Rough price guide??

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My friend is giving up her horses and has a mare left to sell (this is not an ad...horse has 2 buyers in line).
It's a 12/13 year old TB X Cob mare, coloured.
Owned since a foal, hacks alone/in company, fine in traffic, pops a few jumps, has to have front shoes at least as got poor feet. Lives in or out, gets on well with other horses etc. Not really ever done much of anything but easy going and doesn't need to be ridden daily. Will go with cheap synthetic saddle.
Any ideas of the sort of price range she needs to be looking for??
 
if she is safe and I mean proven safe and has no issues she is worth I would say about 3-5/ 4 thousand at least, safety is paramount to lots of people and they will pay for it regardless as to whether they have got any competition record.
 
I would have thought around £1500-£17500 myself but might be completely wrong. If she's a nice sort and has a good nature and is willing and no medical problems she shouldn't be hard to sell. Might pay to look at other adverts on line and see what the prices of similar are reaching (or at least what is being asked for them!) The feet issue may be able to be sorted with a new owner and a diligent shoeing regime - not saying your friend hasn't done this though!
 
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Somewhere between 1.5k and 4.5k depending on height, location, conformation & looks, and genuine ease of handling and rideability for an inexperienced owner.
 
With poor feet, teenage years &'not done a lot' I'd have thought between £1,500 ish to 2,000. I'd have thought she'd be worth a bit more if she could go out & about a more, but probably not a massive amount because of her age.
 
i would think about 3k, you cannot find a good safe easygoing horse for less. there are lots of people looking for that sort of size and dont want to compete above local riding club so if she really is easy and passes the vet she should be snapped up quickly.
 
She's 16.1hh and easy to do...does have a bit of a fidget at the mounting block but nothing major. She's done a few PC type activities but not much. Will step up a gear if asked. Would be fine for a confident novice I think.
No known medical issues, had colic in the past.
 
At that age I would expect her to stand at a mounting block without issue. The fact that she fidgets would make me very sceptical and for me would have to be considered in the value.
 
The ‘confident novice’ would have her in the lower half of my range.
The happy hacks that are worth the upper end really do need to be suitable for the nervous novice.

Confident riders who would consider a 12/13yo that hasn’t done much wouldn’t be looking to spend much, as that type of horse is reasonably easy to find.

Also, presume it was just a small one off spasmodic colic bout? Anything more could be an issue
 
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these threads amuse me when people are selling or asking for a rough value the price is really low then when someone askes why they cannot find anything in budget at 5k everyone says oh you have to up your budget come on folks which is it is this horse worth peanuts or is it worth 10k. A safe horse with no real issues is worth exactly what a derby winning colt is "what someone is willing to pay" The OP horse sounds like what every first time horse owner is looking for as complete novices and beginners should go to a riding school until they become competent novices
 
If there's no real schooling to speak of, about 1.5k given the feet and the age. If it's also capable of a decent RC prelim test and popping an 80cm course, maybe 3-4k.

Safe is valuable, but safe with no schooling less so because the market is pretty small and the pool of horses relatively big - if all you want to do is hack, there's a whole world of ugly / older / arthritic safe horses that will do the job.
 
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these threads amuse me when people are selling or asking for a rough value the price is really low then when someone askes why they cannot find anything in budget at 5k everyone says oh you have to up your budget come on folks which is it is this horse worth peanuts or is it worth 10k.
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The trouble is, the majority of times people are posting on here about the type of horse they are looking for, the age range is nearly always around 5 years to 10 years, hardly anyone is willing to consider a teenaged horse. Hence if not so many people want a teenaged horse, demand is less and the price is therefore lower. In addition I'd guess about 75% stipulate they would prefer a gelding.
 
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