Selling horses, now or wait till spring?

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DollyCoblet

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Hi,
Have got my lovely mare up for sale well below what she is believed to be worth and only seem to be plagued by the muppets of the horsey world as she is 'cheap for what she is, thats why im viewing to bag a bargain' so I have been told by one lady today, cheeky I thought!!
So am now thinking of pulling her advert am fed up of trying to sell, I have provided for her for winter, own my own yard she is no hassle to keep and holds weight so do not mind keeping her and continuing riding when I get chance.
So does anyone feel the market will be better in spring or just stick it out now?
I hope I never have to sell again!
 
I have no issues i keeping it just makes her a 6 year old rather than 5 year old that has no competition record my reason for selling is I have bought her double but a hand smaller!
It would have been nice for some to get her out over winter hence her cheaper price.
Hopefully will get a better price if I put her through winter!
 
It could be that the cheaper price is actually the problem, daft as that might sound. A quality horse is a quality horse and will still command good money. It is the ones which aren't particularly anything special which are struggling to sell I think. (All horses are special but you know what I mean).
 
I'd keep her til the spring. Now is the time to sell hunting horses, but other than that, I'd hang on to her and see if you can get a better price in the spring. I know she'll be 6, but what about it, she'll have more knowledge, even if she doesn't have any "competition results". No point in giving her away, or dealing with "those" kind of people!!!!1
 
Its just a funny market. Everyone I know that has had horse for sale this year (including myself) have found it to take longer than normal, but they've all gone.

I'd just leave the ad ticking - it will be slower now its winter, if anyone asks why its been for sale for so long, say the mrket is slow. you've nothing to lose, but a bit to save...
 
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