For those actively looking to buy a horse - how hard is it now?

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My friend sent me a link about a beautiful horse advertised on FB. Although I'm casually looking at the moment I have to admit it did pique my interest.

So started my due diligence. Turned out the woman selling it has shown up under her company name on dodgy dealers for miss selling a mare sometime ago.

It's like swimming in shark infested waters out there. Very scary.

So if you are interested in a nice looking six year old, 17hh chestnut gelding go on Dodgy Horse Dealers and Sellers first. If I can stop the heartbreak I've gone through with Lari happening to anyone else it will be worth it. 😡😡
 
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Definitely prices have gone down. This is purely due to the fact I bought a young cob in June having waited and waited, that is smaller that I had originally wanted and unbacked. However he is a sweetie and is growing. Suddenly lots of adverts have appeared for bigger cobs - although they may not be bigger as people have a strange way of measuring/ don't bother to measure. So I should really stop looking at adverts.
 
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Jack's a nice boy, I like him.https://www.horsequest.co.uk/advertisment/320865


I saw a nice bay on Horsequest but when I went back on the advert it had gone. Think he was called Flash from the Midlands area.
He was a 17hh bay with a photo of a girl in blue riding him - if anyone knows the owner let me know if he's still for sale please! I know its a long shot!!
 
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Does anyone know this horse/person please? PM me or pass my details to them. I was really interested in this horse. I though he'd suit me but his advert disappeared. I'm sure the horse was advertised as 17hh and called Flash (but I may have made that last bit up)Thanks.

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Birker2020 said:
My friend sent me a link about a beautiful horse advertised on FB. Although I'm casually looking at the moment I have to admit it did pique my interest.

So started my due diligence. Turned out the woman selling it has shown up under her company name on dodgy dealers for miss selling a mare sometime ago.

It's like swimming in shark infested waters out there. Very scary.

So if you are interested in a nice looking six year old, 17hh chestnut gelding go on Dodgy Horse Dealers and Sellers first. If I can stop the heartbreak I've gone through with Lari happening to anyone else it will be worth it. 😡😡
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I would take most if what you read on that group with a pinch of salt.
 
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Birker2020 said:
Thank you. He's too cheap for the current market so I personally would be suspicious.
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If he is near to you would be worth a look , if they have had him 5 years and want a good home perhaps they want a lower level home for him rather than a high pressure competition home . I really like the look of Jack though, lots of horses can spook at a leaf no matter how calm they usually are. My friends horse was pretty bombproof but there would be the odd day when he would look at a leaf which was a different colour, his spooks were maybe one stride to the side, my mare would do a complete spin and tank off
 
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Birker2020 said:
Thank you. He's too cheap for the current market so I personally would be suspicious.
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It doesn’t jump, it’s 13 and it’s very average looking. Looks priced correctly to sell in October to me!

That is an average horse doing average stuff at an average price in a poor time of year to sell.
 
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nagblagger said:
So if he was priced more you might be interested? 🤔 Occasionally there are bargains to be had... Always worth at least a phonecall if they were my type.
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No but I've been studying the equestrian market in detail if not daily, certainly weekly for the past 18 months. And I know that if a horse between 16.3hh - 17.1hh and between 8 and 14 is less than £10k and is not a TB then I can guarantee almost 100% that there will be an underlying issue with it.
 
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LEC said:
It doesn’t jump, it’s 13 and it’s very average looking. Looks priced correctly to sell in October to me!

That is an average horse doing average stuff at an average price in a poor time of year to sell.
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No he's not. Trust me.
He's under priced considerably. If you dont believe me check out HQ. Same size, same age range, same breed. Do comparisons.

If things in life seem to good to be true they usually are....
 
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Birker2020 said:
You but him then. He can keep Orbit company 🤣
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I wouldn’t pay that kind of money for a horse as I am not looking to do the kind of stuff you are. Ive got Orbit 😍 and I could make him into him if I really wanted but I dont 😂 too old for that 😂
I actually much prefer to have a horse from scratch and ride it, not just be the passenger of an ‘I can do it horse’ I like to teach the horse to do it. Be the first to ride past the tractor, be the first to canter, be the first to Jump 😍
 
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not just be the passenger of an ‘I can do it horse’ I like to teach the horse to do it.
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Good for you. But i know I don't have the time, patience or inclination for that. Nor do I need to put myself at a higher risk of furtherinjury teaching a young or inexperienced horse to jump.

We are all different.
 
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