What have you bought for under £2500?

[Ranyhyn]

Talking a lot currently with a friend about budgets and horse buying.

Two of my four horses I paid under £2500 (both under £2000 incidently!) for and both were phenomenal horses in their way and went on to have great lives with new owners after they taught me what they could.

So just wondering with one photo, your best buys for under £2500?

Here's mine!!
at the time* 8Year old ISH gelding 17hh Murphy

12YO ISH gelding 16.2hh Ed

 

[EquestrianFairy]

That's two photos! Cheat!

 

[Ranyhyn]

One photo per horse not one photo per post just to clarify!

 

[spike123]

the horse in my signature pic. I paid not far off that for him though and was probably alot more than he was worth but I have since been told I should insure him for alot more due to the amount of schooling and work I have put in and what it would cost to replace him with an equivalent horse

 

[pixiebee]

WELL UNDER £2.5k!!!

 

[Meowy Catkin]

All of my neddies cost that or under (cheapest was free ).

I've had some friends and former fellow liveries spend £7k plus on horses that were a terrible match for them. Such a shame.

 

[EquestrianFairy]

Well under 2.5k

 

[jhoward]

all of these, most under 2k. some under 1k

 

[SmallHunter]

My little mare was free and apart from 1 of ours we have never paid more than £600.

 

[sheep]

all of these, most under 2k. some under 1k

Either you are really wee or that grey is huge! What height?!

 

[wattamus]

£500 for mine and at the time it was a steal! Six years down the line things are starting to show and she's probably not worth £500 anymore but obviously priceless to me!

 

[blood_magik]

I paid £1 for my boy

 

[wattamus]

There was a horse like this on our yard called draco! Your boy/ girl looks lovely and looks like their worth much more!

 

[Rb1]

All lovely horses and I think they all look like they are worth more! How do you all do it?!
Sorry no photo, but the only horse I have ever had under £2500 was a rising 4 Welsh cob, so obviously he was cheap as he was recently backed. He turned into a lovely allrounder worth a lot more.

 

[rhino]

I paid £1 for my boy

Was that not from your dad though? I'm guessing he would have been worth far more in the open market - he's lovely

Ginger horse was considerably less than £2.5k, same horse as in my sig. Bought from a well respected dealer.

He's a kind, easy, talented allrounder

 

[NicolaC]

 

[Keenjean]

I paid under 1k for my Dutch warmblood mare in July last year. She was muscled up completely wrong, petrified of the people who had her and a bit of a nutter as well as underweight. 7 months on, plenty of lessons, love and attention and I've been offered 3k for her by one person and someone else has asked for first refusal (serious offers not just friends) but she's MINE! I love her dearly and she loves me, sometimes all it takes is some tlc to turn someone else's rubbish into your horse of a lifetime!

 

[blood_magik]

Was that not from your dad though? I'm guessing he would have been worth far more in the open market - he's lovely

I very much doubt he would be worth more than £1k because of his age regardless of jumping ability I don't understand how a horse can be written off because of their age but that's a different thread.

 

[sakura]

all my horses!

this one, a 15hh 5yro (at the time) shire x cob - has a lot of attitude but has matured into a great all rounder. He was actually £2500, but which was, in the nicest possible way, a complete waste of money as I was naive when I bought him, he turned out to have been doped and had severe behavioural issues. Eventually I sold him on at a loss but as he was going to the right home, it was more than worth it

and this mare (also in my sig) who was under £1k. 4yro (at the time) welsh D x there's no price on how much she's worth to me. she's worth her weight in gold - love her!

 

[jhoward]

the grey.. not am i only 5 1, he was 18.2... id x tb.

a few years befor ehe landed up with me the owner was offered 70K for him .. gp trained dressage horse.

 

[Paint Me Proud]

Paid 1k for Chico

 

[charlimouse]

Millie was £400 from the meatman as a failed racehorse. She ended up competing upto CCI* level eventing.

Jem I bought for £100, from somebody who had overhorsed themselves. She went to the Badminton Grassroots championships last year, and i'm hoping to move her up to BE Novice this season.

And having seen a loophole in the rules here is a video of Jem!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTCByrFPs7w&feature=youtu.be

 

[YasandCrystal]

the grey.. not am i only 5 1, he was 18.2... id x tb.

a few years befor ehe landed up with me the owner was offered 70K for him .. gp trained dressage horse.

He is beautiful as is you other grey

 

[Dirty_D]

Well under 2.5k . . .

 

[angelish]

£500

 

[TheresaW]

Both in one photo!
Paid £500 for Dolly, the coloured, and £750 for Mac. Both came with tack and some rugs. Both were absolute bargains.

 

[Mare Stare]

All of mine were under £500!

My field is the bargain basement of the horseworld!

Mind you, none of them do much. Doris is getting backed later this year. I'm hoping to finally go out properly on her after the baby is born. I'm so looking forward to it.

 

[Chestnutmare]

My lad was £750 and I bought everything for him.

 

[ATrueClassAct]

Arab was 2k, and she has many large winnings. Worth her weight in gold though to me.

 

[Cheiro1]

My soul mate x