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Thornsett1

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Does anyone know or has anyone used a horse finder service ? Ok I should explain after lots of viewing etc we still haven't found our next horse and there is a limit to how much time off I can take ( had plenty cancel the day before or ring up to say sorry sold the horse yesterday which is fine I can understand bird in the hand etc but is a pain when you have taken time off work ) I need someone who can just go and look at it tell me if it ticks certain boxes and does what it says on the tin !!!! have also gone to see quite a few that bare no relation to the advert . It also seems that most of them are at least 2/3 hrs away which makes for a 4/6 hour journey . Thoughts everyone .I should add that I would not buy a horse without seeing it !!!
 
If you are in the SE, there is a very reputable (in my opinion) dealer who also provides a horse search service as an agent, she's very open about costs as all on her website.
In this case scenario, most horse finders would need to see you ride & handle a horse 1st to ensure they are not setting out to find something that will not suit your present and future usage and capability.
There are a number of other dealers and also agents all over the country that also do this. Worth checking into :)

Good luck :)
 
Yes. I used an equine agent to sell my horse when I had zero viewings in 3 months. I realised that as 90% of horses are not as advertised, honest sellers can sometimes find it hard to get their ads noticed. There are any number of "nice, straightforward, well bred, well put together, well mannered horses" being advertised but not many of those really are all those things so my lovely genuine horse was competing for viewings with all the others.

Anyway.... I was amazingly impressed by how thorough the agent was. Her business model was that she assessed my horse thoroughly. It was more thorough than most viewing I have done - w/t/c in and out of the arena. Show jumps and XC fences. She groomed, picked out feet, checked every inch for lumps and bumps, led her in hand, saw her load etc. She refuses to accept horses onto her books unless they meet a certain standard.

So sellers who use her know that she has already screened out major issues and the horse has been seen ridden in a variety of settings. It is then a case of matching what sellers are saying they want with t he horses she has on her books knowing that they are accurately described. She takes a percentage of the sale fee.

I sold my horse to the first viewer at a considerably higher price than she had been advertised at! But the buyer seemed happy enough to pay it and she still has the horse and adores her.

I am surprised Equine Agents aren't more popular than they are. It seems an arrangement that really suits both buyers and private sellers. And 100% better than dealers as the agent is independent.
 
Thornsett1 said:
Does anyone know or has anyone used a horse finder service ? Ok I should explain after lots of viewing etc we still haven't found our next horse and there is a limit to how much time off I can take ( had plenty cancel the day before or ring up to say sorry sold the horse yesterday which is fine I can understand bird in the hand etc but is a pain when you have taken time off work ) I need someone who can just go and look at it tell me if it ticks certain boxes and does what it says on the tin !!!! have also gone to see quite a few that bare no relation to the advert . It also seems that most of them are at least 2/3 hrs away which makes for a 4/6 hour journey . Thoughts everyone .I should add that I would not buy a horse without seeing it !!!
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Where are you?
 
Ambers Echo said:
Yes. I used an equine agent to sell my horse when I had zero viewings in 3 months. I realised that as 90% of horses are not as advertised, honest sellers can sometimes find it hard to get their ads noticed. There are any number of "nice, straightforward, well bred, well put together, well mannered horses" being advertised but not many of those really are all those things so my lovely genuine horse was competing for viewings with all the others.

Anyway.... I was amazingly impressed by how thorough the agent was. Her business model was that she assessed my horse thoroughly. It was more thorough than most viewing I have done - w/t/c in and out of the arena. Show jumps and XC fences. She groomed, picked out feet, checked every inch for lumps and bumps, led her in hand, saw her load etc. She refuses to accept horses onto her books unless they meet a certain standard.

So sellers who use her know that she has already screened out major issues and the horse has been seen ridden in a variety of settings. It is then a case of matching what sellers are saying they want with t he horses she has on her books knowing that they are accurately described. She takes a percentage of the sale fee.

I sold my horse to the first viewer at a considerably higher price than she had been advertised at! But the buyer seemed happy enough to pay it and she still has the horse and adores her.

I am surprised Equine Agents aren't more popular than they are. It seems an arrangement that really suits both buyers and private sellers. And 100% better than dealers as the agent is independent.
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Sounds wonderful, who was that?
 
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