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Hello there, I am picking up and bringing home a very sweet pony on saturday and would like an honest view of what price i should pay for her at the end of my loan period, if her owners descide we are a good home for her. her stats are:

rising 5 yr old unregistered sec b mare. 12.2hh She has been backed by the owners young grandaughter and has been lead around on the leadrein. She is fantastic with little children and would stand all day to be groomed. She has not yet been hacked out and she has not been ridden off the leadrein. We did try when my daughter rode her and she was a darling but did not understand what was being asked of her and with my daughter giving her a decent amount of leg, she just wouldnt shift, but not once did she misbehave or react badly to this. So please help us, as both myself and her owner are miffed as what price she would sell for now at her current stage of education. I will be sending a link of this post to her owners so that they can see what honest prices have been suggested and then come to descision based on average.

Thankyou very much.
 
I bought a 11.1hh welsh sectionA, rising six, three months ago. He is green but was getting ridden off the lead, and happily trots over a little cross pole. Also unregistered. I paid £500 for him, he came with full wardrobe, Saddle, bridle (both leather), stable and turnout rugs.
I felt I got a bargain, and three months down the line, we are attending pony club, and even have a couple of local shows under our belt, my little girl is still on the lead though.
 
Sorry, no idea on price but I would sort a basic price out before you take the pony on loan otherwise you could find you are on opposite ends of the scale and somebody will get their time wasted.
It must be difficult in this situation though but without a basic price you could find yourself putting lots of time and effort in and then find the owners decide they want her back - it wouldnt be the first time I have heard that happen!
I have had horses on loan/trial with view to buy but have always had a price and I have also paid full asking price if the owners have been kind enough to let me try the horse first.
Good luck and hope pony works out.
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As she is basically unschooled not a lot really. She has a nice temperament which is a bonus but her lack of schooling means it is going to be a lot of work for a child to ride. The last pony we bought like this cost us £300 - but that was about 6years ago. She is a registered Section A.

Don't know if that is any help.
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I have bought somthing very similar but gelding for £600 inc. transport, rugs, but no tack. Some very similar ones and much more expensive somehow too.

(We are looking for another similar
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she's only been backed really, not fully broken, so she's not worth much yet. Without all the tack etc, I'd say about £400, and that's being fairly generous due to nice temprament.
 
£500...£750 if off the leadrein and proven to be fine with that in the school. The price would go up considerably if proven to be bombproof in traffic and jumping.
 
Make sure you have an agreement on price before you take her on loan. She may not be worth much now but will be worth more when you have her hacking out off lead rein.
Loans can be great but not everyone is really fair.
I have my ,now 19 yrold Anglo-Arab out on loan to a teenager. She had been loaned a pony with a number of problems. His owners didn't want him. She kept him over the winter. In the spring he looked much better, was schooled and well behaved. They took him back and sold him. She was devastated. Still she now has a much better horse.
 
I had my lil 12hh shetland cross welsh up for £750 last year and she had quite a bit of interest and nearly sold then with the whole credit crunch i had no interest with her advertised at £500 and she goes well on and off the lead rein hacks out alone and in company (better in company) leads from another horse has been over a few coloured poles and natural fences... shes has got very mild sweet itch but thats it really

in the end im now swaping her for a 14hh welsh sec D lol in this current climate its a mind field trying to sell a pony.
 
Honestly I would be looking to pay around the £400 mark, no education, not backed and ridden away, doesnt hack out, and after spending one day with the pony you cant be 100% sure how it will behave once out of its familiar surroundings. I suggest you get a little jockey to ride the pony 3 - 4 times a week to begin its education.

Does it come with any rugs, tack or anything else or did I miss that?
 
I would say no more than £500... and thats with some form of wardrobe!
Definitely please get a price agreed BEFORE you take her on!! I was badly stung, when I had my last horse on LWVTB.... I told the owner my maximum price to pay was £2000, after taking her on, and spending money on her with her dodgey feet etc, and BUYING a new saddle/rugs, and then finding her not as well schooled as first hoped, I naively thought she would ask for alot less, but no, she actually wanted £2800 from the moment I viewed her! Be warned!!
 
amymay, they are unsure, hence this post, so we are both being totally guided by what you put here. I will be sending a link of this post to them and descide by average. I WILL be stating in the loan contract that i would buy her for X amount that will be descided from here, and that if she was for sale, that i would be offered 1st refusal. The owner is very happy with this.

thanks everyone.
 
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