Justifying spending alot of money......

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You may remember me posting a while back looking for a pony for my daughter. Well, I think we've found one. She's PERFECT but....is £3000!! I can't find anything else close to her but I have found a few at £1000-£1500 but they are either a bit younger than I'd like, bit too old or don't load too well etc! I just keep thinking it's alot of money to spend on a kids pony but it would last her 3-4 years then she has a younger sister who also rides..... oh and there's the loving (non horsey) partner to persuade too :(, what do you think?!!:o
 
You really can't put a price on the perfect pony. I'd spend a lot more money on ponies for my kids than I would on a horse for myself. Those first ponies make or break a child's horsey dreams and the wrong pony can put them off for life.
 
Well, you have two girls so that immediately cuts the price down to £1500 per girl...say your first girlrode just once every weekend, that would be 52 rides per year, 50 for arguments sake, 1500 divided by 50 = £30 per ride, if she rode at a riding school that would cost you between £10 - £20 so you're saving money, and it's gonna work out somewhere between £10 - £20 per ride for the pony....is that helping the justification any????? :D:D:D:D
 
Agree with not being able to put a price on safety. Good mannered ponies are worth their weight in gold, and will always be so. it's great that you have younger one to ride the pony when the older one grows out of it, and also if the pony proves to be a good 'un, you will have people queuing up to buy/loan when the time comes! There are many of us that have had some right stinkers in our time, which makes you feel sooo bad, but get a decent one - no worries!
good luck!
 
ha ha! Im loving the justification guys!! But you're right, there is no price on safety. The calculations are perfect, thank you. Watch this space, wish me luck....:D:);)
 
Agreed!

And think depreciation - (might help persuade OH?) - good pony worth more when the time does come to sell on, so cost-per-ride becomes even less :D Actually it could work that you actually save money rather than spend it?!

Tell him it's like comparing cost of ownership between a car that holds its value and one that doesn't... Might seem expensive at the start but works out cheaper in the end.

(He doesn't have to know that if it's a dream pony you'll never sell it on, you'll want to keep it forever...)

Does that help?!
 
myrddinwyllt said:
Well, you have two girls so that immediately cuts the price down to £1500 per girl...say your first girlrode just once every weekend, that would be 52 rides per year, 50 for arguments sake, 1500 divided by 50 = £30 per ride, if she rode at a riding school that would cost you between £10 - £20 so you're saving money, and it's gonna work out somewhere between £10 - £20 per ride for the pony....is that helping the justification any????? :D:D:D:D
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haha i like your way of thinking, :D
 
I had the same dilema a few years ago. Upto then our most expensive pony had been £700, the one we fell in love with was £4k. I've got to say it was the best thing we ever did buying him. If the pony is perfect for you I'm sure you won't regret it. I didn't xx
 
I would buy it if you can afford it. I have two kids with ponies ranging from 400 up to 1800. I gulped a bit over the 1800 because we couldnt really afford it but he is a cracker that we love to bits and I am regularly asked to sell him. He does RDA and won a dressage class last week and he is giving my daughter so much confidence. We have had ponies that didnt work out and that is soul destroying watching the unhappiness that it causes and so would spend whatever I can afford (or add to the credit card, )to get the right one, they are priceless
 
Getting the right pony for a child is so important. At easter this year we decided to take the plunge and spend some real money on a pony for our wee gill after getting some cheaper "first ponies" Getting the right pony is key to your childs riding future!

On saying that, make sure you really know what you're taking on! Don't just take the sellers word for it!
 
If the ponies right then I think it would be worth it.

I've recently bought a horse that is double what I originally wanted to spend, but end of the day hes worth it!!! :)
 
I spent £6k on a horse of a lifetime for my daughter, 4 years on he has paid us back countless times, my daughter has now gone off to University and he is mine all mine & i am loving every minute of him xx

Can't put a price on the perfect horse / pony i'm afraid.
 
When I saw the advert for my current horse, he was over budget but there was just something about him ... I begged, borrowed and scraped together the extra £2k and have not regretted it for a moment since.

Good luck with whatever you decide but the good ones are worth their weight in gold
 
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