can you look at this advert for me.

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im looking at a horse to buy bring on and sell. my budget is about £900, was looking at ex racers but came across this mare.
http://www.horsemart.co.uk/advert/5_yrs_15_3_hh_bright_bay_warmblood_wiltshire/82077
looking through the haryness and put abit of muscle and weight on, do you think it would come nice. im a dressage rider so will be concentrating mostly on flatwork but will sell it to whatever it turns out best at.
 
aaah i think she looks sweet - wouldnt exactly agree with 'stunning' though!!! but looks like she could be a nice little project!! im useless with conformation though so others may disagree
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yh im not to good with confo either, she doesnt have the pretiest head but i thinks she is very hairy and has absoloutly no mustle at all. her neck is like a thoroughbred, im going to give them a call and see what info i can get.
 
iv just rang up about her, they have only had her a month and need to sell her to make room, she has just come over from holland and has a dutch passport. she was broken in then had a foal. they sat on her last week and she was fine, as in picture. he described her as sweet natured manorism, and very easy to do. i might go and see her on saturday. cant decide.
 
At that price you can't lose much money. I'd be tempted to ask what their trial facilities are. Would they let you box her to a school to try her properly?
 
Sorry, but do the dates etc tie up? When did she come over from Holland? She was broken at 4, she's 5 now? And has had a foal - in the UK or Holland? They have had her only one month?
I would see her but get a good look at her passport and take name and number and make sure the description fits the horse. You can then contact KWPN and check out her details.
I don't mean to sound too doubtful but I got caught out with a Dutch import. Fine if you know what happend to her but its easy to hide a past when they have come from another country. She seems cheap to me - which always rings alarm bells.
 
i thought she was abit to cheap to! she was broken and had a foal in holand, shes an hour away from me so not to far to go. she is one that is prety much start from scratch again. i have the facilities to do so. its me and my 2 brothers that are buying one but i am the only horsey person in the family so it lies on me to pick the right one, my brothers are just init for the money.
 
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why did they buy her a month ago and now not have enough room.

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its a trade advert! so prob dealers and just saw money. they dont have facilities to bring something on. im going to see if my boss will come with me so i dont get dooped.
 
would also be a bit wary, but i picked up VERY simular (pretty much identical) for £600 last year, and sold her 8months later for £3000, so there not always duff. Can send pics if you want to see.. pm if you do. But def checkout details and dates
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why did they buy her a month ago and now not have enough room.

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This was my first thought
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I suspect they might be typical dodgy dealers
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The sort who buy in horses from anywhere and everywhere, keep them long enough to put a bit of weight on so buyers don't immediately call the RSPCA and then get a fake passport eluding to some glamourous breeding and sell the horse for at least twice what they paid for it (which is cheap enough that potential buyers don't bother with vettings etc)
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I'm not saying don't view/buy her, just be REALLY careful in checking all the information and getting her vetted
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if thats the case MB then they really didnt pay a lot for her abroad and the import costs on top?

and odd dealers that have no facilities.

By all means go and have a look but make sure you have your eyes open and get her vetted. Its still a lot of money if there is something wrong.
 
They are dealers. They buy at sales and sell on quick as the longer the horses stay on the yard the more they eat into the profit.

I have spoken to the chap last summer when I was looking for a cheap companion for my mare. He sounded very honest and admitted they were dealers and how they worked for a fast turnaround.

Go and see her take your instructor, horses friend etc and go with your gut instinct.
 
As beatrice5 says above. they are local dealers to me.
I would go with your eyes open. he is a dealer who buys them through sales and sells on very quickly so you would need to see for yourself what the horse is like. its a very short time space to get to know a horses temperament. having said that occasionally they get some diamonds in the rough!!!
the fact its cheap doesn't nessecarily mean its a bad one, all his horses are sold pretty cheapily, and prices reduced quickly if they dont sell so profit is still maintained!!!

ETS take experienced people with you, and trust your instinct!
 
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They are dealers. They buy at sales and sell on quick as the longer the horses stay on the yard the more they eat into the profit.

I have spoken to the chap last summer when I was looking for a cheap companion for my mare. He sounded very honest and admitted they were dealers and how they worked for a fast turnaround.

Go and see her take your instructor, horses friend etc and go with your gut instinct.

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thanks for that, im hopefully going to take my boss with me if shes not busy for an experienced eye.
 
I can't believe that the horse has nothing wrong with her, has full breed papers and there is not at dodge at that price. Curiosity might take me there for a look if they are close to you but he could be charging twice that and she would still look cheap.

I really hope that I am wrong and it works out for you.
 
I'd go and look at her deffo....as long as you have her vetted, and she has a nice personality...then who cares about her background...don't mean to sound careless, but does it really matter where she had a foal, where she came from and that she's being sold from dealers?? As long as you have your back covered with a vetting and spend some time with the mare - and all is well then i'd deffo go for it. She looks really sweet and trusting
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i also cannot believe that there is nothing dodgy about the horse.

if she has been backed i would insist in seeing her ridden- even just at walk of a circle.

imo most horses sold from the field by dealers are unsound or total nutters.

make sure you take someone very experienced and if you have any doubts walk away, no matter how tempting the bargain is.
 
I bought a project horse in October and the previous owners were very reluctant to show him ridden as he had had 3 weeks off - obviously this did raise alarm bells and so many people told me not to go near it with a bargepole etc etc. He was very cheap, and due to my stupid and somewhat annoying 'if someone tells me not to do it - i'm going to do it' attitude, and the fact I could see this horse's potential....i bought him. Anyway 3 months down the line i could not ask for a nicer, straightforward and talented horse....so...what i'm trying to say here is sometimes...it is as good as it seems, and not all cheap horses are duff...just take some time and go with your gut instinct....
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