Mini Rant - Selling A Horse

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Mithras

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My horse is for sale. She is the type everyone is looking for, an 11 yo all rounder that BSJA's, events, does dressage, hunts and shows with an easy temperament. ie not hard to sell. She is for sale, thats right. She is not for loan, lease or 2 year loan and then return. I will be sad to see her go but not so sad I would give someone a free horse for a couple of years to do what they want with and then get a horse in their teens returned to me when they're finished. Yes, there might be loads of advantages in it for other people but there would be thousands of pounds of disadvantage in it for me, plus the risk of her being injured, messed around or returned back to me at short notice if they got bored.

Horse is for sale. I would rather keep her myself, available for sale, competing her or even breeding her, than loaning her. Totally different thing!!!

Neither will she be going out on loan prior to sale. Either make your mind up about her or don't buy her. I will even write into the contract of sale that you can return her within a month if you are not satisfied with her, not because I am a dealer but because I want my horse to be happy. But only if the money is paid up front and the risk of her being injured passes to the buyer!

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Oh dear,take it your being messed around?
I've never understood why people mess eachother around when buying/selling horses. I've only ever sold one and had very little trouble and then bought two others and again as a buyer i did haggle a bit on price but other than that would never dream of asking for them on loan instead.

I do hope you eventually find a good home for your special girl!
 
Its just the beginning. The advert went in only two days ago...

If people don't have the money, then I'm not going to wait for them to find it but give them the horse in the meantime. Or theres bank loans.

The thing is, I am happy competing my horse while she is for sale. If I loan her out to someone with a view to buy, I'll have to miss competitions on her plus run the risk of her being ridden by someone who is maybe not so experienced and picking up bad habits or going back a level or two.
 
Do you think it is due to the "economic climate" that people think you are more likely to allow them to try before you buy ? or do you think it is something that the horse publications etc are encouraging?

Must admit i would never loan a horse out, but if you were desperate to sell and knew of the people ie riding club, pony club, local show circuit - i can understand why you may agree to a weeks trail - and i agree cash up front. I would never loan one again - my first was totally unfit and lived out - i agreed to a full loan. Stabled her, worked her for 3 months to get her fit, got our excellent riding insturctor to work with her almost re schooling her - and then the owner rocks up and said - I want to ride on Tues, Thurs, and have her for local shows and alternate weekends and bank holidays -but you must keep paying for her to be "worked" - i said bye bye. Couple of weeks later i brought horse off her.

I have also seen a new horse arrive on yard - with little idea of horses fitness - it went cross country schooling on its 2nd day with us - and yep it got broken - ended up with loss of use and dissapeared off- apparantly to be a brood mare....
 
On the other hand, if you don't ask you don't get. I wouldn't be too miffed at people ringing to ask if you'd consider loans or trials, you can always just say no. I'd be furious if someone viewed the horse then tried telling me they were hoping to get it for nothing!
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I've had people asking if they can pay in installments. I also had one lady bring her child to try the pony then confess she had no money but that her child had 'fallen in love' with the pony.
She got told where to go, and told what I thought of her messing her own child about, Disgusting IMO.

I don't understand it myself. If you want a loan, look for a loan that says LOAN in the advert. If you want something you can't afford you work harder, ie find a better job or buy a youngster and bring it on. Not expect someone else to lose thousands almost gifting it to you!
 
I think it is the current economic climate that people think they chance it as nothing is selling. Actually well priced, good horses are selling and the ones that arn't are the overpriced ones that seem to still be around in plenty.

We recently sold our last 14.2hh jumping pony and I had people asking if I would loan her or put her on trial for 6mths and like you the answer was not in a million years. At the same time I was advertising two small ponies for loan and they went very quickly.
 
I also don't understand why people would think you would loan a horse that you are selling. This also fits to me with my total lack of understanding of the people who want to loan a horse and not accept the restrictions which the owners put on the loan, leaving it at the yard it's living at etc. Ihave read any number of complaints on here, where people seem to think that they should be given a horse, somewhere to ride/and or keep it and have it's keep paid for!
Sorry for adding my own rant, but I feel much better for that
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You can just imagine how long it might go on for! A months trial could turn into 3 months, and then 6 months...no money to pay yet, can we reduce the price...potential nightmare.

And this is a decent horse...pretty much clears up when I take her to Intro BSJA, wins everything local sj, cross country, etc., qualified for some major stuff. Why would I give her away for free???

I can understand loaning if the horse/pony is older and you don't want to lose it, or you're going through a bad spell but not a decent horse advertised for sale?

I think people are trying their luck with the credit crunch, but really no-one would be doing me a favour to take her for a year or two and then return her to me in her early teens.
I'm selling her because I need the money to buy another one, funnily enough!

The groom at my yard is having a nightmare selling her 11.2hh pony. Price is only £400 ono. £400! Yet the timewasters that bring their kids to try the pony, pony goes perfectly, looks lovely, say they want it then weeks go by and it becomes obvious they've been joyriding.
 
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