Where to buy an established dressage horse?

[oldie48]

Not for me, sadly but how much for an safe horse established at medium with competition record (doesn't have to be amazing but consistent) and schooling at Adv Med (preferably with a secure change), aged around 9/10? Where would you look apart from the usual sites, needs to be UK based. Any help gratefully received, decent budget.

 

[milliepops]

I would be networking for this, a 9 yo at advanced medium doesn't sound like a professionals horse so I'd be asking semi/pro clients of my trainer because they generally have clients who would own that type.

Basically ask everyone at AMD on a Wednesday ?

 

[Jango]

There's a dealer up near Liverpool Luke boardman who has horses like this sometimes. Also try daniel Shannon he's another dressage horse dealer. Not many horses like this come up for sale, amateurs tend to keep them and they aren't professional horses

 

[horsimous]

There’s one on NFED that may be of interest

https://www.nfed.co.uk/cgi-bin/clas...lay_db_button=on&db_id=173703&query=retrieval

doesn’t say the age here tho

 

[oldie48]

I would be networking for this, a 9 yo at advanced medium doesn't sound like a professionals horse so I'd be asking semi/pro clients of my trainer because they generally have clients who would own that type.

Basically ask everyone at AMD on a Wednesday ?

Yes, will do, just want to spread the net a bit further if I can. Horse needs to be capable of going on, not necessarily to GP and there's probably enough £ to buy something at a higher level but also to have good training. Soundness and trainability is key rather than huge paces but the trouble is as soon as people sniff a bit of decent cash the price goes up!

 

[stangs]

There’s one on NFED that may be of interest

https://www.nfed.co.uk/cgi-bin/clas...lay_db_button=on&db_id=173703&query=retrieval

doesn’t say the age here tho

He's 12 from the looks of it.

 

[oldie48]

NFED is a site I don't know, will have a look at it. He'd have suited me but they need something bigger but under 17hh and with the potential to go on, but thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Bernster]

Kirsten mayne Beds based - don’t know her personally but mutual friends do and I know someone who bought from her.

 

[MuffettMischief]

Id contact froxfield dressage. They have some lovely horses

 

[Ample Prosecco]

My dressage trainer has her own yard and does sales livery. She rides to PSG and trains youngsters up the levels so she’s good at spotting potential and totally honest about the horses. She has a couple for sale at the moment. Staffordshire x

 

[VRIN]

Maybe ask team hayler?

 

[Leandy]

You'd be lucky to find that priced at under 40k and depending on the quality of the horse and its education it could be much more. Froxfield often have that sort of thing for the amateur market.

 

[oldie48]

You'd be lucky to find that priced at under 40k and depending on the quality of the horse and its education it could be much more. Froxfield often have that sort of thing for the amateur market.

Thanks, lucky for buyer to have a good budget then. tbh I'm really quite shocked at prices, I know they are high ATM but we'd already worked out that for something nice we were going to be looking at £30k+ for something not as established as she'd hoped. There's no rush but it's being very useful just looking around. I think she's now on the Froxfield mailing list.

 

[blood_magik]

Woodcroft stud has some lovely horses. A friend of a friend bought one from them and she’s very happy with her lovely boy. I looked at a few of theirs but ended up buying from the continent as it worked out a fair bit cheaper, even after paying import duty and agents fees.

When I was looking, anything schooling at AM level was in the £50k+ Range. ?

 

[milliepops]

the prices are absolutely mindblowing.
I feel like i'm losing the plot with the horse world
Having always produced my own and now breeding one I do appreciate the costs involved in getting them to that level and objectively i am glad that good horses are sustaining decent values. The reality of trying to coexist in this world is something else though. was chatting to someone the other day who had bought a nice but troubled horse for a very strong price indeed and that was what she considered "cheap". There's a part of me that would like to buy my loan horse as i don't think his owner will want to ride him again and the weirdo is growing on me. but there's absolutely no chance i could afford to buy him, and we're still at the "aspiring to prelim" level of training at the moment. Yikes.

 

[oldie48]

MP tbh I dont think people buying very expensive horses get any more pleasure from their horses than you (or I) do. I don't have the talent and you don't have the ££ but we still get so much what we do and I think that goes for most people on this forum. Having said that, I love looking at quality horses being ridden well. I am very surprised by prices ATM for actually "nothing special" I won't go into detail but a horse rather like Rose (but sound) was offered at £30K with one medium score. Totally ridiculous!

 

[teapot]

NFED is a site I don't know, will have a look at it. He'd have suited me but they need something bigger but under 17hh and with the potential to go on, but thanks for the suggestion.

I’d be surprised if what you’re looking for appeared on NFED.

Probably worth trying some BD contacts - certainly horses I know sourced for decent centres arrive by word of mouth/wanted ads more than anything else

 

[oldie48]

I’d be surprised if what you’re looking for appeared on NFED.

Probably worth trying some BD contacts - certainly horses I know sourced for decent centres arrive by word of mouth/wanted ads more than anything else

Thanks, did look as I'd never heard of it.

 

[littleshetland]

You could try AP equestrian.They're based near Bristol/Bath.

 

[Redcow-hat]

I know literally nothing about them but Cross Keys Dressage post a lot of nice looking higher level horses on Facebook

 

[Orangehorse]

There is a local dressage yard and the owner had a nice horse for sale, was for sale as it wasn't going to be her next GP ride, but was a nice all round horse, well schooled, no problems. So she advertised at what she thought was the right price but had no interest.

So she doubled the price and advertised it again and had lots and lots of enquiries.

 

[oldie48]

Prices are a bit bonkers but a nicely produced quality horse for whatever job should be properly priced, it would perhaps stop producers rushing the job!