HELP! Estimating cost of prospective pony!

[peahead12]

Hello! I need help with estimating how much this pony i would like to buy will be. I am writing on here because the person i would be asking to buy this horse from tends to overprice her horses. So i want to know how much she should really be offering me.

I currently work at this riding school voluntarly and have rode this horse for 5 years now, I'm pretty much the only person who rides her she is not suitable for customers or escort. I would like to buy her shes a faboulous pony when you get her focused. Enjoys jumping and i believe with more time spent on her (if i'm not there she sits in a field) she will make a lovely pony who i can compete. Currently is only ridden by me once or twice a week, she has so much potential atm is going to waste at this riding school. I know her inside and out (as much as you can with any horse/pony that is) she doesn't frighten me.

Not sure on age I believe she is around 10, welsh section D pony she has behaivour problems. Head shaking because of injury to her mouth when she was young, bucking is her main vice, also rears. and becomes hot headed when hacking - bolts, bucks, rears and strong, even with a calm companion.

Suggestions on how much you think she is worth?

 

[Shay]

Any horse - or pony - is only worth what someone will pay for it. If the owner knows you want the pony then she can charge what she likes. You only have to decide if you will pay it. What anyone on here says isn't going to make mush difference to that.

The capital cost is a very small part of owning a pony. Do make sure that you've also accounted for the day to day costs etc.

 

[ncarter]

Is she actually for sale? As I think the current owner would have a lot of trouble selling her given her vices and the current market.
If you look for horses of a similar age/breed on horsemart etc you will get an idea of what you can get for your money. I've just had a quick look and for something around that age, it looks like you can get an all rounder from £1500. So if I were you I would not be offering anything more than £1000. I may even go lower given her behavioural problems. Other people may disagree with me but this just is my opinion!

What figure did you have in your head?

 

[missyme10]

Shay has said it all really.

All I will add is I doubt many would even consider buying such a horse, she's clearly a project horse so I would pay no more than 500-1000 for her.

Does the owner know you are interested in buying her?
I would play it cool, and be seen to be actively looking at other horses, so they know yeah you are interested but are looking for a horse in general.
As an owner I would then consider well no one else is gonna buy her, and why would you pay the kind of money for a horse with no issues as you would for a project horse that clearly has a lot of problems to iron out.

I guess I'm saying dont act to keen, go along with well you know I like her and I think I can work with her problems, and thats gonna take time and hard work, so yes but the price must reflect this.

From what you say, I dont think there is much chance of her selling to someone else, is she on the open market at present ? x

 

[peahead12]

Shes not for sale but she was years back before her mouth accident. She was nearly sold to my bestfriend although she doesn't know the price as she was little at the time but apprentely it wasn't much, but I may ask if there is any chance of me buying her seen as shes not able to be used by the riding school.

Well when they did have a brief period of trying to sort her problems out i was rider they put on her to do that. But due to lack of time/owner frankly can't be bothered they stopped and actually just made the problem worse.

Everytime i ride her i try to improve myself to help her (exercises to get her listening) and she is pretty good with me accept all my efforts are ruined when she puts the other helpers on her who just mess around let her get away with anything. Recentaly to prove my point two of the younger helpers (12&10) took her down the stick and ball pitch and basically galloped up and down like loonatics as they weren't be supervised. A groom using the pitch at the time exercising her horses told the girl to stop and now turn around and walk back down, and of course the pony bolted thinking it was allowed to gallop again and by the girl trying to pull her up she threw a tantrum bucking flinging her head back and nearly broke the girls nose.

So the next time i took her down there she was alot harder to handle where as in previous weeks i had managed to settle her work her for abit and then once she had fully settled allowing her to stretch her legs in a fun race we did up the pitch.

I estimated shed be worth no more than £1500.

 

[Vodkagirly]

A well behaved pony costs the same to look after as a naughty one..... think carefully before you take something like this on. How will you feel when your friends are off on adventures and to shows but you can't as the pony is to badly behaved?
I reckon a max of £500 prices are really dropping this close to winter.