previous owner selling advice please

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if anyone has the time to offer advice or oppinions i would be grateful :)
I bought a horse recently for a nominal fee off a friend of a friend ( i was reccomended by my friend to her) she has 3 , all now un ridden for over a year, kept as pets and when bought were alot of money so nice horses. Anyway I bought the one horse a clover hill mare who had been there done that but is a bit quirky ( ear shy and hard to catch) . when she came to me she was over weight, very messy as in her tail had not been brushed for a year and generally a bit umkempt. She told me everything about her but she had not been ridden in 18 months , she had had her back off a lady who she orginally sold her to 18 months ago with lots of intentions but she had a bad back and had children in this time. She is a pain to catch there is a nack which is quite easy and she is ear shy but i do things slowly so not a problem. She had ear plaque which were sor ( now ok) which didnt help. Anyway ive rebacked her and when i had her i wasnt sure what i was going to do with her but i have got this far with her and now have to sell her as i have lost some of my grazing. So she is 10 x better than when i bought her and a nice mare but i have 3 others and also need to sell a pony due to lack of grazing. So my problem is she put on the receipt she wanted to know if i sold her with 12 months of buying her, but i dont want her to go back to her as she is now a nice tidy happy mare and tbh she actually a proper riding horse now i dont see why all my hard work she should benefit. Has anyone encountered this problem with a previous owner if so what was the outcome :)
 
I see what your saying but i would be mightly upset if i had specified that i would have her back and you didnt tell me.
I dont know how u stand with the fact that she wrote it on your receipt but then, ultimatly the mare is now yours, which, in effect, means she cant really do much as she waived her rights to the mare by selling her.

Maybe check if the fact it is specified on the receipt is binding in anyway.
 
Well, just because you tell her doesn't mean you have to sell your horse back to her.

I know it sounds harsh but she is your horse so it's up to you who you sell her too. As soon as the previous owner sold that horse she lost all rights to that horse.

Maybe the previous owner has no intention of wanting the horse back but would just like to know where she's going to and to keep in touch with the current owners.

I've just sold my youngster and i keep in touch with the new owner. I've asked the new owner to let me know if she's ever going to sell (which she has agreed to do but has said he has a home for life!!!) but unless i suddenly come in to money i can't afford to buy him back but i would like to know where he's being moved on to and hopefully the new owners would let me know how he's getting on.
 
if she's worth more then tell the women that.
That's like buying a canvas at a shop them saying if you sell it after you've done a nice painting we'll have it back.
Tell the woman you are selling her but she is worth more so if she is interested she will have to pay the extra,
 
it doesnt say on the receipt she wants her back it says that if i sell her in 12 months she wants to know but my husband said the same tbh anyone could say u have to sell it back to me and cash in on it for instance if i paid say 10p for the horse worked hard for months and decided to sell it and wanted a £1 then shouldnt i get the 90p for the effort i put in?? not her ?? If she was bothered should she not have kept her?? We all would like to say were keeping every horse we buy but life has a strange way of changing things!!
I still want to sell her to a nice home and they need to be knowledgable cause of her quirks, she is a nice mare and needs a one to one home.
 
If all she put on the recieipt is that she wants to know if you sell her, then all you have to do is tell her when the horse is sold. Ideally, that means you wait until it is a done deal, and then inform her and (as a goodwill gesture) say that you will keep her up to date with anything the new owners let you know about how the horse is getting on.

In the event that the new owner sees your advert or your friend tells her, or even if you choose to notify her yourself, you are free to set whatever price you like, and I would imagine that you will take appropriate care in vetting any future homes.
In the unlikely case that the old owner is willing to offer the new asking price, all you have to do is let her come and try the horse, and vet her like any other purchaser, and say that you think that what she wants from the horse and what the horse needs now dont seem to be compatible - explain that you are looking for a home that will compete hear at X or ride her regularly, or that are interested in keeping up with her training or whatever.

She cant legally bind you to sell the horse back to her. It does seem polite to let her know what is happening though if this is something you agreed to at the time of the sale.
 
gnubee said:
If all she put on the recieipt is that she wants to know if you sell her, then all you have to do is tell her when the horse is sold. Ideally, that means you wait until it is a done deal, and then inform her and (as a goodwill gesture) say that you will keep her up to date with anything the new owners let you know about how the horse is getting on.

In the event that the new owner sees your advert or your friend tells her, or even if you choose to notify her yourself, you are free to set whatever price you like, and I would imagine that you will take appropriate care in vetting any future homes.
In the unlikely case that the old owner is willing to offer the new asking price, all you have to do is let her come and try the horse, and vet her like any other purchaser, and say that you think that what she wants from the horse and what the horse needs now dont seem to be compatible - explain that you are looking for a home that will compete hear at X or ride her regularly, or that are interested in keeping up with her training or whatever.

She cant legally bind you to sell the horse back to her. It does seem polite to let her know what is happening though if this is something you agreed to at the time of the sale.
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Thanks this is what I thought but just needed to hear from someone else I suppose. I like the mare and if I thought i could do more with her id keep her but she needs to go to a happy hack home really or somewhere with loads of facilities and support ( I have 3 other horses and am not in the habit of selling or been in this position before) thanks for all replying all replys are appreciated :)
 
simple, be honest and tell her, but tell her due to reschooling/cost etc price is now x 3. that should put her off wanting horse back.
 
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