Sold From Field?

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If a horse is sold from the field, does that basically mean you cannot get on and try it first? I know i probably sound like a real novice, although i must admit i am when it comes to buying horses.
How much should/would this effect the price?
Lastly, if a horse is out of work, how much would this effect a vetting?
Thanks
 
sold from field generally means when a horse hasnt been ridden for some time and is unfit. this usually affects the price making the horse cheaper. it shouldnt affect the vetting, the horse is either sound or not.
 
I may have to sell my horse as "sold from field". This is because I have a bad back and can't ride him. Though I have had someone else riding him for the last 8 wks. That has come to an end now tho so he'll be back to doing nowt. He could be tried by a viewer tho as there is nothing wrong with him. He might just not be as fit as I would have liked.
 
I think that buying a horse 'sold from the field' is quite risky if you don't know what you are doing or looking at. Lots of horses that have had 'quite a career' are often sold because they are unsound when fully fit but when turned away appear sound. It's a really tricky one, and I'm not saying that there aren't some genuine cases but on the whole 'buyer beware.'
 
When I was looking for a horse for FB last year we went to look at one that was sold from the field. I naively assumed this meant that they either didn't have facilities to ride in winter or they were pregnant/injured etc.

When we got there to find a large, posh livery yard with nice school but they insisted we were only allowed to ride him in the field he was in alarm bells started to ring. That and the fact that nobody on this yard was prepared to sit on him, despite the fact that he was being sold as suitable for a nervous novice.

Needless to say he was a nut and we walked away.
 
Owners who sell straight from the field are generally looking for quick sales hence low price! As above, it wouldn't appeal to me as you don't know what you are getting for your money!
 
In the case of our yard sold from the field means just that. We don't have a school or stables but we have a paddock in which someone could try a horse. Someone came out to look at a horse thats for sale at the weekend and was shown the horse being ridden in all 3 paces before the viewer got on.

It isn't always that they are out of work but lack of facilities can force a sold from the field sale
 
Sold from the field is basically a totally unknown quantity.
Dealers pick up horses all the time this way, and only pay 2-300 for them.
If an owner can't show what a horse can do, or its capabilities, then regardless of whether they say it can jump, is safe etc, u could only buy it as a total unknown, and for a pony 300 max, maybe a couple of hundred more for a horse.

basically you should only pay what a dealer would pay to pick it up if its a problem x
 
Right, thanks. Horse looks a nice sort but not seen any ridden pictures and woman says she's out of work because she didn't have the time. It would be my first horse so unsure what to think. Horse has been for sale since November. I wonder..
 
I've got 2 to sell from the field, they are sold from field as neither are in work and are currently turned away in a field about 20 minutes from the yard due to lack of space at home or inclination to bring them back in to work ourselves due to lack of time. One was a brood mare last year but is now empty and ready to be brought back in to work and the other is a project pony who is quite nervous but we have sat on.
 
sorry but are you looking at buying the horse or just curious as to what it means, Its just that as I have just asked a few of my mates and we have all come up with different explinations, lol

My suggestion would be to ring seller and ask them what they actually mean,
lots of good advice already said.

Good luck if you are buying as there are some genuine sellers and horses out there xx
 
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