What have you bought for under £2500?

Have paid various prices for many horses we have had over the years, the most expensive was our registered Section D stallion, he was £2k back in 1991.

My wonderful horse of a lifetime was only £650, she was an absolute bargain, bought in 1992, gave me 19 happy years.
My beautiful Seren
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The new girl cost me £1k, she is a very green unbacked rising 3year old, I feel she was a little pricey for what she is but i really liked her. Only time will tell if she is indeed over priced or not I suppose
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14.1hh 16yo Dutch pony (I'll face it, she's just a mini TB really). Bought last year after two years off. Used to be a PC pony, FAB jumper, lovely paces... but I haven't sat on her yet. Ask me again in five weeks and I'll either love her, or have fallen off :p

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I'm rather hoping she's going to be a smart little dressage pony to get me out having some fun! We shall see!
 
I've never paid 2.5k for any horse, never paid that for a car either lol;)
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this gorgeous girlie cost me £1800 8 years ago, she was a babe and even persuaded my hubby to ride, sadly lost her to a broken leg.

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this big beasty cost me £1:p

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And so did the ginger beasty:D

but to me they are priceless:D
daughters ponies cost £260 for the foal and £700 for the 12.2hh
 
My most expensive one was £2500 and that's one one I have now.

The rest:-

12 hand reg sec B mare, perfect LR pony, purchased as a ten year old for £700. We still have her after three and a half years.

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15.3 3/4 ID 1/4 TB IHB reg gelding. A hunter/ teamchaser who never ever stopped and was the easiest horse with only one fault - he was sooo strong!! Bought for £1800 as a fourteen year old and owned until his death three and a half years later :(

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15.2 TB ex-flat horse and ex polo pony. Bought for £1300 as a seven year old, re-schooled and sold on 18 months later for £2500.

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And my best bargain of all! 15.1 bought as a nine year old for £1000, had loads of fun bloodhounding, foxhunting, team chasing, XC and SJing, won loads of rosettes and sold him three years later for £3000 (but bitterly regretted it :( )

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Both bought from people who had overhorsed themselves so had developed a few naughty habits but both bought for much less than 2k and I love them.
 
All 3 of mine were under £2500

Pixie was bought as a foal for £55, she's now 3 1/2
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Millie was also bought as a foal, paid about £90 for her which is quite a lot compared to today's prices for Section A foals! (Worth every penny though!)
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Charlie was £1850 I think, bought as an 8 year old Ex-racer, again probably a lot compared to the price of Ex-racers these days but to me he is priceless, he's 17 this year
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Silmarillion said:
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14.1hh 16yo Dutch pony (I'll face it, she's just a mini TB really). Bought last year after two years off. Used to be a PC pony, FAB jumper, lovely paces... but I haven't sat on her yet. Ask me again in five weeks and I'll either love her, or have fallen off :p

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I'm rather hoping she's going to be a smart little dressage pony to get me out having some fun! We shall see!
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She's gorgeous. Good luck with her :)
 
My baby girl who is a year next month and full blown TB by Byron - £150
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and lovely LR welsh a 11 year old Pearlwell lines £160

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plus the various ones from when I was younger!
 
hummmm can't seem to be able (or know how to) up load a pic of my girl - a stunning liver chestnut welsh sec D. Bringing her back into work, but has taken to everything superbly, other than cows and peasants, isn't bothered by anything, lives opposite sheep and sees tractors every day.
Beautiful feet (according to the farrier), strong, happy, lovely condition (shiny coat like I've spent hours washing it!), paid £500 last year for her. Brilliant little thing.
 
None of mine have been more than £2k. This is daughter's FR pony (£800) regd M&M, bought unbroken and produced by her. Did PC Area dressage at 5 and now at 6yrs winning open Novice dressage with my 10yr old
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unfortunately going to have to find a new home next year as daughter won't stop growing :-((
 
aw I am loving this thread, so many lovely bargains!

Bella I bought for my daughter in 2007. paid £1800 for her as a skinny 3yo 2 months out of racing, well over priced imo, but all that we've learned from her you can't put a price on, I only wish for her sake that more experienced people had bought her, think she could have taken the right person pretty far, as it is she is turned away until we can figure what to do with her.
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My daughter paid £1500 for Basil, and he came with a lot of tack, she made about £200 selling the saddle and various rugs that were too small for him so I like to think he cost £1300, he's a total diamond geezer. He's fun, he has a real spark to him and I feel that my daughter is safe with him and again you can't put a price on that
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Here is my lovely Bridie. I bought her 10 years ago for £1500. I had her on loan for a year when she was 12/13 and was then asked if I would like to buy her.
We've had some great times together. I've still got Bridie. She now has cushings and a bit of arthritis bless her but she still seems happy enough.

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I'm useless at posting pics but my two combined cost well under £2.5k!

Lewi My little welsh Sec D was £1500 with Tack in 1997, he's an absolute dream and I'd do anything for him. I've entrusted him with my life on a few occasions and he's always kept me safe.....have been offered prices ranging from £3000-£5000 for him since I bought him but even an offer of £3,000,000 wouldn't seal the deal (and I mean that) he's my little baby and will never leave me until the day he crosses rainbow bridge.

Max was a Freebie, and the best freebie I've ever had in my life. He's completely priceless to me, I got him as a 19yr old Grade B showjumper (About £500 winnings off Grade A!) who was in pretty poor condition, but after remedial shoeing, good food and lots of TLC he's an absolute stunner and at 21 we still get asked (generally when he's being a pillock dancing about on 2 legs in the work-in arena) whether he's a youngster on his first time out!

Previous to the above I'd had about 3 of my own horses, all well under £2.5k as well.

My OH's mare is by far the most expensive horse I've ever bought at £2000 but, you can't put a price on temperement or safety and she's just perfect for him.
 
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My Tonty Tont, who was given to me for free :)

He is my soulmate, and although I really wish he was a bit bigger than 13hh, I wouldn't change him for the world :)

He also has a fair bit if scope when he wants :p
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Loving all the bargains - some lovely horses to be had out there for not a lot! :D I've never paid above 2K for any of my horses and don't think I ever would.

This is Baz who I've had over 3 years - absolute star, never failed to come home without a frilly, jumps anything, hacks anywhere and tries his hand at everything. Bit of a grumpy bugger and has the 'ex-racer' tag but I'd need considerably more on the table than 2.5K to part with him now - worth his weight in gold!

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Some absolute stunners there.

I don't know if anyone will notice this question now, but do you think you need to be knowledgable, an excellent rider, clued up on conformation/faults etc to make a budget horse work - or can you just have good luck to make a cheap horse, priceless?
 
No Piccies on here ( at work! )

but I got my TBX with nice breeding, 5yrs, from the home he was bred and broken for under £2500 in 2007 when prices were quite high!
It was just a very genuine sale of a horse that didn't do much but was kind enough.

He is now a complete dream. Polite, calm, not fizzy at all, but with lots of personaility. Jumps, Hacks, XC, dressage you name it, he does it.


As for the second question, I think there are alot of people who are lucky and can get a horse for cheap and ride it and live happilly ever after as novices. I would say I was still a novice when I got this one, but I was a novice who wanted to learn and listen and read books, and do what I thought was right and logical rather than listen to the babble of other people.

Even a novice with little experience should look into things like conformation etc and be a bit clued up first, because I have seen it go wrong so many times.

I think it is very hard to tell when buying because even experienced people miss things, on expensive horses! I guess its all down to a little bit of luck somewhere.
 
Ive never paid over £2000 for a horse and some of these were well under £1000.
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My Current Lad
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I was given this pony for Free
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And technically I bred this one so didn’t buy him but he cost less than £2000

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BoolavogueDC said:
Some absolute stunners there.

I don't know if anyone will notice this question now, but do you think you need to be knowledgable, an excellent rider, clued up on conformation/faults etc to make a budget horse work - or can you just have good luck to make a cheap horse, priceless?
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No, but I think it helps!

I probably wasn't really experienced enough for either of my cheapies, but I had patience, a good instructor, and lots of luck - they both turned into real crackers.

This is Twiggy, cost £1600 (totally overpriced!) as an 8yr old NF pony, who had only really done trekking and had no manners. Sold him later for £2500 as a really nice allrounder:
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And this is Taz, he should have been free really as he was completely screwed up but despite all that he was my horse of a lifetime.

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Paid £1800 for this:

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Which is now this
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And got this git for free!
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Which is now this
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Wouldn't pay over £2k either really, mainly because i like to get them young and back them myself :)
 
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