USING A BROKER.....

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Why are people so unwilling to pay 10% of cost to get a broker who takes care of everything. The broker I used knew the word on the street about the seller and the horse. He arranged for us to have them on a 2 week trail (we never had one who we did not have on trail), he arranged the vet check, gave us a month of schooling to help adapt our horse to our style of riding/playing, and if we kept the horse at his club we had a 90 day period where if the horse did not work out we could trade it in (only person did this, and it worked seemlessly).

Buying horses is tough - I classify myself as pretty experienced, and unless I know the seller, or can get word on the horse from a friend - to me 10% is money DAMN well spent. It is equal to a couple months schooling, 1 problem that requires veterinary attention, etc.
 
Depends on what you're spending I guess. Think if I ever buy another horse it would be from someone like Vicjp or a nearby reputable dealer - buying privately is such a minefield now....as I found out!
 
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Thank you very much!
GTS, I guess you mean similar to an agent? They will never become popular ing the general horsey world, largely due to the £20k kickbacks they require.

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I guess buying any horse is a minefield but buying a TB can be even worse......
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vicijp - yeah that is exactly it! I guess we got lucky as our guy was a club pro and very wise - he realised that if people had good horses, they would become more involved, and by more horses. Considering 80% of people there had the horses on full livery, it was more horses in training, which made him a really nice stable income. He ran a great little club, he took care of everyone and their horses, and made a profitable little business out of it.
 
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