skint wrote:
In my opinion the most you can really do is impress on the buyer that if they go to sell the horse you'd like to know about it first, and rely on their goodwill. Thee only way to retain control over a horse after it has physically left your care is to loan it out (I think you call it lease or free lease) and even then things can go wrong, horses disappear this way too. If you decide to sell your horse you have to accept that there is a risk (even for a nice well behaved animal) that horse may one day find itself with the meat man, the less biddable the horse, the greater the risk imho.
In total agreement with you. Word of mouth helps too, I have a horse out on loan with a family I know from growing up, they are not the most experienced horse people but I know they are a good family and look after their pets/kids and are eager to learn.