How much did you pay for your horses?

[HattieTheSuperCob]

Bit of a nosey post haha but just out of interest how much did you pay for them? I have just bought Hattie a 7yo cob 15.2hh for £500, passed her vetting with flying colours but she is a project to bring on after being out of work for a year.

 

[Llee94]

I have never paid more than £2500 and the lowest has been £150.

 

[thatsmygirl]

15.2 welsh x cob 7 yr old been there done it £800 incl tack now 22 and still going strong

14hh Arab x welsh ex competition pony free to good home now 24 and retired pet.

11hh pony fab first pony will never be sold £300

14.2 highland colt foal £350

Palamino filly part bred Arab to make 15.2hh £100

That's my current crew

 

[AdorableAlice]

In the order that they were purchased.

1981 £1000 - hunter
1983 £150 - Section D colt
1994 £1000 - ID colt

2004 9k
2011 £1000 ID foal
2012 £250 to save a life
2012 £3,500 cob

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

Both of my TB's were gifts from their racing owners. My darty was a gift from my grand mother. So nowt lol!

 

[Dumbo]

£2800 4yo New forest.... Very much ripped off and he was swiftly returned!
£1200 Tb. Again, over priced for what he was on paper but he's my horse of a life time.
£2000 fjord.

 

[Katastrophy]

£1500 for a TB X Connie then 8yo mare, somewhat loopy, fast and great fun- heart of a lion and a grotty bag in the stable.

Foal bred from her- £250 stud fee for an unproven just-broken 3yo with lovely paces, well put together and a great jump, stallion that went on to event at 1* Foal now 6 and my star in the making!

TB mare, very well bred, 7 yo, £1700... I was an idiot! Sold for £1000 a year or so later.

Welsh X pony for driving- £800, developed an awful wind sucking habit when separated from above TB mare... Gave back to her breeder two years after I bought her- she's happy there.

Shetland- £250, driving pony, lost him to strangles a year later.

Welsh D for driving trials- great starter driving pony for me, loads of issues (some already present, some developed/found since then) but safe as houses on the marathon and kept me safe too- £3500. Now on loan in my spare stable.

Think that's my lot...

 

[FlyingCircus]

£3000, £1000 over my original budget.
7yr old 15hh Connemara with fab paces and massive jump on him.

 

[HashRouge]

£950 on my little Arab, 14 years ago now. My dream horse, B, is worth £30,000 and rising (he's only 5) so that one will probably stay a pipe dream unless I win the lottery

 

[skint1]

I paid too much for my daughter's ex racers, lovely as they are!

For this handsome beastie however, I paid princely sum of a shiny £1.00

 

[Equine_Dream]

My 8 year old sec C gelding was £500. He was a complete bargain for that price and worth a lot more. Hes 110% bombproof and an absoloutly gorgeous little chap.

My 4 year old Sec D mare was £1500. I know thats quite a lot for a 4yr old but she is worth every penny. Brave and safe to hack, amazing jumper, and a stunning palomino to boot.

 

[dibbin]

First horse - just broken 15hh 4yo SecD cross, temperament to die for - £1,200

Second - 15hh 8yo TBX, done riding club stuff, XC, SJ, perfect ground manners but mad as a brush to ride - £1,300

Third - 16.1hh 6yo ISH, fairly green, lovely person, beautiful mover, nicely bred but sensitive so a bit tricky to ride - £3,250

All geldings

 

[_OC_]

4.5k for my Irish cob ......10 years ago......God....I really paid that!!!!

 

[Crugeran Celt]

First pony 14hh pb welsh, given her as she was outgrown but didn't want to sell, she was about 10 years old, best pony ever!! Bred from her for a stud fee of £150. My sect d gelding I paid £2500 for and my minis were £400 each, I have three.

 

[Leo Walker]

Frankie has a bit of a back story! He was bought as a weanling and had a lovely home till he was about 2 and a half, then they had to cut down on numbers so sold him to someone who was going to back and bring him on as a riding horse the next year. She lost her job and gifted him to a "rescue" for £1. The "rescue was actually 2 women living off benefits who were getting horses on tick from the local meat man and rehoming them for £6/7/8/900. Nice little earner especially as they weren't paying their rent on the yard or paying the meat man etc.

They had only had him a couple of weeks when they got a repossession order and a serious threat from the meat man. It all kicked off on Facebook, and I'd spotted him when he arrived and loved the look of him. At the time I was recovering from a fractured spine and was in a full metal back brace, I'd also just lost one of my horses who I found dead in the field I wasnt sure how well I would walk and wanted something that would drive, not that I should have been buying anything at that point!

I went to view him, knowing that come what may I'd be buying him to get him out of there. He cost me £500. I swing between feeling ripped off and like I got the bargain of a lifetime! :lol: On paper it was an INCREDIBLY stupid thing to do! And nearly 3 yrs down the line hes probably not that suitable, but I adore him!

Not really what you asked for, so the condensed version is he cost me £500 but they gave me £20 lucky money back, so £480 really

 

[Tiarella]

Blimey! I think I've been ripped off...

4.5k for a 4 year old class 1 Connemara bought at the start of November. He has proved all he is worth already though so I'm currently very happy, and very poor!

 

[Deltic Blue]

Never paid more than £2500 for a horse.

Millie 13.3 New Forest, first purchased at 7 years old in 2009 for £1500, then sold her in 2011 for £1800. Bought her back in 2013 for £900, then sold her earlier this year for £800 to the perfect home for her.

Beetle, 16.2 TB non ex racer gelding, bred to event. 12 years old, bought for £2500.

Then most recently Izzy, 5yr old 15.2 Welsh PBA for £2500. She's very much been a big learning curve for me, but I'd hope she will be worth twice as much as she gets older

 

[Spottyappy]

Never more than £1500.
Current ones cost £1500, £1000 (county standard Welsh cobs) £900 coloured mare, free new forest mare. All of those were unbacked when we got them.
£1300 rid mare, who was backed but daughter was working for the dealer who was selling her and got "staff discount" last year.

 

[teddypops]

I have 7 ponies and in total they cost me £1530! That's a TB x welsh, Arab x, sec D, TB, Connemara, sec A and a miniature Shetland!

 

[mudmonkey17]

£1 and the best £1 I ever spent x

 

[HattieTheSuperCob]

Frankie has a bit of a back story! He was bought as a weanling and had a lovely home till he was about 2 and a half, then they had to cut down on numbers so sold him to someone who was going to back and bring him on as a riding horse the next year. She lost her job and gifted him to a "rescue" for £1. The "rescue was actually 2 women living off benefits who were getting horses on tick from the local meat man and rehoming them for £6/7/8/900. Nice little earner especially as they weren't paying their rent on the yard or paying the meat man etc.

They had only had him a couple of weeks when they got a repossession order and a serious threat from the meat man. It all kicked off on Facebook, and I'd spotted him when he arrived and loved the look of him. At the time I was recovering from a fractured spine and was in a full metal back brace, I'd also just lost one of my horses who I found dead in the field I wasnt sure how well I would walk and wanted something that would drive, not that I should have been buying anything at that point!

I went to view him, knowing that come what may I'd be buying him to get him out of there. He cost me £500. I swing between feeling ripped off and like I got the bargain of a lifetime! :lol: On paper it was an INCREDIBLY stupid thing to do! And nearly 3 yrs down the line hes probably not that suitable, but I adore him!

Not really what you asked for, so the condensed version is he cost me £500 but they gave me £20 lucky money back, so £480 really

Wow what a story! He's one lucky horse

 

[CowCob]

CC was £350 and she'll be off doing BSJA Newc and BE100 next year with maybe a couple of BSJA Fox's at the end of the season depending on how she goes. Defo got very lucky in buying her considering I was just wanting her for hacking and the fact she's just a standard cob type with no breeding! It took a long time to get her where she is but I wouldn't be without her. Very talented mare she is, however much of a sod she can be at times!

I almost had a heart attack when someone offered to buy her from me, lets just say I would never even dream of paying as much as they offered.

 

[Slightlyconfused]

First two who are no longer with us were 1200/1400 then.it's

£3000 for a novice ride for my brother to ride and then taught my sister xc and sj and got my hacking confidence back

£1200 for my wb mare who is now retired

Got gifted the little Welsh pony who lived out his last.nine months having a blast

Paid £500 donation to the charity we got the ex racer from

£3000 for two full brothers, one we sadly lost eight months later two cushings induced lami aged eight.

£1600 for my latest who was a splurge by my dad :/

Never vetted any and all have done the jobs we wanted.

 

[Cinnamontoast]

I got £10 given back to me in his passport! Also an Irish cob, don't know if that's a thing with Irish sellers.

 

[elliejhb]

My boy was gifted to me from his previous owner, I'd been part loaning him for a year previous and told her I was in a position to buy, still can't believe he's mine!
But what he lacked in purchasing price he's made up with vets bills!

 

[Feival]

Buzz was only the market for 6k and more than worth it, but due to who was selling him and who I worked for at the time I paid £3,250 Winnie I payed a measly £150.

 

[Enfys]

Never paid more than $5K

I have been given a few, and bartered a few, I swapped an ATV (which didn't work) for a stunning palomino AQHA, new Paso Fino cost me a saddle, and another horse cost me 2 weeks teaching at summer camp.

 

[Irish gal]

I got £10 given back to me in his passport! Also an Irish cob, don't know if that's a thing with Irish sellers.

You're right Cinnamontoast! It's called a 'luck penny', and is all part of the etiquette of buying and selling here. From the fairs originally and I suppose the idea is to bestow luck on you and the horse. Must say though a tenner is a bit measly £20 at least would be more like it!

 

[Leo Walker]

You're right Cinnamontoast! It's called a 'luck penny', and is all part of the etiquette of buying and selling here. From the fairs originally and I suppose the idea is to bestow luck on you and the horse. Must say though a tenner is a bit measly £20 at least would be more like it!

Happens in the NE as well, although buying Frankie was the first time it ever happened to me. They just shoved me £20 and said "here is your lucky money"

 

[BroadfordQueen]

£1950 for my 15.2hh sport horse mare as a 3yo, now 8 and has competed be100, novice BD, hunts, showjumps- you name it, plus she's quite pretty!
Then £2250 for my well bred 5yo wb x tb, out of a 4* event mare by a European gold medal winning dressage pony. She's quirky and an awkward size (15hh) hence her price, but now that I've developed a good relationship with her she's been the most amazing bargain ever! She's going to be a bit special, have already been offered a lot more than what we bought her for.
I don't like spending much on my horses as its too much pressure- we once spent 5 figures on a be novice horse, and yes she taught me a lot and I had great fun with her, but everyone knew her and expected us to be awesome- I've found it's way better to be the underdog!