet when a horse’s history is being misrepresented in a way that could get a child hurt.
The pony in these screenshots is the same mare that bucked me off one month ago. That wreck resulted in an arterial dissection and strokes on both sides of my brain. I lost part of my vision, spent time in the hospital, and have spent the last month recovering.
I owned this mare before her current owner. Her history and the circumstances of my wreck were fully disclosed when she left my possession.
Now, after being with her current owner for roughly three weeks, she is being advertised as a “good solid pony that would make a youth or small adult happy” and people are being encouraged to “come let your kiddo fall in love.”
Absolutely not.
I am not saying this mare is worthless, evil, or incapable of being a useful horse. She is handy. She has worked cattle. She has plenty of ability. In the right hands, she may have a job and do it well.
But HANDY DOES NOT MEAN KID SAFE.
And three weeks of good rides does not erase what happened a month ago.
Horses are horses. Even the safest ones can have bad days, and anyone buying one assumes some level of risk. But there is a HUGE difference between acknowledging that risk and knowingly leaving out recent, serious history while marketing a horse toward children.
If an experienced adult wants the whole story and decides this mare is worth the risk for them, that is their decision. But a parent deserves the whole truth before putting their child in that saddle.
I don’t care if speaking up makes me unpopular. I don’t care if it costs someone a sale. And I don’t care if I’m told it’s “not my horse anymore.”
I know what happened. I know what was disclosed. And I will not sit quietly and watch this mare be represented as a youth horse without saying something.
Sell horses. Make money. Find them jobs that suit them. But for the love of God, tell the truth about them. A sale is never worth somebody’s kid getting hurt.
