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Any hope of selling atm?

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Champagneponies · 04/09/2023 12:16

I put my horse up for sale on Horse Quest at the moment at a reasonable price and have not had a single phonecall or enquiry! She is a nice mare, my ad looks fine and pictures and video are good. Are they just not selling? Financially I can't fund her going into the winder due to a job loss.

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Lastqueenofscotland2 · 04/09/2023 12:49

I think they are selling but prices have come down.
Facebook seems to be the place these days, if you don’t mind a lot of idiots.
What is the horse like? I find if anything has any quirk at all they are much harder to shift. Everyone is so nervous these days.

primoseyellow · 04/09/2023 12:54

Decent all rounders that are good in traffic, trailer, shoeing etc etc are still going for good prices, £8000 and up.

But anything quirky I think will struggle or take longer unless the price really reflects this.

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Champagneponies · 04/09/2023 12:56

She's young, only been backed so definitely not for a nervous / inexperienced rider. Good stock quality though and great character. Honestly thought she'd sell quickly but the lack of a single call makes me think I'm going to have to drop her price drastically..

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Champagneponies · 04/09/2023 12:57

No quirks. She's got one of those rare good brains and will make someone a fab horse. I thought the ad reflected this but I suppose everyone sells their horse as 'amazing character' even when they are not.

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OrlandointheWilderness · 04/09/2023 13:01

If she isn't selling she's priced wrong. Did you want to give a few more details? Do you have decent photos of her, including a side on confirmation one?

Lastqueenofscotland2 · 04/09/2023 13:05

I think the issue is more and more frequently everyone wants a complete dobbin and producers want something at a competitive price.
That said I would try Facebook - “quality horses and ponies” is one of the better ones if you don’t mind wading through the “wud u consider full loan hun? Xxxx” type comments

Pleasedontdothat · 04/09/2023 21:33

My daughter works on a yard which is shared between her boss who’s an eventer and a sales yard. They have the horses in for a few weeks, assess them, take them out and about. When they’re ready to be sold they usually put an ad on Facebook one day, have a viewing the next day and about 70% of first viewings result in a sale. They’re not cheap horses either. In your position I’d either send your horse to a well-known sales livery or drop the price. However do check you’ve got a really good video plus decent conformation photos on your ad. My daughter recently sold a lovely little project Connie - the video showed him being trotted up, mounted, flat work (walk, trot, canter on both reins and with up and down transitions plus lateral movements), jumping a full course and xc schooling. She had two viewings and sold him to a pony club home for the full asking price.

andrainwillmaketheflowersgrow · 05/09/2023 06:58

The general rule is that if she's not selling then the price is wrong.

A friend of mine just bought a horse last week after looking for a few months.

Deliaskis · 05/09/2023 10:54

DD's pony just sold for asking price in about 2 weeks, to a perfect home (who were then kind enough to wait 4 weeks until we had been to our last stay away show). Ad was on Whickr and I shared on FB and on Quality Horses & Ponies UK (which I think is moving to Equestrian Spectrum or something like that), Pony Club Ponies, and 138 jumping ponies groups. Those 2 weeks were nervy as I know others have in the past put ponies up for sale and been inundated with messages from day 1, and I had 4-5 enquiries over that time and a couple of unsuitable viewings, then this one. The thing is....you don't need hundreds of enquiries, you just need the one that is the right match, so I would say as much info as possible, videos, pics etc. and ask friends/instructors to be honest with you about price. I wasn't hugely ambitious about price, I wanted to be fair and already had the next pony waiting in the wings.

It felt to me like the Whickr ad was just a place to put the info, the actual sale was found by sharing the ad.

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Champagneponies · 05/09/2023 13:59

I've dropped her asking quite significantly. Will share tomorrow across Facebook groups and let you know how it goes!

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GreyBlackBay · 05/09/2023 14:13

If you advertise on Facebook turn the comments off. People who are serious will make the effort to contact you.

I've seen several I liked the look of then seen the hundred 'PM me' comments and assume it's sold. Then it is readvertised the following week due to time wasters.

I'd stick with HQ and lower the price.

I've been window shopping for a while but wanted to wait til after summer so you might find it picks up, but prices will also drop as it gets closer to winter.

I'm looking for a hw hacking cob if anyone's got one.....

XelaM · 05/09/2023 20:03

Ours sold on Facebook to a lovely home in 2 days and I had loads of enquiries. Maybe our price was too low 🤷‍♀️It was for our all-rounder Pony Club cob who was lovely.

XelaM · 05/09/2023 20:05

We're still in touch with the new owners which is so nice, as we can see what our (ex)pony is up to.

eastiseastwestiswest · 05/09/2023 21:00

Yes they are definitely selling but I would sell on Facebook. You need to join all the local equestrian groups if you haven't already and post on there. You can't put the actual price in figures as Facebook blocks it so people use carrots to denote zeros. My friend put her pony up on Sunday and he went the next day!

Flamingomumma · 09/09/2023 22:17

Depending where you are in the country, Nfed is really good for selling.

Tiespin · 10/09/2023 20:10

How about Horsemart? I've sold on there

Postapocalypticcowgirl · 16/09/2023 14:51

It's worth bearing in mind that historically (meaning pre covid) this wasn't a great time of year to sell, as you're going into the winter with more costs and more work. This winter especially, people may be unsure about what their bills etc will be like, so also reluctant to take on a new horse.

If you really need her sold, is it worth looking for someone who will do sales livery and take the fee out of the sold price? You might not see very much money, but at least you wouldn't be paying costs anymore?

foxlover47 · 21/10/2023 00:22

I brought my ID from quality horses and ponies on fb , and just two weeks ago my daughters British riding pony from there too.
That does seem a really good group to try

BardRelic · 22/10/2023 12:04

Financially I can't fund her going into the winder due to a job loss.

Sorry about the job loss. She sounds the type I would be looking for but cannot afford, because of the cost of living. So yes, I suspect the market is changing, because I won't be the only one in that position and neither will you. Plus, I would be reluctant to take on a recently backed youngster going into the winter. I'd worry I wouldn't be able to continue her education during the winter and so she would pretty much need rebacking going into next spring. Or it would mean spending the winter riding an unknown quantity. Might be more fun than I need at my time of life.

XelaM · 22/10/2023 14:05

Facebook is best for selling ponies. I've also had many enquiries from Preloved, although that was for a loan.

If you share the add here, people might be interested.

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