GinaGeo
Well-Known Member
My partner and I have just had an offer accepted on our first house. And
ng up to the reality that running three horses and a mortgage isn’t going to happen. I’ve managed to reach this point in my life and never sell one, but it’s time to be a grown up.
The older two I can run relatively cheaply, they don’t need loads of lessons or outings to keep them going. They’re happy hacking and schooling and if I’ve got some spare cash we can go to some parties.
Podrick, however is five. He’s been given the time he needs to grow and mature and he’s now at the point that he needs to be going out and about and doing more and I’m not going to have the budget to do it - I’m absolutely gutted because he is a lot of fun.
I’ve no idea how to price him, whether to ask my trainer to sell him for me, or how to vet the potential buyers? I think a huge amount of him, and I’ve had him since he was a yearling. I would very much like him to go to someone who will adore him as much as I do, but who has the time to devote to him. He deserves it.
He’s a 16.1hh, 5yo gelding. His breeding isn’t recorded as he was a mistake and the breeder wasn’t certain which Arab colt got to the mare. ? But the mare was out of a Ben Faerie mare and by Primitive Rising. (Shares a dam line with Faerie Dianimo).
He’s a compact, talented young horse who enjoys his work and is a very quick learner.
He hacks alone or in company and goes first or last. He’s never strong. And is good to box, clip, shoe etc etc.
He has had a couple of Dressage outings, done a couple of Show classes and is jumping very well in his lessons away from home.
Where do I start, and how do I get through it without breaking down in his mane. I’m welling up at the thought of it. But with my sensible head on it is the right thing to do.
ng up to the reality that running three horses and a mortgage isn’t going to happen. I’ve managed to reach this point in my life and never sell one, but it’s time to be a grown up.
The older two I can run relatively cheaply, they don’t need loads of lessons or outings to keep them going. They’re happy hacking and schooling and if I’ve got some spare cash we can go to some parties.
Podrick, however is five. He’s been given the time he needs to grow and mature and he’s now at the point that he needs to be going out and about and doing more and I’m not going to have the budget to do it - I’m absolutely gutted because he is a lot of fun.
I’ve no idea how to price him, whether to ask my trainer to sell him for me, or how to vet the potential buyers? I think a huge amount of him, and I’ve had him since he was a yearling. I would very much like him to go to someone who will adore him as much as I do, but who has the time to devote to him. He deserves it.
He’s a 16.1hh, 5yo gelding. His breeding isn’t recorded as he was a mistake and the breeder wasn’t certain which Arab colt got to the mare. ? But the mare was out of a Ben Faerie mare and by Primitive Rising. (Shares a dam line with Faerie Dianimo).
He’s a compact, talented young horse who enjoys his work and is a very quick learner.
He hacks alone or in company and goes first or last. He’s never strong. And is good to box, clip, shoe etc etc.
He has had a couple of Dressage outings, done a couple of Show classes and is jumping very well in his lessons away from home.
Where do I start, and how do I get through it without breaking down in his mane. I’m welling up at the thought of it. But with my sensible head on it is the right thing to do.
It's clear that you click with this horse so much and that is something that can be so hard to find, so I'm thrilled that you can keep him.