Pony not selling- what to do?!

My sharer is looking for a young Connemara but there's not a lot of options for her way up here :( Would you PM me the advert, she did say she'd be happy to travel to find the right horse so I'd like to show her the ad and see what she thinks :)
Oh found it! :D She's beautiful! :D
 
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I think she is lovely, and well priced. The ad is fine generally. I think the issue is that she is really aimed at the child's pony market, and a lot of parents would be nervous about a four year old (I wouldn't, but many would..) By the time she is a few years older, with a few years more experience, she would be very sought after. At the moment I think its a case of keep doing what you're doing, a few different events, but not too many, and waiting for the right buyer to come.
 
BroadfordQueen said:
Will definitely do bromsgrove as bissell is about 10 mins away from me. Will look into the rest, thought about doing ridden M&M at hanbury although thats quite a big show so will probably be quite outclassed (me rather than her, I have no "showing" gear or finesse..!)!
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Come and borrow gear.... Taking my baby in hand to hanbury!
 
The market is really rubbish. I gave up selling my boy, I certainly wasn't going to drop his price right down. So I'm putting him on part loan just to help out a bit.
Could you not put her on part/full loan so her bills are covered?
 
A couple of things...have you advertised her on the BCPS website? Are you sure of her height, at four years old and 14.2hh (148cm) she is up to maximum height and likely to grow more in which case she will be over height for affiliated conne classes, I have an abbeyleigh owen pony and he is up to height too, this may be putting showing people off her. She certainly is a whp contender so some well schooled flat pics may help, and a bang on sideways 'show stand' shot of her too. There are classes at the breed shows for over height ponies but they are not too popular, if she is well over and you can keep her for longer then it may pay to trim and plait her and try 15 hand workers? (if you are not too old for those classes).
 
Like others have said if she is 14.2 now at 4 she may go overheight which for showing and pony competitors would put people off. Have you have her properly measured?

I know people who have paid twice as much for 4 yrs old connies that have done a lot less so it is probably not her age but her height. Connies are a popular breed but if she goes overheight her value will drop as the showing folk will not be interested and neither will the pony eventers/SJ's.

I am not sure what you could do but maybe marketing her an all rounder rather than a competition pony would get you more interest from people who are less competitive and don't want to affilated classes so it would not matter so much if she went overheight.
 
I don't think she will go over height- she was approx 146cm when we last measured her about 2 months ago. She is "to make" 148cm- but at the same time, I can't guarantee that she won't go overheight. She's passported as 148 so that's what I advertised her as!
 
I would market her, as others have said as a potential WHP/Event pony.

I think the price is fine.
It wouldn't hurt to do some showing if you can.

Your problem is her age.

In your shoes, I'd be contacting my local pony clubs. It is school holidays now and I bet there are some capable keen youngsters who would take her to PC (maybe camp?) so that she is seen out and about, with a child on board, and doing the job. That will be the way to convince a PC mum that this 4yo is worth taking a punt on.
 
ihatework said:
I would market her, as others have said as a potential WHP/Event pony.

I think the price is fine.
It wouldn't hurt to do some showing if you can.

Your problem is her age.

In your shoes, I'd be contacting my local pony clubs. It is school holidays now and I bet there are some capable keen youngsters who would take her to PC (maybe camp?) so that she is seen out and about, with a child on board, and doing the job. That will be the way to convince a PC mum that this 4yo is worth taking a punt on.
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This is something we've considered, just a bit worried about a young horse being hammered around on hard ground, especially as she has the potential to show- don't want her to get splints or anything!
 
Firstly, I think she's gorgeous and if I could have another I'd be very tempted. The fact that she is a she also, for me, works in her favour - I tend to only look at mares these days, I always get on so much better with them! To add another dimension to rejigging your ad, I think some of the problem is that the information is in the wrong order. You've got the key factors that people look for at the bottom (good to shoe, clip, box, etc, hacks alone or in company) and the detail at the top. People tend to want the basics before they trawl through the nuances. So, start with the summation of her qualities and then go into the explanation of what she's done and how well she's done it. Then, finally, end with a one line sum-up, like 'cracking PC/RC prospect for a competent teenager or small adult.' I'd also be tempted to take out some of the 'etc's. This is nitpicky, but you have it in there 3 times and it starts to sound dismissive of her capabilities. I'd umpteenth the taking out 'but' in the 'willing but calm and safe,' say 'willing, calm and safe.'

Good luck selling her, she's a stunner. Oh, and yes, don't drop her price. If it's plausible, keep her and keep going for a year if you think you can't find the right buyer for her!
 
I would put her current height, and maybe also the height of the dam/sire if both were under 148cms.

Personally i would not pay what you are asking unless i was fairly sure it would not go over height.

I also would not want a 4 yo to have done more, and too much would put me off, since I prefer to back at 4 and produce very slowly, but that is just my personal opinion.

Nice looking pony, someone will be very lucky to have her.
 
I would not make any guarantees, since you never know. but you could put her current height and something along 'from a proven line of 148cm ponies' if that is the case? Ad tell people you think she is unlikely to go over height.
 
I'd certainly be entering her in the qualifying rounds for the M&M WHP championships. If you get her qualified for the final you'll sell her no problem.
 
I can only see XC photo's when I click on your link and would want to see flatwork and confo also if I was looking to buy.

She certainly is not overpriced and don't let anyone tell you she is. I would agree with others that you should do a bit of showing if can as she's unlikely to go overheight. You seem to be wearing M&M showing gear on your coloured so that's no problem!

She's a lovely looking pony with nice breeding and I've seen others like her for 4-5k at 5 years old so I'm surprised she hasn't sold at that price. Have you had many viewings?
 
Try rewording the ad look at it if you are going to buy her, not as you as the seller and she if it ticks the boxes you would want ticked. Put an ad up at the show you are taking her to, pepople might be interested when they see her at a comp.
 
Showed my friend but you just too far away for her :( She is a beautiful horse though and very reasonably priced :)
 
She is beautiful and reasonably priced if I could cope with a young horse I'd add her to my gang.:)

NB: Glad you can put H&H ads on sigs now as some of the rules felt a bit rigid and it does help us all.
 
Chunkie said:
She certainly is not overpriced and don't let anyone tell you she is. I would agree with others that you should do a bit of showing if can as she's unlikely to go overheight. You seem to be wearing M&M showing gear on your coloured so that's no problem!
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I can get a grade A showjumping 14.2 in Ireland for the same price as this pony, now it might not be competing at top level but grade As have to at least be doing double clears at 1.10.
To me this pony is too young and too experienced to be worth what is being asked however I think if pony starts to show potential soon in a certian discipline eg showing, showjumping or eventing then I think the price will be right.
 
If you can keep her for one more year then she should make at least another £2k if you do some known competitions with her. As a 5 year old 14.2hh Connemara she is FAR more marketable. I actually think her price is too low right now regardless of her age. You definitely need a good confo picture and a flat work picture though.
 
snooples said:
I can get a grade A showjumping 14.2 in Ireland for the same price as this pony, now it might not be competing at top level but grade As have to at least be doing double clears at 1.10.
To me this pony is too young and too experienced to be worth what is being asked however I think if pony starts to show potential soon in a certian discipline eg showing, showjumping or eventing then I think the price will be right.
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You can buy one for 500 quid from a market but Look on Horsequest to see what good quality goes for it is insulting to say you can get cheaper elsewhere. You can buy cheap anywhere but to get the work, breeding and temperament you need to pay for it and if you dont have to pay you are not getting a bargain you are getting trouble in the main usually because the huge investments that go into well bred well grown youngsters are enormous
I have a 4 year old highland pony that if I got back half of what she cost me would still be in the price of the OPs pony I certainly wont be selling her for a small amount of money I would rather either keep her/loan or PTS as not only do you get what you pay for again usually those seeking a bargain are not the kind of people I want to own my pony thank you
 
windand rain said:
You can buy one for 500 quid from a market but Look on Horsequest to see what good quality goes for it is insulting to say you can get cheaper elsewhere. You can buy cheap anywhere but to get the work, breeding and temperament you need to pay for it and if you dont have to pay you are not getting a bargain you are getting trouble in the main usually because the huge investments that go into well bred well grown youngsters are enormous
I have a 4 year old highland pony that if I got back half of what she cost me would still be in the price of the OPs pony I certainly wont be selling her for a small amount of money I would rather either keep her/loan or PTS as not only do you get what you pay for again usually those seeking a bargain are not the kind of people I want to own my pony thank you
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I don't think Snooples was being insulting-she is, in fact, absolutely right. You can indeed buy grade A's over here thanless than this pony. The market is shot to site here, it often has nothing to do with quality, trust me.
You can get an awful lot of quality over here for half nothing comparatively. I have sold homebreds that are turned around 3 months after I sell them to England and they are 3 and sometimes 4 times what I was paid for them. Fact. It is a different market over here. I would conservatively say things double in price one they cross the sea-must be their swimming skills :p

Op, your mare is a nice Connie. To get real Connie people interested I would like to see her breeding on the add, and what class she is, eg class 1 etc. Should be on her passport. And I would like to see her stood up. She is a nice, if unexceptional Connie. It seemd her temp and type are her main selling points. She is a more substantial type, but not totally trad. I'm not mad well up on Connie's but if you are advertising a certain breed, I would want to see bloodlines mentioned (specific ones, Abbeyleix owen and moy hazy cove are like king of diamonds and clover hill-they're in most things, it's what branch of that family those lines come in and what they come with that is important.) and a pic of her stood up and others of her moving on the flat to assess broodmare potential, good or bad!
Although after all that I think she is more suitable for a pleasure/sport pony home than a serious Connie head looking at her type and breeding. Just my opinion. I also don't think she is doing too much by the way. Getting her out and about can only enhance her cv in my opinion, but I could be wrong.
Best of luck getting her a new home.
Good luck with her.
 
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