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Horse has previously been in H&H no response.

Re-advertised in Horsemart, Horsedeals and Horsequest and so far not had one call.

Done a straw poll on here and people told me he is accurately priced and honestly advertised.

We have done photos and a video and so far nothing
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Any ideas?
 
I have just sold my fab safe pre novice eventer, all i would say is dont over price, think about what the average person has to spend and you should get sufficient interest. I dropped my boy by 1k and he sold to the first caller. To be fair i dont know what price yours is on at to comment.
 
In my experience, the opinions on here don't necessarily accurately reflect the buyers market. That's not true in all cases of course - but when I was selling Paris, I was advised to put her up for 6k. She eventually sold for 3.8k.

I think the market is very slow at the moment, and if you haven't had any interest at all then I would suggest it is probably the price. If you drop that, you'll probably have more luck
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im having problems not being able to find horse's for sale it getting me down now i'm looking for 15.3hh upwards hacking horse safe and sensible in east anglia area if anyone knows of anything £1800 max
 
I'm looking for similar to Katieibiza, but with a budget of up to £3.5k. Hacking is an absolute must - solo and in company. Ability to do a local dressage test, small jumps etc a bonus.

Please PM if anyone know of anything suitable. 15hh plus. Mare or gelding. Must be a weight carrier and safe for novices as well as an experienced rider.
 
I'm looking and can't find anything despite looking every day on all web sites etc, I've got a very decent budget too but just cant find what I want. Very frustrating.
 
To be honest I don't think the photo is doing him justice (in comparison to the others on Horsequest qv the lovely chestnut for £7950 a few above him). In fact - not being horrible - that is the least flattering pic I have seen of one of your horses or your OH; he looks super smart at comps - why not get him dressed up? Martingale stops on reins make me think the martingale was whipped off 5 seconds before the photo and it doesn't show his confirmation very nicely. Does he actually have any points yet, surely that would help prove his worth and I would personally like to know why they are for sale or don't mention anything (as soon as I hear "no fault of his own" it makes me wonder...) Sorry to be so critical but the other ads he is competing against mean that he fades into the background. Good luck with him (price would attract me as the others are bonkers money!). Shame I am not looking for a pure dressage horse.
 
Been and found the ad from the info posted in this thread.

Have to say, I agree, the pic is very 'flat' doesn't sell him at all. Shows neither conformation nor movement. You need glamour, style and a dream of glory to sell. People will expect you to have used your best piccie, and if this is the best one, then they won't come. It's a nice horse, but just 'nice'.

Good luck though:)
 
I sold a pony the week before last, he went up for sale in September, but only 2 people ever came to look at him, the second people bought him, they came to see him the day after Boxing Day for the first time. I had loads of numpties phone up wanting something stuffed on legs or to do dressage on which he would HATE so I told them that he wouldn't be suitable.

With hindsight I put the wrong photos on the ad. They were of him at a show, when what I should have put on was one of him jumping.

He was on for £3,300 ono and I sold him for £2,900 eventually, which I sort of begrudge, he is worth more than that on his breeding alone. However, the time comes when you need to move on and the child was pretty much perfect for him and obviously adored him, he made it clear he rather liked her too. I was also very impressed with their instructor, who instantly understood how to deal with him (he can be awkward if he doesn't like you!)

Despite internet ads, he was finally sold through a tack shop advert.
 
What photo is in his advert?

I don't think his size would be an issue, if I was looking for a new dressage horse I would certainly look for 17hh and over
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Photo does nothing for me, I would flick past it TBH...he is too expensive for someone wanting an RC horse to do a bit of everything because he is unproven in the jumping arena - and he is headlined as an RC horse which will make people not bother reading on if they are looking for a proper dressage horse (IMHO). You make no mention of how he is to hack (which is usually important to RC buyers) and there is no *reassurance* that he really could handle anything.

New pics, deffo a pic of him jumping, standing up and working and if he is *all that* then take the RC title off.

BUT, I still think he is overpriced, but I do not *do* dressage
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I agree with Weezy - just found the advert and had a gander. I think the problem is that he is advertised as an RC allrounder, yet you barely mention his jumping except to say he makes a nice shape over the fence, and he is pretty much twice the price I would expect to pay for a normal RC allrounder. If he was presented as a future dressage superstar then I think the price would be more justified, but the way it looks to me [as a non dressagey person] is that you have a horse thats very well schooled on the flat but appears to have very little form or experience in showjumping, xc, or even hacking and hunting - which are the areas I would expect an allrounder to have some decent experience of.

Sorry to sound critical - he does sound like a lovely horse, but it seems like you are trying to target too many markets, and in doing so, targeting none effectively. My advice would be to get some better pictures, a schooling one that really shows him off, and at least one of him jumping a decent sized fence - and drop the price. I do think he is overpriced for a future allrounder without any real results.

Either that or really push the dressage side of it, and aim to sell him as a serious dressage prospect. In that case the price might be fine - I can't advise as I don't know anything much about dressage.
 
I just found the ad and had a little look. I'd agree with what others have said in that he is not being advertised at a clear market. Also I have to say I think he is overpriced, more like a 6K horse.
I can see why you want to sell him as an allrounder (as to me he doesn't look good enough for the higher dressage levels), and I would be the sort of person I think you would be aiming him at ...
so from my perspective (keeping the price out of it) I would want to know that I could ride the horse ... he is presented in the pictures as being ridden quite strongly by a professional male, that would put me off immediately, especially given he is a big horse.
Personally, I would put a girl on top and take pictures of him going around in a relaxed outline. Take him out jumping (if you haven't already) so that you can write 'confidently jumping 3ft/whatever course' and back it up with a picture.
Definitely mention if he is good to hack.
 
Right... found the advert
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I agree with what others have said about the pictures. The first one of the three I think is the worst one, therefore people might just look at that one and think, no he is not for me. He looks croup high in that one picture, not in the others, due to the angle. I also think the middle one makes him look quite long too.

Have you any pictures of him out competing? If not, I would get your OH to put his 'dressage' kit on, plait up Danny and make him look like he is out competing and get some pictures like that as I personally think they look more eye catching.

Then I would have a shot of him without tack stood up...

As for the category he is in, I think that although he is an all rounder, he certainly looks like a dressage horse and he is being trained as a dressage horse! I certainly think he is worth the price you have placed him at with his breeding, but you do not state in the ad what sort of potential he has. In many of the ones I was looking at when first searching for a new horse they said, "Would easily compete up to Advanced..." which really does catch people's eye. If he is training at Elementary at home, then he will be more than capable of moving up the levels BD.
 
Just remember if you are aiming a horse at the riding club market, most peoples budget for this type of horse would be between 4.5 and 6k, people just havent got the money, you often see these nice potential horses at big money end up at malvern sales etc, where a really nice one would only fetch 6k max. But sometimes you get lucky and find a buyer!
 
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