Buying A Friesian In The Uk Vs Importing From Holland??

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Hi. New to the forum but so far found it super helpful!

I’m looking within the next 12 Months to purchase a Friesian gelding (fingers crossed!!) I’m looking into both UK options and importing from Holland. I only have buying experience from me buying my two youngster ponies and they were of course both from the Uk so have no importing experience so the importing option is all a new avenue to me.

looking for the pros and cons of importing a friesian Vs finding the perfect match in the uk based off peoples experience as I keep going back and forth on which is my better option and wondering if anyone has any experience with recent imports Vs just buying within the UK with the current markets etc

Just looking for advice, i hope that’s okay just trying to figure out my best route going forward. Thanks for any advice. ?
 
I bought my haflinger from Italy a couple of years ago. It was decently simple with the sellers dealing with a lot of the paperwork but it did cost a decent amount more with import tax, transport etc. it cost about £2,600 on top of the price of horse. I bought a mare so didn’t have to pay the extra 10% that buying geldings need. I would buy another from abroad if I could afford it.

haflingers have a bit of a reputation here but I’ve got 2 from abroad and they are both lovely ponies with great temperaments.
 
Janine Mason Friesians Scotland….she will ride out with you, assess what kind of personality and rider you are and do her best to match you with something suitable. My Friesians were bred in Scotland, don’t have sweet itch and were/are lovely personalities. Unless you have mega bucks and are/have access to experienced horse buyers I would be cautious about importing.
 
A friend imported a Freisian. The process itself was straightforward. The problems she had with him were that although he was broken to ride, he had absolutely zero life experience. I’m guessing he lived feral until he was 3 then brought in for a few weeks, started and sold. He didn’t know what a traditional stable was and consequently broke out on his first day. He’d never seen anything you’d expect a young horse to have experienced and had full on meltdowns. He was a big horse, so not easy. She’d have been better spending a bit more here and trying the horse prior to purchase.
 
I know someone that imported a Friesian, it was questionable whether the horse she received was the same one advertised, and indeed whether it was even a Friesian. Like Meleeka it had no life experience. However she adored that horse so i guess it ended ok for her,
 
if you want pedigree friesian then import from Holland, if you want just a horse and dont mind his pedigree then UK has few of un-registered/okey ish friesians. All depends what you want to achieve/do with your black pearl
 
I imported a Friesian from NL. It couldn't have been more straightforward. I went over to try him out and decided to buy him. The vetting was very thorough and the whole thing videoed and sent to me, as was the loading of the horse on to the transporter. Ive not had a moments problem with him, and that was nine years ago. I bought him from Koningsland Friesians, Elst, NL. I believe they're still in business and I thoroughly recommend them.
 
A random thought that occured whilst reading this thread- how the hell do 'big' friesian studs tell all their horses apart?! Whilst I get horses all have slightly different features surely it must get so confusing with a herd of herd of horses that look soooo similar?
 
HS6 said:
A random thought that occured whilst reading this thread- how the hell do 'big' friesian studs tell all their horses apart?! Whilst I get horses all have slightly different features surely it must get so confusing with a herd of herd of horses that look soooo similar?
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I agree that I probably wouldn't be much good as a groom for them either :rolleyes:
 
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