A How much would you pay question (sorry!!)

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Asking on behalf of a friend.
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Right she has a pony on full loan for her daughter, owner wants to sell and she has made an offer that owner rejected.

- 11.2 welsh section A but no papers.
- 5 years old
- bright bay
- Pony is very green due to age. She is strong in the school and must be lunged before being ridden by the child whom is 6. I have ridden the said pony without lunging and she is strong and green. On a lead rein she is okay but is not what i would call a first pony.
- Mareish in season.
- Can be a pain to catch but okay with headcollar left on.
- Is also bad mannered but not nasty just hasnt been taught.
- Good to clip, groom etc but fidgets.
- She is not good in heavy traffic or with dogs and stresses when hacked alone, but will hack perfectly in company if ridden confidently or on a lead rein.
- No blemishes or marks and no known medical issues. A lovely pony to look at she is very pretty!
- She hasnt been shown etc but travels well and would make a nice PC pony once she has been worked with.

So, if this was the pony you had on loan for your daughter and your daughter loved the pony, whats the most you would pay for her?!
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Total stab in the dark but given the pony is quite difficult and also green I'd say £500 but up to £900 absolute max. Yes future potential can be taken into account when setting a price, but the price shouldn't be based on it, more so how the pony is at current.
 
Thanks

I will mention that my friend offered £600 for the pony at the most as she needs alot of work and she is not exactly the get on and go type which her nervous daughter needs. I think she could get a nice lead rein pony for £500-£600 and told her to offer £500 as I thought it would be about right for this pony. She then went up to £600 but owner still refused the offer.

The owner wants a minimum of £1300 or more with tack...

Problem is her daughter has become really attached and they have put alot of work into the pony since they got her and they dont want her to be sold from under them!
 
£300? Unregistered shes no good for breeding and you can get nice lead rein ponies that children can handle from the ground for £500. Unless shes top quality show stock!
Good English tack must add on £500?
 
Ouch, I wouldn't go anywhere close to that for a green pony.
For a reliable safe 1st pony yes, they're worth their weight in gold, but not one that is still also learning. Even if the potential is there for them to settle down, you have the risks of schooling through the baby-ness beforehand to go through!

It's hard when you put alot of work into a horse to have it taken away/not be credited for you but unfortunately that often comes with loaning.
I am sure your friend could find a nice pony that her daughter would be more suited to and still love, plus cheaper.
It sounds like the owner is trying to make money out of them when they've put the work in- if she sells for that much I'd be surprised.

[Sorry, that was a v. long winded answer!]
 
I think Katie is pretty much bang on there

Trick is keeping the nerve, offer max amount then leave it on the table, when the owner comes to their senses (or advertises the pony and gets no response) they will probably come back for the money especially as Christmas fast approaches
 
QR- Nowhere near £1300!! Tell your friend to hold her ground, £600 sounds fair to me and also if she has the nerve, to give her 'notice' on the grounds that she doesnt want it sold underneath her and will be looking for something else. She has already put a lot of work in which the owner is now trying to benefit from and the owner will then have to take into consideration the cost of keeping, advertising and insuring it while she tries to sell, and the hassle of trying to sell a not particularly suitable for small child pony to a small child....!
 
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