To sell or to keep??

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Rachaelf

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Hi, I have a 14.2 appaloosa mare just turned 13 yrs old. I'm not sure whether or not to sell her so I want other people's opinion's.

She is my first pony (bought after i finished uni) I have had her 3 yrs. I've only been able to take her to the local show for and she won that overall with me last yr through showing and jumping. I have only just been lucky enough to buy a horsebox recently. At other shows she isn't doing very well showing (not much of a looker) but she does have a big jump.

I don't know whether to sell her as she is at the age where if I do not sell her i will be stuck with her, I have someone interested in buying her. I would then buy a young section D to do showing and jumping with. But she is my first and although a stubborn mare I am attached to her and I am worried what would happen to her if I sold her. I'm not sure she could go much further competing wise though.

I've thought about loaning her out but I can not afford two if she came back to me.

What do you think?
 
Personally I would keep her. Realistically, how much competing do you want to do and how far do you see yourself going? As you've said, you're attached to her so surely she's worth more than that - its not fair to sell a horse on just because you fancy a change. Why don't you concentrate on jumping for a while and see how she goes.
I don't want to sound harsh but in my opinion your reasons for selling her aren't very strong.
 
I would keep her and work on her more taking her out to local shows and having lessons etc. If she has a big jump and has won at local level then that shows good potential to go further. Unfortunately, horses (or mine anyway) don't go round winning everything so I'm sure if you are prepared to put a bit of work you will see results. I just think if you purchase a youngster you will have to spend a lot of time/effort/money into getting him/her up to scratch whereas now you have by the sounds of it a possible fab allrounder.
 
I'm afraid when someone uses the words STUCK WITH HER it tells me that your not actually that attached to her.
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She wouldn't have been (much of a looker) when you bought her.
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So maybe you need to decide what it is you actually want to do in the shows.
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ie Show or jump?
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If you have someone interested in her maybe if you check as far as you can where they will be keeping her and if it is for a child that will out grow her so they will probably sell on when outgrown.
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Maybe a small adult that only want local shows and a good hacking horse. But don't jump out or the frying pan into the fire.
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You may regret it latter.
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Or maybe she will do better with someone else in another dicipline?
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I'm just weary of ending up with an older pony who is limited in in what it can do like some of my friends have.

I would like to do more riding clubs and possibly a few county shows.

The only discipline she's likely to suceed in is jumping. As I am getting older I love jumping but i'd like to do some more showing which she will never do well in.

Person interested in her has 14 yr old daughter.

Ideally I'd love to keep her and buy a youngster as well but that can't happen.
 
If you dont envisage yourself keeping her into her veteran years (I presume thats what you mean by "stuck with her" then perhaps she is not the right horse for you and you would both be happier if she was sold?

Dont write her off because she has reached her teens though. I have a 31 year old mare cantering round her field right now.... And a 19 year old gelding who is currently behaving like a lipizzaner on hacks.
 
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Dont write her off because she has reached her teens though. I have a 31 year old mare cantering round her field right now.... And a 19 year old gelding who is currently behaving like a lipizzaner on hacks.

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i tottaly agree i have an 18 year old who i jump and will drag me round a course of jumps at 100 mph lol and i bought her as an 18 year old so wouldnt worrty about the age! i suppose it just depends what you want to do if you decide you want to show then find her the right home. if you want to jump keep her
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If you cant/dont want to adapt your plans to fit your horses ability then find her the very best home you can and get your dream horse.

Ive sold two in the past and wished i hadnt because they ended up in the wrong homes, not bad homes the riders just couldnt handle them.
 
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