orsceno1
Well-Known Member
Am feeling rather fed up and need some advice please!
My mare has been for sale for several weeks with no interest. She's a quirky one...I've owned her since a foal and love her to bits but I now have 2 small kids and another older horse and I can't cope with the commitment any more (mainly time but also money). She needs work to keep her on the straight and narrow and I can't always manage it. She's very well bred and I truly think will be a star in the right hands but I am not as confident as I once was and now and then we have phases where I lose my mojo completely and she totally knows and takes the mick - she's a mare therefore very smart!! I feel like we are stuck in a vicious circle - we just start to get somewhere, then something means I can't ride for a while and we go back to square one.
Anyway, this whole situation is now starting to really get me down and I don't know what to do. I just really need to get her sold one way or another, but I do care about where she ends up (although realise there's no guarantees!) I know the market is perhaps not the best right now but I'm not sure if she is priced too high, or too low to get the experienced rider who could properly bring her on to even look, or should I just massively drop her price to get her gone or send her to sales livery.....?? Anyone else sold a 'quirky' horse with some words of wisdom? Where to advertise, how to pitch ad etc etc??
Sorry for long post I needed to get that off my chest I'm really rather fed up tonight! Tia
My mare has been for sale for several weeks with no interest. She's a quirky one...I've owned her since a foal and love her to bits but I now have 2 small kids and another older horse and I can't cope with the commitment any more (mainly time but also money). She needs work to keep her on the straight and narrow and I can't always manage it. She's very well bred and I truly think will be a star in the right hands but I am not as confident as I once was and now and then we have phases where I lose my mojo completely and she totally knows and takes the mick - she's a mare therefore very smart!! I feel like we are stuck in a vicious circle - we just start to get somewhere, then something means I can't ride for a while and we go back to square one.
Anyway, this whole situation is now starting to really get me down and I don't know what to do. I just really need to get her sold one way or another, but I do care about where she ends up (although realise there's no guarantees!) I know the market is perhaps not the best right now but I'm not sure if she is priced too high, or too low to get the experienced rider who could properly bring her on to even look, or should I just massively drop her price to get her gone or send her to sales livery.....?? Anyone else sold a 'quirky' horse with some words of wisdom? Where to advertise, how to pitch ad etc etc??
Sorry for long post I needed to get that off my chest I'm really rather fed up tonight! Tia