Recent content by Hawkings

Hi, would you mind PM-ing me about your experience at Newbrook? I’m looking to move my horse away from their current retirement livery due to the same concerns a poster above has mentioned. It’s so difficult knowing who to actually trust!

I think this is what I’ll probably do - I just needed some clarity on it all. Just to be clear I would always offer the loaner first refusal, I don’t want to go back on my word on that, it’s just that I might have to reconsider the price. Ironically if she was better at...

I appreciate all the replies, thank you! Lots of things for me to think about. I understand the loaner would be upset, I just think I was perhaps too generous in my original offer. We have had a chat about her personal life but communication hasn’t gotten any better, and I’ve started to feel...

Thank you, yes that’s the risk I’d be taking by putting him into sales livery as I know how quickly any profit could be eaten into if he doesn’t sell. Hence why I’m unsure. At the time of putting him on loan it suited my circumstances but as time has gone on life has...

That’s correct the loaner has first refusal. We don’t have anything set in stone, I mentioned about a year ago that I may sell in the next couple of years but would always offer him to her first. This was back in the days where she kept me up to date on things... I gave her a rough...

I have a schoolmaster gelding out on long term loan, who I’m thinking of selling. He’s worth around £6k at market value, and a friend of mine who does selling livery believes she could sell him fairly quickly to a decent home. My dilemma is that I offered him to the loaner first a while ago...