Is it worth sending him for schooling/how much is he worth?

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I am wanting to sell my 7 year old TB exracer who is usually quiet however has started being a bit of a handful to ride and did rear, am getting his teeth checked tomorrow as dentist seemed to think this may be a problem but he has them done every 6 months so can't see that they will be that bad.

So after i have had this done should i get him schooled and going properly and if so what sort of price range should i advertise him at?
Or should i just try and sell him as he is and if so what sort of price should i be asking?
Or the third option is to loan him?

I am wanting to try and get him the best possible home but don't paticurlarly want to keep him over another winter!
Thanks
 
TBH I think you'll struggle at the moment to find him a home for any money if he's been rearing. There are plenty of straightforward ex racers going for peanuts whose only fault is to be a TB

If you send him for schooling, you'll probably end up spending more than he's worth - but might ensure that he gets a good home.....

not a lot of help, I'm afraid :(
 
Yeah i know there the problems i am facing and if i keep him for another winter i am going to spend more and more on him, am so stressed with it all lol
 
I think your best bet would be advertising him on project horses and being completely honest about him. If you reschool him you will not recoup that cost and there is always the possibility the problems could recur when he is sold. If you sell him as a project horse then he is more likely to go to someone who is a bit more knowledgable about dealing with quirky souls...
 
You've mentioned getting his teeth checked, but has he had tack, back and vet checked?? Worth doing if the rearing has come out if the blue, just to be sure it is not pain related.
 
Yeah sorry should have said had his back checked said only small amount of bruising on one side of his withers but that was proberbly caused by me trying to stop on him
 
If any pain related causes are ruled out, IMO your best option would be to sell. However I actually think in this economic climate it may be a case of free to good home (Or nominal fee of £1). If you go down this route throughly vet the new home, and make sure you are completly honest about his problems. If he is free, the owners will expect a few problems, so (speaking as a person who has taken these horses on) be honest and open about the reasons. Also make sure you get a written agreement between yourself and any new owner, listing horse's problems, and agreed purchase price, signed by both parties and a witness. Sure you know about this, but I once had a horse "given" to me for similar reasons, 6 months down the line the old owner stole him back (whilst I was out) and sold him for £5K. Due to there not being any contract I was unable to do anything about it.
 
Am hoping its his teeth as dentist said he needed power tools using on them but apparantly don't have suitable place at yard to do it so having to take him to horsey hospital to get them done which is more expense. But he did start by tossing and flicking head so finger crossed should get my horse back that used to be ridden by novice friend either that or he got messed up when on loan
 
I am assuming that you aren't very keen on riding him at the moment if he has started to rear?

While you are finding the best route forward my advice would be to get to grips with long reining and lunging (prob over jumps) and other ground work in the meantime.

It may be that the horse has found rearing is an effective way of avoiding work - and if it makes you nervous then that will reinforce that it is effective. So if you don't want to risk riding through it, get off and do masses of groundwork. If horse rears on longleing then you can just send it forward. ie no net gain to the horse.

This may just solve the problem and give the horse a better chance in life.
 
I don't know where you're based but Jason Webb had one of my horses for a two weeks and he completely turned him around from a spooky, bucking, bolting pony to a gift from God, I think he's £200 a week but it is definately money well spent I can guaruntee you that! Also he also would tell you if there's nothing he can do for your horse rather than make you spend £££!! Also he also he specialises in retraining ex racers take a look at his website, oh yeah and he trained some one in the olympic team's horse!
 
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