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Re: [RC] selling horses - steelsidedownWell, looking at both sides.........As a buyer, there is no market for Arabs or (endurance horses for that matter) in my area. Spirited Arabians (anything too energetic for a lesson pony) are free to $1500. Thus I don't expect to pay any more for a sound, green/unbroke, prospect. However, a completley trained, lightly campaigned mount, I expect to pay twice that, maybe more for an exceptional horse (attitude, ability, or conformation). However, I've been riding babies a few years ;-) and can appreciate someone else's hard work. As a seller, I want to get a fair price for the horse, be sure the horse is in a good home, and most important, not lose money. To be fair, it costs around $500 to take a horse to a ride. So maybe offer the horse for sale now at $1500, then increase the price with the horse's experience. Of course realizing not many riders want an "over campaigned" horse or can afford one. Just my opinion! Jen ----- Original Message ----- From: <nickiyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:19 PM Subject: [RC] selling horses My husband wanted me to post this question to ridecamp. This post is not to try to sell a horse but is about buying or selling endurance horses in general. We always have multiple horses for sale on our farm (with 40 horses on the place it is hard not to!). The majority of calls and emails we get from endurance folks are from people wanting a 15+H gelding that has completed several 50's with no issues - bonus if they have top tenned. We have these for sale, now for the problem, they want them for $1000-1500. Saddly we don't have those!! What we do have are horses that are green broke with excellent endurance bloodline (proven lines) in this price range. They are not currently conditioned and completing rides. They need finishing and further training. When we mention these horses to people they have no interest. Since we are not going to sell the horses that have already proven they can do 50s and even 100s for $1000 - our question is this.....would endurance riders rather pay $1500 for a green prospect or would more people be willing to pay $3500 once we spend a year conditioning and getting the horse through some rides and have proven they are capable. The particular horse in question is a 9 year old mare, very well bred for endurance, broke to ride but has been a broodmare for the past several years. She has no issues other than being green. We have 6 other riding horses that are currently doing 50's and 100's and with both of us having full time jobs we really don't have time to ride another. My opinion is that endurance folks are not going to pay enough to make it worth our while to ride her to the point of taking her to some rides (I'd rather ride the others that are already going). My husband wants to start riding her (with all our free time!) and see what we could get for her then. We can sell her right now as a broodmare or trail horse for $1000-1500. We want to downsize and this is one of the horses that needs to go so ...... do we sell her CHEAP as is or do we condition her and try to sell her for enough more to make it worth feeding her for the next 6-12 months? I am as cheap as the next person but when I go to look at a $1000-1500 horse I don't expect it to have done anything in endurance. I expect to have to condition and train and then find out what I have. If the horse was $1500 and had finished some 50's, I would wonder what was wrong with it. Nicki =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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