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| Trying to sell my gelding, the first person that looks at him tells me he's to out of shape. He's fat, he's not tucked up. He's not obese by any means but he's not in the best of shape. I don't have that much time to ride him anymore.
Is there even any point to listing him now? |
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Location: Somewhere around here | I think you can definitely still sell him but you won't be able to sell him for what you might want to list him as. |
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Location: Canada | Depends on the horse and what you are listing him as. If he's a finished barrel horse and you have records of him and videos you can list him but be honest he's out of shape and you will need to have adjusted his price accordingly. If you don't have time to ride him lunging him for 20 per day can go far in getting him in shape.
If he's just a trail horse then just list him and someone will come along provided he is priced the same or similar to other trail horses in your area. |
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Location: Canada | Depends on the horse and what you are listing him as. If he's a finished barrel horse and you have records of him and videos you can list him but be honest he's out of shape and you will need to have adjusted his price accordingly. If you don't have time to ride him lunging him for 20 per day can go far in getting him in shape.
If he's just a trail horse then just list him and someone will come along provided he is priced the same or similar to other trail horses in your area. |
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| He's an honest solid consistent finished barrel horse that anyone can ride. He needs about 3 weeks of solid consistent riding to get him back in shape. Which I'm just going to have to find time to do. Or lunge him everyday.
Honestly if I get him back in shape and am able to maintain him I might not even want to sell him. |
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Location: Carpenter, WY | that's only the first person to look at him. Sounds like a tire kicker to me |
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | I recently bought a very very out of shape horse. He had been through the futuritys and rodeos and done well at both but got hurt and was turned put for 3yrs. Owner start back running him for about a year then decided she wanted to live at the beach so he was turned out another 5yrs with only her son trail riding him some. I probably gave more than I should have but not what he would be worth legged back up and in shape. But I ran him for a while several years ago and I absolutely fell in love with him then and I know what he was then so I have the hopes that it's still there. Just having to work to get it back. So it is possible to sell one out of shape. |
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Location: North Dakota | Yes, if he's finished and you have competition records/videos to show what he can do when he is in shape, then I as a buyer would still consider him. You may not get quite as much as you want for him though. Even if he doesn't have a competition record, let the buyer know he's out of shape and be totally straight up with them. I bought my last horse totally out of shape and fresh and the girl selling him told me "this is him at his worst, I just don't have the time to work with him regularly so if you do, he'll only get better." Of course, his "worst" is better than most horses I know so I bought him immediately. He hadn't competed at all but in my case I didn't care because my goal was to turn him into a mounted shooting horse.
Edited by cavyrunsbarrels 2015-09-20 11:07 AM
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Location: Louisiana | I got a nice deal on my gelding bc he was thin, had horrible rain rot, and bad feet. And hadn't been ridden in a year. The guy was going through a divorce and ended up with him, and thought he was being taken care of where he was, and he wasn't. A mutual friend knew I was looking and said give him a call bc he needs the cash. And swore it was a nice horse, and told me to just trust her lol. I was less than impressed but a little tlc and riding and he has been the best horse I've ever run, and I could've never afforded him if he were in running shape. |
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Location: Oklahoma | Out of shape horses sell. I have sold several horses that are 1D horses when legged up and most riders cannot just jump ride a true 1D horse. I have the videos and results, so most people are not intimidated when they get on the "out of shape" horse and get to leg it up and come together with it. It worked out great for the new owners because they could leg up the horse and come together as a team. They didn't realize what horse power they were on until they started paying their entry fees and winning.
I do try to keep them semi-legged up so they won't die when someone tries them. If you don't want to ride the horse again before you sell it, lunge it, round pen it, pony it.
Good luck! |
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Location: Kansas | teehaha - 2015-09-20 9:55 AM that's only the first person to look at him. Sounds like a tire kicker to me
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| Pocob - 2015-09-21 2:30 PM
Out of shape horses sell. I have sold several horses that are 1D horses when legged up and most riders cannot just jump ride a true 1D horse. I have the videos and results, so most people are not intimidated when they get on the "out of shape" horse and get to leg it up and come together with it. It worked out great for the new owners because they could leg up the horse and come together as a team. They didn't realize what horse power they were on until they started paying their entry fees and winning.
I do try to keep them semi-legged up so they won't die when someone tries them. If you don't want to ride the horse again before you sell it, lunge it, round pen it, pony it.
Good luck!
This would be my horse. He's only semi in shape, you can run him but he's going to be in the 3D. He's a 1D horse when legged up. Right now he's obviously a bit overweight. I have videos from showing him when he was in shape. I'm just making myself either lunge him or ride him everyday, before really pushing to sell. Everybody around here told the people what a nice horse he is, he's just fat lol. |
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 I Chore in Chucks
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Location: MD | First off, I agree with you found a tire kicker, or someone that is just trying to save a buck. Also, I agree that you should adjust your price accordingly, whatever that may be. As a buyer looking for a new horse (especially this time of year when things are winding down.) I wouldn't be deterred by an out of shape horse, unless his weight was making him sore or have health problems, etc.. |
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