Ok. So in a lot of horse sales ads online a lot of them have incentive fund as a listed attribute. What is an incentive fund, and what exactly does it do?
Incentive funds vary a bit from association, to association, but here is how they work in general.
As the mare owner, you can pay a fee to have a foal put into an incentive fund. In APHA, where I show, the trust is called the "Breeder’s Trust". The fee is fairly reasonable if you appy when the foal is young, and quickly increases as the horse matures.
The fee works like this. For every point your horse earns in APHA classes the owner and the origional breeder make a certain amount of money back. In APHA’s case I’d earn about $17 per point, which can really help pay off show expenses. On the downside, not all classes qualify for breeder’s trust funds. Open classes and amateur classes count, but novice amateur classes and youth classes don’t earn you money.
The incentive fund can be helpful if you have to sell a horse – people like the possibility to earn some money back so it can help. But if you don’t show at the breed association level then it won’t pay off.
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I am looking for a cheap horse any breed it doesnt matter. I luv em all. I look on craigslist and petfinder. I live in Northern California. Does anyone or do you know anyone who lives in Northern California, foots hills and sacramento, area who has horses for sale or has a place on their ranch/barn for a 15 year old girl who loves horses and will work for lessons or will ride horse if you still want to keep yours and doesnt have enough time to ride ect.?!?! Ive taken lessons for around 4-5 years riden lots of breeds, done trails and arena, jumped, worked with young horses ect.!
look in your local newspaper- this time of year there are usually some good bargains, also look it up in google ( horses for sale) you can find lots of sites were people near were you live are selling horses and sometimes even for free! also you could adopt- that’s free and easy
there are some requirements in order too though.
good luck 
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I’m in the process of purchasing a horse from WI. Will I have to pay sales tax?
I don’t know. If you buy a pet from a pet store, you normally have to pay sales tax. If you are buying your horse from a business, then you would probably have to pay sales tax.
I want to know if anyone know what Australian Thoroughbred stud a horse with a brand CR has come from?
I have recently bought a throughbred out of a horse sale and he is branded as CR, can anybody tell me what Australian Thoroughbred stud he is from.
Thanks Sandi
I think you will find your answer at this web site. Type in CR stables Australia and you will come up with the Page.
If this is right it is Cocirvera Racing Stables in Australia
Call them and cancel!
2009 horses for sale from John Van Dongens Sport horse sales
Candyman – 2004 Warmblood stallion by Salute (Hignoon/Patrick)
Victoria – 2004 Mare by V’tropez (Galoubet/Good Twist) out of Featured Design.
Candyman is Denali’s half brother (they are both by the Stallion Salute) and Victoria is a half sister Amorette.
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I’m thinking of going to the sales next week. I’ve never been before, could someone tell me what to expect, how things work etc?
Get there early, go the day before even and get your bidding number. This will give you an opportunity to see the horses that will be put up for auction. If this is a higher end auction then the catalog is prepared ahead of time and you can see if there are any horses that interest you by thier description. If you arrive early you can get there in time to examine the horse and even try him out. You can observe him in his stall and ask questions about him.
Have a set amount that you are willing to spend and stick to it. Auctions are popular because sometimes people over bid on their budget and pay more for a horse than they intended to. But they are also great places to get bargains. Just remember you bid on it, you bought it…as is.
I always here about how people go to some show or something and find a horse for dirt cheap. Its usually the sick one. What are these called and where can I Find one?
There are auctions you can go to. Contact your local agriculture depatrment. There are also horse rescue places you can go to. Theres most likely a local one near you too. I would type in horse rescue and your state for a start.
A common theme on YA is how the horse economy has fallen. Most specifically, the horse sale end of things. I live in Bucks County, PA. It is more of an upper end area that concentrates mostly in hunter/jumpers and eventing. People are not selling their horses as quickly as they would have a year ago, but they ARE selling and for good prices too. How is the current economy effecting your area? Are horses really going for next to nothing? Have feed prices increased? Tack prices? Just curious.
At the moment not much is selling … but usually horses don’t sell well between November and March/April because everyone would much rather wait until the spring to buy a new horse! I think good horses will always find a home and always be in demand – I don’t know about the bottom end of the market, though…
I’ve only heard of a few ponies who just wouldn’t sell, and in both cases they were crazily over priced. Even for two years ago the money the sellers wanted was just unrealistic and they never would have got it because anyone would have been able to buy a much better pony for the price.
Feed and bedding prices have gone through the roof. There’s a big problem with hay, as last summer was so wet that the time for making hay was extremely limited and lots of farmers just don’t have good hay. What you can get hold of is often wet or mouldy inside, even if it looks and smells OK on the outside. Bedding is much the same – straw has suffered the same fate as hay, and my shavings have doubled in price since this time last year. A bag of feed is about a third more expensive than last year. Tack etc, I haven’t noticed a change. The second hand saddle market is definitely a good place for a buyer – lots of people are willing to take less than they wanted to get rid of stuff. I bought a nearly new show saddle for my step daughter’s pony for £100 – it’s over £600 new and didn’t have a mark on it.
In January, I bought a three year old bay mare from a horse sale. She had been body clipped before I got her, and now that her coat has grown back, she has these dime sized black patches all over her barrel. It just looks like the hair hasn’t grown back. I thought that maybe they were dapples, but they just keep popping up everywhere. What could they possibly be?
They are called Bend Or spots. It’s perfectly fine, nothing medical…just genetic.
I’ll send you a picture.
http://www.theequinest.com/images/bend-or.jpg
One of the horse’s I ride has a Bend Or spot on his nasal bone.