Sending a horse away to be sold

Seth

Seth

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Can anyone tell me an average amount that you'd pay weekly/monthly for 'sales livery', and generally how it works? Do they immediately search for people to view the horse, or do they school it on for a while? How much commission would they take off the sale?

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It really depends on a. the horse (what it would be sold for and its current state) and b. the yard. My old pony was a safe fun hack but not much else, the lady spent two months trying to school him for dressage (jumping had been proved a no-no) before deciding that, yup, he could only ever really hack and pop the odd xc fence. But if she had realised this to start she wouldn't've needed those two months. As I remember, she charged livery, feed and bedding and took a commission off the sale, but didn't charge for the schooling as it was in her interest to get more money for him, we just wanted him a. in a nice home and b. off our hands. Another old pony of mine was competed at pony BSJA (he was being sold by the owner of a BSJA venue) for a couple months to get some good results before sale (have no idea what she charged.) Hope this helped but I can see practice and charges varying enormously...
 
Hey I charge £100 a week for Full, Schooling/Sales livery and take 10% at the end. I have helped people out in the past that couldn't afford livery by asking what they wanted for the horse/pony and then keeping whatever I made on top of that. Some people will ask for more livery and not take a sales %.
Depending on the horse or pony you need to find someone that can bring out the best in the horse. If it is a jumper send it to a show jumping rider, if they are for dressage send it to a dressage rider and so on as they will be able to have the contacts already in place and will be able to get it on the market quicker. Generally I would say four weeks for a rider to get a feel for the horse and bring it on ready to advertise in the 5th and veiwings there on but that is all dependant on the horse and the individual. Also depends what sort of home you wanted the horse to go to. Dealers etc are in it for the money at the end of the day and might not have the horses best interests at heart just for the sake of a sale!

Dont forget here are lots of really great young riders out there that would be greatful of rides and will give them something to put on their CV.

Best of Luck Kirsty XXX
 
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