25K + For a horse

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This is cos of previous post about dressage horses and pricing them at 25K , if you bought one like that would you treat it like an ordinary horse, would you allow it in the field, hack it, or just school it for dressage ?
 
If I had that much money to spend on a horse then i would treat it like any other horse i have ever had, and hack it school it let it out in a field and enjoy it.
 
The horse I like may not be that price but if I was to purchase him or any horse like him I will treat him as I do the rest of my horses with daily turnout with one other, I do put over reach and 4 x brushing boots on whenever ridden or turned out.
 
My personal view is that constant training is not good for the mental health of the animal so yes, I would turn out, in company if possible, and hack, and even do a bit of jumping even if it was a good dressage horse.
Too many competition animals only know the arena and consequently if they don't make the grade, or when they start to slow down, cannot have a happy retirement as they have never been 'just' horses
 
No, I would have the horse of full livery whilst I was in the asylum for paying stupid amount for horse
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Seriously, though. I wouldn't treat the horse any different because what is the point of buying a semi decent horse if, instead of going out and making the most of it, it stays in with cotton wool around him.
 
I must admit I'd be scared to death, even if I had got the budget.

I couldn't have a horse that expensive on an ordinary yard. If I owned my own place and was in control of turnout, fencing, suitable company etc then I'd have to be a lady of leisure and watch it all day.

I would still turn out though, probably with an old pony that had no teeth or shoes!
 
We have a horse on the yard worth in excess of that - it is treated just like the rest yes.

However, if I was actually forking the money out myself, I'm not sure that I could keep it with the rest of the rag tag bunch. I would just be too nervous.
 
I would treat him/her the same as a £200 horse. I don't see how you can be more precious with a living creature just because you paid more for it?
 
I try to treat all my horses equal, but my best horse I must say I do pamper him. I panic when I turn him out and when I see another horse lash out at him and narrowly miss, I feel like running over and putting him in a stable with lots of bandages and rugs on LOL. I can see why all these top horses are kept very separate as it is so easy to damage something and get cuts and sprains, and when you;ve just spent that much It is just not worth it. When my horse was entire he was kept on the competition yard and he looked beautiful, he did not have a single scratch on him and his coat was perfect. Now he is gelded and turned out he regularly comes in with cuts and scrapes and covered in mud, but he is a much happier horse!
 
would definitely need my own land- but if you can spend £25K on a horse then you're very likely to have a nice equestrian property to go with it- have to turn it out as normal and hack etc, i couldn't bear the thought of a horse just existing for dressage competitions- horrible.
 
if you can afford that price for the horse then one assumes you can afford the appropriate insurance premium for the horse

therefore it should be treated like any normal horse - but obviously with the proviso that it is kept where there is't sagging barbed wire for fencing; known field companions that have previously kicked other horses so hard they've broken legs, etc etc

however I'd add that a lot of dressage horses at that price range have never in their lives actually BEEN treated like normal horses

they are used to a routine of school, box, horsewalker, lunge and are often unshod, never hacked and never turned out

so if the horse priced and bought for that amount of money is used to that sort of routine it may not actually COPE with a 'normal horse' routine and you may actually disturb/upset it by trying to hack it/chuck it outin a field/etc

there was a post here only today about a 17hh horse that couldn't be hacked 'cos it was dangerous to do so but was fine otherwise and was a dressage horse.....

so as usual there isn't a 'generic answer' to this question
 
There was a horse at my old yard worth around that figure and he was treated just the same as her other horses. They were all worth a lot of money but got turned out, hacked, jumped as well as schooled for dressage.
 
Not sure... I probably wouldn't turn him out with the certain geldings in our field that do a lot of biting and kicking (Oscar included) but other then that, they'd be treated the same... And that's only so it wouldn't be covered in bites at shows (you should see our lot - they look like they've had a fight with a mountain lion
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i agree miss huggy bear!! if i forked that amount out i would be rockin in a chair at the nuthouse!! the horse would be soooo wrapped in cotton wool
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well to be honest if i was that daft to pay that price then would make sure had adequate insurance and then turf it out with the others and treat it like my others have been treated
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if it wasnt used to it would treat it as it had been treated with previous owners
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Ah yes, insurance, insurance, insurance.


Now, would anyone, who perhaps have a horse of that value tell me how much the premium for fully comp is for said horse?
 
Have seen horses treated bery differently because of there value at a certain yard in sussex. They were both showjumpers and were turned out completely normally just like any of the others (allthough 2 main SJERS were turned out together

Worst part though had to be the name of these 2 horses One was called David the Other Beckam, just imagine watching people going to catch them shouting DAVID BECKHAM at the top of there voice !
 
I have one horse here at my livery yard who is worth over £100k. A dressage horse. But he is turned out on his own, admittedly next to others that he can scratch with over the fence. he is booted and turned out every day regardless of weather although his stable door is left open so he can come and go as he wants.
 
i dread to think what the premium would be!!! reckon you would need to re-mortgage just to afford the premium never mind what excess they would ask for!!!!
 
I wouldn't have a horse worth that amount! Even if I had millions, I just couldnt face owning a horse worth so much money, just like I wouldnt trust myself with a very expensive car!

Im very much into keeping my horses turned out in company 24/7, even my best horse (who is probably worth more than any other horse Ive ever owned in the past) lives out (rugged up to the eyeballs!). So if I HAD to have a horse worth a fortune I would still turn him out etc. but Id be very paranoid about it!! I probably wouldnt hack out though simply because Ive had quite a few 'incidents' hacking in the past so I hate hacking even my veteran for fear of them getting hurt!
 
I worked on a rehab yard once, looking after the horses there. Everything was fine until I calculated the total value of the horses in that week....millions...
Was then paralysed with fear for about 2days til I forgot and things went back to normal!
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We have at least 3 horses at my livery yard that were bought for 25K upwards, and one that was over 50K.

Luckily (or unluckily as the case may be) I don't have this issue as my horse was under 5K!!

I have to say that I don't think it is fair at all to give a horse a lesser life because YOU paid a lot for it. In my view the horse should be allowed to hack, be turned out and to enjoy a full varied life. Be sensible, of course, I am sensible with my boy and he is priceless to me but I don't wrap him in cotton wool. (I'd struggle to find a roll big enough I should think!!)
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I have a very young horse who boards on my farm and she is worth waaay in excess of this amount of money. I treat her exactly the same as all of the others; with kindness, care and attention. Yes she may well be worth more than all of the others put together but she doesn't know that.
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Exactly my sentiments Tia. The horse has not got a clue that he is valuable. All horses need to be treated as just that. 'HORSES' All of ours have a very normal life, turned out in two's in smaller paddocks. & yes they hack. However I have had several that just do not want to go out for more than 1 hr. It's too hot, too cold, too wet, too many flies. & they circle the gate. If thats there attitude then we bring them in. I dont believe there is any right or wrong way with regards to horses they are all quite individual.
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With proper daily turn out you are less likely to have injuries - at the farm I was at in KY all the stallions (some worth $40,000,000+) were turn out at night, yes the paddocks had rounded corners, they had a watchman 24 hours a day, etc but they were still out.

Even Barbaro was turned out after winning the Derby and before the Preakness - he was probably worth $25,000,000+ at that point, and proceeded to bomb around it bucking.
 
Insurance premiums for these horses are huge, and considering most owners have a number of top quality horses many are insured for a tiny amount of their worth, or not at all.
 
we have a horse worth around that value, he is treated the same as the rest in everyway apart from turn out. He is turned out alone, but next to his friends, he however will only stay out for as long has he wants to. He has never been out with others before we got him, so he's used to it. We bring him in when he circles the gate.

He is classed as 'the favourite' but i think thats down to him being a great character.

I think that we do worry about him more than the others but i think is only natural!
 
I bought one for significantly more than that last year and it's treated the same as anyother on the yard, and this one has to have a full life as its an event horse and (shock horror
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