are horses selling?

Nice horses sensibly priced (not essentially cheap, but correctly priced- so a £15k horse will sell if it's worth that much!) are selling.

I think it's the horses that people have got wrong aren't selling really. The middle of the road, not nice enough to be worth proper money, not sane enough to be a solid allrounder but not cheap enough to be a resale project aren't selling.... But then they're always hard to sell!
 
Well when I was looking alot of the horses I wanted to view were snapped up very quickly, usually within a matter of hours! They were all sensibly priced, nicely put together traditional cobs btw :D
 
Can't help in general but personally I currently have a horse for sale that I honestly thought would sell easily at any time. His dressage while not competing at a particularly high level (he knows lateral work but no changes) is of a good quality and standard, you can put anybody on him and he will drop into an outline and work sweetly. Jumping he excels at, the type where you can canter in, almost drop the reins and nothing changes, he just keeps coming. He knows his job sorts the striding and will pop over even on a complete miss and he has competed up to newcomers with a complete novice. He's forward enough to not be lazy but not spooky, silly or fizzy (nothing scary basically:eek:) I seriously thought that people would be biting my arm of for him and now about a month later I still have him! Perhaps I'm doing something wrong! Luckily, I'm not really in a massive hurry to sell so it's not a problem but I am suprised he's still with me! Will be interested to see how other people are finding the market at the moment :).
 
I agree with the response.

I had a budget of 2.5-3k and wanted a general hacking good on road horse but everything I looked at had a problem that needed work on or was too young as I dont have time/experience. It was quite hard to fathom out what price I should have been paying as the variation of horse advertised was quite wide. But mostly too young.

Not being use to traffic was the other big issue despite the advert stating traffic proof. I also found majority of the owners had probably ruined the horse they were selling too ie inexperienced.

Had I had another 1k I probably could have found one...I suppose its the usual issue if its good it will be snapped up and wont hang around.Very rare though!
 
Im currently looking & have this weekend of full viewings. The horse I require is quite readily available if I go through RS and Horse dealers But proof will be what i find this weekend.
Alot of Imported Irish cobs are for sale. I want a happy hacker and one for light schooling. As a novice rider must be bomb proof,no napping, rearing, bolting, spooking - I have been assured not any of my viewings are like this. I will soon find out!
 
I think the type that have always sold well are still selling well. Young, nicely bred, safe, easy, good comp record etc.

What is not selling is the ones that aren't quite so desirable. Thoroughbreds, horses over the age of 10, quirky horses, ones without much of a competition record. The market has gone through the floor for these types. They probably are still selling, but at prices that are barely worth it.
 
Henbug said:
Can't help in general but personally I currently have a horse for sale that I honestly thought would sell easily at any time. His dressage while not competing at a particularly high level (he knows lateral work but no changes) is of a good quality and standard, you can put anybody on him and he will drop into an outline and work sweetly. Jumping he excels at, the type where you can canter in, almost drop the reins and nothing changes, he just keeps coming. He knows his job sorts the striding and will pop over even on a complete miss and he has competed up to newcomers with a complete novice. He's forward enough to not be lazy but not spooky, silly or fizzy (nothing scary basically:eek:) I seriously thought that people would be biting my arm of for him and now about a month later I still have him! Perhaps I'm doing something wrong! Luckily, I'm not really in a massive hurry to sell so it's not a problem but I am suprised he's still with me! Will be interested to see how other people are finding the market at the moment :).
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How old, what breed and how much - if you don't mind me asking? He sounds like a cracker so I wonder if there's something putting people off.
 
I've seen so many youngsters up for sale it's unreal. The prices are literally rock bottom but people just don't seem to be buying much under 3-4 years old. I suppose not a lot of people want to buy a horse they can't ride/work on now and have to pay it through the winter but there seems to be plenty of bargains to be had.
 
lizziegoos said:
Im currently looking & have this weekend of full viewings. The horse I require is quite readily available if I go through RS and Horse dealers But proof will be what i find this weekend.
Alot of Imported Irish cobs are for sale. I want a happy hacker and one for light schooling. As a novice rider must be bomb proof,no napping, rearing, bolting, spooking - I have been assured not any of my viewings are like this. I will soon find out!
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oh let us know or pm me what happens as this sounds what I was looking for. A long time ago I found one just like this description cob etc it was about my 7th horse I looked at.
He was going to be the companion and now lives alone.I went looking for another and I looked last year at 22 horses the last put me off...i lost the will and got fed up with hours travelling etc being told big porkers to despite my phone interrogations! I gave up. So if I read someone found dream horse it does inspire me to look again.
But really good luck and you will know when you find the one!! Fingers crossed for you.
 
if its 6/7 years old, bombproof to hack, easy to do all round,good enough to be competitive at RC level in all disciplines, looks pretty, comes with tack & rugs,doesnt care if you leave it in a field and dont ride it for week and doesnt need fed and you'reselling it for under 3k then yes they're selling, but so is rocking horse s!ite:cool:

if its 2/3/4 years old, 10 +, is not keen on dressage/doesnt jump/spooks when hacking alone/needs a confident rider then you'll struggle to give it away.
 
90% of ours are the bombproof armchair hacking types, they don't seem to struggle to sell. Along with any youngster of any quality and not spoilt :)
 
I went to view a horse today, it was a four hour trip and she was almost everything we had been looking for, I made an offer of the full asking price and..........the seller turned around and said my offer was an insult to her and the horse :confused:

I just think some people selling are a little unrealistic with what they are asking for the horse or completely bonkers !
 
xspiralx said:
I think the type that have always sold well are still selling well. Young, nicely bred, safe, easy, good comp record etc.

What is not selling is the ones that aren't quite so desirable. Thoroughbreds, horses over the age of 10, quirky horses, ones without much of a competition record. The market has gone through the floor for these types. They probably are still selling, but at prices that are barely worth it.
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Completely agree with this
 
I've sold two since Christmas. Admittedly, one of them wasn't on the market, but someone badgered me and offered me a price I couldn't refuse! Mare would be wasted with me for the next couple of years and won virtually everything she entered last year.....so I accepted the offer:D

The other one I did sell very reasonably. She was sold to me 'in foal' but after scanning was not, so I weighed up pros and cons and just decided to sell on quickly rather than plough loads of money into her. I did take the time to bring her back into work though and took her to a small show (all within a month) and easily sold her to a ridden home.

I think if people are realistic, horses will sell. Even the quirky ones, handled well are often the best 'performers' and proffessionals easily handle these quirks anyhow to bring out the best in the animal :)
 
Well today I sold my soon to be three year old, soon to be 15 hander to a lightweight adult who is fed up of taking on other peoples problem horses and wanted something she could have a say in how it is brought up so he's gone off to become a dressage pony with fun thrown in. He was on Preloved, had been for some time to be fair and funnily enough I've just had others asking about my other one on there, an unbroken four year old with someone coming to view this weekend so hopefully, yes, things are moving now the worst of winter is over (hopefully!)
 
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