Welsh Pony Sales - Llanybydder

[icklemadame]

Thinking of taking my mumma on a road trip to Llanybydder as she used to go to the sales there a long long time ago and she could do with a break and a change of scene - plus I'm interested to see what its like having heard so many stories about it from times past!! Just out of interest really, what kind of stock goes through there now (in mums day it was purely mountain ponies going for a few guineas!!) and what kind of prices would you be expecting to pay? And which other sales are there of welsh ponies that could be of interest? Thank you in advance, sorry its all a bit vague, typing at speed at work!! xx

 

[3Beasties]

My yearling came from there nearly 2 years ago, she was in an awful state and only cost about £55, she was one of the cheapest to go through that day which really surprised me, I had gone to Brecon sales a few months earlier and a lot of the foals were going for less then £20.

I would think that the prices would be even lower now, I'm not an expert but I would think you could get a weanling for less then £20 especially if it's a colt (they can go for as low as £5), they quality isn't always very good so you have to be very careful.

Mine was about 4 months old when she came from the sale, full of worms, lice and very ribby. She had very weak legs, even when she came to me a month after she was bought at the sale she struggles to walk. It was weeks before she really started to trot/canter in the field. She was destined for the meat man

If you go be prepared to see things you don't like, ponies DO sell to the meat man which can be hard to see!

Hay-on-Wye have a nice pony sale every year, that may be to far from you though.

This was my little scrap when she came to me......

 

[Pipkin]

Pretty much anything and everything!
A guy i know has had two pretty amazing tb`s from there, ones a youngster one an ex eventer both sound...both under £500
A woman up my yard has a coloured cob a few hundred quid
my friend had an ISH with foal at foot in foal to a 17h coloured she paid £750, foal was born in May massive coloured colt who is amazing so she got a right bargain.
I know coloured cobs go for quite a bit up there
Builth Wells has a sale every month I went up last month and horses were going for as little as £30
There is a big weekend sale of Welshies in Builth wells around 15th Oct
Standardbred sale also In sept i think
http://www.brightwells.com/equine/FullCalendar.aspx
if you scroll down there there is quite a few in builth wells x

Also a brecon one http://www.mccartneys.co.uk/content/Livestock_Auctions/Horse_Sales/

There is a horse fair in my town In Sept, as part of the historic Neath fair... http://www.visitnpt.co.uk/en/content/cms/events/neath_september_fair/neath_september_fair.aspx
Thurs 9th sept at 930am