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[horsefreak]

As bad as the horse market is nobody is listing any horses for sale that I would remotely want to buy...where are the deals?

[Tbitt]

What are you looking to buy?   

[horsefreak]

I'm just looking and there isn't crap for sale...I know my husband is going to be buying a horse soon because I sold one today...that's the way it works here, one less, one more...so I thought well I'll look and see what is out there. I only found one reallly sweet mare I would even consider....

[Stateline]

I AGREE!!!!!!

[Brilliance]

All I have to sell are non riders . . .  a yearling filly and her Broodie only dam . . . .

[horsefreak]

Bingo, that's all people have listed...unless you want to drive to KS, OK, TX or anyplace as far.

[Buffy]

I TOLD you about the paint gelding and black morgan for $300!   

[horsefreak]

Wish list:
We're QH people, no Morgans. We have on occasion got a gated horse, but I have ones I can borrow, so owning one is not necessary.  I occasionally also like a nice paint, but it's becomes an issue with the other half. PM me info on the paint...age, training and they have to have been rode and nothing over 5-6 years old. I know this other horse he's wanting to buy is going to coming home sooner than later, but looking is fun.

Modified to say I really really want a pony and a cart bad...

[poodlelover]

A friend from Ill came up this past weekend to look at two quarter horses.  One was $5,000 and one was $6,800.  No deals there.  The woman also made it very clear that she doesn't care if she sells them or not which translates to no negotiating.   

[Meredith]

No kidding! And where have all the geldings gone? I can't find a decent horse ad that doesn't turn out to be sold for less than $6000 that is a rideable, broke horse with some amount of training on it and doesn't require an "advanced" rider.

Tempted to head on down to the auction house...but everyone tells me that's a bad idea. 

[horsefreak]

We're all a bunch of enablers...where is the voice of reason here to say, "well just be happy you have what you have and really do you need more?"

[Meredith]

But, but, but...one is the loneliest number...and, and, and...two is better than one!

 

[rain]

Well, I'm on the other side of the coin. I have a 13 yr old registered Aqha appendix that I have had for sale for quite a while now.
He's been a pony horse on the tracks in Iowa, and since 2000 was a trail horse for an older lady.
I've had 1 person come out to try him, and at that time discovered he was very herd bound and dropped his price a lot due to that reason.
Over the weekend, a guy came out to see him, but didn't "connect"; so no sale.
What does it take to sell a decent horse nowdays?

[Meredith]

How big and what does he do? I'm looking for an English horse, but I think that's more of a minority on this board.

[rain]

He's about 15.1 hands, and built like a tank.
I don't know what all he's had for training - I bought in in October from the neighbor when they were moving to Fl, and didn't want to make a second trip to get him - they did take their 5 paints. He took care of the older lady, and is a sweety on the ground.

[horsefreak]

What does it take to sell a decent horse nowdays?

Your answer is:
For one it takes know the horse your selling a little better. I want someone to tell me straight up how he rides, what his quirks are does he tie, , farrier, trailer, clip, load. While being a little old lady from Pasadena who only rode her horse to church story works very well for a car for a car, when it comes to a horse that doesn't really tell Me how great he is out on trail/arena and what kinda of handle he has on him...

[rain]

You want all the details. Lightbulb moment here.
Can you tell I don't sell many horses?
This fella stands great for the farrier, and the vet.
He loads and trailers nicely. I don't know about clipping or tieing, don't have clippers, and no real place to tie here.
He does w/t/c, has a good stop.
Pretty laid back in the herd. Mike has gone out there and jumped on him bareback and he went off seat & leg.
I don't know it he has been in an arena before or not, but he has traveled many trails in Ill and Mo.

And yes, his former owner was a little old lady that he took carried on those trails.

[horsefreak]

There ya go!  

Now if you can include a picture of someone standing on his back, you'll have a sale...JK

[rain]

Damn, no trick riders here.
How about a look at his cute self?

[MomWHorses]

I've had my 14.1 hand b/w 4 year old for sale for a year.  She's had tons of training, would work well for any youth who knows how to ride (except on trails - she needs more miles there.)  I think because she was a 3 year old last year everyone thought that meant really green.  She has well over 100 rides on her and has done absolutely nothing wrong.  (Except on the trail - she really won't let the other horses leave her - she'll start crow hopping.) 

I am going to bring her to the Sale barn in Springfield next month.  Wish me luck selling her because now that I bought the pony the other day, my husband is fretting about the extra horse.

Other than her, I too just have young ones - a deadbeat gorgeous pony foal (will mature to 14 hands if he's lucky) - he would make a great pony for a young child to grow up with because he is sooooo laid back.

And a coming 3 year old morab filly who has really been too small to start but I will teach her to drive this Spring.