***** Stud Sales

[Stateside]

Just got back from the sales.
13.3hh 4yr old welsh a bit nervous £20
12hh 3year old dartmoor pony broken £10
15hh 16yr old poor condition TB type £10

you cannot buy a puppy fpr that sort of price.

a nice 12.2hh 12 yrs show pony type said to be good pony club etc £260

a nice 12.2hh 8 yr old mare done well showing good ride etc £200.

if I had transport there I would have taken home one of the 12.2hh .

Comes home to you what Princess Ann and others are saying some horses now have no value.
You need to see it to belive it.

 

[Alec Swan]

A good and a sad and a sobering post.

We have very well bred 3 yos and we're considering calling the knackerman.

Difficult days.

Alec.

 

[Fools Motto]

Brings it right home doesn't it.
Hope they found kind homes, or it will be painless and quick.

(Which sales btw?)

 

[Clodagh]

Oh that is so sad. Yes, which sales...I will try a name...*****?

Yes O v e r a. Odd, why is that blanked out...sales comment not rude?

 

[Alec Swan]

I still think that for those with an 'eye', there are some very good 'potential' first ponies, to be bought and produced and sold at a profit, once they've been licked in to shape, and by someone small and light enough. I suspect that there's a decent living to be earned, by someone who's competent, as there will always be a market for trustworthy children's ponies, always.

Alec.

 

[Fides]

I have just bought a 13h2 for next to nothing. 6yo unbroken. My project for the summer with the aim of getting him good enough to go to a decent home. It's so sad - unbroken youngsters do not have much of a future nowadays