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Random thought here as I'm supposed to be revising for exams.
I have 2 horses at the moment, a 9yo nov/int eventer and a promising 4yo TB hopefully to be eventer (until she injured her tendon in the field last week!!) My plan is to sell the 9yo as he is not the most talented and although can do everything required for int he's never going any further..

I love him to pieces as he's such a confidence giver (teaching my novice mum to jump!) but its just frustrating knowing that he's tried his best but his dressage is never quite up to scratch. So i want to buy a talented youngster but dont know haw far my budget will go. How much would you expect to pay for a promising 3yo eventer? Or should i be looking at a 1/2yo, how can you tell at that age?

Very long winded! I'm looking into the future to try and get away from revising really..
 
I think you are going to be spending £5k + for that age. However I know someone who bought a very well bred 2yo for £10k and after backing etc had no talent and sold it for £7k
 
the youngster is on box rest for the next 2 months so cant sell her until next year when shes back in work - fingers crossed. Not that i really want to sell her as she was coming along well.

Samp- thats the thing that puts me off. how can you really tell at that age? plus im a poor student that doesnt want to loose any money!
 
I know, I saw and am in love! but am not in a position to buy until the other is sold. Unless my parents are feeling generous - unlikely!
 
If you're gonna buy a 1/2 year old you've got to accept that you are taking a big risk. I bought a yearling 7 years ago with great bloodlines for dressage. She is a stunning horse but her brain is not right!! There is no way of telling at that age what they will be like, but nothing beats the feeling of doing it all yourself from scratch!!
 
buying that young can be a big gamble. say you spend 5k, it could cost you about 3-k per year to keep allowing for everything. if two years down the line you decide it's not going to be good enough you then sell. in order to make money you need to get at least 13k to cover all your cost...oops i'm working in euros here but you get my drift. its a very basic principal and some might say its waffle but its applying business logic to horses and certainly alot of the dealers i know work that way. obviously it would apply to performance horses more so than happy hackers as there is more scope to sell at performance induced profit.
 
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