Horses!

[ShrekDawg]

I second the volunteering for rides! My barn will allow volunteers to come help with chores in exchange for lessons. Plus, if you ever want to have your own horse one day, it gives you great experience learning how to take care of them.

Thanks! It’s a good idea

 

[MyParadiseFalls]

Farrier is coming out to see Dakota for the second time

 

[MyParadiseFalls]

*coming today

 

[Painted Calls]

Farrier is coming out to see Dakota for the second time

Let us know how it goes!

 

[littledog]

Hope they find good homes.

Sheesh, I wish these nice horses were for sale here in western Washington State. Any horse that's sound, healthy and trained enough to be ridden no matter how old, can't be bought for less than $5000 here. Not sure why - the horse market's insane - hay prices have doubled, and so have property prices, so you would think people would be selling horses. Maybe owning horses is only for the most wealthy here now?! But if that's the case, I would think people who need to sell their horses due to inflation would be selling them at reasonable prices.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Sheesh, I wish these nice horses were for sale here in western Washington State. Any horse that's sound, healthy and trained enough to be ridden no matter how old, can't be bought for less than $5000 here. Not sure why - the horse market's insane - hay prices have doubled, and so have property prices, so you would think people would be selling horses. Maybe owning horses is only for the most wealthy here now?! But if that's the case, I would think people who need to sell their horses due to inflation would be selling them at reasonable prices.

Oh wow that’s weird!!

 

[littledog]

Interesting.. so how and where would you suggest buying a sound horse and what would be a reasonable price in today's economy?
I agree, these are not great horses for sale, and for more than I would be willing to pay - but the horse economy in my area is so crazy, it makes these seem like good deals.
Do private breeders sell their colts and fillies for reasonable prices, for certain training?

 

[littledog]

That horse would be $6500 in my area.

 

[littledog]

Number two (flashy 17 year old gelding) I personally wouldn't be interested in. The fact that she said "he needs someone who understands thoroughbreds", but is not coming out and saying what his quirks or issues are makes me think he has some issues. And for his age, it wouldn't be worth the time to retrain for me. He is also a little ribby in some of the pics so to me, he looks like he is a hard keeper as well. I tend to stay away from thoroughbreds just because the ones I have had ate triple what my QH's ate and training them seemed to take a lot longer. They didn't pick up on things quite easily or quickly as I would have liked.

If he was 7 instead of 17, I would snap him up. Ribby and hard keeper I can deal with, but if he's still "quirky" at 17, means his training has been lacking. And by the time I get him trained, he's 20 and ready for a less-demanding career.

 

[littledog]

Most thoroughbreds are just flat out NUTTY... I have 4 of them currently and had numerous others in the past. I've also owned QH, Paints, Arabians (also nutty), warmbloods, and ponies. QH and Paints were always the calmest and most laid back. Ponies were the easiest keepers, followed by QH and Paints. Point being that Thoroughbreds are great athletic horses and can be very personable, but they almost always require an experienced owner AND rider to manage them properly.

Hmm, not sure I agree - I love TBs but then again I love Arabs...OTTBs are often nutty because of how they've been trained - kept in a stall since age 2 and only let out for 1/2 hour a day to do nothing but gallop? Any horse would go nutty. TBs who never were track trained are often calm and suitable for any discipline. OTTBs who come off the track and have 6 months off at pasture, often become calm sweethearts. To each their own, I guess!