What do people pay for youngsters nowadays?

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never really bought anything unbroken before so not sure on the market. Going to look at a 3yo Irish mare, quite smart, just come from gorsebridge, by clover brigade. Says to make 16.2 but she's 16 at the moment.

What kind of price would you say for something like that?

Oh and also she has a vet cert from the sales.. Is it worth getting our own vetting also?
 
A vet cert from the sales isn't worth the paper it's written on. They tend to give the horses a cursory glance over so if it's an expensive horse I would definitely vet it yourself. Price depends on what potential horse may have and also it's bloodlines; try and find out how much the horse was sold for in Goresbridge if you can. Horse prices are so subjective, they are worth whatever someone is willing to pay, especially an unproven youngster. Personally for a young Irish horse I wouldn't pay a whole lot of money, definitely below 4k but then we have a yard in Ireland and I could pick up something any day of the week with that sort of money.
 
It's a bit of a how long is a piece of string...... it used to be a grand a year, so it'd be £3k, and then you'd add on for good breeding, talent, conformation etc, knock off a bit for lacking any of these

Def get her vetted.
 
personally I wouldn't pay more than 3k, but then it would take a lot for me to pay more than 3k for anything unbroken as there's no guarantee !
Of course you can tip the scales in your favor by buying something with good breeding for the discipline you are wanting to do but I have seen a fair few well bred horses flop either in talent or mentally not capable with the stress so my point above still stands.

I break & produce as well so I suppose I know that if you do a good job you can make what appears like an average 3 year old into a very nice 4/5 year old :)
 
kassieg said:
personally I wouldn't pay more than 3k, but then it would take a lot for me to pay more than 3k for anything unbroken as there's no guarantee !
Of course you can tip the scales in your favor by buying something with good breeding for the discipline you are wanting to do but I have seen a fair few well bred horses flop either in talent or mentally not capable with the stress so my point above still stands.

I break & produce as well so I suppose I know that if you do a good job you can make what appears like an average 3 year old into a very nice 4/5 year old :)
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Well she has the same dad as my horse who I adore, so I'm kind of hoping she will be suitable for me as well! I don't have huge ambitions for her, want to do some hunting and low level BE/BS. She's 2.5k. My dad was saying 'sounds too cheap must be something wrong with it'.. But I don't think she sounds too cheap.. Hence the post!

Last time we tried to buy something we were paying good money for a hunter / allrounder for my mum and 2 that we bought went back because they had quite major issues.. One seriously bronced if you got on in the school and the other napped. They'd both done a lot quite young so we thought if we get something unbroken at least we know it's not been traumatised!
 
Starbucks said:
Well she has the same dad as my horse who I adore, so I'm kind of hoping she will be suitable for me as well! I don't have huge ambitions for her, want to do some hunting and low level BE/BS. She's 2.5k. My dad was saying 'sounds too cheap must be something wrong with it'.. But I don't think she sounds too cheap.. Hence the post!

Last time we tried to buy something we were paying good money for a hunter / allrounder for my mum and 2 that we bought went back because they had quite major issues.. One seriously bronced if you got on in the school and the other napped. They'd both done a lot quite young so we thought if we get something unbroken at least we know it's not been traumatised!
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No I wouldn't say there was anything wrong with it for that price it sounds about right :) I think if you have already got something with the same sire then it will help for knowing how she will turn out!

Yeh i've had a similar bad experience & only ever buy unbroken now, also because I love breaking & producing, it is the most rewarding thing :)
 
Interesting. I was offered £5K for an unbroken 3 year old Shagya filly, by a top endurance rider, in Spain but we refused to sell her and have run her on. She is now showing great talent as a Show Jumper. We expect her to become an eventer (she is not small 16hh).
 
I know that I got a good deal when I bought my then 18 month old gelding as he was £100 short of double his stud fee. His breeder did come and see where he would be kept and meet the other horses beforehand though.
 
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