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| So, i have a wonderful 2yo filly that my trainer (a very reputable one) said has everything she needs to be a futurity horse (she has 60 days with this trainer). I also have a solid mount i currently run that is a perfect fit for me.
My options (since 2 long term isnt an option):
Sell the 2 yo as a futurity horse
Try to properly fund the 2 yo myself with a trainer to futurity her
Dont futurity her and sell my main mount when my filly is 3 and just enter her as a regular horse
I know there are no guarentees for any horse but i' so torn. Just looking for words of advice from some knowledgeable folks so i have some additional information to add to my though process!
I love this group for just that reason!
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Location: LA Lower Alabama | Can you handle the training involved with hauling a young horse? If not then sell it and keep the one you have fun on now.
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| cowgalsissy - 2016-10-11 8:55 AM
Can you handle the training involved with hauling a young horse? If not then sell it and keep the one you have fun on now.
All I would be doing is funding the process. I'd let my trainer do all the hauling. I want to be a part of something big and dont want to be on the sidelines but its a lot of risk and committment. I didnt buy her to flip her but I'm also not dumb if she's worth more in the futurity world thgan she is in my little weekend warrior world. |
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Location: MD | horzaddict2016 - 2016-10-11 9:01 AM cowgalsissy - 2016-10-11 8:55 AM Can you handle the training involved with hauling a young horse? If not then sell it and keep the one you have fun on now.
All I would be doing is funding the process. I'd let my trainer do all the hauling. I want to be a part of something big and dont want to be on the sidelines but its a lot of risk and committment. I didnt buy her to flip her but I'm also not dumb if she's worth more in the futurity world thgan she is in my little weekend warrior world.
I would try to futurity her. |
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Location: Jersey Girl | I guess it all depends if you want to be on the sidelines or in the saddle. If you pay the trainer to futurity her, once that's done, then what? Are you a rider that can continue her education and move her up the D's (or keep her running at the same level)? |
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| What is your ultimate goal in barrel racing? Do you want to be a serious competitor or is it more for fun and escape from stress? Is playing the futurity a dream of yours? Would you be happy keeping your fun horse and developing a prospects and selling them, thereby building a reputation as someone to go to for futurity prospects? I think it just boils down to what drives your dreams and goals. |
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| fulltiltfilly - 2016-10-11 9:07 AM
I guess it all depends if you want to be on the sidelines or in the saddle. If you pay the trainer to futurity her, once that's done, then what? Are you a rider that can continue her education and move her up the D's (or keep her running at the same level)?
I would continue to train her and move her forward once her futurity career is over. She would become my main mount. I just know i can't commit to doing the futurity myself. |
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Location: LA Lower Alabama | horzaddict2016 - 2016-10-11 9:01 AM cowgalsissy - 2016-10-11 8:55 AM Can you handle the training involved with hauling a young horse? If not then sell it and keep the one you have fun on now.
All I would be doing is funding the process. I'd let my trainer do all the hauling. I want to be a part of something big and dont want to be on the sidelines but its a lot of risk and committment. I didnt buy her to flip her but I'm also not dumb if she's worth more in the futurity world thgan she is in my little weekend warrior world.
So how much would you actually make paying for her to travel ? Would it be fun to sit back and say I own it or more fun to say I rode it ? Would it be better to sell her as a prospect and get money in hand now and travel with old faithful for your own fun ? It depends on your feelings with sitting back and throwing money out the window for someone else to have fun or sitting on your horse throwing money out the window to be able to participate. |
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Location: NE Texas | Can you afford the expense of keeping her in training and the futurity nominations? Once the nominations start rolling in, that's when it gets super expensive and makes the game hard to play for me. I train my own, but even then, I can't justify the $1000 nominations per event to nominate my horse. If I have one that I think is ready, I will pick one or two and try to go to those, but after the expense of a trainer keeping a horse for 2 years, the cost of training, fuel, vet, nominations, you could have bought a for sure ready to go nice horse. That's how I would try to look at it if I didn't plan on doing the training myself.
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I would not sell a horse thats the perfect for you. But it could depend on how old your main mount is now too. If you can make some decent money on selling the filly I would sell. But if not then keep her and just train for yourself and if she works out for you later down the road then sell your main horse and move on with your filly. You just never know you and the filly may not be the fit that you and your main guy is now.  |
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Location: Deep South | I can't answer whether you should sell the 2yo or fund her futurity campaign. Factors like your financial status, and your personal goals come into play too much there.
But I did want to advise not to go with option 3. There is so much risk in bringing up a young horse, and if you already have a solid horse that you really enjoy and is issue free, I wouldn't throw that away. |
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Location: Texas | It depends on your finances. Sometimes the best decision is to sell and let the person with the money make your filly shine. |
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | If you have 1 million dollars and the time, keep your futurity horse. If you don't, keep your perfect horse and watch your filly go on and be successful and say that one day you owned her :) |
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Location: "...way down south in the Everglades..." | BamaCanChaser - 2016-10-11 11:35 AM I can't answer whether you should sell the 2yo or fund her futurity campaign. Factors like your financial status, and your personal goals come into play too much there. But I did want to advise not to go with option 3. There is so much risk in bringing up a young horse, and if you already have a solid horse that you really enjoy and is issue free, I wouldn't throw that away.
Agreed...2 is a long way from being a open D horse when you think about potential injuries and other setbacks. I certainly wouldn't sell your main horse that you are happy with just in hopes that in a couple years this 2 year old pans out. Of course, we all know it's a gamble with any horse.
If you can afford it, hang onto both of them for now. As to whether or not you want to do futurities with her...you still have a little bit of time to see how she progresses. They certainly aren't cheap, but it really depends what your long term goals are.
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What would you all do?