FANCY FINDING MY MUM A HORSE?!

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Basically my mum is a complete beginner- all we're looking for is an old (16+ would be fine) sound pony (13hh-14hh) ideally a schoolmaster type for slow, gentle happy hacking.

Ideally a cob, rountunded type as she feels securer on them than dainty skinny minnies.

As cheap as possible (ie. £500 ish) bearing in mind the age etc.
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Buy a Norwegian Fjord, that’s what we brought my novice Mum, and he has been wonderful!!! He is 14’2hh and 6 years old. Saying that he was quite a bit more than £500 (£2500) but worth every penny! I can give you the name of the dealer we brought him from if you like, he is importing them?
My Mum enjoying Badger!
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You will be lucky to find anything you want for £500 unless it is half dead/broken

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I bought my 6yo Sec D for £700 so its not impossible and my saddlers daughter bought a 15yo ex eventer for £500.. i was hoping id get an old pony for alot less considering the above.
 
Yup loaning is also not coming up with much, partly because everyone wants them to stay on said livery yard and we have our own private yard so its silly to pay livery when we can have it here.
 
My cob is for sale for £1k but I could negotiate for right home. She a bombproof hacker but she will not do anything more - so if you are looking for that type they are on the web.
 
you would be extrememly lucky to come across anything for that price i personally always tell people to pay no less than a grand for anything half decent thats not on its last legs.

as for fjords yeah they can be great but we have had a couple and they can tend to be bargy if you want them stabled and they are too strong to stop if they want to get out.
 
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you would be extrememly lucky to come across anything for that price i personally always tell people to pay no less than a grand for anything half decent thats not on its last legs.

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I bought mine for £700 and shes most definatley at 6yo not on her last legs and proving to be a talented jumper.

It can be done, its just hard!
 
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as for fjords yeah they can be great but we have had a couple and they can tend to be bargy if you want them stabled and they are too strong to stop if they want to get out

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As can any horse not disciplined correctly!
 
Yes we could do, but shes never going to want anything less than a happy hacker.

She doesnt want to jump or do shows, she just wants to go out on a nice hack a few times a week.

Shes very capable of the basics, and rides my young one (with me walking at the side) but obv mines on her toes and not the best for her confidence.
 
I would buy a native cob type, fell, dales, highland, haflinger or fjord as previously advised, Problem is you wont get one for less than £1000 unless you buy a yearling. Sound investment though.
 
the word disciplin sounds a tad harsh.

well yes any horse can get past if they really want too but those perticular breeds are a damn sight stronger than any other breed i have met in my entire life the only other horse that has barged me like a fjord was a 18hh shire horse.

My point is we were warned about fjords been perticulary bargy as they dont really like been stabled.
 
I think you're being a bit generalistic there....we had 2 section a's with the same breeding - one was an angel, could be a bit cheeky but never nasty. The other was bargy, pushy, quite nasty. The only difference was the homes they were at as yearlings. The first was with us and the 2nd was with someone who also had a pushy section D.....
 
not really like i said any horse can barge if they want to but we heard from people fjords can be pushy because they dont like been stabled and hense both of the ones we had did barge they didnt once they were sold on because they learnt with us not too.
 
I am afraid that you are going to have to spend a lot more for a health, safe bombproof/spookproof cob for your mother. The age of this stamp of horse has hardly any effect on their value and people very rarely sell them on because they are so precious.
 
I think PeterNatt made a good comment there, as yes you could proberly find a 16yr old 14hh horse for £500, but guarentee it will either have health issues or wont be bombproof! And I know from plenty of experience of buying cheap and selling on, they are normally cheap for a reason. May be think about spending a little more? £1000 will buy you a nice 12yr old maybe?? A month ago we had a lovely 14hh cob which would of been ideal at our yard, he cost £600 was schooled on and bombproofed up and sold for £1200.
 
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