dominobrown
Well-Known Member
Following on from the "Would you buy a horse which had the following issues?" a lot of people said they wouldn't touch with a barge pole.
So if these horses are unsellable would you have it destroyed... for example
1) You own a 6 year old warmblood type. Nice riding club horse. Has a sarcoid by its sheath. Due to a change in circumstances you have to sell, lets say move abroad.
Or
2) You bought a project pony in the winter. It was a great project and you have done loads with it however as spring and summer it developed sweet itch. People have told you its unsellable. It was only intended as a short term project...
Or
3) You have a 13 year old ex racehorse. You have reschooled it a bit, you mostly hack but have done the odd unaffilated thing. He was diagnosed with kissing spines when you first got him but you have treated (operated) and rehabbed him. You have to sell to go to university....
These are just random examples.... I am not thinking of specific people or horses.
Question is... are these horses unsellable... what would you do with them? PTS? Try and hide the problem and sell anyways, auction? Sell cheap to a dealer?
I am sure there a millions of more examples...
I know some people won't like the tone of this thread as basically its highlighting tue fact that horses are cheap and disposable to a lot of people. What happens to the less than perefct horses??
So if these horses are unsellable would you have it destroyed... for example
1) You own a 6 year old warmblood type. Nice riding club horse. Has a sarcoid by its sheath. Due to a change in circumstances you have to sell, lets say move abroad.
Or
2) You bought a project pony in the winter. It was a great project and you have done loads with it however as spring and summer it developed sweet itch. People have told you its unsellable. It was only intended as a short term project...
Or
3) You have a 13 year old ex racehorse. You have reschooled it a bit, you mostly hack but have done the odd unaffilated thing. He was diagnosed with kissing spines when you first got him but you have treated (operated) and rehabbed him. You have to sell to go to university....
These are just random examples.... I am not thinking of specific people or horses.
Question is... are these horses unsellable... what would you do with them? PTS? Try and hide the problem and sell anyways, auction? Sell cheap to a dealer?
I am sure there a millions of more examples...
I know some people won't like the tone of this thread as basically its highlighting tue fact that horses are cheap and disposable to a lot of people. What happens to the less than perefct horses??