What's the most you have spent on a horse?

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Hi everyone,

In this week's reader poll we are asking — what is the most you have spent on a horse? Visit the H&H homepage now to vote.

And if you have already voted — how much is too little to get anything of quality, and when does it become silly money?

Perhaps you have spent a substantial amount on a safe and steady allrounder? Or spent a small fortune on an animal to end up with nothing but problems? Or (and if you have, it isn't fair) paid a nominal fee and ended up with a superstar?

Thanks everyone!

Victoria
 
I've never gone over 3K (infact much less) and have had a range of decent horses and ponies which have competed in all spheres successfully
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The most I spent was £3600 [inc 2yr old saddle] on my last horse - an 11 year old, 16hh SJ schoolmistress. She was a sensible allrounder [flatwork was not good though] but had jumped BN and Disc and was very straightforward in all respects.

I think you can get something of quality for under £1000 if you're happy to have an ex racer or a NF pony and put the work in. If you're after a warmblood then I'd say around £3000 is around the lowest you're likely to get a youngster with really good breeding and conformation without any major quirks or flaws.

I personally believe that it should be possible to get a nice horse that has the scope to compete at Foxhunter or Novice BE and do reasonably well for no more than £8500.

Anymore than that is silly money IMO, unless the horse has serious potential for upper level competition, or is a complete push button ride and guaranteed to be in the money every time out.
 
I've never spent more than £2000 when buying a horse, and have had some real stars. My best friend spent £250,000 on a graded Hannovarian stallion from Germany, which she then gelded and has had nothing but problems with (health related) he is now for sale at £4000!
 
I've never spent anymore than 4.5k on a horse. I had a potentially larger budget than that for my last horse, but everything I viewed of that price I thought I would be better off getting a younger cheaper horse and making up its value myself.

Both horses I have sold have been sold for 2x what I brought them for, which wasn't a profit because of how long I had them for, but at least meant I was adding value to them
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I think bargains are out there, and also some horses are vastly overpriced, but at the end of the day, horses are worth as much as people will pay for them!
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Captain, a KWPN Gelderlander cost £2500, but whilst he is well bred and branded he is very quirky and was in poor condition.
Fany Du Champ, an Ardennes (Trait Ardennais) cost £2300 but that was more to reflect her unflappable nature and weight carrying ability rather than the fact she is daughter to one of the best Ardennes stallions ever.

I personally would be loath to pay more than £4000.
 
my last horse was reduced to £3,500.00 ( a potential eventer) i spent nearly as much again on vets fees. after an upsetting two years realised his health wasn't going to improve and now he is in a lovely loan home who just wanted a light hack.
horse before him was £500.00 and was a star, never ill, who i sadly lost to colic after 14 years ownership.
 
I wouldn't spend more than 4K on a horse because I ride for pleasure and I feel that anything with more potential would be better off in a competition home.
 
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I've never spent more than £2000 when buying a horse, and have had some real stars. My best friend spent £250,000 on a graded Hannovarian stallion from Germany, which she then gelded and has had nothing but problems with (health related) he is now for sale at £4000!

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gutted!!
 

My most expensive horse was a registered Sec D mare who I bought just backed at 5 yrs old for £1000.

My current mare also cost £1000, but the first one cost me an additional £50 for them to deliver her, making her the most expensive I've ever bought!
 
Mazzie (Argentine polo pony) cost me £6,000, but should really have been £8,000 so I got a good deal. Genie cost me half that and was overpriced a bit really, but she's worth her weight in gold to me!
 
i have never spent more than £1000 on any of the horses i have bought, my big lad cost £550, flash cost £425 iv had him 16 yrs he is quirky but i have trunk loads of rosettes from him and he is super safe plod for my mam who is disabled,
H cost £500 she is very well bred, proven broodmare and she is doing really well and starting to show a lot of promise under saddle, i hope to show her this year
 
My most expensive horse cost me, £1000.00, a ride and drive 17.2 shire, everything else i have cost under £300.
 
£700 for mine- but he was very much a rescue/project pony who needed alot of time investing in him. At peak fitness he would have been worth around £3500-£4000.
My mums mare is a pure bred Arab who she bought 10 years ago as a newly backed 4 year old, for £1800. She's never been worth more than that due to injuries and lack of experience.

I'm saving for my next horse now and will be looking to spend no more than £3500 on a happy hacker to do local RC activities with.
 
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I've never spent more than £2000 when buying a horse, and have had some real stars. My best friend spent £250,000 on a graded Hannovarian stallion from Germany, which she then gelded and has had nothing but problems with (health related) he is now for sale at £4000!

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Why would you spend £250k on a stallion then geld him?
 
my friend spent £10k on her current horse, but he's completely bombproof and does everything, dressage, sj, endurance, whp, hunts, fun rides etc. although he mainly does eventing at open PC level/pre novice BE
 
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Why would you spend £250k on a stallion then geld him?

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They were my exact words at the time. She said he wasn't happy being a stallion. Sadly she has serious money to spend - that was nothing to her.

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Do I just find that hilarious because I'm a man?
 
The most i've spent was £3500 on a 2 year old well bred WB. Only to find out 2 years later that she had inoperable PSD and was never to be ridden again!
Current horse cost me £1500 - right place right time - owner honestly said home more important than price. She is WB with ok breeding and prooving to be a bit of a star!!
 
$4500, sold her a few weeks later to a rodeo stock producer who'd seen her in the field for half as much again, well, I did say make me an offer! She is now on the professional rodeo circuit, I saw her on TV at the Calgary Stampede last year.
 
Some people on here surely must have spent more than 5K?

I think the most I would spend is 5K
And the most I have actaully spent is £2500
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Most expensive horse I've had cost £4,500 and turns out wasn't worth it at all sadly. He was the priciest, yet totally wrong. Ever since I've not gone over £3k. My current horse cost me £2,800 and was worth every single penny as he's turned into an amazing horse.
 
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