ID Mare question - how much & is ad too honest?

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I have decided to try and find a new home for my beloved ID Mare. I absolutely adore her but she wants to compete and be busy, while I want to plod around being a bit dippy. So this really is a case of home more important than money. This is my first try at an advert - is it too honest? She is a great and trustworthy girl if busy, for example my friends novice but confident 13yo sold took her to Senior Pony Club camp last year and they had a absolute ball winning prizes for jumping and XCountry (and learning to tack up!!) and she looked after him beautifully.

But she can be annoying on the ground and did come from a yard where she had been 'taken on' (7 years ago) so I need a compentent but sympathetic owner. Here goes ......

GOOD HOME SORT FOR
Grey Irish Draught Mare. 16hh Rising 13yo Registered Irish Draft Mare
Has successfully done dressage, XCountry, Local & County Shows, Jumping, Hunting, Senior Pony Club. Was at Easton College for a couple of years and a superstar.
Fabulously comfortable and loves jumping.
Sane to ride out alone, but better in company. Needs confident rider as can have odd spooky day (especially if a little bit bored, always well behaved at shows, etc!!)
For sale as she would like busier life with more consistent work – current owner just wants quiet life.
OK to box, Good with’ good’ farrier but Vets and Clipping by negotiation.
Home more important than price.



I am currently getting her fit so she is competing before I sell her, but one or two people have asked 'how much' so they can keep their eyes and ears open for appropriate home.

Thanks x
 
I think your advert is fine, you really do need to put a price range in though. I would look at that and think "she is perfect but I only have £1500 so won't bother ringing" or something. What is the minimum you would take? I know that home is more important than price but once you have the interest you can pick and choose her home. I'd love her, IDs are my fave.
 
Thanks for kind words Farrierlover .... I don't have a clue on price. I don't want it so low someone sees a quick profit (she is a good looking girlie) or so high that I put off potential good homes.

So all advice on price gratefully received.. !
 
If it were me, I'd take a look at horsemart and compare. Prices are all over the place at the moment but I do know that if you underprice, it will put people off. It is best to go high and you can always come down. Go to low and when the first person to see buys, you'll always be wondering if you sold to cheap. Also, to cheap will encourage the fast cash makers to have a pop at making a profit on her.
 
I'd probably start off at £3000 ono, this may seem high but she is a purebred and would suit lots of people. I don't think a good home would be put off by a higher price- not all good homes are offered by poor people like me :D

It would, however, put off the buy to sell folks (not that they are bad, just that it isn't the home you're looking for) as you wouldn't be able to make much of a profit. You can always take money off when the right people come along (free for me??)
 
Do you know what her breeding is?

Certain ID breeding can attract a higher price, e.g. King of Diamonds, Cloverhill or Cruising.
If you have her breeding details you should put them on there if they are of interest as you may then find someone who wants to breed from her in a couple of years - thus hopefully finding her a long-term home.
 
If she is RID, as you say I would say minimum £3000, I know people buying 2 year olds for £4000, so one that has done something would be worth quite of bit! :)
 
I think at least £3,500. She is a much sought after type of horse.
I would leave in the bit that says 'needs confident rider', but take out the rest of the sentence - 'has the odd spooky day' etc. No need to put stuff in that may put people off - you can always explain further when you talk directly. Same goes for the bit about vets and clipping! I would also perhaps include that she did pc camp with a confident 13 year old - sounds like she would be a fab teenagers horse.
I don't think you will have any problem at all selling her. Now, how about showing us a pic? :-)
 
Everyone thanks for that - actually CeeBee she would be a fab as a confident teenager horse, because she is the sort of girl that you could let your child off on and have fun, but know that they would basically be safe even if they decided to tackle the larger fences. At college she gave many a child confidence over jumps and XC fences.

Her breeding isn't particularly recognised - Merry Mate and Silver Queen - from a field somewhere in Galway.

My computer crashed and I lost all my recent pictures, but am taking her to her first competition this year next weekend, so will ensure I have my camera!!

Thanks.
 
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Her breeding isn't particularly recognised - Merry Mate and Silver Queen - from a field somewhere in Galway.

It may not be to you, but for a Draught enthusiast looking for an outcross mare with good bloodlines (in the enthusiasts world this does NOT include KoD) it could be very interesting.
You need to say whether she is graded, and definitely put in her sire and dams sire - that would be MY first query - then I would want to take a look. :)

See - I am already wanting to know what her breeding is - come on, tell us.
 
irish_only said:
Her breeding isn't particularly recognised - Merry Mate and Silver Queen - from a field somewhere in Galway. It may not be to you said:
Interesting Irish_Only, I had always assumed that she was a home bred mare of not much note breeding wise (but in my eyes she is lovely). Have looked up her breeding and I was slightly wrong, it is ...

Merry Mate (Merry Gold(RID) & Silver Queen(RID))

Kilcahill Cailin (King Elvis(RID) & Annaghdown Cailin(AID*)) *Her dam was an ISH

Breeder : Patrick Coen Clare, Co Galway

Would love to know if you have any knowledge of these bloodlines!!


I have just put her out and it is raining now, but will deffo get my camera out when the sun shines and take some photos!
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canteron said:
irish_only said:
Interesting Irish_Only, I had always assumed that she was a home bred mare of not much note breeding wise (but in my eyes she is lovely). Have looked up her breeding and I was slightly wrong, it is ...

Merry Mate (Merry Gold(RID) & Silver Queen(RID))

Kilcahill Cailin (King Elvis(RID) & Annaghdown Cailin(AID*)) *Her dam was an ISH

Breeder : Patrick Coen Clare, Co Galway

Would love to know if you have any knowledge of these bloodlines!!


I have just put her out and it is raining now, but will deffo get my camera out when the sun shines and take some photos!
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Right - looked her up. Starburst Beauty grey mare? Merry Mate breeding is lovely, really good old lines. Kilcahill Cailin, because of the King Elvis, goes back to Pride of Shaunlara and Milestone which is fairly common, but don't worry about that, at least it's not KoD!!
She may be eligible for grading, could be worth contacting the IDHS about it. If she is, you can also put that in your Ad.

Send the rain over to me and get your camera out.

p.s. I had a fab broodmare by King Elvis, a real tough cookie but really nice.
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Hey Irish_Only thanks for that, I envy your knowledge on Irish Drafts!

She is quite traditional, but I took her to an Irish Draft show once and at 16hh she looked like a miniture beside the others, even though according to the breed stardard she is the correct height!!

She is eligible for grading, but I never bothered as all the grading venues were some way away and I am not knowledgeable enough to breed.

I guess it might be worth an ad on the IDHS website, maybe in a couple of weeks when I know she is fit and have some photos of her out and about.

Thanks for your help - and will let you know when I have the photos as I would be interested in your comments.
 
Def mention her breeding and I'd take out the "owner wants quiet life" - implies something negative about the horse rather than she has ability to do more than you choose to do. And it's "good home sought" not "sort"!

Agree price about £3,000 ono and if you like the sound of people who call you can indicate that you'll take offers quite a bit lower, if indeed you would.

Good luck!
 
I would have looked at her if she had been on market when I was buying mine if she had been £3000/3500. It just depends how quickly you want to sell her.

I would take out the bit about 'spooky day' and just leave the confident rider bit. It is just an ad, tell them that kind of detail when they ring. Also possibly just say 'genuine reason for sale' and then say why when they ring.

I find it a bit overwhelming to have too much information in an advert, but that's probably just me being dippy!

Hope you find a nice home for this rather special sounding horse.
 
Agree completely with irish_only - despite the Pride of Shaunlara inthe pedigree, she's still close to being an outcross mare. And 16hh is FINE.

If you can hang onto her until September, I would get her graded before you put her up for sale. Newcomers to the breed often want a mare they can ride for a year or two and then breed from - and they WILL wonder why she hasn't been graded - and whether she WILL grade. If I didn't have RID mares coming out of my ears I would certainly be interested (and not worried about the grading as I know the breed standard well enough to judge for myself) . But for many people, the lack of the 'R' would be a worry.

In terms of price, graded I'd probably be advertising her at £4,000 ovno - ungraded, £3,000 would be closer to the mark (obviously, without seeing her, those are rough guesses.) If she was of very 'typey' with conformation good enough to make her a Hornby Premium mare, you could probably bump it up a bit!
 
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