Nobody wants my yearling.

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arwenplusone

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She's been for sale for a few weeks now and I have even dropped the price by £500. Been in Yorkshire Post (usually quite good) and in horsemart & horsequest. should I try H & H or do I just resign myself to the fact that no-one is buying atm. I am loathe to let her price drop too much further (though I will accept lower than what she is up for - if you see what I mean.) or should I keep her to a 2 yr old?

What to do?
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ETA: she is lovely - maybe ad still not doing her justicehttp://www.horsemart.co.uk/AdvertRef/HM8...HorseDetail.asp
 
i dont think its just you feeling like that i had a well bred youngster for sale, wasnt until i put a really low price did he sell, if your happy to keep over the winter then mite be an option or put your lowest price your happy to accept and see what happens praps
 
What a beautiful little girl!!! Your ad seems fine to me, not sure on price though she has done many shows so am sure she is worth the value. Where else have you been advertising her???
 
That's not good - I thought you'd have sold her by now!! I would maybe give H&H a try and if she doesn't sell there then perhaps resign yourself to wintering her on till a 2yr old. If you're prepared to negotiate on the price a wee bit then make sure that's in the ad as you'll probably get more calls (though you'll probably need to filter out some timewasters
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I think yearlings are always difficult to sell. They dont have the cute factor of foals but they are not close enough to breaking/breeding age. Plus yearlings are, in my experience a pain in the butt!!!They are at that really stupid and arsy stage!!! LOL!!

Personally I think if you have a well-bred horse, and want decent money for her, the best place to sell is H&H.

ETA- Now your ad sells the horse to me!!!So much better! The only thing i dont like is the all rounder bit! She is a lot of money for an allrounder! Why not say has the paces/breeding to excel at dressage or jumping? You have to sell her up!

 
I wouldn't drop it too much. Tbh I don't think anything is selling well round here atm. We've got a few adverts up at the yard and one has been there for weeks and is still advertised online. The whole market around here seems slow.
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Know how you feel, I've been helping my YO try and sell her yearling filly, she's by Lingh and there aren't many other Lingh youngsters around that I've seen. We've advertised her on Horsemart and Horse Deals and in the Horse Deals mag and put 'open to reasonable offers' or 'POA' and still no real interest.
 
hmm agree yearlings are hard to sell - might consider dropping the price a bit but seems crazy since she is turning into a stunner.

I have not had one phonecall
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Anywhere else I can advertise?
 
she is gorgeous.
i think i'll be keeping my yearling for a further year. i don't want or need to sell her for less than she's worth. and if you're having trouble selling your girl, i doubt i'll have much luck either ATM.
 
with the credit crunch everyone is panicking, noones going to tell their OH theyre going to buy a yearling that cant be ridden for 3 years, unless theyre v brave. I would hang on to the horsie and bide your time.
 
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Have you advertised locally? ie Rideaway, Foss Feeds, etc? Not the same coverage, but at least it's free.

Failing that, get her out to some shows and clip 'For Sale' into her arse.
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PMSL - I had thought of that - might be the way forwards!
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Shows are a good idea - got my hands full a bit atm though!
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She's lovely and your ad seems fine. Maybe put in who her dam is by/dam line...i always look at that and it's especially important if someone was considering her for a future broodmare.

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SHe looks lovely, but maybe try H&H or Horsequest.

We bought a yearling last year, ready to bring on in the future, as had an empty stable- but I did't even look on Horsemart.
We were ut in touch with the one we found via the stud who stands the stallion,as thye feature some selected progeny on thier website.
 
She looks lovely, but just a few thoughts;

1) who is she registered/passported with? I always try to include this in the advert.
2) Get a better picture of her, standing side on to the camera in a showing pose - this will help show off her conformation
3) Do a pedigree for her on allbreedpedigree.com and put a link in your advert - a lot of youngster-buyers like to see the lineage of what they are looking at.
4) Put some actual county reseults for her, e.g. 1st and reserve champ at something-or-other, 2nd at xyz... Give people something to relate back to, rather than just saying 'in the ribbons' - could have been 5th out of 5 for all they know
5) Enter her in futurity yourself. If she doesn't sell by then, take her and add some value to her. If she does sell, the entry is ready and waiting for new owners.

I have found that horsemart is not often the place to sell youngsters, and very few above £2000 sell there at all. Try horsedeals, horsequest, or if you want to spend a bit more, horse and hound. If you do use horse and hound, splash out for a colour picture, as lineage adverts are often unsuccessful. The trouble is, at the moment the market is flooded with nice yearlings with amazing breeding and good show records, so it might be a struggle to sell. Can you get her out to any of the later shows this year?
 
youngstock dont seem to be selling at the moment, its more ridden ponies, we has a 2sec c of sell his half bro and sire are doing well in hoys classes and he will be very like his sire we need a quick sale an reduced him now to 450 as he needs handling with still little interest. i might as well give him away
 
I think your price is too high for a yearling. Sire Ok but not special. Remember someone has to keep the horse two years before it can even be sat on with all the costs and risks associated with that. Also it's a filly!

Sorry but I think 2000-2500 is nearer the mark although I appreciate that you would be losing money by selling her at that.
 
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