Can't sell this colt......

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Hi all, my friend has had her yearling colt advertised for a few months now but apart from one timewaster has had no interest what so ever. I am trying to help her to sell him on ASAP as she is heavily pregnant and does not have any time for him. He is a part bred Haflinger, unfortunately don't know what his sire was as my friend bought his mum in foal to an unknown stallion as a bit of a bargain.
He is advertised for 400.00 at the moment but i have been looking online and it seems to me that foals of his type, i.e ponies, not amazing bloodlines etc, seem to go for next to nothing. She is now thinking of dropping his price further as he is just stuck in the field doing nothing and although he is halter broken, seen the vet, farrier, worn a rug and been groomed he needs quite a lot of work and is a little nervous.

What is the market like for this type of colt? where is a good place to advertise him? he's on NFED and been on horsemart but no sucess....i'd post his ad to get advice on the wording etc but not sure if it's allowed?
 
Post the ad, plenty of people do :) It helps to be able to see it and people will then advise on what to change etc........plus we are all nosey :D :p
 
I'd geld him. Better chance of selling a gelding. A lot of yards wont have colts on the place.
 
ha ha ha! ok i'll post it and wait to get shouted at. The piccy is clearly an old one of him and his mum but although he is now a darker chestut with long white stockings on his hind legs, he is the same little chap. Not sure if this link will take you there but he is the second one down on Page 2, pic of him and his haffy mum. http://www.nfed.co.uk/classifiedsfoals.htm
 
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I think selling a part bred yearling colt is pretty hard. Is there any way your friend could geld him? It would definitely open up the market. Is he registered as a part bred haflinger? If not and he's eligible doing that would help too I would think. Failing that, I would think £250-£300 maybe? That's bordering on meat money territory so I would suggest careful vetting of homes! I'd love to see a pic, he sounds cute.
 
I'd also recomment gelding him. I've seen the ad. I'd mention what handling you can do with him. Pick up feet? Tie up? How big does he stand at the moment?
 
lindsayH said:
I think selling a part bred yearling colt is pretty hard. Is there any way your friend could geld him? It would definitely open up the market. Is he registered as a part bred haflinger? If not and he's eligible doing that would help too I would think. Failing that, I would think £250-£300 maybe? That's bordering on meat money territory so I would suggest careful vetting of homes! I'd love to see a pic, he sounds cute.
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Yes i think gelding him would be the best way too.....not sure that he can be registered but will ask my friend to check it out. He is a lovely chap. have posted a link to the website he is on the 2nd page 2nd one down http://www.nfed.co.uk/classifiedsfoals.htm
 
galaxy23 said:
I'd also recomment gelding him. I've seen the ad. I'd mention what handling you can do with him. Pick up feet? Tie up? How big does he stand at the moment?
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Thanks, yes i think so too....we will be re doing the advert for it to go on some more websites so will definately add that in.
 
he looks lovely, but unfortunately, with the current market, she'll be lucky to get 400. I bought a foal/yearling a couple of mths ago for 200 euro, and if i was to sell him on in the morning, i'd be lucky to get the same money after feeding him for the winter. It's a total shame, the way the market has gone, but at the minute, you could hardly give them away. Market for young stock is just gone, nobody has time/money to wait. i'm trying to sell a very well bred filly of mine at the moment, shes 2 and no interest!!! Please let the market come back soon!!! Hope she sells him thoguh!!!
 
He is gorgeous, how big is his mum? do you know how big he will grow to? is there any haflinger websites? If there is you could advertise on there. I think £400 is about right for him. But yes, gelding him would probably make him sell quicker.

I would love to buy him, but really cant afford another one!!
 
I sold a 12.3 hh 4 yr old gelding, good to catch,tie up,groom farrier,ready to back ,in the autumn for £300. Hes doing well in his new home.
 
thanks for all of your replies, it is obviously a really bad time in the market...his mum is for sale too and has also had very little interest but at least she is a riding pony and can go out on loan if she doesnt sell soon. Will definately pass on the comments about the ad and gelding him.
 
I'd be inclined to say take whatever she can get for him if she needs him gone. Its awful I know but I heard yesterday that the meat man was offering the best prices (£50) for a quick sale of a yearling colt. Some weren't even selling for £10 at Beaulieu Road Sales on Thursday... Being partbred makes it all the harder as I'm sure your friend already realises, he's just a bog standard run of the mill yearling colt...

Bad times :(
 
Unfortunately, real youngsters can be difficult to sell because of the length of time people have to keep them before they can do things with them and, as others have said, a yearling colt is doubly difficult. Also £400 might look a reasonable price until you have to add £200+ for the price of gelding so he suddenly doesn't look so cheap. Even if your friend dropped his price to £250, again he becomes the best part of £500 with gelding. . . .

I've just sold a yearling NF gelding (they came to look at a 3 year old!) for £550 and at that price I'm not making a ha'penny on him after buying him as a wild-straight-off-the-Forest weanling, having him vaccinated, microchipped, gelded and wormed, not to mention the daily handling which has got him to where he is : a well-mannered, easy to do little chap.
 
PennyJ said:
I'd be inclined to say take whatever she can get for him if she needs him gone. Its awful I know but I heard yesterday that the meat man was offering the best prices (£50) for a quick sale of a yearling colt. Some weren't even selling for £10 at Beaulieu Road Sales on Thursday... Being partbred makes it all the harder as I'm sure your friend already realises, he's just a bog standard run of the mill yearling colt...

Bad times :(
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I second this....it's a shame, but the market is so poor at the moment, If I were her and could manage it, I would geld him and keep him until he was 3 and start breaking him and sell him as a ridden gelding. There's not even any money in pure bred colts at the moment.
 
Oh dear. Age and the fact he's a colt are really against him. However cheap colts are there will always be the price of gelding to add and the fact that you've a heap of work to put into a yearling naroows the field of potential buyers even more. As others have said, gelding him would make a difference. Sorry, not a very helpful post. Hope you find a good home for the wee chap.
 
I actually think he's rather nice, sadly im not in the market for another, the only things i could find missing in the ad were how big is expected to make & part bred what, Haffie mum but what is the dad? To be honest, for me, him being a colt wouldn't put me off, i would quite happily buy a colt, but from a sensible point of view i would see if your friend could geld, not everyone has the facilities to keep colts & he would appeal to a much wider market.
 
Pretty worthless atm. If possible I would turn him away and bring him back when he's older and more usefull. If not then be prepared to accept that he isn't even worth half the asking price
 
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