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She has a couple of sheep, so the mare wouldn't totally be alone and there are a lot of horses in the area where she lives. To be honest, with this mare, I don't think she would bother about living alone, she's a pretty well balanced girl.

What about her taking two? Maybe that would be an option and I do have another horse which she could have.
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I think this is an excellent idea! - tell her that the horse needs a companion and sell her two of them - I bet she will buy it! - Get her to read Mark Rashid's book its so involving, she won't be able to argue!
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The other horse is a lovely reg. Appaloosa, a very good trail horse too who should be worth a pretty penny ..... if he wasn't unsound. She has ridden him before and really wanted to buy him, immediately before one of my boarders borrowed him and brought him home broken
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I wouldn't sell him then, although she was still prepared to take the risk on him. Now I would sell him for 500 bucks or maybe just give him to her as a companion while I wait for him to recover and by then she can find herself her own companion horse.

Thank you everyone! You've all been a great help. Will let you know how it goes - hopefully she should be around tomorrow, if not I'll leave her a message.
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Ohh i think you have solved your own problem keep a share in her is a perfect idea, then at the least she owns her less a slight percent, so a perfect answer all round.

Especially if she is a lovely lady she will understand your reasons.

Good luck.
 
I agree with your latest plan
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Do let us know the outcome!
 
I will. Thank you.
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PS. See the signature worked eh? And you have become more chatty too. I hope you are having a lot more fun on here now.
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QR i often wonder about these buy back clauses. what if you sell a perfectly sound riding horse for 3000. if it goes permanetly lame for example and they want to sell it, would you have to pay back the 3000 or do you only pay market value?
same if you sell it for 3000 and it end ups winning badminton or something, do you still only have to pay the 3000?
sorry i can't help Tia, I might if i knew the above
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Could you sell a 50% share of her for 1300 so you continue to have half ownership in her. That way she can then spend the rest of the money she has on one of your other horses, you still retain partial control of her and she can't just be sold on without you being involved.

Could be a perfect solution?
 
I was tempted to say 3,000 as she'd still be cheap, now I'm not so sure as you say she's a lovely person who would give your mare a nice home. What about £2500, include a buy back clause and loan her the other horse as a companion until it's sound enough to be ridden?
 
If this were me, given that the mare has more than repaid her purchase price and more than earned her keep - and the lady is really nice and a friend and would look after her well - I would sell her the mare for a very low price (1800 or so) and give her the companion-horse free to keep the mare company.

If you are generous to people, they tend to be generous back, so I'm sure there would be no problem if she ever had to sell and you wanted to buy the mare back.
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