Still can't find a decent event horse for sale!!!

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So frustrating where are all the good event horses!

I'm looking for an event horse to do BE100, maybe novice in time and I cannot find anything suitable! What's going on, it appears I can have a nice mover or a good jumper but not both!!
 
Something that is proven at BE100, must have good paces, clean SJ, bold xc
Age between 6-9, only gelding def don't want another mare! Lol
 
twiggy2 said:
work were looking for 8 months ended up paying a lot of money for something with active sarcoids
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It's such a pain, I've seen 6 now and losing the will to live! I already have a mare but she's more Showjumping and not keen on XC.
I honestly thought it would be easy to find a good event horse!
 
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Have you got a limited budget? Sometimes you get what you pay for, so the nicer ones may be out of price range.

Also, why limit yourself to just geldings? I'm totally biased the other way(I'm much more of a mare fan,) but have ridden and tried geldings who were also fantastic. One bad experience doesn't mean you should rule good horses out, you end up making things difficult for yourself!

Having horse hunted a lot I understanding it can be frustrating and feel like you waste so much time, but I've found the last 2 horses we've bought it's been the ones we almost considered not looking at because they didnt seem right for one reason or another that we fell for!

Good luck
 
Have a look on this website as horses on can be interesting

http://www.horseselect.co.uk/eventing

You may find to get the consistent BE record you are looking at horses suitable for the grassroots championship market which pushes the prices up and also you are looking at a very popular height range. You may find that you have to compromise somewhere if you budget is less than market value for these horses.

Best of luck
 
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Given you want proven at BE100 (presumably double clears and placed?), good paces (7 or 8 plus?), clean SJ etc etc and unless you are prepared to accept vices or quirks then I think you may struggle. You may fall lucky, but I know of horses (geldings) that match your description that have sold for 15-20K. That's not to say you won't find something at c10K but you will probably have to bide your time and travel a bit....just my opinion for whatever it may be worth.
 
I was pretty much looking for the same thing five years ago with similar budget but didnt limit to geldings. It took nine months to find my boy during which time I looked at 32 horses. The moral being they are out there but my gosh its hard to find.
 
And remember the rider can pull down a horses record , a rider that interfers sj can destroy a horses record as can a nervey rider cross country.
So when looking at the be record look at the rider record before discounting a horse for poor performance .
 
opinionuk said:
Around 8-10k
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That's your problem.
You won't easily get something in the prime age, with a solid record that moves well and jumps cleanly.

For what you describe you'll need 12-15k.

For your budget maybe consider a nice 5yo that has the basics established?
 
Agree with this

http://www.horseselect.co.uk/eventing/prenov/prnov2013/prnov2013.htm

something like that :) .... i would suggest my 5 year old but she is a mare, although doesnt act like it, jumped some of the be100's xc schooling last week very easily !

ihatework said:
That's your problem.
You won't easily get something in the prime age, with a solid record that moves well and jumps cleanly.

For what you describe you'll need 12-15k.

For your budget maybe consider a nice 5yo that has the basics established?
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my boss paid more than your budget for one with active sarcoids, only done 3 BE 100 last year and placed in one, the original price limit was 22k max but as i said they could not find anything
 
gunnergundog said:
Given you want proven at BE100 (presumably double clears and placed?), good paces (7 or 8 plus?), clean SJ etc etc and unless you are prepared to accept vices or quirks then I think you may struggle. You may fall lucky, but I know of horses (geldings) that match your description that have sold for 15-20K. That's not to say you won't find something at c10K but you will probably have to bide your time and travel a bit....just my opinion for whatever it may be worth.
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Good grief, people really pay £15k-£20k for a pre-novice eventer?? I couldn't sell my fantastic always in the top-10 novice eventer for £15k! Most horses IMO are more than capable of going half decently at PN level, Im very surprised you can't find more OP. You could always try looking for horses competing at RC/PC level at intermediate/open level, you might find some super horses there whose owners simply haven't bothered affiliating.
 
MagicMelon said:
Good grief, people really pay £15k-£20k for a pre-novice eventer?? I couldn't sell my fantastic always in the top-10 novice eventer for £15k! Most horses IMO are more than capable of going half decently at PN level, Im very surprised you can't find more OP. You could always try looking for horses competing at RC/PC level at intermediate/open level, you might find some super horses there whose owners simply haven't bothered affiliating.
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I think you.re right, I'm looking through the Allrounders and there are some nice horses there, amazing how putting 'eventer' in the search engine adds a few £s onto the horse! Lol
 
I would be looking at sjers who have a record at newcomers for that kind of money and are brave enough to go eventing. They usually learn very quickly and can be at 100 within a couple of runs. The other ones who cross over easily are show horses especially WH.
 
MagicMelon said:
Good grief, people really pay £15k-£20k for a pre-novice eventer?? I couldn't sell my fantastic always in the top-10 novice eventer for £15k! Most horses IMO are more than capable of going half decently at PN level, Im very surprised you can't find more OP. You could always try looking for horses competing at RC/PC level at intermediate/open level, you might find some super horses there whose owners simply haven't bothered affiliating.
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I was going to say something similar to this - I've never done affiliated eventing yet have been round lots of BE100 tracks because our local pc/rc odes run a couple of weeks after the BE so the organisers leave the fences where they are to be used. Maybe if you looked in the riding club market you'd be able to find something in your budget
 
I know this might sound a bit odd, but by discounting horses that don't have a 'solid' record, you're discounting some really good amateur horses that might just be being ridden by the wrong person. I've sold a few now that on first glance, their records don't look great, but then I get on them and realise that actually, the horse has done a bloody good job of looking after their rider & actually is very capable of double clears (proved with me and new owners time & time again).
I have one in at the moment for sale, that is probably one of the MOST talented horses I have ever sat on, but it was just sold to the wrong person 2 years ago, taken out eventing & now the record looks quite shocking, despite the fact that he is more than capable of jumping round a 1.30m course, is a XC machine and moves like a dressage horse. I'm eventing him next week & I might have to eat my words (horses are such great levellers) but I am feeling confident in him to get a decent result.
So I guess I'm trying in a long winded way to say that 'records' aren't always the best things to judge a horse by - there are way too many variables (bad riding being one of them) to make a decision based solely on how a horse has performed. A few 20 pens might just be a horse constantly being buried at the bottom of a fence & then pushing the Self Preservation button.... Equally, I know of horses produced by pros that are most definitely 'ditchy' and an amateur wouldn't get them round a BE100 in a million years with impeccable records...
PS. The horse I have would be well within your budget BTW.
 
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