BroadfordQueen
Well-Known Member
I'm in a bit of a pickle 
My lovely Connie (in sig) has been for sale all summer, but no one seems interested in her. We've dropped her price right down, and people seem to think they'd get a JA/ pony trials pony for less than £2000!! We've had a few people come to see her, one little girl who was terrified of jumping, sat on Aoife and she was too nervous to jump a line of 3, eventually convinced her to do it and she was beaming saying she wanted to do it again! She was nearly in tears at the end because she loved her so much, yet they left saying they'd get in touch and never did...
Thing is, I'm moving to Northumberland in 3 weeks. I'm taking my event horse with me and having her on livery, but there's no way I can afford to keep 2 on livery (they're kept at my parents house at the moment).
My mum and sister love her, but I am taking the trailer with me so they'd have no transport if they kept her. She could be kept as a happy hacker, but mum and dad want to move soon and won't be getting somewhere with land so she can't really stay for long!
Another option is loaning her, but being a 4 year old I'm not keen on someone loaning her as she is at the age where she could be ruined ( I don't think she would be as she is so genuine, but after all the work I've put into her is it worth the risk?).
All I can think of now is give her away for silly money (which, IMO, she already is!), try and find cheap grass livery to have her up north with me (nearly impossible going into winter!), or turn her out for the winter at my parents house and leave mum to try to sell her for me next spring (obviously not ideal as mum doesn't need the hassle!).
It's really getting me down and stressing me out, on top of everything else I have to stress about right now!
Not expecting any replies, just wanted a moan!
My lovely Connie (in sig) has been for sale all summer, but no one seems interested in her. We've dropped her price right down, and people seem to think they'd get a JA/ pony trials pony for less than £2000!! We've had a few people come to see her, one little girl who was terrified of jumping, sat on Aoife and she was too nervous to jump a line of 3, eventually convinced her to do it and she was beaming saying she wanted to do it again! She was nearly in tears at the end because she loved her so much, yet they left saying they'd get in touch and never did...
Thing is, I'm moving to Northumberland in 3 weeks. I'm taking my event horse with me and having her on livery, but there's no way I can afford to keep 2 on livery (they're kept at my parents house at the moment).
My mum and sister love her, but I am taking the trailer with me so they'd have no transport if they kept her. She could be kept as a happy hacker, but mum and dad want to move soon and won't be getting somewhere with land so she can't really stay for long!
Another option is loaning her, but being a 4 year old I'm not keen on someone loaning her as she is at the age where she could be ruined ( I don't think she would be as she is so genuine, but after all the work I've put into her is it worth the risk?).
All I can think of now is give her away for silly money (which, IMO, she already is!), try and find cheap grass livery to have her up north with me (nearly impossible going into winter!), or turn her out for the winter at my parents house and leave mum to try to sell her for me next spring (obviously not ideal as mum doesn't need the hassle!).
It's really getting me down and stressing me out, on top of everything else I have to stress about right now!
Not expecting any replies, just wanted a moan!
but i think turn away iver winter as selling maybe easier or circumstances may have changed. but good luck whatever you decide