£10000 to spend on horse and tack ? what do u think?

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If you had £10000 to spend on horse and tack to go along side your horse ,which hopefully soon i will which i am very gratefull for the opportunitie what would you look at getting something with great potential to do well or something that has done well but maybe not at the top i have seen two horses i really really like one is proven won loads amateur , disco , newcomers ect... loads of miles on the clock,
Or for the same price something for same money only 1yr younger that has the potential to do grand prix but only been too a few shows placed everytime, I cant decide what todo i think i will go look at both and just see how they feel ! just wanted your opionions ................................................

http://www.horsedeals.co.uk/horsedetails.aspx?horseid=25593

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www.horsemart.co.uk (REF HM713H1FF)
 
If you have the riding capabilities i'd buy the one with the bigger potential and bring it on, it you don't have the riding capabilities i'd buy a more experience one to gain experience.

Sorry pc playing up so couldn't look at the two you like.
 
Ditto what Boss said, big jump on that one. I'd be looking for one that has scope to go further but that has done a bit already. Having £10,000 doesn't mean you need to buy a horse up to that amount. Buy one that you're comfortable with.

Then again, who can say no to a spanish horse
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http://www.spanishhorsequest.com/index.php?id=327
 
I really like the chestnut but it depends how capable you are as a rider. Is the more experienced on able to compete at the level you want, or are you really wanting to try aim for the classes the chestnut (may) have the potential for?
You could always try them both and ones similar and go for the one you like and get on with not just the one who is better on paper.

I agree with BH, just because you have this amount of money doesn't mean you have to spend it all.
 
I have a good trainer and i have been jumping my horse british novice and disco through the winter allthough i wont be jumping the britsh novice with him this year so this horse will probably start at the same level disco newcomers i love the chestnut too! what a jump ! well i will let you know how i get on and post pics of new pony when it arrive fingers crossed xx
 
I would go for something a bit more experienced tbh. If you're only jumping Discovery atm with your horse, you might struggle to bring a novice horse up through the grades when you've not had experience at them yourself.

Also don't forget that the higher level you compete at, the more money its going to cost, so you might want to save some of the cash for the competing.
 
If you want to do Dis and New this year then you want something with the scope and potential but been produced carefully as not to win too much money to quickly so your not going to be put out of those classes too quickly. With our horses we always go for the steady double clears rather than the win, to keep their money down whilst jumping BN through to Fox, as its is very easy to put a talented horse out of the classes you want to do. That why when I looking at a horse to buy i'm always more impressed by the number of Double Clears it has in what classes than the amount of money it has won, until they go out of Fox then I look at the type of classes it been placed in.
The only one I know at present is a very well bred 5yo been jumping BN and Dis but heaps of scope to go along way, they not advertised it yet so they may have changed their mind on selling, i'll have to ask.
 
The mare is super
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Definitly recommend-another girl on a different forum was her owner and this person's had her over a year but is now not going to continue riding.

With old owner she was placed every time out, and very genuine
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Jumped fox easily.
 
For £10k I would buy a new kitchen and bathroom and pay someone to lay my decking! Then go on holiday for a week.

In all seriousness the chestnut was stunning, someone put a post n here recently about that horse, I think it was about it's unusual markings.

I know of 2 horses around that price. Both Geldings. The dark bay is 17.3 and absolutely gorgeous it is jumping big fences, think it will be doing Portsmouth and Southsea show. A very good horse and has amazing paces for dressage. Don't know much about the other, but equally jumping big stuff. Let me know if you would like the telephone number.
 
The chestnut was too cheap anyway and it also looks like they have put something red in front of the filler to make it jump big.
 
DEFFO DEFFO the mare - the difference in technicality between Disco and Newcomers alone is worth noting. The mare can take you places and let you have loads of fun - TBH I am rather interested in her myself
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Your best bet would be to spend 8 k on a horse for you and spend the other 2k on a horse for me........
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thats just what I wanted to say LOL.
 
They're both nice horses, but both very different too. The mare has been there and done it. She has a record that suggests that she *could* be worth a lot more than the £8k being asked for her. I'm also a little confused as to why she has been jumping 1.20m tracks (Performance Qualifiers etc) and yet has also just been qualified for the 90cms Ams
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Something doesn't quite add up....perhaps she has lost her confidence, or perhaps she was taken to the higher levels by a pro rider who decided she wouldn't go any further, and just maybe she isn't the simplest of rides. I don't know really, i'm just speculating, but on paper she looks good
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I'll not waste time commenting on the chestnut as it's already sold....but it does look like it has a nice pop in it. Again though it seems too cheap
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wow, I think the bay is better, infact, I really not keen on chestnut, something about her jump I don't like. Keep us updated, sound like your doing most members dream shop!!
 
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I would go for something a bit more experienced tbh. If you're only jumping Discovery atm with your horse, you might struggle to bring a novice horse up through the grades when you've not had experience at them yourself.

Also don't forget that the higher level you compete at, the more money its going to cost, so you might want to save some of the cash for the competing.

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I broke my horse in and have took it threw the levels ! my boyf is paying for it paying for keep and entries ect xx
 
Thankyou for all your help i am going to go see the bay mare this is what she emailed when i asked for more info

I've had her a year and 4 months, with her previous owner she jumped
foxhunters regularly and was pretty much established at those, was ready to
go onto 1.25's and YR's but I became ill twice so she did very very little
last year, I restarted her in about march/beginning of April 07 and as I'm
getting back into it I've just done 1.10's with her. She's a very balanced
rythemical horse, very easy to ride. She has bags of potential, she would be
an ideal young rider's horse, we've never tested her above 1.25 but her
previous owners schooled her regularly round 1.40 courses. I'm really
looking for a younger less experienced horse that I can bring up through the
classes to get me back into it as Maddi really needs to be out jumping the
big tracks now which is why she's for sale. She's spooky, but she NEVER
spooks at fences, I've never once known her to look at jumps, jumps water
trays etc. no problem. Not sure if there's anything else you want to know,
that's all I can think of at the moment.
more pics it the big bay mare
http://www.jumpoff.co.uk/picgalleries2005.htm

It is strange now its jumping smaller tracks ???
 
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i know a lovely stunning 15.1hh grey tbxwelsh gelding, 12 years old, with potential to be jumping 1.20m tracks. £5000. let me know sam!

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your not selling flintie babes u couldnt ! i would if you thought boyf would be able to hack on him boyfs only requirements are its good looking and he can hack over water park on it !
 
Yes but despite that, as Weezy said, there is a big technical difference between Disc. and Newcomers, and Newcomers and Fox! I just don't think it is wise to buy a green horse to take up the levels when you haven't had experience there yourself. Much better to buy something thats been there done that and you can have fun with!
 
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Yes but despite that, as Weezy said, there is a big technical difference between Disc. and Newcomers, and Newcomers and Fox!

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I'm sorry, but I don't think there is a big difference in technicality between these classes
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They all have to include a double and combination, or at least two doubles. The only real difference other than the height of the fences is the requirement to have a water tray and/or water jump in a NC and a Fox
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That,s not a vast difference imo...
 
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Yes but despite that, as Weezy said, there is a big technical difference between Disc. and Newcomers, and Newcomers and Fox!

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I'm sorry, but I don't think there is a big difference in technicality between these classes
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They all have to include a double and combination, or at least two doubles. The only real difference other than the height of the fences is the requirement to have a water tray and/or water jump in a NC and a Fox
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That,s not a vast difference imo...

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But you have to be far more accurate to a fence in a fox due to the height and width- newcomers you can get a away with a bit of a duff stride, I dont think you can in a fox. Thats what puts me off jumping fox on Moon for the moment!
 
I would have thought that there are more related distances etc in Newcomers and Fox - and also that with the increased fence size you have to be properly setting the horse up on a stride, where at the lower levels its not so important?
 
In my experience there are no more or less related distances in a BN than in a Fox, and anyway, to a certain extent they help you by setting you up automatically if the stride is true and the rhythm right.

Yes, there is less room for error at a bigger fence, but that doesn't make the course itself more technical, it simply requires a more consistent rhythm around the course.

I'm perhaps not being very clear, but to me technicality is increased with half strides and more complex lines, not height
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Well I guess I could be wrong then, but I would just have thought you do have to be a better rider to ride at fox than BN, and therefore experience at that level on an experienced horse would help?

A novice horse with an inexperienced rider is surely more likely to make mistakes and lose confidence.
 
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