Whats she worth?

[hairymolly]

I am in the process of selling my mare and am unsure what she is worth.

16.1HH, 2nd premie, rising seven friesian mare. Well bred sired by Maiko and dam sire Anton. Can move like a star and has tons of dressage potential, she looks and moves like her sire who is competing PSG. Very pretty mare with loads of presence. She is good to hack, non spooky, will go first or last. Schools fine, needs a bit of schooling on to be ready to compete but is going to a dressage trainers yard at the weekend to be brought on and depending on how long she will be there for hopefully competed. She is light in your hand and has uphill paces. She loads and travels fine. She has good feet and works/hacks fine barefoot. Apparently she can also drive pairs/single but I have never done this.

Now for the bad bits, she needs reminding of her manners on the ground sometimes, she does not bite or kick but she can be bargy. She is fine most of the time but occasionaly lady bargy can make an appearance. She can also be a bit of a fidget to mount from block nothing bad and this is improving.

She is not for a total novice as she has big paces and can be sharp but she does not buck, rear, bolt.

Opinions appreciated, thanks.

 

[Daisy11]

is she fps reg and have papers ??

 

[hairymolly]

Yip

 

[Daisy11]

im not brilliant but not forgetting friesians do go for a lot of money i would say £4000 -£6000 now i may be wrong tho

 

[Daisy11]

do you wanna post her now or later

 

[hairymolly]

If you can find a jiffy bag big enough Ill send her off to you.

Thanks for your opinion, I was hoping to get £5000 for her. Will advertise her and see what happens.

 

[Daisy11]

trust me i find one big enough !!!! if you are hoping to get that for her are you sticking no offers on her
if not.
i would add alittle extra as alot of people do tend to knock you down abit just a thought tho

 

[DarkHorseB]

I am no friesian expert so am unsure what kind of premium that would add to her price.

I would have thought perhaps with her behaviour issues you may struggle to get £5k. It all depends which of her traits she shows when seen and tried and what questions you are asked about her behaviour. I have heard of an increasing number of people who selling privately have ended up in trouble if the horse has issues. Maybe your best bet is to make clear her issues a) so she ends up in the right home for her and b) so there is no comeback to you. You could explain that because she has these ossues she is £xK to an experienced home only, without these issues she would be £yK if that makes sense?

 

[ofcourseyoucan]

i would get her driving again, and sell her as a ride and drive! mum can go do dressage and the family can all go out for a drive!!! and then you maximise your market! and if off for ridden schooling and competing go watch and get an honest opinion of the horse! watch your schooling costs as this will quickly eat away money! you could quite easily spend 6 to 9 hundred pounds on schooling and competition and still not sell for what you want!! or you could sell now for less and work out cheaper for you!