Advice on horse price please

be positive said:
It is not the end of the world, maybe get a side on flat work or one jumping where she is going up rather than down as it looks tidier than being stretched out in mid air.
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We're going out jumping again at the weekend so I'll get better ones then - if it's not rainingtoo hard
 
Marigold4 said:
We're going out jumping again at the weekend so I'll get better ones then - if it's not rainingtoo hard
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It is much easier to video and get stills, I took some this morning and the owner has taken several stills from that really capture the way he jumps, a short video of a round or just a few jumps linked give anyone looking a good idea of the attitude, way of going and can often do more to sell a horse than anything you write.
 
I think I'm going to wait a bit though. There seems to be a bit of madness about the speed of horse buying at the moment. I wonder if people are buying to enjoy over the summer with the view of selling before winter. I would prefer a sensible more permanent home so will wait and probably get less. She is such a genuine little horse.
 
I think it’s a bit unfair to generalise all buyers at the moment and as long as you vet buyers properly you will get a good price and a good home if you sell now. I am one of the unlucky souls who has been looking pre-lockdown! I’ve looked at hundreds of ads and agree with what’s been said. Get a full flatwork video showing all three paces and transitions as that’s the first thing you will get asked for. A video of her trotting up on the flat and jumping a small fence will be the second thing you will be asked for! I love connies and anyone in the market for one will want to know the breeding so make sure you put that in the ad. I personally think if she makes a nice shape over a fence and is a nice person you should easily get £6k in this market, I would hesitate to advertise for £8k as been suggested as there are some established jumping connies at that price and I know I don’t enquire about ones that drop the price as I rightly or wrongly assume it’s failed a vetting. I would probably pop her on for £6.5k and say home is more important. God that was a lot of waffle! ?
 
When the time comes I don't think you'll have any issue selling. She looks lovely and is exactly the type I will be looking for when the time comes for us ?
 
RHM said:
I think it’s a bit unfair to generalise all buyers at the moment and as long as you vet buyers properly you will get a good price and a good home if you sell now. I am one of the unlucky souls who has been looking pre-lockdown! I’ve looked at hundreds of ads and agree with what’s been said. Get a full flatwork video showing all three paces and transitions as that’s the first thing you will get asked for. A video of her trotting up on the flat and jumping a small fence will be the second thing you will be asked for! I love connies and anyone in the market for one will want to know the breeding so make sure you put that in the ad. I personally think if she makes a nice shape over a fence and is a nice person you should easily get £6k in this market, I would hesitate to advertise for £8k as been suggested as there are some established jumping connies at that price and I know I don’t enquire about ones that drop the price as I rightly or wrongly assume it’s failed a vetting. I would probably pop her on for £6.5k and say home is more important. God that was a lot of waffle! ?
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Useful advice from someone who knows the market and not waffle. Thank you. Yes, I agree, £6 seems about right. She's showing lots of promise jumping but as you say, not established yet. I was hoping to do Working Hunters with her this summer - I think that will be her "thing", but not much chance of that!
 
Marigold4 said:
I think I'm going to wait a bit though. There seems to be a bit of madness about the speed of horse buying at the moment.
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I agree. I advertised my little horse and had people falling over each other to buy him unseen at the asking price. But it just didn’t sit right with me so I withdrew the ad. He’s quite special to me and I don’t want him to be someone’s lockdown impulse buy!
 
Patterdale said:
I agree. I advertised my little horse and had people falling over each other to buy him unseen at the asking price. But it just didn’t sit right with me so I withdrew the ad. He’s quite special to me and I don’t want him to be someone’s lockdown impulse buy!
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Agreed. I think I will wait till approach of winter weeds out the impulse buyers and leaves those who are seriously committed.
 
ihatework said:
If the horse are for sale I don’t understand why you wouldn’t just strategically question interested buyers and then say you would be delighted to offer them a viewing to confirm suitability, but you won’t sell unseen ?‍♀️
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It is what I always do anyway, I only ever sold one unseen but we had mutual contacts, the horse was known to the buyer through his breeder and was exactly as described, it was not an impulse buy as they had a wanted ad up, he was looked at when they collected him and could have rejected him then but were even more pleased when they met him.

We have one going on the market and will be screening viewers, very carefully to ensure he goes to a good long term home, ideally a private yard and only to someone who can ride him well at the trial, he is very easy but deserves the right home, as they all do, it is usually fairly straightforward to weed out total timewasters or anyone buying to sell n, if the price is high enough most will only attract genuine buyers.
 
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