Help Selling my horse...right decision&right price??opinions please

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Hi, im new to the forum. Just wondered if anyone has some advice...
Im thinking about selling my 14.3hh Haflinger bought as my confidence giver after a nasty accident with my eventer. I dislocated my hip and had 3 months off (he went back to the dealer for full refund...very reputable as id only had him 3 weeks)
Im at a stage where ive been riding other peoples eventers and show jumpers, my haffy has done a great job but i want to get back in to competing and i don't think its a good idea to keep 2 horses (financially and time wise) but he's been such a good horse that i feel bad for wanting to sell him. im looking at £3000 but i dont if this is too much?? his onyl negative is being a tad cheeky in the field (ie trots off but as soon as i fuss another horse he comes straight over and any time anyone else goes to get their horse in, he goes to say hello but he doesn't barge out of the field or anything, it seems to be his way of playing) anyway im digressing from the issue... has anyone esle been in a similar situation or have an opinion???
 
well if hes a good allrounder I think 3 grand is a fair price - esp if he has good tack with him - maybe a bit less due to current market

well done for getting your confidence back and good luck !!

nice to hear a nice story!! x
 
He's a bombproof Haflinger hacker, I can cross a duel carriageway with him as he stops as soon as I ask and he never panics, if anything I worry about it and he waits until Im happy, lorries, motor bikes tractors etc he's fine with. Jumps around 2'3" happily (if a little slowly when doing a small course) could put a couple of 2'6" in and he would clear them. He was very green in the school I've schooled him quiet a bit and he now bends nicely, does perfect circles, changes rein really well, always stops square, straight from trot and within about 3 canter strides and for a Haffy he now works on the bit which was a surprise! If anything he tries to predict what im going to ask of him. Ive done sponsored rides andtaken him round a 4miles cross country course with a friend (although he was really knackered towards the end he kept going and really through his whole heart into it). He was a driving pony but I've never done it with him so I wouldn't sell him as being able to do it.
I sold my lorry after my accident as I didn't think i'd ever want to ride again. Some really good supportive friends and helpful parents convinced me to go to a good dealer not far from home and tell them waht had happened, I didn't like the horse I orginially went to see but I saw his head over the door and decided although he was smaller than I would have considered that it wouldn't hurt to have a go and that was it he came home. Initially I was really nervous and he was angel for everything, as my confidence grew he got more cheeky in the field which actually makes my friendship with him stronger and his cheeky ways do make me giggle (great source of entertainment for my yard and he's always getting request to be borrowed by visitors of the yard or after anyone falls off). Its a tough decision.
I have a wintec saddle for him (its the cair jumping saddle in tan) Mark Todd stirrups, and a standard english leather bridle, so no special tack but its all comfy and fits him well (even though he's bloated out slightly with our rather lush grass unfortunately he's managed to get his grass muzzle off 4 times now so ive decided to try and ride more).
He's 100% load, traffic, on the yard. Has all his jabs, wormer and passported.
 
Forgot to say a beginner friend overbalanced going down hill (rather heavy guy, 15/16stone) and pony fell onto his knees going down hill friend catapolted over his head (wasn't too far to fall) got up and the my haffy was watching him and waited to be touched until he got back up and stood dead still to be brushed down and remounted. Hes only 7!!
Hope im not boring everyone its just a bit of a dilemma.
 
If he is super safe then people will pay alot. You don't mention if he can show or do anything else other than hack? The more you get him out doing the more he is worth particularly this time of year. Have you thought about doing some lower level competitions with him just to cement your confidence - sponsored rides etc? Then sell him during the school holidays as a mother/daughter type horse that can do a bit of everything. Parents will pay well for something that has a good safe reputation. A friend of mine has a super safe cob (14.3) for sale who can do a prelim test, small SJ clear, bombproof to hack with a complete wardrobe of rugs and tack for £5000 and has got a couple fighting over him! He is being sold and demonstrated by a pro which probably adds a bit to his value as he is now beautifully schooled.
 
ohh id have him for £3000 + tack. shame im off to uni tho
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3 grand is a good price then
however haffys are seen as cheap import ponies that are ten a penny at the mo as a lot of dealers are importing them in BUT he sounds ace and im sure you will get 3k

What a nice pony - I hope he gets a great home - sounds like he has done a job and done it well - make sure he gets a good home - I do think it sounds like you are ready to move on - nothing wrong with selling him !! x
 
Sorry, missed your threads while I answered. I have to ask one question - if he is such a good pony (and you obviously adhore him) why would you let a huge beginner ride him - far far too heavy IMO?

Personally, ponies that safe are hard to come by - are you sure selling him is what you realy want to do or could you just enjoy him just competing at a slightly lower level?
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Thanks I think this forum is really helpful, I just don't want to overvalue him as id like a nice home for him so ive put negotiable and tack rugs etc available. Hes done a few sponsored rides although that was when I first got him and needed to get my fear of riding in open spaces sorted, after my accident, which it definately did!
Transport in guildford is so expensive to go to local shows and most of people at my yard have 2 horses to compete or their towing limit isn't high enough for 2.
 
he's a particularly big structured horse and quite happily trotted and walked with my friend whilst his girlfriends horse was messing about and cantering sideways, it was a half hour pootle about...he normally does a 3hour hack with me (11st 11onces) so you might right slightly on the heavy side. hard to know although my friend is loosing weight in order to buy his own 16hh warmblood type (i think something ploddy and cobby but you can never tell men!!)
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I would price him at £5000 with tack etc, people pay a lot for a super safe horse.

What a lovely story I am glad he gave you the confidence to ride again. It would be lovely for him to do that to someone else.
 
He would make it round a 2'3" course which would be good for pony club.He's far more keen on hacking than schooling but he still does his best although his concentration dwindles after 30minutes. I was doing discovery classes previous to my accident with my old horse who unfortunately developed kissingspine at the age of 10 and was PTS : (

My instructor has suggested its time to move up a couple of gears and get back up to the level I was at when and if I find the right horse.
 
he'd have been fine for half and hour - jeez haffys are beasts!! you should see them at wotk over in austria - when I go skiing they have them in the mountains dragging felled trees all over the shop - I think there great horses!!

good luck - you could always loan a horse like that out ten times over though - just incase you want to be sure! x
 
I going to look for something between 16-17hh, either a 4/5 year old who needs to be schooled and i work with over the years to get there, or else something which has done a little bit already and needs to excel a bit further... i will hopefully know when I find it and the dealer who sold me my haffy (originally a part exchange to them) will be able to find me a sports horse or something suitable, I haven't completely made up my mind as i think i need to be horseless in order to commit to buying another as sometimes they do go quickly!
 
good luck, hope you find the right home for your haffy, and a genuine horse for yourself, i would have bought haffy of you i have been looking for a good one for ages,but only a couple of months ago got a 15hh cob gelding, who hates tractors,found out when i got him home,
 
He's sounds the sort of pony I would love to buy for my daughter, in a couple of years, I think that if he is everything you describe, then £2,500 to £3,000 would be a fair price! Hard to tell at the mo though with things they way they are!!
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we have loads of farm machinery, on road hacking and quad bikes to show hes completely fine with.

i hope u get ur cobby sorted, im sure he will get better at tractors as he sees them more and realises they dont bite !!
 
thankyou, he's too perfect in every other way so it is a must that i work with him. he is for keeps had my other horse who is 18 for 17 year, they become part of the family as soon as you get them, or maybe that is just me been a softie.
 
chocolate86.....have you got any photos??

A friend of mine is looking for a young gelding about 15hh that hasnt been hammered into the ground for her and her kids to ride.

PM me if you want my email address to send them to and I can pass them on for her to see!
 
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