How to sell a Dressage pony

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Need some advice.
I have a 13.5H pony (139cm) dressage pony that my daughter has sadly outgrown. We need to sell him but am unsure of where to advertise him. He is a fantastic all rounder, has competed in loads of eventing competitions ( mainly in France) but since our move to UK 2 years ago my daughter has concentrated on mainly dressage, competing with BR and not Pony Club. He does flying changes, pirouette etc . Problem is how to find a committed dressage rider that is looking for a pony. Any ideas welcome. The right home is more important than the price as he is a very much loved pony.

Horsequest and Pony Club website?

I found DD's excellent first ridden pony on Preloved and when I was looking for a loan home for her lead rein pony I advertised him on Preloved and had loads of responses from people. It only costs £5 to join and you can put loads of ads on with as many pics as you like though it might not be specialised enough for your pony.

I would also advertise on the Pony Club classifieds - there are loads of seriously good ponies on there. You could also try contacting somewhere like Talland to see if they know if anyone is looking.

I think if you google pony for sale or dressage pony etc. You will find lots of sites where people sell ponies. There are a few main ones. Also horse and hound has a classifieds section. Our local pony club has a for sale section on their website.

Horsequest adn Pony Club are probably the best for a good quality, competition pony. I would be tempted to price him according to his quality (and maybe say price negotiable for the right home) so that you get the right sort of buyers. If he is up to FEI standard you should get good responses.

Thanks for all your replies. posting ads now, will let you know what works.

Would agree with Horsequest - we've bought / sold all our ponies through there although you could look at Horse and Hound if no luck there.

I'd try advertising on the British Dressage web site - they have a good classified ads section.

Please could someone tell me where the .5hh measurement comes in? I was always under the impression that a hand was 4 inches, and so the increments were: 13hh, 13.1hh, 13.2hh, 13.3hh, 14hh.... It's been a few years since I rode, but before then I always had my own horses and used to compete at a fairly serious level. But just recently I heard someone else speak of a 16.5hh horse and now have seen this thread. It's left me very

Probably mean .5, ie 13 and a half hh (13.2)?

I assumed 13.5hh was a typo. There is no such thing as a .5 increment when it comes to hands. 139cm = 54.7 inches which divided by 4 is 13.67 inches, which I guess equals 13.2hh. I can't be doing with measuring horses in cm.

Thank you! I thought I was going mad. But, on googling, it seems that there are a lot of .5hh horses out there. I am still very at the reference.

Callisto, I am with you on cm measurements. I understand that a 16.2hh horse would be about perfect for me, but do not have a clue what that would be in cm

No, horses in cm's do not work - in the same way that I can not envisage a distance in km's!