I thought horses weren't selling at the moment!

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Like the title! After having no horse of my own for a couple of years now (we have eight horses, but I haven't one of my own to ride - all belong to daughter or are out or loan!) I thought I'd treat myself to a nice, middle aged, sane hack/hunter, one I could enjoy in my fifties and hunt safely. Daughter scanned Horse Quest, found me the "perfect" horse, I rang up to ask about it but it had been sold within a day of the ad appearing! I thought nothing was selling!
 
Shame you missed what seemed to be a perfect horse for you. Might be good for me that that they are selling because looks like I will have to sell my girl unless I can find a yard nearer home.
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I had the same prob when I was looking for a youngster earlier this year. Every time I saw one that fitted the bill - same old story. Sold within a few days. Isn't it sooo frustrating.?? So much for the credit crunch eh?
 
Horses like you are after are very sought after & have always sold easily. There are loads of posts on here with people saying " All I want is a safe sane horse that I can do a little jumping on, a little dressage, hack out safely & posibly occasionally hunt. He doesn't have to be a world beater but I just can't find one"

This is because they, in effect, are after an all rounder who has been there & bought the T shirt & these are either quite expensive or are snapped up as soon as they come on the market. I know this doesn't help you but this happens all the time.
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Generally speaking horses that are advertised acurately and honestly, are priced accordingly and are generally easy to do, nice types will always sell quickly.

The ones that sound fantastic but when you turn up it is like a 3 legged, 1 eyed donkey, and is priced through the roof - they tend to not sell as quick
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I think it depends upon the type of horse you are looking for and the price range set by the seller. If the horse is good and the price is fair, buyers will be attracted. I've had loads and loads of interest in my 15.1hh 10 year old TB mare. She's done nothing but hack and breed a foal, but was priced accordingly. I've found her the most wonderful local home, with people who will keep in touch, so I could not be happier. At least having generated a lot of interest in her, I was able to select the best possible home. Maybe if I'd priced her higher and had fewer enquiries, I might not have had the choice of homes for her, that I did.

Don't loose heart after calling about just one horse, though. It's early days in your search. There are lots of horses out there. Just make sure you check the websites daily for newly added horses and buy editions of the horse sales magazines as soon as they are published to get the best possible chance of getting-in-there first! Good luck
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I don't know where the hype about nothing selling is coming from? I've been looking for a pony for ages and believe me to even get a viewing you've got to move fast - the marjority of the time the inital phonecalls resulted in "sorry we've not got him/her any more"
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Kate x
 
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