Who has bought a horse at market?

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Market as in ringside auction?

Did you buy a superstar or the complete opposite?

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Just wondering as thats where we bought Blue and i think we did particularly well with him, definitely worth the £950!!!
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Man at the yard bought a ISH at an auction was at the yard 45 minutes and he sold it for 8 times what he payed for it
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we bought winston and streusel from auctions, winston is gorgeous, has lines to die for (weltmeyer)and was bought for pennies, the dealer really didn't know what this pink papered boy was worth but should have kept him off a wagon long enough to see him move - it shows all. Streus came with some emotional issues that had been caused by ill treatment but is coming through them and is a lovely lad worth much more than we paid for him.
 
Have bought a few ''projects' at market, only had one bad horse out the lot, and that was a sympathy buy (poor thing was skin and bone) and we got back £100 more than we paid for him.

I bought a lovely horse that we paid £700 and sold him a week later for £5000. I also have a pony that I paid £75 (NF auction) and after backing her etc I sold her for £3000.
 
I bought a 14.2hh pony from the sales- paid £450 for him, took him home, bathed him, clipped him, rode him and sold him 10 days later for £2500!
 
Yep, i bought one in Feb for £450, hes an arab about 14 years old, hes looking much better now although hes not the prettiest Arab ever he moves like a dream. Extremely ewe necked but really nice, cheeky nature, hes definately gonna take alot of work but worth alot more than what i paid for him.
 
one or two..
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most have turned out ok..some not..just the way it goes i suppose withthe amount i buy..
 
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Man at the yard bought a ISH at an auction was at the yard 45 minutes and he sold it for 8 times what he payed for it
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Were offered over 10 times what we paid for Blue
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However we'd had him a bit longer than 45 minutes!
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I couldn't quite believe it ... my (old) instructor obviously saw alot of potential in him . He took him there and then and sold him on again for another profit after it had been broken
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one or two..
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most have turned out ok..some not..just the way it goes i suppose withthe amount i buy..

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How many do you buy then?

And what 'type' do you look for?
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That is amazing!!!! Do you have to be quite hard-hearted when going? How much info do you get about the horse and how do you all judge what is gonna be a good buy? x x x
 
I got my mare at the sales. She went through the ring, but didn't sell, so I put an offer in outside. I've had her 13 years now!! (she was an unbroken 3 yo)

We've had our ups and downs, but actually she's turned out to be a pretty good horse. Much better than the one I bought through 'normal' channels!!!

Don't know if I'd do it again, though.
 
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one or two..
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most have turned out ok..some not..just the way it goes i suppose withthe amount i buy..

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How many do you buy then?

And what 'type' do you look for?
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sometimes 8 at a time..if they are youngsters...

Type??

nothing specific..as long as they are well put together..it doesn't bother me if they are underweight/poor coats/manic/unbroken etc..

i wont buy anything with lumps/bumps etc..

usually buy at Beaulieu Road, Leominster, Taunton, Exeter, Reading, Brecon, Llanybidder....
 
I've bought from the New Forest sales. For some bizarre reason I bought a 7 year old unhandled mare-something about her appealed to me. A year later she was sold as backed and ready to bring on. I've since heard a friend of a friend now has her up-country (small world). Another friend of mine has bought a few from the NF sales and succesfully brought them on as nice riding ponies,one of which I now have for my daughter.
 
most of my horses are brought from market. Usually unbroken or just backed as its the only thing i could afford.

I once brought a horse off the meat man for £300 and he went on to win reserve champion at SWPA championships 3 years later
 
I worked out last night that I have bought 1/2 my horses from auctions
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(Some at the side and some in the bidding ring)

I think the thing is to decide on acution most suited ( I wouldn't go to the New Forest sales if you don't want a New Forest).

Then right a short list of state desired (eg unbroken, height, breeding lines...) get there nice an earlie to get a good look at each ones comformation and idea of tempterment ( Is it terrified, not bothered by it all or in everyones face for attention?) High light all proential horses in the catologue and think of a highest bid for each. (Get in the auction ring earlie to, to get a decent place, take something to read, rain coat and suncream- they alway start late and it always rains or the hottest day of the year!)

...And then bid on the first thing that comes in the ring which catchs your attention. Ideally something you haven't seen before and in about a nano second your wondering what the hell you just bought and looking down at the list of ideal lots (none of which this horse fills). In my experience these are the best buys.

I wouldn't buy something broken and I wouldn't buy something over 4 maybe 5; the less experience the less proteinal problems.

NEVER GO TO AN AUCTION JUST TO 'LOOK' OR FOR A DAY OUT. DON'T THINK BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN ANY MONEY YOU CAN'T BUY ANYTHING. OR THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TRANSPORT OR INFACT ANYWHERE TO KEEP IT.

YOU WILL COME BACK WITH AT LEAST TWO HORSES.

(Those horses will though no doubt turn to be the best buys too)

I think my point is have a very open mind; just look for a horse that you think has the WOW factor
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"" ( I wouldn't go to the New Forest sales if you don't want a New Forest). ""

not so.....over 400 ponies went through on 1st May....and less than 250 were Foresters...
 
I know there alot of ponies which aren't New Forests, been tempted to bid on a few myself
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I just think if I wanted a shetland lets say - I would go to the reading shetland auction which has alot more shetlands and the quailty of shetland is quite different and the nice ones really stand out. I question the backround of the od horses you see there too. I think you would also get more for your money buying them at their auction, the price a dartmoor will go for at the New Forest sales compared to a dartmoor sales.
 
I get most of mine from sales, but I usually get either foals or 3yo youngsters to break in. I did once get stung when I took a chance on a 'ride and drive' mare, I hadn't taken much notice of her but she went very cheap so I risked a few hundred. I should have known better coz no-one was riding her and the owner wasn't anyware to be seen. She was quiet till the sedalin wore off then proved to be an unhandled broodmare that could lead and load like an angel but would kick you to pieces if you tried to touch her. As she was 14yo I felt it would be an insult to her to try and break her so I let a guy that breeds cobs have her.

I would be v careful buying riding horse's as they tend to be lame or nuts or both. There are bargains to be though but you have to be prepared for disapointment and have a lot of experiance.
 
Yes and yes you can buy yourself an absolute gem but yes you can also buy yourself a worst nightmare.

I personally would only buy youngstock unless I had money to throw around, plenty of time to give each horse and or course the facilities/grazing etc otherwise yes it can be very rewarding buying from sales, exciting but also disapointing at times.

Yes you need a good eye to spot the good the bad and ugly but even with a keen eye and years of experience it no guarantee that you won't buy a problem horse.

This is no offence to the postee who said this as I'm sure in that scenario the horse was sold in good faith and honesty etc and I have no problems with making a profit but I would like to point out that I would not condone buying a horse, taking it home to bath, clip put it through its paces etc and sell on in 10 days, you can learn a lot about a horse in 10 days but you can also learn a whole lot more in a few months.

Behaviour and physical problems don't always raise there ugly heads in 10 days time and I'd like to hope that good horse dealers do not trade in this way, you need time to find out what a horse is like being handled and undersaddle and how they ajust and settle in a new enviroment, again I'm just talking in general and making the 'unaware aware'' about dealers and not referring personally to them or their reply, so please don't take offence who ever you were.
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Ah but Blue wasn't sold in good faith and honesty!
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The lady who was selling him was a traveller and had a fair few there that day as she had previous days (we'd seen her before) and proceeded to tell us that he would walk, trot, canter and jump any height we wanted was perfect for us etc etc you know!
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We didn't believe what she said, just as well as when we got him home and first rode him he would only walk and trot and not even do that very well!
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Put some hard work in with him and he is now fantastic
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I was going post a reply along those lines too. The first horse I ever bought was from Beaulieu Road, he was 3/4 TB 1/4 NF, exactly 4 months old on the day of the sale (I found out after I'd bought him). That was in 1994 and I paid £180 for him, three days later I sold him for £500 . . . . . .
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Hi Lill sorry hope you did not think I was having a dig at what you said or had done, what I really should of said or used as an example is that quite a lot of horse dealers buy horses from sales, tart them up and then sell them privately without actually taking it upon themselves to find out more about the horse which they have purchased at a sale, it is just irresponsible even if they the horse is what they hope/presume it is and has proved well in that limited time they have owned it.

For example, ex race horses, fine looking animals, come out racing, sold on cheap, dealer picks them up for say £800 each, turn them away for a month to fatten up as they will appear to be racing fit, tarts up ready to sell, rides for a few days to find the horse is laid back very well behaved (bonus they think) nice grass belly etc all fine and dandy, Mr X comes along, tries horse, yep all fine, buys horse for a lot money and 3 months down the line the horse is in regular but different work and they start to have serious problems or worse case scenario have a serious accident.

Those are the buyers and sellers people need to be warned about and there is plenty of them. No I'm not saying horse dealers should keep every horse they have in there yard for 6 months before they sell it, but in some cases this is the reason why a lot of horse fall through the 'safety net' and just wanted to mention it to the people reading this post that perhaps don't know what goes on when buying horses that they may not know have come from a sale etc.
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I bought 2 section a's from sales as 6 months old and they were great, but bought a 15'2 from the sales last year bought him outside ring as didn't sell got on him day later as i was told he had hunted but hadn't done an awfull lot and he bolted with me twice. he is lovely on the ground and i nightmare on him given him 6 months off now and going to bring him back in to work next week fingers cross i will still be alive at the end of next week
 
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