Can't seem to sell my two year old pony!

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She's been advertised for weeks now and only two timewasters have enquired. I'm getting quite desperate now due to loss of job at the end of this month. She is a quality pony with fab paces and conformation and beautiful to look at. Problem is she is only 2 and no one seems to want youngster ponies?! She will make about 14hh so a decent size too.

I just don't know what to do!
 
If its that you can't afford her but still would ideally want to keep her? Put her out on permenant full time loan or short loan or even look at a sharer?
 
I don't think you would get a lot of interest in a share or loan of a 2 year old? We've had several threads about that in the past.
I suppose it depends on how much you are asking for your pony and what her breeding is. Some very well bred youngsters can be purchased quite cheaply.
Sorry to hear you've lost your job, it must be a very hard time for you.
 
Any hoss is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. She may well be beautiful, but atm is an expensive field ornament.

Many will be put off an unbroken pony, as it means a shed load of work, and time is required before it can even be ridden.

Drop the price and she'll go.
 
The market for youngsters is dead. The reason people dont want youngsters(up to 2 year olds) is because they cant break/ride for at least another year.
It is even worse trying to sell yearlings. We have made the decision to keep all of ours until they are in the back end of their three yo year.
As you are desperate you may have to make a very hard decision to drastically drop your price or sell to a dealer for next to nothing.
 
Tinypony said:
I don't think you would get a lot of interest in a share or loan of a 2 year old? We've had several threads about that in the past.
I suppose it depends on how much you are asking for your pony and what her breeding is. Some very well bred youngsters can be purchased quite cheaply.
Sorry to hear you've lost your job, it must be a very hard time for you.
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i understand what you are saying, but finding the right person as some people want more experiance with handling youngsters.
 
When we've had threads on here in the past about loaning younsters the general opinion seems to be why would anyone want to pay to loan a youngster, bring it on, and then have the owner take it back. But there's not harm in trying all options is there?
 
how much are you asking? if she is placedin the lower end of her particular price bracket for type then she should sell. that said,as a personal thought,i am struggling income wise a lot at the moment. our income has gone down from £2000 a month to £1250. we cannot even afford to go out or buy clothes anymore,fortunately we have our own fields and stables and make our own hay. thankgoodness our horses are yearlings ,we can only afford trims and would be unable to shoe older riding horses. a lot of people are in this situation or if they are not they are worried about becoming so,also i think with retiring age going up [i wont getthe old age pension til i am 66 ,it had been 60] then people are trying to put money away so they can retire earlier. at the other end of the scale people are privately educationg their children instead of keeping a horse at livery. a horse is a luxury item and hay and so on is costing more and more all the time. people think twice now before buying. sorry its gloom and doom but thats how i see it. cant see any improvement anytime soon either.
 
I'm asking £600 ono. It's frustrating as we paid not much less than that nearly a year ago. Is that far too much? I know she could be a fab little dressage or PC pony in a few years time and that's what I planned to keep her for but sadly my plans have gone to pot due to the government cuts and no longer getting funding for the service I work for. And trying to find a new job (even with a lot less salary then I'm currently on) seems impossible right now. Just as I get my hopes up after a seemingly successful interview, I get the dreaded news....
 
another idea is to add up the cost of livery/feed/transport to and from etc etc. Then work out exactly how much per month this pony is costing you. A lot of people dont factor in the transport. then work out if its advantageous to you to reduce the price by half or to offer her free to a good riding school for example Wormwood Scrubs [sister MAryJoys place] where she would go on to do charitable work and a lot of good for underprivaliged children.
 
Is that just far too much in this market? With near offer I mean I'm flexible on the price. But do I just need to drop it more? If someone was interested in her I would have thought they would atleast ring to discuss dropping the price. Home is far more important anyway. I would consider loaning but like some have said, who wants to loan a youngster who then may be taken back? And my only other worry would be that I would suddenly be asked to take her back when it just wasn't possible to do so.
 
its a terrible difficult time and there are just too many horses. That doesnt mean to say,however, that you cant find a nice hom for your pony, hopefully the right person will come along for her. what type is she? is she registered with a breed society? where have you advertised? are there good photos with the advert?
 
frozzy said:
The market for youngsters is dead. The reason people dont want youngsters(up to 2 year olds) is because they cant break/ride for at least another year.
It is even worse trying to sell yearlings. We have made the decision to keep all of ours until they are in the back end of their three yo year.
As you are desperate you may have to make a very hard decision to drastically drop your price or sell to a dealer for next to nothing.
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Yep, same here. I sold a 3 year old for only £800 last year. Nothing wrong with it just really averagey so not worth me sending it away to be broken and then sell on. Luckily it went to a friend of mine but I paid double that for it as a weanling - bottom just fell out of the market and foal didn't grow on as I had imagined
 
im really struggling to sell my 5 year old new forest too, its pretty depressing!! i only want £1000 for him too yet little or no interest!! he is a pretty, friendly little thing and great to hack just green in the school and so needs an experienced rider if thats what they want to do with him!! He walks trots canters knows leg yield and works in an outline and pops little jumps and all the others advertised for that price are unbroken!!!!!!
 
Suzie86 said:
im really struggling to sell my 5 year old new forest too, its pretty depressing!! i only want £1000 for him too yet little or no interest!! he is a pretty, friendly little thing and great to hack just green in the school and so needs an experienced rider if thats what they want to do with him!! He walks trots canters knows leg yield and works in an outline and pops little jumps and all the others advertised for that price are unbroken!!!!!!
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I feel for you. I was trying to sell a backed and going in walk and trot 3.5 year old Forest- bred NF last autumn. Only had two people come to see him; one wanted to know why I wasn't jumping him (he's three and a half FFS!!!) and the other was a local vet who couldn't seem able to comprehend that he would grow a bit more (just over 13.3hh on his withers and 14.1hh on his bum at time of sale . . . ) I ended up virtually giving him away for 550 guineas at Beaulieu Road Sale :( I was originally asking just over £1000 inc tack but very willing to negotiate. It's so depressing; I wouldn't dare try and add up how much I lost on him in real terms.
 
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