Why isnt she selling? help please

I think some sharper pictures would help too. Have you advertised on the PC website? As a lot of people look on that too
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she looks lovely, if i had 10 grand to spend i'd definately have a look.

All i can say is that December/January is probably he worst time of year for selling horses with christmas and the weather putting people off.
 
Based on the advert giving a lack of information and the awful photos being used I would price the horse at a significantly lower sum of money, like closer to £4k. You need to be looking to advertise her correctly, giving all relevant winnings and you definitely need to have competition photos and not some of you playing around in your yard with home made jumps if you want to attain £10k or anything like that figure for her. I second the suggestions of taking her off the market and totally redoing your advert in a more professional manner.
 
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Lack of quoted winnings. Lack of pro photos.

If you were to have pro photos and recorded winnings, then she's worth what you are asking, given her grading and performance at both dressage and jumping. She actually strikes me as a mare you might get more for sold through a pro sales yard.

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what she said
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also, I can't see anyone looking at horses at the moment - we're struggling to get down the drive for milk and bread, let alone travelling to see a horse......
 
The photos are awful to be quite honest. They make her look nothing special at all. Particularly the jumping pictures where her technique does not look good.
On these photosI would not ring up and go and see her even if she was half the price. She may be a super horse in the flesh but these just don't show it.
 
I'd say the pictures don't do her justice, especially if you are asking for over £8K. I've been looking for a horse for over 2 months and haven't seen many as highly priced as her (but then i havent really been looking to spend that much).
 
Agree with the others basically, but here's my 2 cents.

Jumping photos are awful. If she is competing successfully at Foxhunter then you should have a good professional photo of her in the jump-off which is 1.30m. I'd buy and use a photo like that, and if she jumps 1.40+m at home then get a good picture of her jumping a good big oxer as well - that will then show the scope you're talking about.

The rest of the advert is good but I think that you should reduce the price to £8950, which visually looks a lot better than 10k.
 
Ok I'll start-

1. Too expensive for what she is, we just paid 8k for a horse thats jumping 1.30's, same age as yours and much more flash (though he was a bargain!)

2. Terrible photos, you need some of her in the ring!

3. Jumping pic is nothing special, she's not making a great shape and looks nothing like a horse I would want to spend that amount of money on.

4. I would give more details of where she's jumping, and put can be seen out competing currently. I like to try all jumpers or at least see them at a show before making my mind up.

5. Time of year- its shitty weather, and many people are snow bound. Although decent horses ARE selling for decent money at the moment.
 
have you edited the ad since the responses? i think 8k is fine its just the market and yeah prob could do with a professional jumping pic!
 
I would probably say it's the photographs that do no justice, they don't match the advert details with what sounds a lovely prospect of a mare. I think the price is right for what she has to offer, SJ, Dressage, Ker Mare, Proven Broodmare, good jumping bloodline a nice age to progress to the next level of competition etc. I would expect to pay up to 8ish for her. However, the photos are very amateur looking which is a shame because the advert reads very well.
lovely mare
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