The last few days have been spent looking at potential dressage superstars. I have seen many that move well, are still young enough to be trained to my style of riding and have loads of potential. You may wonder why I am not announcing that I have bought one of them. I will tell you: the price. For example I was taken in by the advert for a lovely looking liver chestnut gelding who is only 5 years old, and working well for his current rider. the aksing price? £25,000. I am not kidding you, they wanted 25K for a 5 year old horse. That is Performance Sales International money. I was shocked to see how much they were asking. That is the problem when looking for a dressage horse. Most people seem to think that if you are buying such a horse you are made of money and up the price accordingly. I could buy a showjumping prospect the same age for a fraction of the price and get an amazing deal. I have the feeling that that is the market that I will have to start looking at, as showjumpers have to do the basic ground work on the flat before they start jumping.
Will keep you posted on the search
Kizzie.
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- 2007-12-15 @ 01:59:23
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- 2007-12-15 @ 01:59:51
think that is expensive, there was 3,4,5 year old dressage horses for sale for 100,000 - 250000 euro from an auction. which is like a very very expensive car! i would be happy if they were 25K alot better but still very expensive. young horses are what you want though if you want to start dressage!!
think that is expensive, there was 3,4,5 year old dressage horses for sale for 100,000 - 250000 euro from an auction. which is like a very very expensive car! i would be happy if they were 25K alot better but still very expensive. young horses are what you want though if you want to start dressage!!