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    [RC] Selling horses - Andrea Day


    I don't sell horses well because I tend to look for the "perfect home" and thankfully, I think all of the horses I have sold have (eventually)found their match with their ideal owner.

    I did attempt to sell one mare on a 30 day trial--and I'll NEVER do that again! The proposed buyer took the mare, rode her, and sometime around the third week took her to a vet who declared her lame and not a candidate for an endurance horse. The woman brought her back and told me in detail that she just didn't "click" with the mare, along with that explaination, she gave me a very casual mention of the vet's assessment. The woman then proceeded to tell EVERYONE in the local horse community about my "useless" wannabe endurance prospect. There went any chance of a sale to an endurance home!

    Fortunately, I had a girlfriend that I foisted the horse on as a
    "temporary" mount, since I thought they were a good match personality-wise. She wound up buying the mare, and a couple thousand miles later, and two years completion of the Sandy Barr award, the mare is still chugging away at endurance rides. As a matter of fact, as I follow this horse down the trail, watch her eat and drink everything in sight, finish rides without looking like she even went five miles, and actually GAIN weight on a ride, I'm beginning to wonder why I sold her.......


    I'll continue to try to find the best match for the horses I sell, and I will even give a thirty day trial. But the horse will be vetted prior to leaving the property, and the full payment will be held in escrow until the buyer declares that they will keep the horse, or until the same vet declares the horse to have been returned in a sound and usable condition. I will make sure the buyer understands that if anything happens to the horse while off my property, then consider it sold.

    I have no idea why the mare went lame originally or why the vet didn't think she'd make an endurance horse. My friend takes pride in the fact that many vets have commented favorably on her horse's conformation. A situation such as I described above could have meant the complete loss of a sale if not the return of a totally lame and damaged horse.

    Maybe selling horses is like selling bananas--both products are perishable and they're tough to sell again if they've been mishandled.

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