Don't kill the messenger(hauler)...

...because he's not really there to be an equine appraiser. Years ago most of our horse packages were 6 or 8 horses cross country from breeding ranches or ranch moves or seasonal moves out of the weather...rather than one at a time internet purchases of horses that are seen only on video or less. All the guys and gals at Wings are lifetime horsemen and know a horse when they see one...but when we're contracted to drive across country to pick up your horse, our personal opinion of the horse doesn't come into play...and definitely is not part of our job. Your due diligence responsibility is assumed and the horse is presumed to be what you want...not to say that if the horse is unfit to travel or is clearly not the right horse... (literally...we ask you to provide a picture of your new horse...we always try to bring the right one across country:)... we will pick up the phone and chat with our client afar if something isn't right...Mitch ended up in the middle of the desert in the middle of the night presenting a Draft horse to the new owner...well, the cash on delivery turned into a personal check instantly...which (of course) was the last personal check we ever took...Yup, it was Mitch's fault that the horse looked older than the seller had claimed and Mitch was in some kind of conspiracy with the seller. I really do believe that if you consider the cost of travel to look at a distant horse...and you buy a lot of horses to make the averages work for you...and do some homework on the seller to get a warm and fuzzy feeling (or not)... it's a viable way to buy a nice horse. You can google the seller to within an inch of their life and even look at their farm from a sattelite...find their past transactions on the internet and call the previous buyers...use google's "street view" and zoom onto their licsense plates on their truck and...just kidding...sort of...anyway, do a bunch of homework on that horse and seller before you buy it...fly in for the pre-purchase vetting if you can afford it...make sure he's what you want so you'll love him completely for the rest of his/your life...and then let Wings go get him and bring him to you safe and sound...Kirk at Wings