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I have been lurking on here for nearly 2 years and finally got myself an account so please be nice!
I have been (trying) to sell my horse for about 2 months now but I am the only person who has ever ridden her and when people have tried her out she has reacted quite badly to it.
A girl in Suffolk (i'm in berks) has emailed me offering a schooling/selling service & i'm unsure what to do.
She is offering basically full livery for £50, I then pay for advertising, farrier, petrol & show enteries. She has given me refrences of people's horses she has sold in the past and invited me up for a viewing of her yard so it seems as if she has nothing to hide.
Would you go for this kind of thing as I think i am going to really struggle to sell her on my own just due to her lack of experiance

Opinions please
 
Personally i wouldn't know - I am not sure if it's normal but it sounds dodgy to me! I am a firm believer in, if someone's good at what they do and has a good reputation then they don't need to go looking for business as it will come to them and thet will generally be very busy! If you want to sell your horse through a sales livery then I would ask around locally and see what you can find out from other horsey people that you trust.
 
I have no personal experience but I know that a friend of ours went down a similar route - 'green' horse could be temperamental, the owners didn't have the time to spend on her ironing out her naughty behaviour (even though she could make a fantastic eventer) and bringing her on. Owners themselves couldnt sell independently, had a few people coming to try her but none were suitable.
A few months on this new livery yard being ridden regularly and given the time she needs, this horse is jumping XC, has perfect manners and absolutely loving her new life and her jobs.
Its definitely gone the right way for them :)
K x
 
i would but not some random person emailing me , but definitely someone local advertising in tack shops or through word of mouth.
 
Ask around locally, as others have said. a really good sales livery will be known to you word of mouth. Your instinct is right, if someone in Suffolk is approaching you it smacks of desperation!
 
This sounds way cheap to me for what she is offering. And you may find by the time she has sold your horse she has chewed up the sale money in livery costs and xtras. I would try and find someone by word of mouth, someone who is known.

Good luck
 
Does'nt sound quite right to me. Best thing to do is persuade some friends to ride your horse in controlled circumstances to get her used to the experience of someone new riding her without all the nerves associated with a viewing. My best friend asked me to ride his newly broken 4 year old last week for the same reason and after the initial "I have no idea what your asking me to do" moment she was fine.
 
What orionstar said. It is always good to have your horse ridden by others. I have ridden horses for people for this reason (also prepares them for tide judges) and have had a friend ride my four year old, tomorrow my sister will be riding her too, it is good experience for her to be ridden by different people and will help her have a good future should we ever have to sell her.
 
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