What have you bought for under £2500?

Fudge. Was the best pony I ever had. £900.

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I've never spent more than £1600.

1) My horse of a lifetime. Not the most amazing athlete, but a cracking all-rounder who'll turn her hoof to anything I ask her to, with enthusiasm, doing well at unaff level. Bit sticky with red fillers but I love her to bits and she keeps me sane. Wouldn't change her for the world.
2) Originally a companion for 1) and virtually free. Fun, feisty little pony who OH adores, and will follow him round like a dog. Love her lots, and she'll do whatever, but isn't easy lol!
3) Cracking SJer who'll jump 1m20 and is far too talented for little old me (I lose my bottle around 1m!!!). Was the easiest ever to break and bring on, lovely movement and temp, VERY fast and fun.
4) Stressy little dressage-bred mare. Knew she had issues when I got her, but she's turned into the most loving, sweet little thing ever. Very willing, eager to please, stunning paces and oodles of talent.

All apart from 1) cost less than a grand.
 
Obviously Lucy was the best pony ever. :D She cost £500 inclu tack and rugs.

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Herbie is the best gelding ever. He cost £550 inclu all tack and rugs. (His saddle alone was worth £350)

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Merrynwas the ultamate bargin he was free and we paid £100 for his saddle, two bridles, two headcollers and several leadropes, a bag of feed, a bale of hay, loads of bits of grooming kit, lots of rugs, first aid stuff and loads more I've forgotton now ;) :p :D

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My boy was £1,000

Here he is at his first ever show :)

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I did get him that cheap by default as he got an injury. They paid a lot more for him as a 4 yr old but I picked him up cheap as a 5yr old! And he's fine now :)
 
Twinkle. Bought her for £200 at Ascot, beautifully bred and sweet little 3 yr old. Sadly I had to sell her as my mum was unwell over the winter and I had to take some pressure off her, but she went to a lovely home with a 3 goal polo player. I can't wait to see her playing, I think she'll be fantastic, she had such a good attitude and the sweetest character.

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I got my 7 year old 14.1hh new forest gelding for under £2500 in october, Very well bred and with a temprement to die for. Needed alot of schooling and sorting out. Brought him home, got him back into work (after some time off with previous owners due to leg injury) Got his teeth,feet, diet (was very overweight but defficant in vitamins and minerals) and back sorted out and did alot of bonding and light work over the winter.Puts up with everything, from randomly jumping on bareback in the field and with only a headcollar going over jumps to having complete novices pull him about. Now just starting to bring him back into proper work and start on his formal education :) He's got so much potential, and everyone who meets him just falls in love, really looking forward to out future together :D
 
£2000 3 years ago. I could of got her for a lot less but I'd just lost a horse I wanted to buy because of a bad vetting and I just said yes, without haggleing or a vetting!!!

She was once a hard working SJ'r and a very bad girl with lots of issues, but after lots of TLC and my never giving up, she is simply wonderful and has taught me loads.:)

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Quite a few projects for literally a few hundred, most expensive was £800. Mine was £1k as a 2 yr old over 20 years ago so probably doesn't count. Best bargain would be daughters pony £10 as a yearling.
 
My now retired mare - £1500 inc tack... passed 5 stage and was then loss of use 12 months later...BUT in the times when I could actually ride her she was AMAZING! Has taught me loads and has been a huge favourite with everyone that she meets her. My YO's love her, everyone wants a copy...that isn't lame!!
Temperament to die for...will miss her more than life itself when she has to go to horsey heaven.

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My new boy £2k has him 6-7 weeks. Worth every penny. Paid for temperament. 3 next month, been very well handled. Have loved every minute I have spent with him. Some said I overpaid...everyone who has met him disagreed. YO's think he is a diamond!...Mine is the friesian...not the lovely sleepy TB!

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wow there are some great bargains you people have found!!

all three of ours combined cost less than £2500 :D

all bought from the same person so no searching required (:

Pip - 15.2 PBW - i paid £600 for as a yearling - she's now four and is quite honestly more than i could have ever hoped for a gamble that defiantly paid off :) on a good day she's completely priceless - any other day and i might accept £1 ;)
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Cody - little cobblet - me and my sister paid £250 for him as a foal - he's very timid but i think he'll come right with time and patience (:
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Maii - CobX - £1500 - mum bought as a 5 year old(now 7) having hunted for a season but very green and unschooled - she's quite difficult in the school but she's perfect for my mum and sister to do little jumping, hacking, fun rides local stuff :)
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Total - £2350 (:
 
All three of mine cost less than £2500 all together :D
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My two project horses came as a job lot for less than half of that.
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& Faye (sadly now sold) who was the worlds best four year old cost less than a fifth.
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Two of mine where under a thousand
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And this one was kinda free though I know he was under 2k when brought .Though he has also had about £12 ,000 worth of vets bills and is now retired
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I've only ever spent over £2,500 twice and I've had about 12 horses/ponies to date. My current horse (in my siggy) cost me just a bit over £2,500 at £2,800. The most I've ever spent on a horse was £3,500 and he was the only one that didn't work out! All my project ponies cost me max £500 each. I prefer to buy cheap 4 / 5yo's, ideally unbacked hence its a lot easier to find some for under £2.5k.

Dont really want to post pics as all of them bar my current horse (and my 2 retired first ponies) have been sold.
 
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Chloe, bought her last year as a 12 year old although had on loan for a year prior, got her with tack and rugs. She means the world to me and has taught me so much :)
 
Bought out the field as a rising 4 year old last year. Never done a thing, i've done him all myself. He's a dream and was WELL under £2500.
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Spot_the_Risk said:
How about three for £3000?

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One round brown pony, somewhat oddly shaped, for £2000 inc. 2 saddles. Knew I was vastly overpaying the market price, but didn't want to insult the previous owner (who paid silly money for a line of bull$h!t), and there was no way the pony wasn't staying with me (had him on loan for a few months).

£2000 got me a completely green approx. 6yo very nervous pony with slightly strange conformation (and two saddles). My instructor declared me mad at the time (while completely understanding at the same time). Recently, he said "that pony is one of the survivors of the world. It's just that he takes out so many people along the way!" (referring to my A&E visits and his own broken finger ( :o )). Do I regret it? No. The pony won't do what I want---dressage, and a bit of jumping---without a lot of, er, troubles along the way, and so he's taught me some very important lessons in humility and the ethics of amateur horse-ownership. Still, he's a very polite, gentle little horse, that is an excellent hacking pony (not to be sneered at) and shows some promise for being a competitive endurance pony.

Here he is, taking a very close look at a very tiny jump (while I anticipate just a wee bit :p )!
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A fair bit under £2500 due to needing a hell of a lot of work, she had some real anger issues!:

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And just under £2500 as a very green 3yo:

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Edit: sorry for huuuge photos, no clue how to re-size!
 
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