"Sold from the Field"

katymay said:
She is beautiful, and I love the way she comes over to you then goes back to showing off! as if she is saying buy me!
Click to expand...
Do you know, we said EXACTLY the same thing. I don't know why she kept coming over to me but it really was like her saying "you can have me" :D
lme said:
Nice. And I can see why you bought her. What did you do with her?
Click to expand...
I bred her last year so she'll be having her first foal next month. She's only young so the plan at the moment is to breed her again this year (if she throws what I think she'll throw) and then she'll go back into showjumping to pay for her keep. If she doesn't throw what I think she will then I won't breed her again this year and she'll return to the ring earlier than planned. I'm quite easy about things and tend to take each day as it comes.
 
I think the thing is that "sold from the field" or similar is all about seeing the potential and understanding that it may take some time to get there.

If somebody is looking for an instant rideable/biddable horse, then best to avoid buying "from the field".
 
Aarrghimpossiblepony said:
I think the thing is that "sold from the field" or similar is all about seeing the potential and understanding that it may take some time to get there.

If somebody is looking for an instant rideable/biddable horse, then best to avoid buying "from the field".
Click to expand...

I wholeheartedly agree with you. I know my market so I knew fine well that the mare I purchased above would have been marketed at around $60,000 had she still been competing. And although yes I did pay a reasonable sum for her, it wasn't $60,000! She was not unsound or sick, just owned by a rider who was overly wary of her. It was one of those situations where I was offered an opportunity and I took it.

And again I agree with you. I always have some sort of plan when I go to view a horse but I am very quick to alter those plans if there is something that I'd rather do with the horse, or if the horse isn't quite what I had in my mind.

Buying from the field is a risk, no two ways about it, but I've done it quite a few times and always been happy with my purchases.
 
One advantage though is that if you can only "look" not try, you tend to be more critical of confirmation and seeing how they move on their own.

In other words, what they have about them that you can build on. Stops you getting caught up in the "this is such fun the horse must be good".

Seen people come back with horses that look like they have been assembled from spare parts left over in the reject bin but "they are so well behaved and so nice".:D
 
True. I immediately spotted that my mare has a teensy little paddle going on with her off fore ;) :) Didn't bother me though as I liked the rest of her. She's a pretty typical "bull in a China shop", non-attractive headed Holsteiner imo but although I am a total sucker for beautiful heads, I do like Holsteiners a lot so even her head didn't put me off :D
 
Spring Feather said:
Interesting. I paid double figure thousands for this mare who was being 'sold from the field'. I arrived, saw her in her stable, had her taken out to the arena, took this video of her, she was put back in her stable and I made the deal based on all you see in my video linked below. I never rode her, never tacked her up, just videoed her whizzing around the arena and decided I wanted her so I bought her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vpf8qLneJ0
Click to expand...

Wow what a stunner! I love the way she seems to ignore all the other humans but keeps coming back to check in with the the camera holder presumably you! :D
 
tankgirl1 said:
Wow what a stunner! I love the way she seems to ignore all the other humans but keeps coming back to check in with the the camera holder presumably you! :D
Click to expand...

Thanks so much :) She's a really cuddly mare and somehow just latched onto me right from the very beginning. She's a real suck with me now and no she doesn't bomb around like that anymore, she's lovely and calm now :)
 
Spring Feather said:
Interesting. I paid double figure thousands for this mare who was being 'sold from the field'. I arrived, saw her in her stable, had her taken out to the arena, took this video of her, she was put back in her stable and I made the deal based on all you see in my video linked below. I never rode her, never tacked her up, just videoed her whizzing around the arena and decided I wanted her so I bought her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vpf8qLneJ0
Click to expand...

She did a good show for you. That video is better than a lot of sales vids I have seen!
 
I sold one 'from the field' last summer. He was a project and as such I would not have let anyone get on him (although I would have sat on him had they asked) but I was happy for them to see him lunged, handled, led down the road etc. He was also open to the vet although the purchaser decided not to have him vetted.
 
I dont consider myself experienced enough to buy from the field but would try and ride the horse and be able to show a few minutes of video to potential buyers. Better than nothing
 
I bought my mare from the field and I saw her lunged on the flat and over poles/XC jumps and no vetting done.

She did come with some quirks but other than that was fine.
 
We bought my lad "from the field" cheap. I brought my saddle just in case it will fit him as he had no tack ,and my instructor lunged him first and then rode him ,and them me:) Girl who sold him didn't mind a bit,just was bemused what we could handle and lead him without problem, cos he had a bit of bad reputation:) My sweet boy:)
 
wench said:
I would at least expect to see that you can saddle it up and have a sit on with out it going nutty.
Click to expand...
I agree with this. I wouldn't expect to be able to do a lot, but I would expect to be able to tack up, get on and have a little pootle round to check the horse didn't turn into a complete lunatic when under saddle! I don't really see why this would be an issue with a horse that was a) sound and b) fairly sane. Yes, you wouldn't want potential buyers to do very much, but surely 10 minutes walking around with maybe a few short trots wouldn't do any harm?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top