Would the JRN market be put off by a chestnut mare? And a sort of how much...

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As above really. A friend has a lovely chestnut mare who consistently gets good dressage, has SJed upto Foxhunter and got clears at Intermediate Sjing BE, and has got consistently placed at Novice (3 placings at novice and 2 at IN). She has been completely produced by an amateur 5'4 girl who had never evented before or jumped over 1.05, so is pretty fab for the JRN/YR market, yet my friend is worried she will have to price her quite low because of the fact she is a chestnut mare?

Thoughts? And what would you value her at? She is 16hh/16.1hh, limitless scope (makes 1.20tracks look easy), 10 this year, low mileage as evented lightly for 2 seasons and Sjed before that, again by an amateur? She's had a couple of 20's on her record but most of those have been rider error (riders inexperience can be seen by her lack of record!) and she has jumped clear around Chatsworth.
 
not a great deal of interest in my chestnut mare either though I have kind of decided I can't sell her anyway unless the PERFECT home appears.
Your friend's mare sounds very nice, someone on here looking for ahorse for a teenager to event?
 
Headley Brittania is a chestnut mare and I reckon any eventer would be MORE than happy to give her stable space!

Only blinkered people will be bothered by her colour - however I think mares are less popular than geldings..yes you get your absolutely dedicated mare owners, but people assume geldings will be more predictable ;)

As for price, try her at £10k....prices are all over the place ATM but that price would certainly get immediate interest in her.
 
Headley Brittania would not sell hence why she stayed longer with LF and her talents emerged.

Chatter1 has a super chestnut mare that has had good levels of interest and not been advertised.
 
Not looking yet but she sounds ideal for my daughter coming off ponies. We are specifically looking for a mare as my gelding is funny with other geldings but shares very happily with mares and the fact she is chestnut would be a bonus for my daughter (grey is close second, gues its me as usual being groom lol) so I think you will find a home it just needs to be the right price. Agree on trying the PC site as well to see if there are any wanted adverts or the local DC if they know anyone wanted something like her.

Liz
 
I agree with Thistle, lots of parents with deep pockets out there (and they often have a groom and teams of trainers on stand-by to deal with any mareish behaviour ;))
 
I dont see why the colour should have ANY affect on the price- I wonder if the reason why Headley Brittannia didnt sell for ages is that she was way overpriced for what people thought she was - she had a ridicolous sum on her for a tiny horse that didnt look like it would ever go 3 star, and she didnt have a great record either until she went to Lucinda.

I think the mare sounds like something that many parents would give good money for their child to have a good JRN horse!
 
i don't think it would be an issue- as long as the horse has a decnt record, mum's with deep pockets don't care if the horse is green!

main things to highlight are scope and safety with JRN horses.
 
Colour for me isn't an issue at all, wouldn't even come into the descision of buying a horse.

Sounds very nice, my freind is looking ATM, though I don't think she wants to pay that much. :)
 
Certainly wouldnt put me off, as Weezy says Brit is chestnut.

Having owned a TB chestnut mare who gave you her heart and soul, (but was sadly lost in an accident) I would almost be encouraged by the colour!
 
Well they say a good horse is never a bad colour...I can't even imagine not buying a horse just because she's a chestnut mare? Odd.
 
I sold my Chesnut WBxTB mare last year, I did JRN's on her and she was sold as a first horse/JRN horse, she did weston but would struggle with serious OI21 sort of things so she was sold when I turned 18.

She was 15 when we sold her with the occasional 4 faults on her SJ but that was it except for an elimination at an intermediate, she was advertised one day and sold the next day to the first people who saw her!

I think people are sensible enough to recognise a good horse by it's record not by it's coat colour.. I wouldnt worry!
 
brushingboots said:
Unfortunatley, i have a chesnut mare for sale and there just not selling!!
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I have just bought a chestnut mare this weekend!! Never had one before but the fact that she is chestnut and a mare didn't put me off. This horse has been bought as a project to sell on in a year or so, as others have said if the horse is good colour combined with sex should be irrelevant.
 
My sister in law sent her chestnut mare to a pro eventer to sell, and he was particularly disparaging about her (purely because she was a chestnut mare) and said she would make no money (said mare had jumped clear in the open WH at the RDS).

I was totally dumbfounded at his attitude at the time (she was a seriously good mare), but its true I'm afraid.

Fiona
 
Quite agree TGM - I quite like them too!
I think a lot of people have a prejudice towards horse colour usually based on a bad experience somewhere. Perhaps I will do a post about it......:)
 
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