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

Would someone spend 25k on a young-acting 17 year old with Cushings? ;)

Even if they would, I can, hand on heart, say I wouldn't take it. I'd rather have the horse than the money without a doubt!
K x
 
After months of being nagged to go competing by my instructor, then being nagged to let him compete said horse.... and the being told that he was worth his weight in gold, and he would buy him like a shot..... and I said jokingly you can have him for £30k and he said - £25k and I went red, and all hot and bothered and laughed it off.....

but now..... I dont want to go for my lessons anymore... I just feel so much pressure - I have brought him on myself - how I have no idea - I am not a good rider by any means, its the little lad he does everything for you - ok he is a bit of a handful and you have to channel his energy the right way otherwise it goes pear shaped big style, but somehow all the enjoyment has gone.

A - I feel over horsed - and now a crap rider
B - I feel like he is being wasted
C - I feel like my instructor - love him to bits - will get fed up with me
D - its to much money to offer for him - and maybe its because its all to easy I dont appreciate him
E - I only think he is as good with me as he is, because of every day of hell we had for 2 years when I never thought he would be ridden as he appeard to have a death wish at the time

GW
 
GW - Reading your post, what stands out is that its not the money but the enjoyment factor.

What were your plans when your got the little lad? What would you like to be doing with him?
If it were me, I'd ignore the money factor (easily said as it is a lot of money) and I'd try to go do a few things that I consider fun and try to get the enjoyment back.

A - you've obviously done a lot with him and brought him up to this standard so you can't be that crap
B - The horse won't feel like he's being wasted.
C - Why would your instructor get fed up of you? They're paid to teach, not to judge.
D - Every horse is only worth what someone will pay for them. You may consider the horse to be worth less, but you've seen all the work that had to go in to get you to where you are - anyone else will only see where the horse is at now.

Can you stop the lessons for a month and do what you want with your horse and then see how you feel? x

Hope this isn't too much of a ramble.
 
fidleyspromise said:
GW - Reading your post, what stands out is that its not the money but the enjoyment factor.

What were your plans when your got the little lad? What would you like to be doing with him?
If it were me, I'd ignore the money factor (easily said as it is a lot of money) and I'd try to go do a few things that I consider fun and try to get the enjoyment back.

A - you've obviously done a lot with him and brought him up to this standard so you can't be that crap
B - The horse won't feel like he's being wasted.
C - Why would your instructor get fed up of you? They're paid to teach, not to judge.
D - Every horse is only worth what someone will pay for them. You may consider the horse to be worth less, but you've seen all the work that had to go in to get you to where you are - anyone else will only see where the horse is at now.

Can you stop the lessons for a month and do what you want with your horse and then see how you feel? x

Hope this isn't too much of a ramble.
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This mention of offering £25k has had a really negative effect on you which is a shame. Why shouldn't you be good enough to ride this horse? you produced him, he is what he is because of the work you have done.
Your instructor should help your confidence, sounds like you have lost confidence in your ability.

If you sold him then where would you expect him to end up...would instructor take him and sell him on after couple of years?

£25k is lots but if you consider it in terms of livery, its not that much, would it take you 3 years of hard work to bring another horse to the same standard? Just a thought
 
ps...you said the enjoyment has gone! thats not good, would you feel happier on another horse or is it your lack of confidence in yourself?
 
If I was offered that for Rosie no, firstly because if someone offered me that for her they would be clearly insane as she will never be worth that, perhaps in a few years if I got her jumping hunting and driving (which is my plan for this year) she might be worth 5k but I'd still never sell as she's my horse of a lifetime and I trust her every inch.
For my youngster I'd be tempted, with that money I could then buy his sire and his dam which is the reason I bought him anyway, I could have enough money to buy a little field and a decent car, but if I then had to watch someone else do well on him I would always be thinking that could have been me... Or if they didn't treat him well and he didn't seem happy I'd have to live with feeling guilty about it as I could never buy him back
 
After today - with none of them liking the rain & losing the ability to walk in from the field to the stable I think I would give them away !!! Saying that can't see why anyone would want the bad ponies - I will prob feel differently in morn (maybe)
 
Well I have 5 so for 125k I can buy lots more memories! Adios baby!

The fact is I can't picture myself without any of them really but if someone were to offer me silly money for them or one I'm probably going to say yes! The fact is that will not happen so they need not worry.

Terri
 
I'd take that happily for any of ours. MH was offered large sums for 2 of her eventers and turned them down - both were injured few months later and retired from eventing.

I'm a businesswoman at heart so cant turn a good offer down!
 
All I want to do with him is enjoy him - we like to go for hacks, we like to gallop, we like to do fancy dressage moves, but only because we can and we want too.

He is a proper little baby and needs a very fair but firm hand.

I have my other horse and we were going very very well.... due to the yard I was at at the time we were on the receiving end of a lot of envy... from liveries and the instrutor. They completely erroded all my belief in myself to the point I was having 5 lessons a week and going backward rather than forward.

I moved - hid myself away on a proper happy hackers yard - the would not know passage if it jumped up and bit them on the butt. I have my own field for the boys, no one ever sees me ride as I go early morn or I box off to the 2nd yard where the boys stay a couple of days a week so I can ride in their indoor and outdoor.

I was very very depressed at my last yard and some days I just wanted to sell up and stop riding.

I re-started lessons last Sept and have 1 a week, with someone whom did not make me feel crap. The little lad is fantastic, it takes him approx 5 mins to learn something, he is lacking slightly in strength at the min, but the instructor says he has grand prix moves in him..... now that scares me.

I have cancelled my lesson this week - hubby is not happy - I have not ridden either horse yesterday or today - I just don't want it - I even fetched in early today because of the rain and slippy ground - now to me - horses ahould be horses and already I am changing because of the ££££'s.

gw
 
I know someone who was in this exact situation a few years ago, with a young mare she had bought with the intention to bring on and sell. Advertised her, had a very generous offer for her, but it came to the crunch and she decided she wanted to keep her and compete her herself.

Unfortunately, the mare recently damaged a ligament and had a lot of time off - she's coming back into work but its unclear to what level she will compete at again and will most likely be put into foal (she is well bred and no doubt will produce a brilliant foal).

A lot of people would think my friend should've taken the money when she was offered it, but I don't think my friend feels she made a mistake. You bond with animals greatly, often more than you anticipate you will do, and it isn't always obvious what to do in these situations.

£25k is a LOT of money, but it might not necessarily be equal to what you value the horse at personally. To most my boy is probably worth diddly squat but there is no amount of money in the world I would accept in exchange for him.

If you want to keep your horse but want him to compete could you find a rider for him perhaps?
 
Thanks bubligum - I have a rider on offer, he has even said he will pay me to have the opportunity to ride and compete him - how that works I have no idea???? and if anyone could explain it would be appreciated.

I do the occasional comp with him, walk and trot and prelims, now after these last few weeks I feel a cheat - how on earth can i go to these when the horse is so clearly working at home 3 or 4 levels higher.

I am a very quite person, I do not like attention, I like to hide away in the crowd, but I do love my animals because they do not judge me - they dont care if my hair is a mess or that I am no longer a high flyer career wise, they just care that i turn up and feed them and turn them out.
 
First thoughts, yes, as it would pay the mortgage off and would still have £20k left to buy something else.

Second thoughts, no as if he got into the wrong hands he would have a horrid life. He can be a right mardy brat. The oldie, definately not either. They are both lifers now, even if I have to live on beans. :eek:
 
I have not read all the posts have you been offered £25,000 if not it really doesn,t matter.
I was offered £20,000 for my lovely mare, luckly my OH was just pleased to be able to say No to the person who thought money can buy anything.

I still have my mare someone competed her for a couple of years which i got pleasure from, I have had a lovely foal from her and I enjoy happy hacking her.

If you feel at one with him the money doesn,t not matter, he does not know that he could be a star.
 
would I...? hmm, initial thought was how could I not accept? However... despite the fact my little mare is prob only worth about 4k ish in a good market, she's a 14.3hh Sec D. I have lost SO much money over the past few years trying to find the right horse, the one, my partner and she is very much it. So actually, given the amount of legwork and heartache Ive endured horse hunting,then actually,if I could manage without the money, then no I wouldnt!!
 
Horses dont know that they 'have potential'. As long as they are cared for, they are happy.

I got ofered £10k for my horse when she was 3. I only paid £800 for her as a scruffy yearling. I turned them down for the following reasons:


1. Once they are sold, you have no say in what happens to them. They could end up anywhere as people's circumstances change

2. I would rather my horses enjoy their work and live out with others than be stabled 24/7 and another horse to a competitive rider... they are my pets aswell as my riding horses
 
When I was 12 my first ever pony was sold, as my younger sibling got too big. Thought i'd never sell a horse again I was so heartbroken.

7 years down the line if someone offered me 25k for one of them now I'd wrap it up in a big gold bow for them! Seen far too many stupid accidents knock serious money off horses in those 7 years so I'd happily take the money and get rid of the risk.

Saying that if anyone offered £25k for my mare atm I'd be worried as the person would clearly be on crack...
 
No I couldn't. My ridden horse has taught me so much, and as much as he can be a g1t. I don't think anyone else would put up with him, my own mother won't ride him because he takes the pee out of her and she's not a bad rider. He's never going to compete at a high level of dressage, but I trust him implicitly on the hunting field, I know his clever pony brain will sort us out in the trappiest country, I know if for some strange reason I point my little 14.3hh at a 5ft hedge he'll jump it for me without a backward glance. I know that if I point him at the skinniest fence on the cross country course that he'll jump it, even if I get it totally wrong. He's genuine and he looks after me, even if he won't look after anyone else! He's very opinionated as well, will only go in a certain bit and a certain saddle. I could see him being labelled dangerous, with someone who pushed him out of his comfort zone too fast. He's "speshul" :o

My youngster, no. I've started him from scratch by myself, and he's showing real potential. I'd have to look very hard to find another as sweet with as much potential as he has for what I paid for him. Maybe it's selfish, but I put the work in and I don't want to see anyone else reap the benefits! I like him too much as well, I'd feel like I was betraying his trust, he's such a nice sort.

And if they offered us that for mum's lame spotty beast I'd first of all faint, request it in cash and run. Pop back an hour or two later and they'd beg us to have him back along with another £5000 for the priviledge :D after unsucessfully trying to load him, him having knocked someone out and dented the side of their shiny lorry whilst standing on his back legs and boxing it with his front legs... Not that they'd offer us that, for a horse with a blown tendon that's adverse to work anyway. He does make a very pretty field ornament though! Any takers!?! :rolleyes:
 
would I sell mine if I was offered 25k? No. Simply not worth that much, and what I didn't have I won't miss. To me he's worth everything, but not in monetary value.
 
No, she is worth much more than than, and thats not just me being a very proud mummy.

However, as far as I am concerned she is priceless.
 
Gingerwitch, why are you feeling crap, YOU had the sense to see and buy him and bring him on. If you instructor had the bad taste to say you would never bring out the best in your horse,then he's not very good is he at teaching. If you think your horse really has talent start looking for a young rider to ride him in comps and you sit back in the stands and enjoy watching. Sometimes these young horses find somethings easy to begin with, but when asked for more, cann't cope, mentally or physically. Stop beating yourself up and enjoy him.:):):):)
 
Yes, probably. Much as I love my boy, I do wish he was a couple of hands higher. I'd feel a lot less enormous on a 17hh and I have a hankering for a big coloured warmblood. :o
 
If you'd asked me that a couple of years a go I'd have said no!

Now, if it was a home that I though he'd be happy in and I could request first refusal on any sale than I probably would.

It's not that I love my pony any less but I could do a lot with £25k and I'm not so short sighted that I couldn't see past this.

There are plenty of nice horses out there and with £25k in my pocket I could have my pick of the best.
 
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