What price to sell pony?

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fl68 · 12/05/2022 13:13

Could you help me deciding on a price.
We have a 13.2 chestnut mare connemara x.
Shes 18 and she's been brilliant for us. She's forward going, will jump a course if 65/70 but starts to stop any bigger.
Shes hacks out alone and in company, not spooky at all, shes done cross country, loads of farm rides, goes through water etc. Done pony club rallieshad a go at dressage.
Shes forward going and can get strong when jumping but safe never bucked reared.
Easy to keep up to date with everything.

I'm struggling as obviously I'd like as much as I can get towards our next horse but don't want to put people off.

Does 4000 including good professionally fitted tack and all rugs and accessories sound too much?? X

I really struggle we love this pony and owe her nothing but I just can't keep two again 😭

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HighlandCowbag · 15/05/2022 18:41

Pleasedontdothat · 15/05/2022 17:39

I disagree - I don’t think people are being too harsh, just realistic and recognising that owning a pony isn’t a right but it does confer responsibility for the future wellbeing of another living creature.

No one’s said it’s wrong to sell ponies per se, just that by selling an 18 year old pony you are giving up all control over her future and I personally couldn’t do that. Selling a 10 year old is a very different proposition.

Buy back clauses are completely unenforceable and you’re passing on the problem of what to do with her when she can no longer be ridden (which could be many years to come, but equally could be in the next couple of years - you just can’t predict) to her next owner. Great if they can keep her for the rest of her days but what if they too decide that they want another pony and decide that after all they will sell her on?

You ask does that mean that your daughter has to give up riding if you can’t afford to buy another pony - not at all, she could loan, share, have riding lessons - do what the vast majority of people who can’t afford multiple horses do and cut their cloth accordingly.

You could sell a 10 year old and it go permanently lame. You could sell a 12 year old or a 14 year olld and it need to retire early for whatever reason. People sell ponies, sometimes young, sometimes old.

I disagree with people selling much older ponies for peanuts but 4k isn't £50. The fact that someone is interested at 4k suggests the pony has a value and someone else sees that value.

I think the only people who are ultimately responsible for the life of the ponyis the person who bred her.

Tammy68 · 15/05/2022 19:01

It’s difficult as we can’t possibly keep them all and children grow!
ivr had more bad experiences with loaning, even recently to a lady recommended by my vet and destroyed the confidence of my own Connemara gelding. I have had to sell him at a fraction of his value had she not had him for just 5 months! I spent £4,500 undoing what she’d done to give him the best future and he’s gone to what we feel is the right home for him and not the highest bidder. It’s always a risk and there are no guarantees when you sell but also when you loan too. We’ve successfully loaned out other ponies belonging to my now adult children and only last year fetched back our beloved 11.2 after being given just 24 hours notice that the vet had been booked to put him down the following morning during covid!!! We have him
ba k now and he’s in the living care of my adult daughter. He’s costing a lot to keep him in good condition and it’s a balancing act because he is now prone to colic. He’s happy and enjoying life and still full of personality and cheekiness. We’ve been misled and lied to more times with loaning than with selling. I am in touch with all the homes that mine have been sold on to - including the two my own sister sold at 6 times the amount I let her have them for on the agreement they were offered back to me for the same low amount she persuaded me to let her buy them for when I was only wanting her to loan them.
mall you can do is do your best and accept that you can never be 100% either way 🤷🏻‍♀️

Theskyoutsideisblue · 15/05/2022 19:08

But you have loved your pony for years. Next owner 2 years are selling a 20 year old and so on. You are kidding yourself as to where it will end up. Sorry

DistrictCommissioner · 15/05/2022 19:57

XelaM my kids compete on riding school horses. I think our riding school is quite unusual (& amazing) though.

XelaM · 15/05/2022 20:14

@Tammy68 Oh wow, how did your sister get away with that?!

@DistrictCommissioner That sounds brilliant. Our riding school doesn't allow to compete on school horses. In fact, there is a limit as to what it allows with school horses. They can only be ridden during lessons or supervised hacks.

XelaM · 15/05/2022 20:19

fl68 · 15/05/2022 18:39

Wow...this article has absolutely nothing to do with the situation I'm in. The horse turned 18 two weeks ago and is fit and healthy ...

You are making complete assumptions here. What about the fact that this new owner could probably give her a better home than I could if we kept her. Just because I'm selling her it doesn't mean she's going to suffer and has an horrific fate.
Your comparing me to somebody thats just washed there hands of there horse because it got old and dumped it on anybody. That is absolutely not the case!!!. I have a horse thats out as a companion on loan for that exact reason. This is totally different!!.

What about when you sell a young horse, you have absolutely no control of where they will end up...but thsts ok is it...just because its years down the line..

Just to be clear...I am not just abandoning an old horse thats full of health problems. I'm selling a fit and healthy just turned 18 yr old that is outgrown.

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You sound very caring and you clearly love your pony. Mumsnet can be so condescending about animals. No one is allowed to own any pet ever unless they get the (unattainable) Mumsnet seal of approval.

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