selling rising 3 yr old ....... wrong time to sell or are people buyin

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due to my heavy work commitments im struggling putting them time into my baby .....(2 1/2yr warmblood)
hes excellent guy, and myself and hislast owners put sooooo much time into him.

im considering selling him even though i dont want to but are people buy? also are people buying babies?????? im not letting him go for any price so will i be wasting time and money advertising him?
 
Hes not a baby, hes a 2 year old. The market for babies, ie weanlings, is usually always buoyant but not so many people want 2 year olds. They would rather spend a little more and have a broken 3 or 4 year old.
 
no serious horse people buy a good horse at any time of yr. Infact i prefer to sell during this time of yr because at least you dont get time wasters and joy riders like you can in the summer normally serious buyers looking for next spring!
I sold horse this time last yr and it was vetted on x mas eve.
Advertise it and im sue you ll be suprised. I find horse mart and farmers guardian great sites.
Good luck x
 
ok thanks ....its real upsetting hes sooooo great and perfect floating paces i just know hes going to be sumat good ....hence why i dont want to sell him.....arrghhh what to do....bite the bullet and keep him (and make time!!) or admit im getting less and less time and its becoming hard work
 
a 2 to 3 year old cant be taking too much time surely? chuck out and muck out anf fetch back in? he will be worth more rising 4 or 5 when he can actually do a job? but surely you knew that when you either bred him or bought a weaner or yearling?
 
My advice would be to keep him, turn him out on grass livery and pick a time next summer to get him broken and lightly riding out. You will have much more success in not only selling him but getting a much better return for him. By having a ridden horse you also are able to judge the best owner/rider for him whereas selling an unbroken horse you often have no idea about their skills. I hope whatever you do works out well for you both.
 
My well bred sports horse youngsters (yearlings to four year olds) live out 24/7. As he is only 2 1/2 why not turn him out for the winter - as long as you have the use of suitable facilities?
 
I think deep down you know you won't be able to part with him unless there was no option. As said before why not turn him out for a bit, won't do him any harm. This time of year is a bugger for time anyway so maybe when the nights draw out you'll be able to make more time for him x
 
Agree re turning him out for the winter! We bought out boy earlier this year as a rising three year old (2 years 9 months old to be exact). But his owner had no other calls and has not yet sold her other one the same age (homebreds). And they are nice horses, both Sports Horse types well put together well handled and with some decent breeding (ours has Clover Hill, Nimmerdor and Sandro in bloodlines)
Think is a difficult age to sell, as people either want something ready to back or already backed maybe?
 
Ditto the turning him away.

I have a 2.5yr old too and he takes up very little time. He lives out 24/7 with adlib haylage and comes in at weekends for a fuss.

He's an awkwards age to sell. He's not young enough to be cheap (and therefore desirable) and he's not quite old enough to be useful.
 
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