Hang on tight everyone, about to make some one mad I’m sure!
Everyone loves to side eye the horse trader. You know, the person who does this for a living. Buys, sells, hauls, vets, feeds, fixes, markets, and somehow still answers messages at 11:47pm. “Why do they have so many horses for sale?” “Why don’t they keep any?” “What’s wrong with it?”
But nobody ever asks why Sally is selling her beloved heart horse.
The one she swore she’d have forever.
The one that “owes her nothing.”
The one with 400 photos, a scrapbook, and a name that has a backstory.
Because when Sally sells, it’s “life changes.”
When a trader sells, it’s “red flags.”
Funny how that works.
Here’s the thing - people who sell horses for a living usually would love to keep one or two. But that’s not how businesses work. You don’t fall in love with inventory, you fall in love with paying your bills, feeding the rest of the barn, and keeping the lights on. Everything stays for sale because everything has a job.
Meanwhile, when a private seller lists their once in a lifetime soulmate… nobody asks questions. Nobody wonders why the horse suddenly needs a “new direction.” Nobody asks if it bucked, bolted, went lame, scared them, or simply outgrew the owner’s confidence.
But let a trader post a quiet, sound, broke horse and suddenly the internet turns into the FBI.
The irony?
If something does go wrong, the trader is usually the one with contracts, references, vet records, hauling experience, and a reputation to protect.
Sally just deletes the post.
But sure.
Tell me again how the professional is the sketchy one.
Also, don’t do it. Just share. Stop copy and posting stuff you didn’t write.