Bernster
Well-Known Member
A thread on here about the 6k horse not being worth it, got me thinking about other ads I’ve seen where the prices seem wildly odd. I do cruise horsequest generally looking at the competition types and have noticed:
- older horses that have done well but are 13/14 years or older with £10-15,000 price tags. I realise a good grass roots horse commands a lot but surely there’s a very good chance they are coming towards the end of their career at that level, so you’re paying top dollar for a few years of performance?
- horses priced for potential but not there yet. Still young and unproven but with pretty significant price tags.
- ones that *should* be a good eventer, jumper etc but haven’t got any comp record of any note but priced as if they are ‘that’ horse.
Do others see this too?
- older horses that have done well but are 13/14 years or older with £10-15,000 price tags. I realise a good grass roots horse commands a lot but surely there’s a very good chance they are coming towards the end of their career at that level, so you’re paying top dollar for a few years of performance?
- horses priced for potential but not there yet. Still young and unproven but with pretty significant price tags.
- ones that *should* be a good eventer, jumper etc but haven’t got any comp record of any note but priced as if they are ‘that’ horse.
Do others see this too?