can you advise on wording for ad please:

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ok so also want to put an ad on project horses website. could someone check my wording please.

"Lovely 13year old 16.2 Thoroughbred mare for sale.

This mare is for sale through no fault of her own. she is very sweet natured and affectionate horse but needs an experienced and knowledgeable home that has good facilities to bring her on.

She is an ex-racer who has never been properly re-trained. she has come along way since i have owned her but needs some one to bring her on further. She is classed as a problem horse due to the fact she is nappy and can be unwilling to work. she does rear when challanged. She will hack alone but is spooky and when in company 'switches off'. she has separation anxiety therefore is better in the field either alone all the time or with company all the time.

she is good with farrier/vet/to clip. Weatherby's registered and passported. comes with full wardrobe and tack.

Because of my location, buyer to collect from Poole or weymouth as i would have to bring her over on the ferry.

Price £1500. but good home more important than price. "

Thanks guys.
 
What about the aggression displayed in the field and when handling???

And she is for sale through fault of her own - you can't deal with her temprament any more.

Sorry, but this doesn't sound like the mare you posted about the other day.....

 
well ive never done this before thats why i wanted your wise opinions on what to say, i.e. what do you put in the ad and what do you tell people who email? i would never not be dishonest about her i wouldnt want people to take on something they werent prepared for.
 
I dont think you'll sell her from that, especially at that price.

16.2 tb mare ex-racehorse, 13yrs. very sweet natured, easy to do.
Currently being re-trained but is green and needs competent rider to further her education. Hacking well in company and started basic schooling.

Located in ............, happy to deliver her to a mainland if sale is sucessful. Comes with full wardrobe and tack. Sad sale to knowledgeable home only


Dont say more than you need to- your advert is all negative and separation anxiety really isnt a big issue- every single horse gets worked up if others are taken away from it.
I think you'll struggle to get more than £800 for her and it's not worth pitching her much higher than that.
 
I would put something like:


13year old 16.2 Thoroughbred mare for sale. Weatherby's registered and passported. Tack and rugs also available.

Hacks alone or in company. However, needs an experienced home to bring her to her full potential.

She is good with farrier/vet/to clip.


Price £1500 ovno
 
maybe this is just me but saying she is "green" doesnt really cover it! lol she needs total re-schooling IMO. with regard to the price i am not bothered about the price and would rather people made offers. i just put that price in as an 'off the top of my head' price until i had had opinions on the ad.
 
If she is really that dangerous, would you not be better having her PTS so that no unsuspecting future owner could be injured.
I don't normally advocate putting them down...but at 13yrs old, with these issues, she isn't going to make a riding horse, nor a broodmare so could face a future of going through increasingly poor homes til she ends up going for meat.
I don't mean to upset you, but that's the reality in my experience.
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i dont think she is bad enough to have PTS! maybe im exxagerating caz i think shes bad because im not experienced enough for her -oh i dont know fed up of it all now.
 
Pretty affectionate 16.2hh 13yr old ex racer mare requires new understanding experienced home for re-schooling.
Not Novice Ride.
Price Negotiable.
Tack and rugs available.
Good with farrier/vet/clip
Weatherbys registered, passported and vaccinated to date.
Buyer to collect from Poole or Weymouth as would have to travel on Ferry from.......
 
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i dont think she is bad enough to have PTS! maybe im exxagerating caz i think shes bad because im not experienced enough for her -oh i dont know fed up of it all now.

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The thing about horses is that they cost a lot to KEEP not to BUY, and it costs as much to keep a bad one as a good one.
Why would anyone want your mare - you say you 'love her' in your profile, and yet even you don't want her?
Do you think there is a market for 13yr old nappy, rearing 'challenging' horses?
If you DO love her, you owe it to her to ensure she does not have an unhappy future - good riders are never short of horses to ride, and bad riders wouldn't cope with her. So that leaves breeding (and there's no shortage of younger TB broodmares) or meat.
Sorry, but that's how I see it.
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I like AmyMay's suggestions. You need to give a hint of her issues in the ad but if you word it like you have I don't think you'll get anyone phoning, unless you make her a bargain price. You can always explain more about her issues on the phone. But you need to at least get people to that stage by your ad not being overly negative.

£1500 is way too expensive. I reckon £500......sorry
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16.2, 13year old, TB mare for sale. Ex-racehorse in need of further reschooling by experienced rider as can be nappy and is a challenging ride. Good with farrier/vet and to clip. Comes with full wardrobe and tack. Will deliver to mainland. £800 ONO
 
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I dont think you'll sell her from that, especially at that price.

16.2 tb mare ex-racehorse, 13yrs. very sweet natured, easy to do.
Currently being re-trained but is green and needs competent rider to further her education. Hacking well in company and started basic schooling.

Located in ............, happy to deliver her to a mainland if sale is sucessful. Comes with full wardrobe and tack. Sad sale to knowledgeable home only


Dont say more than you need to- your advert is all negative and separation anxiety really isnt a big issue- every single horse gets worked up if others are taken away from it.
I think you'll struggle to get more than £800 for her and it's not worth pitching her much higher than that.

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I agree although I think I would add ' Not suitable for novice' you can tell callers more when they ring. What might seem a problem for you may not be a problem for someone else.
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1st off i would go onto this forum for advice

http://z3.invisionfree.com/Horsedirector...118&act=idx

no offence to anyone on here but the people on here specialise in ex racers, they're in the most very experienced at re schooling ex racers, and they can certainly point u in the right direction for selling her also.

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The mare must be NH though...to need reschooled from racing at the age of 13yrs. And NH horses, IME, are usually pretty well schooled, sensible people on the flat, and over fences...although they make go rather faster over the latter than the average neddy
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. So Alice must have temperamental (or other) problems if she's ex NH yet still difficult.
And if she's ex flat...what has she been doing for the best part of a decade?
I'm confused....
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Don't know the full story as these are the only posts about this mare that I've seen but I second checking out www.exracersclub.com. They might be able to advise or if not they have a rehoming section.

£1500 is far too much money for an older mare with problems. I paid that for a stunning 6yo mare with no hang ups.

I'd concentrate on the good home rather than the money. Have you thought about TRC or a similar re-schooling place?

At 13 and (presuming) a maiden mare she's too old for embryo transfer and I wouldn't breed from her. There's no point making a purpose for a horse just by breeding from it; what will the offspring be like, how will you handle foal if mare's temp is suspect and what will you do with her when foal is weaned. Don't breed for breedings sake, there are too many horses as it is.
 
Alice, you sound like you need some support...

There is a specialist forum for folk with Ex Racers.... www.exracersclub.com

You can follow the link in my siggie to the forum...

We are the only national Ex Racer forum and have input from all manner of people who handle/feed/retrain exracers professionally...as well as 1000's of folk who will sympathise and help you make sensible decisions based on thier own experience of exracers.

Its free so pop along....

Big Hugs to you.... they can be troubleseome but youre not alone.
 
Also back up checking out the exracers website. They will give you advice and there may be someone near enough to help.
 
First of all from reading this thread it sounds like you are doing the right thing, obviously this mare needs experienced handling and re-training, money, time and patience.
Admitting the fact that you can't do this mare justice, not placing yourself in any further danger or making the horse anyworse is of course the start.

However I can understand why you must be feeling fed up, getting mixed views from people on this forum and no doubt feeling like your trying to flog a dead horse.

First of all don't panic, there are lots of people out there who are prepared to take on a horse like this, people with time, money, patience and most of all experience
with ex racers and problem TBs. So before anyone writes your horse off as a brood mare or thinks it would be kinder to put her down, which in some cases
that is correct and don't disagree with some horses but you have to give the horse a fair chance in the right hands first.

Another thing which you must do and is so very important, you tell the truth, your honest about the horse to every last detail...the good, the bad and of course the ugly!
so they know what they have got to work with, no grey areas! Has the horse been vetted?, teeth and back checked? a lot of these horses can have old racing injuries,
even the smallest of pain/problem ignored can then lead to the horse having temperamental issues for the rest of its life if not treated properly.

There are plenty of organizations that will give you advice or re-home/re-school your mare. Placing a 'normal horse add' in a mag will not
bring floods of people wanting to buy her I can tell you that for free, she will just get passed from piller to post, sale to sale, or end up as a brood mare...the latter not
being a bad thing.

Ex Racer Club, the charity ROR, The Race Horse Sanctuary, Greatwood etc will be more than happy to help you or at least point you in the right direction.
However, you will have to be realistic with the price of your horse, at the same time...too cheap and she will fall into the wrong hands.
You may have to cut your losses a bit and give her to somewhere like the above who may be able to re-train her, perhaps then you could adopt/free loan her back?
Of course these are just ideas/suggestions, remember all is not lost, please don't feel disheartened, if you look in the right places you will find the right people.

Hope everything works out for you and your mare.
 
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and no doubt feeling like your trying to flog a dead horse.
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First of all don't panic, there are lots of people out there who are prepared to take on a horse like this, people with time, money, patience and most of all experience
with ex racers and problem TBs.
<font color="blue"> Aside from the charities, I doubt you'll find many people with money, patience and experience actively looking for problem horses. But perhaps there are? </font>

or end up as a brood mare...the latter not
being a bad thing.
<font color="blue"> I disagree. The world does not need more horses from unrideable dams - please no one breed from her! </font>
<font color="blue">I did think, Kenzo, that your suggestion that she be donated to one of the specialist charities for reschooling and, if successful, rehoming would be the best option for this mare.
I hope it all works out for Thaea and Alice, too - such a difficult situation to be in.
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I would do what others have said-either ask one of the racehorse retraining centres to take her on or do the kindest thing is to pts

Agree with Shiraz regarding the breeding-don't!

Also the exracers rehoming section is very very good-very knowledgeable people on there but I really would not put a price on her-a free to good home in that section should get her a new home quite quickly

Good luck though
 
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