Comments on: How much money did you pay for your horse or mule?

By: StarsAreStatic

StarsAreStatic — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:10:59 +0000

1. 3 year old Shire. Learning Dressage.
2. $8,000
3. Tennessee
4. Only a couple of months ago.
5. Online.
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By: emily

emily — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:53:59 +0000

My first was a grade quarter mare about 13 at the time, she did a little cattle work before she moved to Michigan but hadn’t done more than get cow-boyed around on the trails for the last few years. I got her for 1,000 from a neighbor I’d been started riding with because we’d just moved to the country. They only took her out once or twice a year and the last two people to get on her ended up jumping off at high speed because she’s hard to stop. I’ve had her 13 years now so maybe fall of 94. I competed very succesfully in barrels with her for a few years after a little training.

I got a free 5 year old National show horse who would let you sit on her but only if you didn’t tell her when to go, or stop or try to steer. I got her through a "sister of a friend/complicted series of events" in late ‘97 or early ‘98 eventually made a combined training/eventing horse out of her.

Horses are going for nothing in our area so I know what you mean. But half the people are losing their jobs and houses (I’m in the Detroit area with the auto layoffs) Everyone I know is downsizing or selling out. Well trained sound horses are being sold because people are having to choose their favorites to keep, the last few falls have been major selling times for people worried about feeding through the winter. But the people who are into the showing and had the super priced horses in the first place aren’t going to be the ones worried about jobs, they are still dealing in very high quality training and horses without worrying over the prices. Can’t really say anything bad on them cause most of us would love to be in the same position and doing the same things, I’m just glad I’m able to tend my little herd with no great worries.
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By: the real jasey rae

the real jasey rae — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:18:59 +0000

1. TB mare, started at racing barn but never got her gate card. she was 3 when i bought her, and dead quiet. so lazy when i first got her but still was great, wtc & jumped. (now she’s loads better, not lazy any more but still dead quiet) oh its english- hunter/jumper.

2. we paid $4K for her, planning to sell for at least 15K next summer.

3. in PA

4. i bought her around november of 2005.

5. bought her from a guy my dad worked with, but also saw her on a horse classified website.
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By: catwomansga

catwomansga — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:35:59 +0000

1. registered appy, bought her at 16 months she was small because her mother died and she was hand raised, but she is very gentle and never bucked once when we broke her
2. five hundred dollars. The person I bought her from was raising Thoroughbreds so he just needed to get rid of her
3. We live in Southeast GA
4. Bought her three years ago
5.Friend of a friend knew i loved horses and the owner wanted to make sure she had a good home.

Oh yeah I bred my Ap to an Arabian and now I have a colt that I wouldn’t take a million bucks for so I guess breed and training isn’t always considered when pricing a horse my horses probably aren’t worth anything to anybody but me, but I love them tremendously
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By: bakerstyleriding

bakerstyleriding — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:12:59 +0000

Horse bought:
1. Describe your horse’s breed, training level, and age? Arabian gelding, trained English and western, Jump up to 2′6", Dressage basics,Endurance trained, 8 years old
2. How much did you pay? $2,000 – discount due to need to sell a few horses for $ necessities. Horse appraises for much more.
3. What state or region did you buy your horse in? Texas
4. When did you purchase your horse? July
5. How did you find your horse (auction, private sale, adoption center, production sale, advertisement in paper, tack store, internet horse classifieds, other)? Internet
Horse I sold:
1. Describe your horse’s breed, training level, and age? Pure bred ApHC appaloosa gelding, green broke, solid ground training, 4 years old
2. How much did they pay? $2,500
3. What state or region did you sell your horse in? Texas
4. When did they purchase your horse? June
5. How did they find your horse (auction, private sale, adoption center, production sale, advertisement in paper, tack store, internet horse classifieds, other)? Internet
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By: graciellajo_08

graciellajo_08 — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:47:59 +0000

1. Tennessee Walking Horse/QH Cross, already broke when I bought him but not for Western, only English, and 4 years old
2. I paid 1500 but that included the saddle and a nice saddle pad that he was used to
3. Midwest
4. July
5. Equinenow.com !! just found him and he was in my city and I called and now he’s mine =)

1. Reg. Mo Fox Trotter, extensively ridden GREAT girl!! 12 years old now, about 10 at time of purchase
2. 1000
3. same
4. about 2 years ago
5. she was being sold by a boarder where my horses are

1. Welsh/Arabian large pony, he’s just an old trail pony bought for my little sister to start riding, about 21 years old right now, so like 17 at the time of purchase
2. I think we gave the guy a couple hundred for him
3. same
4. about 5 years ago
5. he was a pony belonging to girls who have other horses and ride where my horses are kept, they just outgrew him and already had horses to take care of

Finally, my first baby boy…
1. Thoroughbred, his owner had bought him from someone who was not taking care of him in the first place, but unfortunately the same thing happened, his new owner put him on a pasture where he thought he would be taken care of, but he was lowest on the pecking order and become INCREDIBLY thin, we were told that the horse could be in his 20’s when we bought him, however our vet told us he was most likely mid 30’s
2. we got him for free (of course a horse is never free, we spent alot of money on getting him back to health, buying the first saddle, lots of nutritious and healthy feed to fatten him up, etc)
3. same
4. about 6 years ago
5. someone my dad worked with told him about it, and my dad decided to surprise me with him =)
…unfortunately, my big baby (i know he was never really a baby, but he was still my baby =) ) died of colic 2 winters ago..the 2nd worst day of my life (after the day my best friend was killed..) but that horse gave me so much knowledge and some of the greatest gifts anyone ever has!
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By: shelly l

shelly l — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:14:59 +0000

FIRST HORSE:
1. QH, H/J, 13 years old when purchased.
2. 6,000
3. Georgia.
4. 2002.
5. Bought my daughter’s best friend’s horse.

SECOND HORSE -Just this month.
1. TB/WB cross, Green 3 year old. WTC and going over crossrails. Hunter.
2. 12,000
3. North Carolina.
4. 2007
5. Private sale.
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By: twhrider

twhrider — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:54:59 +0000

The one I’m riding now, got him a year ago last spring….16hh twh grey gelding, started under saddle, 3 years old. Traded a filly that I’d paid $3500 for for him. He came from TN, from a friend of mine….she picked him out for me when he was born, it just took her three years to talk me in to him. My once in a lifetime horse was a grey gelding that we lost to colic 7 years ago…..I just didn’t think I wanted another grey gelding, because he’d have such a high standard to live up to.

Friend of mine just bought a draft driving mare, percheron/morganX, 15 years old, but broke, broke, broke. Pretty much totally safe….or as much as one can get. I thought she was a bit high, given the current market….she paid $4K for her, but how much is one trip to the emergency room??? Plus, the mare came with a 30 day written guarantee, if she doesn’t suit them for any reason, the seller will take her back for the purchase price. Oh yeah……Midwest region. She found her through the fact that the seller is a client at the vet’s office I work at….I know the quality of his stuff, and when she told me she was looking, that’s where I sent her.

On the other side, I have a friend that just bought a 5 year old TWH gelding….lit up champagne and white tobi….not for a beginner, but fun for an experienced rider. Also in the midwest area….the seller bought the horse two years ago for $2700……sold him for $500. But, they wanted "rid" of him, and the market is what it is right now…..They came together because I knew the gal wanted to sell, and I knew the people that were looking to buy.
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By: vosalloulou

vosalloulou — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:04:59 +0000

1. Morgan, competitive trail, cutting, 8yr., Mare
4,000.00$ in southern Ca. In 1999, private sale, from a breeder.

2. Morgan, roping, cutting( in training), endurance, competitive trail. 6yr., 10,000.00$ I bought her befor she was born. I bought for her lines. In Ohio, private saler from the breeder.

3. Morgan. Trail riding & in hand 12yrs. Gelding 500.00$ 11yrs ago. Private sale, in Ca.

4.Morgan , reining, endurance, trail riding 18yrs. 1200.00$ bought her 16yrs. advertisement from New York, Morgan breeder.

5. Morgan stallion, he is 7yrs. In hand, Western pleasure, classic pleasure saddle(in training for). 7,000.00$ from Vermont , the UVM ranch. In 2001.

5. Appy, endurance, competitive trail, packing 10yr or so. I bought her in 2000 for 350.00$ at a auction in Ca.

6. Quarter pony. Trail riding & packing 6yrs. 200.00$ auction in Ca. 4yrs ago.

Then 2 fillies from my horses.
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By: jackio713

jackio713 — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:30:59 +0000

First Horse: Target
1. Paint Horse Stallion, Yearling, Halter Broke and already bomb-proof
2. $360
3. Alberta
4. July 2003
5. Auction

Second Horse: Socks
1. Running Quarter Horse, barely halter broke, Yearling
2. $220
3. Alberta
4. July 3003
5. Auction

Third Horse: Pawnee
1. Cutting Quarter Horse, Almost Two-year-old, Never been touched
2. $320
3. Alberta
4. May 2005
5. Auction

Fourth Horse: Unnamed Buckskin
1. Mustang, Never-been touched except when abused, Three
2. $320
3. Alberta
4. May 2005
5. Auction

Fifth Horse: Seven
1. Appaloosa, Seven Months, Never-Been touched (starving)
2. $130
3. Alberta
4. October 2007
5. Auction

Sixth Horse: Jimmy Stewart
1. Quarter HorseX, Seven Months, Never-Been Touched
2. $200
3. Alberta
4. WheOctober 2007
5. Auction
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