Where to advertise? & Do I turn down potential buyers if not suitable??

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After much soul searching I have decided to sell my lovely, lovely show cob:( I have posted before on here about him, he has been such a big part of my life the last 5 years I have had him but due to personal circumstances, divorce and now work problems I just can't keep him any more.

I was toying with the idea of putting him on loan, everyone who knows him has told me not to sell as he really is one in a million, but at this moment in time I can't see my position changing for the better any time soon, also I couldn't bare him coming back to me in a poor state and just reading on here the posts about loaning has put me off!

So, where to advertise? obviously Horse and Hound, but what about the other on line sites? I am leaning towards HorseQuest as there seems to be more quality horses on there which he is. I was talking to a friend at the weekend and she advertised on Horse Deals but got nothing and still has her horse up for sale, although it is a bit of a difficult mare.

From what I am reading on here it's still a difficult time to sell horses, I want to ask a reasonable amount for him but not undersell him, he is well schooled, jumps, has done dressage, le trec, XC etc and is always placed high up in showing, he has fantastic conformation, loads is a saint to clip, shoe, bath etc etc etc, surely that's worth something?

I had a couple come to look at him yesterday they were lovely but the guy was pretty novicy, he had a ride then decided to jump and promptly fell off the other side of the jump! They went away saying they would call me today as they want to think about him, but to be honest I don't want my horse going to a novice, OK its up to them if they want to subject themselves to falling off but I don't want to think of my horse having someone banging about on his back and maybe coming to some sort of harm!

Or am I worrying about things too much? after all once he is gone he is gone and I can't have any influence over how anyone rides him or looks after him?
 
Horsequest, Horsemart, Horse Hunter, Adhorse.. and probably a ton of others!! Sorry you're having to sell him! You're the one selling him, and you should definitely get a say in who buys him. If the home isn't right, then there is bound to be another better one out there! Hope he goes to a great home. :) xx
 
When both our ponies were sold we went to see each home first and wouldn't agree to the sale until after this. However these were not expensive ponies but very very much loved so home was more important to us.

I think you are quite sensible and within your rights to not sell to someone you're not comfortable with.
 
In reply to your question, you should definitely have a say in who buys your horse, make sure you vet any homes properly, get proof of ID off any buyers.

Without wishing to put you off, we rang about a horse yesterday, and the lady was very upset, she'd sold the horse a month ago to a man who turned out to be a dealer, within a few weeks the horse was readvertised for twice the price, with a bunch of lies about what it had done.
 
Hi, of course you can turn people down, he's your horse and you sell him to the best person you can, but just remember that once you've sold him you have no say in what they do with him. They might sell him, keep him forever who knows.
Just remember when you bought him, you wouldn't have liked the last owner commenting on how you ride or look after him?!!?
My friend bought her last horse promising she would keep him forever...3 years later she loses her job and has to sell due to finances...life gets in the way of forever!!!
I kept in touch with the man who bought my old pony and asked him if i could have first refusal if he ever decided to sell him but the bloke loves his lawn mower to bits, spoils him rotten and would never sell.
If you don't want to loan perhaps a sharer. You have allot more control over your horse but you would get help with the riding and maybe expenses?
A woman on my yard shares her horse. The sharer comes 3 times a week and pays £20 p/w for that for 3 of the days that horse is "hers"...just a thought.
 
Have no qualms about turning people down! I turned down one buyer because although she loved my horse, she was too novicy and flappy and wouldn't jump during her trial. I was more tactful than that in telling her though! I found it took quite a few weeks for the word of the advert to get around and in the first few weeks I had total timewasters but after that there were plenty of buyers on the lookout for a well established horse with no issues.
 
hondatyper said:
After much soul searching I have decided to sell my lovely, lovely show cob:( I have posted before on here about him, he has been such a big part of my life the last 5 years I have had him but due to personal circumstances, divorce and now work problems I just can't keep him any more.

I was toying with the idea of putting him on loan, everyone who knows him has told me not to sell as he really is one in a million, but at this moment in time I can't see my position changing for the better any time soon, also I couldn't bare him coming back to me in a poor state and just reading on here the posts about loaning has put me off!

So, where to advertise? obviously Horse and Hound, but what about the other on line sites? I am leaning towards HorseQuest as there seems to be more quality horses on there which he is. I was talking to a friend at the weekend and she advertised on Horse Deals but got nothing and still has her horse up for sale, although it is a bit of a difficult mare.

From what I am reading on here it's still a difficult time to sell horses, I want to ask a reasonable amount for him but not undersell him, he is well schooled, jumps, has done dressage, le trec, XC etc and is always placed high up in showing, he has fantastic conformation, loads is a saint to clip, shoe, bath etc etc etc, surely that's worth something?

I had a couple come to look at him yesterday they were lovely but the guy was pretty novicy, he had a ride then decided to jump and promptly fell off the other side of the jump! They went away saying they would call me today as they want to think about him, but to be honest I don't want my horse going to a novice, OK its up to them if they want to subject themselves to falling off but I don't want to think of my horse having someone banging about on his back and maybe coming to some sort of harm!

Or am I worrying about things too much? after all once he is gone he is gone and I can't have any influence over how anyone rides him or looks after him?
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I would go with Horsequest or Horse and Hound.
 
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