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sjdress

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Potentially sadly looking to sell my horse but have no idea how much to ask in the current market. Sadly I feel I have over horsed myself and she would suit a more experienced rider (I am a hobby rider)
16.3 6yo mare. Excellent to do, non marish. Has been to pole clinics and arena hires. Training shows in Ireland. Good to hack. Has tried napping with me, can usually get her going fairly quickly and doesn’t do this with someone more experienced. Flatwork is very green but shows some glimpses of nice moments , however I struggle to keep her together. Has had hoof imbalance issues with lameness which is now resolved and fully sound.
 
How long have you owned the horse and what did you pay for her?
Hopefully, having overhorsed yourself won't have reduced her value, but it is unlikely to have increased at all.
 
Carrottom said:
How long have you owned the horse and what did you pay for her?
Hopefully, having overhorsed yourself won't have reduced her value, but it is unlikely to have increased at all.
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Paid £8k and have owned her a year and a bit. Flatwork has improved but still very green, taken a while to strengthen her up and I struggle to keep her ‘together’. Good to jump, not spooky with fillers etc but I’ve not competed her.
 
gallopingby said:
@sjdress have you thought/ had someone else school her for a few weeks? Sometimes you’re better off putting work into a horse you know that buying another who may have problems you hadn’t anticipated?
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I have someone who comes once a week to school her but at the moment due to working full time/ dark nights I am only managing to ride at weekends and it constantly feels like a step back. She’s good for the pro but can feel like a giraffe with me, losing confidence as I am not as confident on her
 
If she's napped and had lameness (even now resolved) since you purchased her, I'd expect a reduced price of around £6k.

Or, she sounds an ideal candidate for sales livery, where she will be schooled up and shown off to her full potential.
Then I think you could be looking at £10k-ish, depending on her actual conformation and ability.
 
As a few have already mentioned, if you're sure that she's not the horse for you, I'd get a pro working with her and/or on sales livery. The costs should be more than offset by the difference in value from selling her as she is now vs after a bit of training and 'polish'.
 
Winter is hard. We regularly have weeks where our horses in work are barely sat on, which is mostly fine because they have a lot of field time, are not fit and are used to just ticking over in winter. Your girl sounds lovely. If you aren't sure you want to sell her could you put her with someone who can school her for you to ride. Does the pro who has been riding her also teach you? If so have they been training her to go in a way that will work for you? If not, thats where I would start. If you like her, base her somewhere where you can get help and she can be produced as a nice horse for you (not a pro) to enjoy. If not, sales livery is probably the way to go.
 
If you paid 8K and she was going well at that time, but has since had lameness and been napping, I would reduce the price from that for a sale to an appropriate home, with full disclosure.

I would first get a pro to get her out and about a bit, so she has some recent record. It would make her more likely to find the right home rather than join the dealer merry go round. It also proves the lameness is resolved.
 
She’s certainly had her veterinary issues, hasn't she, and she can’t have been back in full work long?

I’m afraid that I wouldn’t touch a horse that had previously strained a stifle ligament even if she was now ‘sound’. Misbehaviour is often down to pain, even if a stronger rider can ride the horse through it.
 
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