How much...

[Scampi]

would you pay for this?

16.2hh chestnut TB gelding, 10yo, good bloodlines, never raced, current owner only had him about 6 weeks - when she got him home, she tacked him up and put him on the lunge and he bucked like mad, scared the girl, took her 30 mins to catch him again. Basicly she is over-horsed, she took him on as a project and he has turned out too much for her. She says he has calmed down now and is on back on the lunge and is coming on well, she hasn't sat on him yet, her advert says he may need 're backing'. Friendly nature. She paid £950 for him and wants her £950 back to buy another hence he is for sale for £950.

What would you pay?

 

[Maisy]

it amazes me just how many people think they are capable of taking on 'projects'...........i wish that people would leave it to the people who know what they are doing instead of thinking they can make a few quid quickly and screwing the horses up even further.......

 

[Flicker]

First I would make sure the animal was actually sound and the bucking wasn't a pain reaction. Having established that, depending on how experienced you are, 950 could be the biggest bargain you've ever got for a horse, or the biggest waste of money. Seems reasonable to me, I probably wouldn't pay more than a grand for a project.

 

[merlinsquest]

Ditto Maisy...... I wouldnt touch a project horse as I would probably ruin it further..... but sooo many people think they can

If just bucking on the lunge put her off then she needs to add to her budget and get a nice schoolmaster!!!

No idea on price however as TBs seem to go for silly money when out of a racing yard

 

[lochpearl]

Has she not even sat on this horse or seen it ridden? What did the previous sellers advertise him as? In my experience most horses like to have a buck and a squeal on the lunge, that's why a lot of people lunge the horse before getting on to allow it to get anything out of it's system. I would suggest getting back, teeth, saddle checked first instead of just selling him on with this problem. At 10 years old he should be able to be ridden so there must be something wrong. Good bloodlines in a gelding aren't worth anything, unless he is very good at his job, but they can't breed from him so bloodlines really don't come into it.