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

Depends on the situation and which horse.

if it is my lami mare NEVER EVER no amount would make me sell her.
I love her more than life itself.

1£10000000000000000000000000000000000000 would still say no.

But for £800.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

I would think about it . But then the answer would still be no
 
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My mare? No. Nope, never. No question. I adore her. Worship the ground she walks on. It would rip my heart in two if I ever had to sell her.

My youngster? I'd have to think about it. Love him to
bits, but it wouldn't be the end of the world if I had to part with him. He is such a happy chappy that he would settle easily with someone new. It would have to be a 5* home though, with lovely kind, knowledgeble people who thought the world of him and would promise him a home for life, or would offer me first refusal if they had to sell.
Me, fussy? Never!
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Nope I genuinely wouldn't! I really love my boy, helped heal my broken heart after I lost my mare, feel soo safe on him, really love riding him, love his quirks and couldn't ever replace him! The thought of him breaking / losing him really scares me! 25k is a lot of money but it wouldn't bring me any happiness worrying who has him or what they were doing with him! Same goes for my sisters boy who is our family horse, we owe him everything!hes enjoying a slower life now
 
If it were a mare that I was wasting then yes but on certain terms (if they are prepared to pay that much they might also be open to negotiating)

* 1st refusal on sale
* return of a foal FOC or for the cost of the stud fee if used as a broodmare
* if retired due to injury or age option of offering retirement home

One of my mares went off to someone else that could give her more opportunity than the happy hacking home we could offer. It was the right decision despite the initial heartache.
 
Laura-C said:
My mare? No. Nope, never. No question. I adore her. Worship the ground she walks on. It would rip my heart in two if I ever had to sell her.


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me too I worship the ground she walks on too it would rip out my
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25 years ago I had a 3 year old (had her from a foal) who had a phenomenal in hand show record and obviously had a good future in ridden showing. I was offered £5000 for her as an unbroken 3 year old by a top show person. I turned it down as I adored that little mare and couldnt ever part with her.

She was taken ill at 5 years old and I nursed her until she was 12 years old and finally had to be pts. She only went under saddle in the show ring 3 times before she was ill.

Never regretted not selling her tho, me and my vets did the best we could for her to maintain a quality of life, not sure any one else would have done as much
 
mulberrymill said:
25 years ago I had a 3 year old (had her from a foal) who had a phenomenal in hand show record and obviously had a good future in ridden showing. I was offered £5000 for her as an unbroken 3 year old by a top show person. I turned it down as I adored that little mare and couldnt ever part with her.

She was taken ill at 5 years old and I nursed her until she was 12 years old and finally had to be pts. She only went under saddle in the show ring 3 times before she was ill.

Never regretted not selling her tho, me and my vets did the best we could for her to maintain a quality of life, not sure any one else would have done as much
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Awh - what a sad story, but i am glad you kept your little girl
 
Thanks Gingerwitch. We went through hell and back, even down to "well meaning "individuals reporting us to the RSPCA as she was so thin. Luckily my vet stepped in and stopped that one in its tracks, but just shows how easy it is to get caught out even when you have done nothing wrong and everything as right as you can
 
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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
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Shoot the instructor! My guess is that he had every intention of you feeling like this, so that he will get to buy your horse :eek:
 
Sell it!!!! I can't believe anyone would even think twice!! Everything has a price and horses are replaceable. Esp. If OP is already feeling over horsed. £25k could buy something much more suitable.
 
Have been - twice. And no, both times.

Both were open endurance horses at the time and when you add up what it actually costs to get them there (don't forget to pay yourself !), quite often the big pay check suddenly isn't so flash.
 
Probably - yes.

I'm a bit weird in that I know exactly how much I have spent on each horse that I currently own down to the postage spent on entries and registrations. £25K is a good return.

But then I'm a breeder more than a rider now and, whilst I'm very excited by the potential of my horses, they could blow a tendon tomorrow and be worth nothing. I'm not in it to make money (I'd be a fool!) but I wouldn't walk away from profit either and I would rather not make a loss (although that's probably inevitable). I don't want to sell any of them just yet - but if the price is right I'd have to consider it.........
 
No way.

Not unless me and/or my family were in a life/death/desperate/homeless situation, and I knew I would have to sell her anyway. Then yes, I would snap it up but it would break my heart that I had let her down so badly.
 
No chance - for any money! And that goes for the mutt and mog as well!
And, no, I work full time, at my considerable age, to keep them Not rich.
 
No.
My Dad bought her for me last year after my last pony and her foal died. My Dad died 5 weeks ago.
I'd sleep under a bush and live off leaves and berries, and the odd rabbit if I could catch one, before I would ever sell her.
 
lots of circumstances to take into account. A nice youngster with his or her future ahead? possibly, a horse that I had, by some weird chance, got to a level to be worth that? probably not as could not afford to effectively replace it. However, £25K is a lot of money and I most certainly do not have that rattling around in loose change. GW, really sad that your confidence and joy has been diminished by other people. There are a lot of people around who not behave like that. Next time someone is so nasty, take a deep breath and remind yourself that these individuals have been brought up SO badly to behave like that. It is a wonderfully patronising stance to take, and oddly enough always make me feel like I have the upper hand as I would not behave like that! Try it! and maybe start to put feelers out to a yard where they will encourage you and be glad for your successes. As for competing on a horse that is working at a higher level of training at home. That is normal training and what most people do..so don't feel guilty.
 
No I couldn't sell any of ours. Little companion pony has been owned by me for 19 years now - he has been with me through 3 marriages :D
Daughter's gorgeous willing cob mare is just part of the family and could never be sold.

My big WB - well having just been through 18 months of hell with him, getting his chronic SI condition diagnosed. I know others wouldn't have spent the time and energy (they didn't!) so I have promised him a home for life and he knows it.

My Dales youngster - he's 2 years old - nah couldn't part with him; there is much more to life than money and a horse or pet to me is friend and partner. That's not to say I have never sold a horse, but a large offer wouldn't motivate me to sell one I hadn't planned on selling :)
 
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