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Would / Will you ever sell your horse(s)
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I have never retired a horse in my life (well, not quite true, we did retire an ex-racer turned SJ'er once, but he went back to the lady we bought him from to live out the rest of his days). Quite simply, i don't have the facilities to do so, and as a kid we always needed the cash from the sale of one horse / pony to fund the purchase of another
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Now Trike is with us for life as far as we are able as that is a decision we made when we took him on, but Bo is a different kettle of fish in my opinion. There is a significant amount of money tied up in him, and i have him to fuel my passion for SJ'ing. I'm not sure i want a horse to hack around the lanes on when he has ceased to be useful in the ring, and i'm also not sure i would want to pay out for two horses to be on 'retirement livery'
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However, for the first time in my life, i think it would be extremely hard to sell him on as we have such a strong bond
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I'd be really interested to hear everyone elses views...
 
In my case no, I will never sell P he is with me for life
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I understand other peoples priorities are different but for me P is part of the family and I will do whatever I can within my circumstances to keep him.
 
Storm: No never! As I aid in mylast post, I owe her so much and the poor sod will be stuck with me for life
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Allie: Yes if she turns out to be not very good. It would be a very hard sale but She'd he to go.

Missy: Yes, she should be up for sale next spring if all goes to plan.

Olympic: Not sure. If he has to be retired from work he probably stay with us because mum adores him and I don't think she'd mind a big dog
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If he needs to have an easier life or I want to go futher tan he can take me he'll either be sold or most likely go out on loan if he's getitng on a bit.
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I would have said no, i would never sell shadow. But as your well aware, my circumstances are forcing me to. Its devastating but has to be done. Although, i hope i will be able to buy him back when he retires.....
 
No - never.

Had this very discussion with my mother last night. Couldn't sell my horse - or any future horse that I may acquire, nor Amy's foal.

And if I lost my job - I'd sell the house to keep them.

Absolutely stupid and sentimental about my animals - so obviously heart rules head on many occassion.
 
I cannot see me every parting with Accy although i have had him under a year, he is a massive part of my life the thought of someone else taking over his care makes me want to cry and fall apart, sounds crazy maybe but he is my best friend and the one who is always there to tread on me, nibble me and I owe he a lot, so i would do everything i every could never to part with him and when he gets to old to do things then i either stop with him or if finances allow then ill have another one along side him...
 
Im crap at selling horses as i become too attached. Probably because MY LIFE is my horses, i have very little else in my life, so i put my heart and soul into them.
I sold my chestnut ex racer and Bally who now belongs to RLF.
It broke my heart to sell Bally, Rach will tell ya, i was in floods! and i sold her for winston.

Bertie was my first horse, I still have him after 16 years together and retiring him was very difficult.
Winston now there are ppl who tell me i should sell him to fund snoopy, however, I just cant part with him, as like you him and i have a very strong bond. It took us a long time to Gel with the SJing but now i feel much happier with him.

Snoopy, now he is technically my *savings account* and the sale of him will at last give me some money in the bank.
However, with everyone who has met him telling me this horse is special and could put you on the map Im thinking I may keep him a while longer to see how far we go. HOwever, should someone offer me silly money, he may have to go
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I would like to think I would but I know I am such a softy the chances are he is with me for life. My previous pony was with me until he died of colic aged 27 and is buried on the farm where he was kept (before the Euro lot had their say in burials). I have changed discipline as my current horse can no longer show and we have taken up dressage with some success. I think really it all depends on the situation at the time, financial and otherwise to be honest.
 
I'm afraid I'm a hopeless fluffy bunny and end up keeping most of mine! Sold the first horse I had because she wasn't suitable for me, but once I've bonded with a horse they have a home for life (financial and domestic catastrophes excluded). Thankfully we have our own land, so don't have to pay livery charges and I don't have to worry about farrier costs either!
 
Although I have lots of horses; there are really 2 that I class as my personal horses; Jet and Oscar. Both are absolute stars and I really like them.....however I am in a little bit of a predicament as my neighbour who has already bought a few horses from me, has fallen head over heels in love with Oscar. She has offered me a significant sum for him and I have been mulling this over for the past 5 or 6 months. She mentioned it the other day and I keep chopping and changing my mind as to whether I should sell him to her or not.

Oscar is pretty special as he was the first horse I bought over here and in the years I have owned him he has never ever put a foot wrong - he is actually (and honestly) almost perfect......sorry but he really is!

But then I think of what I could use the money for and then it puts me right back into my dilemma again.
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Jet; I might sell Jet in a few years, I really don't know. He isn't ready to leave here yet as he is still a bit nervous of strangers and because he came from an abusive home I feel a bit protective over him. So no I certainly wouldn't sell him at the moment. He's a great horse anyway and is soooo well behaved it's untrue.

Then there are the ones who will never ever leave here. The stallion with the broken neck - no I'd never sell him. His sister with UFP - again no I won't sell her. And then there is little Cloud, my daughters pony......no way would I ever sell her. We have had her for 10 years, we flew her out to Canada to be with us, and I simply adore her so there is no question that she will continue to live out her days here with us. She is one that is totally priceless.
 
I don't think I could sell Donkey if I tried - who wants a dishing lazy stubborn donkey anyway? (other than me and I am officially mad
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) If I did sell her I think she would just come straight back to me - which means I am stuck with her forever!!!!!!!
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I never thought I would sell my old horse that I had for 10 years. If someone offered an open cheque I would sell Lottie. I think I would sell her if I felt it was necessary or she could no longer do what I wanted
 
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Snoopy, now he is technically my *savings account* and the sale of him will at last give me some money in the bank.
However, with everyone who has met him telling me this horse is special and could put you on the map Im thinking I may keep him a while longer to see how far we go. HOwever, should someone offer me silly money, he may have to go
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LOL!

Now that is exactly the attitude i went in with when we bought Bo.....he's a nice horse, who can do the job for me, and i also thought he was a bit of a snip
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Now i probably could sell him for a fair bit more than i paid for him today (as much to do with the way the market has gone as anyting else mind you
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)......but *would* i
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i would never ever sell Bloss, shes with me for life. However when 'mini Bloss' arrives next year (providing she gets in foal etc) i will break it myself and train it and if its not going to be big enough for me, or have the potential im looking for il sel it on. Im hoping to breed two from Bloss anyways, so if all goes to plan with the first she'l probably go into foal again.

Archie wont ever be sold, altho on numerous occasions ive told him hes going for dog meat, or that im giving him to my trainer to 'get rid of'!! However i dont mean it, hes just VERY frustrating at times!
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I'm not planning on ever selling Meg, and have also got first refusal for Chloe if my mum ever decides to sell her. Hopefully I'd get a family discount on her!
 
Having just had an awful experience getting back two ponies that I sold , then I can say definatly NO I will never sell another. I am lucky enough to keep them on land owned by my inlaws so they have a home for life
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Nope, Chex has a home for life with me. But its never been an option to sell him, I knew when we bought him that he would be too old to sell on. I am far too attached to him to even let someone else look after him! He's given me 9 years of hapiness and kept me sane throughout my teenage years, I owe that horse a lot, and the best way I can repay that is to give him the retirement he deserves.

I keep thinking if I get another horse then I'd get a younger one I could sell on if I decided to have kids or couldn't afford it, but I think when it comes down to it I just couldn't sell.
 
Yes, I would, horses are too expensive to keep as pets especially when you have to pay livery and there is also the time involved in looking after them. If I'm not happy I'll sell, I hope Cilla turns out to be what I want - other wise she'll be off.
 
Bramble- never

Teazle- never

Lottie- never

Flo- never, buts she not exactly mine, but she'll stay with me to the rest of her days.

Dollar- hes for sale.

oh dear, quite a collection. I'm not sure what im doing with the foals either, depends what they're like
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Snoopy, now he is technically my *savings account* and the sale of him will at last give me some money in the bank.
However, with everyone who has met him telling me this horse is special and could put you on the map Im thinking I may keep him a while longer to see how far we go. HOwever, should someone offer me silly money, he may have to go
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LOL!

Now that is exactly the attitude i went in with when we bought Bo.....he's a nice horse, who can do the job for me, and i also thought he was a bit of a snip
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Now i probably could sell him for a fair bit more than i paid for him today (as much to do with the way the market has gone as anyting else mind you
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Thing is before it was just to double my money which i could do now. Thing is, do i want too. If someone offered me £20k then I would consider it lol
But as thats not going to happen any time soon, the boy is staying put lol
 
Like DD points out it is very expensive if your paying livery. I definitely would not be able to have 5 horses, i don't think i'd be able to have 2 if i had to pay for livery/straw/hay.
 
I am hoping to keep Senza for life and when i no longer want to compete she will be put in foal. HOWEVER if it turns out that she is not up to the job intended then even though it will break my heart then yes she will be sold.

Its early days yet so only time will tell!!!
 
Yep Bailey will be for sale at the end of the summer or sooner if someone comes along because I'm off to uni and I can't look after thim or afford him. Even though my trainer has said I'll never afford a better jumper which is true haha but thats life. Doesn't help that parents are totally not interested in horses (even though they funded them for me for the past few years).

Broke my heart to sale my second pony as he taught me so much, but he's in a home for life and I still speak regularly to the owners even though they've had him 18 months now. I will visit him this summer
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Only one of ours will never be for sale - if I was unable to keep him he'd have to be pts. He'd had such a hard life, been so abused and was so terrified when he came to us that I couldn't bear to have him have to go through all that fear and relearning all over again. Luckily we have our own land so he can spend his days in his own kingdom.

None of our other horses have any big quirks which would make them difficult to place in really good homes so I'm far less worried about them.
 
Will never say never, but it would take quite alot to take G off me. However, all depends how my situations change, and if he doesnt fit in, he would go, although would prob do the same as with Bob, and loan him with view to sell.
 
Honey remains in the family for life, but then noone would want a horse with navicular and artheritis, not that you would know she had any problems!! We have sold all the other horses/ponies we have had, normally because we need the money to buy another or because we have out grown them. We did sell one to become a broodmare as we didn't have the land or time for her to be in foal
 
All horses to me have a price except one - I have turned down alot of money for her (5 figures) but tbh I would turn down millions for this one horse and I would do ANYTHING to keep her if need be!!
Don't know if anymore in the future will come along like her but for now she is the only one that has no price!!!
 
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