If you were offered 25K for your horse - would you take it?

fidleyspromise said:
My 2 are part of my family and so like my OH - as much as I'd love to be able to get some cash from him, especially when he pi55es me off - I would feel too guilty in the end, so no. :D That would pay off our debts and I could buy so much, BUT I'd be without my baby girls.

I've been through so many tears and triumphs with them, that they're priceless.
Yeah, they could break a leg the next day and I'd be without them, or I could have them, if I'm lucky for many years until they're old.
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I agree with this.
My KWPN's half brother is for sale in US for $750000..........I know my chap has huge potential so I have been thinking recently,do I get him a little further in his schooling and flog him before he is over the hill? Or do I up my game and persue my dream of training and riding a GP horse?

Watch this space!:cool:
 
yes for my filly.

Definate NO for my mare. Much to the OH's disgust! She is worth more to me than any amount of money. MY horse of a lifetime, my soul mate, my friend, my partner my everything. (yes, I'm married with 2 kids but...!) If I can't see her, care for her, then no one can. Simples.

I'm most definately NOT rich. I just have heart for my mare. She owes me nothing.
 
Hell yeah! :D:D







Actually - erm if it had been Henesy then definitely no. Not for all the money in the world.
But....if it saved my children from immense hardship then yes.
It's actually a very difficult question isn't it?
 
No, as selfish as it may sound, he gives me more pleasure than money could buy....if he was worth 25k god forbid and really was talented, then I'd rather invest in improving my own riding and enjoying the experience if having a dam good horse myself.

25k would be nice, very nice but Id never find another *****bag like him, I just couldn't do it.
 
We have been, twice.
The first time was for a stallion and foolishly we believed it was possible to breed more like him and make a fortune (despite trying many times it never happened)
Next was for a home bred who was showing tremendous potential eventing, but his rider didn't want to sell, pointing out she was unlikely to ever be able to replace him.
It depends I think on your circumstances, years ago I'd have bitten their hands off, now I don't have to sell so would say no.
Time will tell if we manage to breed another good enough for people to approach you re a sale, but £25k nowadays isn't actually that much, top dressage horses go for £100k plus..
 
As it stands, possibly for little Nel, definitely not for Kiwi. Nel cost a lot lest than 25k, but I would personally value her at 15 so to the right home if I felt she could go no further with me, maybe. But, by the end of this summer, hopefully her value (should our plans all go well!) should increase exponentially in which case I wouldn't let her go for that price.
Kiwi is worth far more than 25, and that isn't naivety or sentimentality, that's true market value and offers from other dressage riders, hence no!
 
No - if I wanted 25k that much I would not have a horse in the first place!

Although it would be wonderful to have the extra money not at the expense of my pony, it would feel like I was selling a member of my family.
 
No.

If I were offered 1million then maybe (never going to happen!) But I love my horse. £25k wouldn't change my life and as Luca is the main thing I live for, why risk being unhappy without him?
 
If offered that for either of my 2 i'd turn down as they are not for sale. Both cost less than a grand but worth the world to me. They don't realise full potential with me but they don't care and we all get on nicely together.
 
HELL yes! There are plenty of other horses out there, and think of the fun of looking for that perfect replacement.
 
Yes I would, providing it was a good home. I would rather part with the mare but I wouldn't turn it down for either of them tbh. Then I could pay my debts, buy a better trailer and car and then a horse for me that I could actually ride and maybe even have enough left to get a haircut and some new clothes and go on a small holiday and save a bit for emergencies.
 
No I was offerd 8k for my heavyweight gelding, as he was bombproof for my hubby,we lost him over 2 years ago with we think heart attack, and we've never been able to find one of his calibre since.
 
Never ever!
My two are 'useless field ornaments' and I am as far from rich as you get :p but I wouldn't part with them for a million pounds!
 
I wouldn't sell my girl for anything. I mean, obviously if it was a case of me and my family living on the streets or extreme circumstances like life or death - then yes. But it would destroy me and I don't know how I would ever get over it.

Other than that - no way. She is my baby and I melt every single day when I look at her! :o
 
Nope!

I would never sell my horse to somebody who is mentally unsound and for somebody to offer that much for my lovely, but barking mad and definitely unremarkable horse I would have to question their sanity...
 
After suffering his HHS (Humpy Horse Syndrome) today, I have to say I'd snatch their hand off for £25k :D




I say this in jest really, as I'd be shocked if someone offered 25p for him lol. As lovely as that money is, I doubt I'd part with my lad but I would honestly have to be careful my OH didn't hear that offer, or the horsebox would be in the drive quicker than I can eat a bar of chocolate :rolleyes:
 
I wouldn't sell my lad for any money, someone asked me at a show the other year if he was for sale and I was horrified at being asked! :eek:

However some years ago a lady I know bought a young Hanoverian X mare for about £1500 and had someone bringing her on - the mare turned out to be very talented x-country and when the rider was moving away the mare came back to the lady who owned her - she was offered £15K for her and turned it down. Her idea was that her husband would ride her but as he could only do that at the weekends she asked me if I'd take her out on weekday evenings after work which I did for a while. Problem was that this was a big fit horse that had been used to doing more than the bit of hacking out she was now doing and one day she exploded big time. The owner was horrified and couldn't understand what the problem was. It would have been far better for the mare if she'd been sold to do what she had a talent for and the owner had bought the happy hacker she obviously wanted. :(
 
Merry Crisis said:
Yes I would sell. I bred a horse that was huge, 18.2, lovely horse, I sold him to a good dressage rider, producer, she was offered £120,000 for him and she turned it down. He went lame soon after and after huge vets bills and xrays his pedal bones had collapsed. Went to Potters and they got £500 for him.
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Someone I know sold, after much persuasion, a potential Olympic horse. The horse dropped dead in its field, shocking, but thats horses :(
 
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