Should I sell?

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Thought I'd ask your opions...

I am currently in the process of starting up a new business. At the moment I have 4 of my own horses, and a 5th horse, which I own, but who is currently on loan from my yard.

When the business opens I will be too busy to be able to ride them all. So I already have plans to sell one of my boys, but I don't want to advertise him as he is mega talented but not a push button ride.

The horse that is on loan was my first competition horse, I did everything with him BSJA to newcomers, BE PN, BD to medium including reserve nat champion elem fs. I also hunted, fun rides etc with him. He is on loan to a girl who keeps on the yard. She's had a break from riding and wanted something to give her some more experience before she buys her own horse.

The thing is I've sold this horse twice already and through the new owners mismanagement he ended up coming back home. I don't want to sell him on and it not work again as it really isn't fair on him.

But equally I can't afford to keep him both in time and money when the loan comes to an end. I could look for another person to loan him but its not that easy to find a decent loan person especially when I would far rather he stayed at home.

But he is also the only sane horse on my yard and he is great to hack out and escort the youngsters, we have no off road hacking round here and he is 99.99999999999% safe on the roads with any traffic.

He's 14 now, am I best to get some money out of him? He needs a much quieter life ie RC type thing but I just don't want to dump him on someone else. I guess I kind of feel responsible to keep him until the day comes to make the decision for him to go to the field in the sky.

Arghhhhh!!! Any opinions or ideas please...
 
he sounds fab, and at that age isnt old, im sure there are ladies out there that would love him as a safe reliable r.c/hacking horse, he sounds like a genuine schoolmaster?! and if he still enjoys his work your certainly not 'dumping him'!
 
Its tricky.. I would say though that if you are starting a business, you need to be a little bit hard and business minded about it and just move him on...
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What sort of price are you asking for him? Can we see a piccy?
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I wish the girl who has him on loan would buy him, I remember your earlier post .Why did he come back before .I think he would make a lovely pony club horse to give a teenager a great team horse.
I completely understand your problem now I have seen your lovely horses on your website.
Hope you work something out
 
Mat_B - I know I should be hard hearted and sell him on but this was the horse that got me started in dressage and he owes me nothing. Both times I sold him was for £10,000, both times I only paid £5,000 when he came back.

To me he feels quite stiff and limited, but then I have moved on with the horses I ride since I first got him.

I guess because my sentiments are getting in the way I am too picky about what sort of home he needs to go to. I think that he would still be able to compete but I think that a PC team home would be too much for him. Really he wants to be doing Prelim/nov/elem dress with the odd round of jumping up to approx 2'9"/3'. All of which would be in his comfort zone.

Both times I sold him was straight after the winter nationals. So he was competition fit. both sets of people fed him like a comp horse and worked him like a happy hacker. 4 months down the line he got a little cheeky and they got scared. He went out on loan for 6 or 7 months and that ended because she "couldn't afford to keep him over the winter".

The girl who currently has him on loan I wouldn't want to sell him to as I question her commitment and would be suprised if she buys a horse and it lasts.

I don't have any recent pics of him to upload on here. I have a side saddle one but it is a front view and wouldn't really show much.
 
I think I would look for a home where he could teach someone an awful lot... I know quite a few people who have bought horses like this because they were quite novicey, but have really grown in confidence through a horse like yours because although he is a 'school master' he is not a push button so you have to know the right buttons to press
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I agree that pony club could be quite a hard life for him
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How about advertising him for a little less than you originally did then you have people who are looking for a confidence builder but also something they can eventually go out and do some BD with too
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You could advertise him as BD school master...
 
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