How much should I sell my Paint Mare For?

Question

Angel (Lil' Miss Attitude)is a five yr old paint mare.Angel has had 30 days professional training(May 6, 2008-June 6, 2008). The trainer was able to walk and trot her her under saddle. She is very fast and I think has lots of poential with the right person. She has LOTS of ground work done. She lunges, stands to get tacked up and for mounting, but she is only green broke. She bathes, loads, and ties. Was shown in 4-H last year in halter and did great. UTD on shots, coggins, and farrier work. I live in Michigan. She isn't registered, but I have copies of her parents papers. She has Sonny Dee Bar on her mom's side. You can see pictures on my website.

www.freewebs.com/keciasrabbitry

just go to the horse for sale page. I have $2000 on her right now, but is that too much?

thanks

Answer 1

i think 1250-1500 would bettr considering the economy rite now

Answer 2

I'm sorry to say this, and no disrespect is meant, but given the horse market shape now, the state you live in, the at-best-average conformation of this mare, including what others have said on that; the fact she's not registered at age five it will be very expensive to register her if even possible; its good that she has ground manners, but honestly, one month pro training is not even actually greenbroke; its at best a third of just basic foundation training.  I would assess this horse's fair value at $575.00 given all of these factors; up to maybe $650 if she really likes people and is respectful of them too on the ground.  I would not pay more than that for her.  Try and think what job she would do best at given her nature and shape, and then find her a buyer who wants a Paint to train for that.  If you really want more than that from her, my best advice is to do two things:  Pay to have her registered, and get another two to three months' training and riding in on her.  Then you could at least offer her as a registered, broke horse.  If you did that she might be worth the price you mention.  Most horses are not going for full market value now.  With registration and training, I would suggest a price of about $1,250.00 given the market today, this riding season.  Hopefully this helps.

Answer 3

i think 2000 is a little too much i think 1,500 would be alright

Answer 4

the horse sounds pretty good.. but alot of people are looking for that "dead broke " horse.. i think 2,000 is a very good price. its good that she loads bathes and ties.. that adds value.. might want to see if you could get her registered. if not.. thats okay but also work with her a little more in the saddle.. but ppl do like to here that she has been worked with a professional. so i'd say anywhere from 2,000 to 2,500

good luck!

Answer 5

depending how far you lived from me, i'd have to consider that with the price. 1,500-2,000 does sound about right, but she will still need a rider with a trainer, or a trainer to do more.  detroit is about 6 hours from me, aka alot of gas, so i'd factor in the gas price with the offer, it'd end up being lower then you're asking, but i dont think the price is that bad that you're asking, just remember that people are going to offer lower, and if you think someone is going to be a good owner then you might want to consider that as well.

good luck

Answer 6

I'd assume it will all depend on the area you live in and the training. I'd say you can sell her for about 1,500. If you would like to sell it for more I say you should get more training done. Beautiful Horse! Wait, nevermind, if you were in a 4-H show then I think she would be about 1,750. I think 2,000 is suitable but if the buyer wants to go to 1,500 you need to agree.

Answer 7

for an unregistered green broke horse, that's a little high, i would say 1300 - 1500 would be more reasonable

Answer 8

$2,000 seems right to me.

Answer 9

Personally, that is way to much. You said she isn't registered, but you have her breeding papers. Right now with her being 5 it will be very costly for her to even be registered. You also said she has been professionally trained, but not for any certain discipline. If she was trained lets say for barrels or roping, $2,000 would be a good price. But she hasn't been trained for a certain discipline, which is more money out of a potential buyers pocket.

From the pictures, she looks extremely shallow in the hind quarters and while she's a pretty horse, she has several conformation flaws. From the photos she is extremely cow hocked and slightly sickle hocked. And her body doesn't look balanced. She looks gawky, like she was put together with a bunch of spare parts. I wouldn't pay more than $1,000 for her, and that's if you catch me on a good day.

EDIT: If you have her on many websites and she's not getting very many hits, and you don't want to lower her price. Then keep her for a few more months and have her trained for a certain discipline.

Answer 10

Yeah that sounds like a reasonable price, but you have to also think about the horse market and how low it is right now you cant give a good horse away now days because nobody can afford to feed them. I would gove that for her you could more than likely get more for her. Have you thought about putting her on horse websites? Good Luck and hope this helped you out