First Horsey

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lmholden

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Hi everyone this is my first post, but I have been visiting the forum for a few weeks now and am finding it fascinating.

I am in the exciting, frustrating and so far disappointing position of searching for the family's first horse.

Just a quick question - how many horses can you be selling 'privately' before you should really be classing yourself as a dealer?
 
Hiya, Welcome to the forum! I think it is classed as "business" if it is more than 3 a year.... or it may be 5....
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Hi and welcome! I have just finished searching for my first horse - took me quite a while so good luck (have to say more horses seem to be on the market again recently). Sorry, I'm not sure how many sales makes a private seller into a dealer.
 
Horse is primarily for my 14 year old daughter, although OH used to have a pony when he was a lad and has recently started having riding lessons. I was horsey mad as a child and was never allowed to have one and had to make do with riding my cousins ponies (they both had two each!)

As it is the intention that we we all be riding it our daughter's riding instructor has suggested we go for something 16 hds and above or something slightly smaller if it is a cobby type. I don't care what sex, breed or colour it is (although I am rather taken with coloureds)

We have a budget of £5,000 and just want a nice riding horse to love and become part of the family, not a plod but not a nutter either. Most of the adverts on websites advertising horseys in this price range bang on about what its done dressage wise, SJ etc... which is fine but not what we are looking for.

We want to keep our horse for a long time, so don't want to buy something just to put daughter on for six months or so. It was hard enough giving back the pony we had on loan.

So far the horses we have been to see have been too small 14.2; too 'fine' (daughter is used to a cob, so bricked it when placed upon the back of a large warmblood- acted like she'd never even sat on a horse before!); too expensive (for what it was) and one we liked but got sold before we could travel to see it.

So far, it has been excitement and disappointment - it's got to be the right or very nearly right horse, so it's going to take time.
 
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