Horse has to be sold suggestions please

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Oh and is that Mark Butler riding? I've not seen him since he was about 8 years old and significantly skinnier than that!!!!

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It is indeed Mark, I will tell him you think he is now fat
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Please don't
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I think he might just remember me though.

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He won't mind
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I told him the other day we had let ourselves go since we got married!
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I can only really comment from a SJ'ing perspective, and perhaps a personal view of what RC horses go for, but if as you say he'll do BN and Disco at best then he's worth about £4k tops and only then if someone ifalls in love with him and is happy to stay at that level. In other words, he isn't a SJ'er. As a decent alrounder (ie RC horse) doing a bit of local SJ'ing upto 3ft, ODE's and RC Dressage then perhaps £5k. Remember though, there is a recession looming and people are reining in their spending a lot. As such there won't be such a buoyant market going forward and so prices will fall.

I wouldn't be overly concerned about his size...there are plenty of bigger people around who like or want bigger horses...the bottom line though is that the price has to be right
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The owner is probably losing about £600 per month in sales livery too and should bear that in mind
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I think he's lovely with a fab attitude. Not sure about £9k though, while I don't personally think he's overpriced for what he is, something must be amiss or you would at least have had people to try him. £9k might be too much for the market at the moment if you know what I mean!

Surely best to readvertise at a lot less as its only the loss that you will make sending him to a dealer and he looks too good for that. Perhaps try just under £7k. £6,995? I really hope he finds a lovely home.
 
Having seen the vid I change my advice, up his price not lower it!!
Lovely willing sane boy who deserves a nice home.
I too would say remove the riding club horse part and advertise him with a much higher profile, he is too cheap at £5k... That could be what's putting people off.
I also agree his sheer size is off putting to many, but what a gentleman of a horse.
What is wrong with people, horses like him aren't ten a penny, I'd have thought people would have jumped at him..
editted to say I would price him around £7k
 
I'm afraid I tend to agree with O_B here.
He looks like a really lovely horse and will make someone's day BUT from the short snippet of video he doesn't look anything amazing for the dressage arena.
I think he's a 6-7K horse tops,
 
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Oh and is that Mark Butler riding? I've not seen him since he was about 8 years old and significantly skinnier than that!!!!

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It is indeed Mark, I will tell him you think he is now fat
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Please don't
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I think he might just remember me though.

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He won't mind
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I told him the other day we had let ourselves go since we got married!
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Even more
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his wife thinks I am calling him fat!!!!
 
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IMHO, Please, please do not take this the wrong way, I'd price him at about £5k, yes he is a lovely, lovely looking horse with a lovely gentle character, there is no doubt about that, but I think that after watching his movement on the video, and looking at the way he uses himself, no way is he a £9k horse. We used to have global dressage at my yard, and it was the horses with power and panache from behind that made those sort of prices.

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I did think that too but didn't really want to say ...

For everyone that is saying he is worth £9k - surely if that were so he would have been sold by now. The fact that he has been for sale for so long would say to me he is overpriced - either for the time of year or for the way the market is at the moment or just plain and simple overpriced.
 
What price are you putting him up for?

Can you remind me of his breeding again... and what he has done???

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I would definitely agree with those who have put to advertise him as a dressage horse, especially as he is 17hh and might still have a bit of growing to do aswell. People like big horses in the dressage world
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oh he looks like such a poppet, and really nice movement would be lovely for someone to pop up thro the grades with, i think the market at the moment is very slow and all that are selling horses are experiencing problems,(not sure why), i wouldnt do anything too drastic just yet, am sure he will get fab home and at the price hes obviously worth...am assuming you have used horsequest ect??N price not telephone numbers?
 
Thanks everyone it is always interesting to hear other people's views on horses.

I am going to feed back to the owner and see how she wants to proceed. Will let you all know what her decision is.
 
He looks a lovely horse ,so why does the owner want to sell him?
Has he done any competitions? With a few good results it would be much easier to sell him.
I think he is lovely ,wish I had some money
 
Around Christmas and January is not the best time of year to be advertising a riding club horse. I agree, not many people would pay that much for a RC horse. He might be worth this, but change the wording on the advert.

There will be more people looking out now that spring and lighter evenings are approaching.
 
Thank you - His owner bought him to replace her old schoolmaster last year he has a a fair BD record scores around mid 60s most times out and has been out regularly competed by us since September (trying not to rack up points as he is still eligible for prelim).

There is a personal reason for his sale which has nothing to do with the horse at all.
 
He is super.

9k would be completely reasonable if he had simple things likle flying changes, half-pass & shoulder in established.

Good luck!
 
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He is super.

9k would be completely reasonable if he had simple things likle flying changes, half-pass & shoulder in established.

Good luck!

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wouldnt advertise him as an RC type, would persue bd/ dressage lines, have you tried putting him on their website??
 
If i could afford him id have him in a snap. He looks like exactly the sort of horse id be after.
I agree that labelling him as RC maybe putting people off with the price. He looks worth 9K but i say he had potential to do BD/BSJA.
 
What level does he have the potential to achieve in dressage... if you added that to the advert, I think it would really get people's attention.
 
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He is super.

9k would be completely reasonable if he had simple things likle flying changes, half-pass & shoulder in established.

Good luck!

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Simple things,if only!
 
I'd put his price at £6,500-£7,500. She is simply asking too much for him. I think he's nice but not that special. Hope the owner thinks about his future more than the money as he hasn't sold.
 
The fact she is willing to drop his price in order to find him a good home for life is proof that she has has best interests at heart and is not simply fed up with him.

She would rather he goes to a good home than be passed from pillar to post.
 
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IMHO, Please, please do not take this the wrong way, I'd price him at about £5k, yes he is a lovely, lovely looking horse with a lovely gentle character, there is no doubt about that, but I think that after watching his movement on the video, and looking at the way he uses himself, no way is he a £9k horse. We used to have global dressage at my yard, and it was the horses with power and panache from behind that made those sort of prices.

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I did think that too but didn't really want to say ...

For everyone that is saying he is worth £9k - surely if that were so he would have been sold by now. The fact that he has been for sale for so long would say to me he is overpriced - either for the time of year or for the way the market is at the moment or just plain and simple overpriced.

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Ditto this.

I think I said the same thing last time you posted about him - I just think 9k is too much for a horse that doesn't have much in the way of potential or results jumping, and yet doesn't have the power or paces to command a high price for pure dressage. He looks like an absolutely lovely horse, but I think the fact that nobody has come to see him is a clear indication he is just too expensive for what he is.

I think if he's to be advertised as a high end RC allrounder he needs some good results SJ, otherwise I would just advertise him as an amateur dressage horse, and maybe include in the advert what level you think he has potential for. I think if he was priced around 5k he would sell easily.
 
He is beautiful im so suprised he hasnt been sold yet

If i had the moeny he would be straight off your hands right now, he has lovely movement

I agree advertise as dressage not RC

Good luck with selling him xxx
 
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then to vet the home to do our best to ensure that he is no passed on for profit in a short space of time.

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I find it strange when people are prepared to sell at a "loss" to a dealer, but won't realistically re-price a horse to sell on the open market because they don't want someone making a profit on said horse! Isn't that what a dealer would do....?! Not a criticism of the owner, just has always made me a bit
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Agree with the people who have said if he isn't selling or even getting viewings, then bottom line is he is just too expensive for what he is.
 
I think what she is trying to avoid is people coming along saying he will have a home for ever and then finding out he has been passed along to someone else.

A dealer has no ulterior motive they aim to sell a horse, usually to a private home for profit, where the majority of horses stay for a long time.

Also by selling to a dealer she is taking away the hassle of dealing with lots of people who think they can make some money!
 
Well I love him! Drop his price and wait until I have won the Your Horse win a horse competition and I'll be straight round!
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Can't quite believe you've had absolutely no-one to see him, even at that price. I agree though that although he's very nice, he just doesn't look worth that price.
 
I can gaurentee that this horse is easy and a total dude.

He has been beautifully trained by Mark and will be light, responsive and far better schooled than almost any horse you'd find in the 5-7k bracket. He isnt top class but he'd certainly do a very obedient test and correct test at elementary and he has the right grounding to do much more.....

I dont have any suggestions as to how to shift him other than to run some different ads
 
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