''Everything is for sale at the right price''

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.....or is it?

If someone offered a lot of money for your horse (choking on cuppa tea figures here) or at least a lot more than you would personally value your horse at, despite your horse not being up for sale, was a serious offer and to a good home, would you be prepared to part with them or does your horse not have a price tag? *hums a bit of Jessie J*

I was talking about this the other day to someone, now it's hard to imagine so have a good think first but try to be honest when you answer.

I was mentioned a figure and they said of course you would, you'd be daft not to, but I just simply couldn't, I've put 4 years of my life into that animal and 4 years of hard graft, to me he's worth keeping because I get a lot of pleasure in riding and looking after him, more than a fat cheque but some people would and for their own personal reasons there is nothing wrong with that, we all have different lives and have different ambitions.

Could a certain price sway you, as in a silly high end price?
 
If the horse was a pet then no, if it was a bought in seller on then yes.

Depends also if you need the money and if the sum offered was life changing.
 
I can honestly say I would never sell. Ive been in a position where I couldnt afford to eat, I got another job. Had 4 at one point.

I sold my beloved trailer a few weeks ago and had a lump in my throat, what would i be like if one of my boys went :eek:
 
sounds bad but 2 of mine, I'd sell, 2 I wouldn't.

1 for a reasonable price, is for sale anyway! the other for a tea spittingly good offer to a good home only, with first refusal buy back in writing.

The other 2 I would never sell, had one coming up 16 years, is 31 and deserves to chill at home for however long now, money cannot take that away from her, she already earned it, not for a double euromillions win, the other is like my baby and similar, not a double win could make me sell her.

I do love them all I guess some are just more 'mine' than others.
 
I've had offers of stupid amounts for Romax (6 figures, far more than he's worth!), and turned them all down :o
I've given this boy 6 years of my life, I'm the only owner he's had since he was imported and in return he's taken me to levels of competition that at the time I could only dream of.
As much as that amount of money would be nice, and would help me buy a few young horses to bring on, what are the chances of me finding one who has equal talent to Romax and his amazing personality? None, so I'm keeping my ugly donkey :D
 
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no matter how much i love taz and he is my foreer horse if i was offered in excess of say 10k then yes i would part with him as if at any point in the future i had to get rid of him i would be lucky to get £1500... although i was offered £8000 at a show a few years back and politely declined much to my parents discust as they wernt the kind of people you would want to sell your horse to... (racing horses in front of traps down main road types) so it completely depends and also i would think they were joking looking at the donkey in the field but at a show he is a show off :o
 
yes i would sell. i'm not financially in a position to be able to say no! i figure that my horse is a gelding. sods law if i turned down a whopping sum for him he'd break his leg the following day :rolleyes:
 
Would I sell? Nope not ever. No amount of money would buy my mare. No one would turn down a million? I would.
 
Funnily enough we were chatting about this in the kitchen at the yard yesterday. We came to the agreement that some horses are pets and others are horses. Seemed to be something we all agreed on, my horse now will never ever leave me and I wouldn't sell him for million! My instructor has 4 horses and she surprised us by saying the 3 talented one's she'd sell for the right price, including the mare she bred and she has worked so hard with!! But her chunky old wonky horse who has no real talent and quiet frankly is a ugly old grump..she wouldn't sell for anything!!


My little TB I bought for penny's I had every intention of keeping but when I was offered a decent price I let her go because we didn't suit each other and her new owner was perfect for her, I had no worries or upsets at her leaving..well I was a little bit upset but only for a quick 'what if' moment. :D
 
I would sell most of them bar one, Gracie is getting on a bit, she has no other value that sentimental to me and possibly breeding, I've had her 13 years and she is going to live her days out with me. All the others have a price tag attached, some more realistic than others, though :D
 
My gelding would go but not my filly, I've had her since 9 months old and 10k over what she's worth wouldn't even be considered.
A million? Who knows, I think you really couldn't say no for certain unless it really happened, chance be a fine thing :D
 
Hard one, being totally honest with the 4 I have now then yes I would sell any of them for big money (£3k more than they were worth would not be enough but say £10k more might be) as long as it were to a good home and that even includes my first homebred foal who I adore.

Sounds heartless but horses become lame, get colic, die etc so it would be hard to turn down.

Having said that I would not have sold my pony who died earlier this year for any money as I had had him for 18 years and we achieved a lot together so I felt I owed him a luxury retirement! The ones I have now haven't earned that with me yet.
 
circumstances change, so while I would not now, I might at some other time, I have turned down an offer on my horse in the past, simply because at that point in time I was not thinking of selling.

I would not sell just because the offer was above market, but I would sell if I felt that I was ready to move on, that the pony was out grown, or that I no longer had the interest. So I think it is more right time, right price, than just simply right price.
 
I must be honest, I find it hard to believe the people who say there is no price. I'm not disputing your decision, nor am I saying I dont believe you - I just think that until it actually happens, it's very easy to say you wouldn't.

I would. You're kidding me, a million pounds? That would buy me a house, a property of my own, other horses, a decent car, support for my family. Yes I love my horse, but if someone out there loves her enough to want to pay me that much money for her, she's going to have a nice life... and so am I :p

Going back to the more realistic hypothetical situation of someone offering me a few grand over my horses 'worth' ... I wouldn't have sold Starla for a few bob more, no. Other horses that I've had along the way? Yea... probably...
 
I was in this position once when someone offered me 10,000 euro for a mare I had paid 2,000 euro for as they needed a safe, steady hunter for their wife. They really fell in love with her while visiting my yard looking at another horse and wanted her even without sitting on her back. She was pretty well known locally as a total star! She was one of those amazing horses that is always really hard to find but I couldn't do it, because I knew I wouldn't get her again. It was hard, I had lost my job and money was very, very tight. At one stage I went in tears to my YO and said, "Tell him I'll sell," and she said I could owe her the livery money until I was on my feet again. I never regretted it and I owe my old YO so much for helping me through a difficult time and letting me keep my mare. She lived out her days with us. As to the two soft lads I have now? Nah, they're keepers too! When you have an animal that is just perfect for you and a dearly loved family member, money just doesn't come into it. As some on pointed out, no one is going to offer me a million pounds for my two little native ponies but even at qaudruple their purchase price or current worth, what would it say about me that I would let go so easily of two such loved animals when we don't need the money? If I want 3K that badly, I'll find a way to earn it. I'd rather take a cleaning job on top of my full time one then sell the boys.
 
I have just turned down a 5 figure offer for my pony...have agreed a competition lease instead though. Selling now would mean quitting horses for me and i'm just not ready for that yet. This way he will pay for his keep and I still get to see him everyday and ride him.....perfect!
 
If it was much more than expected or I thought realistically the horse/pony was worth less than they are offering I would sell, I would find myself a nice horse with the money and work away with that horse, if I managed it once I can do it again it may take longer it may take shorter time to get to that standard again. I would cry alot but I dont believe there is one horse for every person.

Would be really hard with the foal that we bred this year though as she has turned out much better that we could have hoped for and we bred her for me, but again, stupid money and a good home? I would have the satisfaction of someone doing well on a horse I bred and produced. I would not sell any horse to a home I didnt think was suitable.
 
No, she means too much to me, i'd never sell her - as someone said before, even if i was offered a million, she'd be going nowhere. I personally would refuse any offers to buy her, because she is too special to me but if it was another horse that I didn't have the same kind of bond with as I do with Bella, maybe i'd say different.
 
I was offered a 5 figure sum for my advanced dressage mare years ago, I turned it down.

The following year she was diagnosed with navic and retired.

OH was offered 5 figures for his 5 year old out jumping disco, he took it. She's now jumping fox and qualified for all kinds, so it can go either way.

I would have to think long and hard about all the circumstances if it happened again
 
No, I one got offered a breath taking amount for my boy a couple of years ago. I was a student so I was stupidly poor but wouldn't sell him for the world!! They did buy my youngster though
 
I honestly don't know ........

If it meant I could raise the 40% house deposit I needed then yes but 3k over what she is worth is only 4k lol so just a mere drop in the ocean !!
 
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