*Falabellas* Any good places to purchase from?

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Hi all,

A few years ago I was looking into purchasing a falabella pony. I found a fantastic place to buy from.

The ponies were beautiful & they were all quite cheap- in the range of £300-£500.
I decided not to buy as money was tight at the time and I couldnt afford upkeep of an extra horse.

However now things have changed and I cannot remember the name of the place!!!

Just wondering whether anyone on here knows of a good and reasonably priced place to buy falabelas from?

Thank you. xxxxxx
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Just be careful that what you buy is actually a falebella and not a small pony of nondescript origin. It wasn't that many years ago that Kilverstone in Norfolk was the only Falabella stud in the UK, and if you didn't buy one of theirs it was guaranteed not to be a falabella but an impostor (the argentinian families that bread them in the first place guarded the breed heavily; the Kilverstone stud was the only one outside of Argentina!). Back then there were 100s of imposters, somebody would breed a small pony and pass it off as a falabella. Someone I know has what they swear to be a falabella but it really isn't - its obvious to me its a small shetland, the build is that of a pony not a minature horse as the falabellas are.

The Kilverstone Stud shut down several years ago and I have no idea where their ponies went, and of course the argentinians may have changed their mind since then, but all I'm saying is be a bit cautious when buying.

Here endeth the lesson!
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I'm not sure you can get falabellas as cheap as that, and if they are, I'm dubious if they'd be any good!

I breed shetlands, and get enquiries all the time - people want a county standard pony, safe, fully handled, vaccinated, bomb proof. They want me to have put hours & hours of time & loads of my own money into raising them to be fantastic alround family ponies who will also raise their game & win for them at county level - then they tell me that they have a budget of about £300!!!!

Even if a pony isn't wanted to be a county standard pony - think about the costs a breeder faces - keeping the mare & stallion, keeping them fed & vaccinated & trimmed, the hours spent sleeping in a caravan watching over mares about to foal, vets costs incurred if complications when foals born, feeding & vaccinating & microchipping & passporting & worming foals, the hours spent handling. Etc, etc.
 
Are you after a purebred falabella that can be traced back to the original Falabella stud in Argentina? - Or a miniature horse?
TBH you'd probably struggle to get a purebred falabella at that price - as others have said just be wary when purchasing.
There are many many studs that have DNA proven falabella stock. If you're set on a falabella, check and double check the paperwork, and I think that to be registered as a falabella, they may have to be DNA proven, but I may be wrong.
On the other hand, if you're after a miniature horse, the world's your oyster!
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Where abouts are you?
 
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