sensible offer??

oh he's lovely

i'd guess about 2k ,but thats prob generous (for something unbacked) because i like the look of him ;) but i'd be suspicious about why he is 5 and not backed as a friend had a real nightmare of a horse who she paid £4000 for as a unbacked 4yr old and it turned out she had actually been backed ,very badly (she had learned to get rid ) and it was almost impossible to fix the damage done :(
 
angelish said:
oh he's lovely

i'd guess about 2k ,but thats prob generous (for something unbacked) because i like the look of him ;) but i'd be suspicious about why he is 5 and not backed as a friend had a real nightmare of a horse who she paid £4000 for as a unbacked 4yr old and it turned out she had actually been backed ,very badly (she had learned to get rid ) and it was almost impossible to fix the damage done :(
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thats the furgure i had in mind. he is a lovely looking chap and i guess youre right, i should be suspicious of why he isnt backed. *removes rose tinted specs*.....:D
 
Angelish the advert reads as though he is backed and working.

Personally I think any. Ice looking, nice tempered correctly started youngster is worth 4k of anyone's money, increasing depending on competition potential. That said, it's in Scotland, wrong time of year, horse is huge .... If you got him for 3k I think you would have done well
 
ihatework said:
Angelish the advert reads as though he is backed and working.

Personally I think any. Ice looking, nice tempered correctly started youngster is worth 4k of anyone's money, increasing depending on competition potential. That said, it's in Scotland, wrong time of year, horse is huge .... If you got him for 3k I think you would have done well
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i know now ^ sorry i'm having a really dim day today :o i just looked at the pics and read as far as "taken slowly etc" and assumed wrongly that he wasn't backed ,that will teach me to pay attention :p
he is a lovely looking horse though
 
Very nice sort. The rugs you will need will be rather an expense at that size tho! £3k sounds very reasonable. He sounds as if has had sensible owners who appreciate that you can't rush big youngsters. Let us know!
 
Don't know really. His conformation isn't great - especially the hocks (one of which looks capped), so I personally wouldn't be interested in him.

But I suppose a punt at £1500 perhaps wouldn't be too far off the mark.
 
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FfionWinnie said:
You wonder why they have no ridden pics or vids. I seriously don't understand folk that don't put decent pics in an advert.
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No help I'm afraid OP, but FfionWinnie - totally agree!
Someone at my yard was selling their pony and had a picture of it biting another pony!! To be fair, I had taken the picture and we thought it was a funny picture and the pony isn't actually aggressive, the other one was REALLY annoying it...but that would not help sell! The other pictures were really good, but if I didn't know this pony, I would think "NO THANKS!"
 
I'm afraid I agree with Amymay, I wouldn't be paying much more than £1500 for him going into the winter and obviously having not done much, especially with him being that size and in Scotland. As a comparison I have a nicely bred 5 year old just coming up 16hands and in the south east and my instructor advised me that her value for insurance should be around £1800 realistically.

Ultimately though the bottom line is that he's worth whatever someone will pay for him, but I think she's pushing it a bit expecting to get £5000 for him! :eek:
 
£2000 tops. Look at the picture again, nothing matches, light limbed in front, poor hind limb. Neck set and length of rein is reasonable to be fair.

I have limited knowledge, but to me, he is just a plain, workmanlike riding club horse. Whilst he won't win anything for his looks, there is no reason why he can't be useful to someone.

£5000 will buy you a really nice 4 year old with conformation good enough to show as a novice hunter and then become a competition horse.

For that horse to be worth £5000 he should have a fair few results to his name from low key dressage and baby showjumping.
 
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