I was trying to figure it out too. It also looks like there’s a fence board lying on the ground
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She won’t be worth much at all until she is brought up, backed and is shown to be a great riding horse, in competition and out. You’ll have to spend a lot of time and money to try to train up that baby to be worth 80K. It’s very unlikely.
Listen to @Bluey. The best thing you can do for any horse is train it as well as possible and enjoy riding it. Don’t look at this foal as a prospective money maker. It isn’t a good bet.
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a grinder to cut the tip off smooth would be preferable, our young stock would think a tennis ball was/is a toy. The few T posts we have set for electric fences their game is to remove the plastic protective caps on top of the posts
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I would still speak up. It is your foal? Context the communication that you noticed this in the photo and wouldn’t wish this liability on them.
Show ring performance (World/Congress level or, in the case of working western or speed/roping events, money earned in NRHA/NCHA/NRCHA) by her parents and their other offspring. With the popularity of ET and ICSI in the QH breed, the absolute top level mares and stallions are being used extensively all over the country. No titles or money earned? No market.
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Her breeder is out to lunch.
There’s nothing of note close up in her pedigree. Just a common backyard bred Quarter Horse.
I hope you didn’t pay much for her, as a not halterbroke filly with no notable breeding.
That said - horses can’t read papers. The horse has no idea how its bred and the names on those papers mean very little in terms of your enjoyment of her. With time and A LOT of training I am sure she will be able to do anything you’d like her to - and I truly hope you two have a long and fulfilling riding career ahead of you 
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Agree with the other recommendations here - there’s nothing in the papers that would indicate that this filly is worth big bucks simply based on breeding. Most would steer clear based on the dam/damsire/stallion issue, I’d think.
BUT, if you are an excellent trainer and bring the filly to congress and world quality and turn her into a fantastic riding horse, she could be worth that amount!
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So generally speaking, the recipe for a foal to sell for a high value consist of:
Bloodlines from proven horses - looking at the success of the sire and the dam’s sire and beyond. The success of the dam is equally as important but a lot of dams are career broodmares. Dams unproven under saddle generally prove their value by the offspring they have produced. Successful siblings can also add value.
The horse has been bred for a certain purpose and sport, which relates to the horses in the pedigree being proven in that particular sport/discipline. The horse exhibits characteristics which will make it successful in sport including movement and physical ability.
Conformation which lends to the particular purpose of the foal without glaring faults or issues. Since the foal is unproven, many will look at the conformation of the dam and sire as well.
A desirable temperament (which can be hard to gauge in foals, so temperament of the sire/dam and what the bloodlines are known to produce can be considered)
Generally speaking - foal is registered with verifiable lineage from a reputable registry or registries
Added bonuses - Unique coloring which can make a foal more marketable
A good market for selling horses which can vary year to year and discipline to discipline
A lot people buying fillies in the 20k-50k range have the intention of breeding the filly in the future. The level of inbreeding in this pedigree would turn a lot of buyers off.
Foals can be hard to sell for a good price and a lot of things need to be in their favor. This filly may not be valued in the range you thought but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy this filly and get her trained to a level where she one day may be valued in the range you are thinking.
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I hate to agree but I agree 
I’ve been her farrier for a year and a half. The mare got pregnant by accident last summer. I said if it was a colt I would buy it. Of course she came out a filly (nothing wrong with that, I’ve just always had geldings). Of course I don’t have a conformation picture but I can say that she’s a very solid little horse with clean legs and a great build. So I still bought her. I’m paying $1200 for her (most babies here in Maine go for at least $2500). She will be AQHA registered and she said she can probably also be registered APHA, as she has some white under her chin, we’re going to check to see if it’s enough to register. I’m only interested in selling her if we don’t get along. I don’t need her to be a high dollar horse or anything like that, I was just asking the question out of curiosity because of what I was told
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That’s perfect! Good price, good plan. Update us with more pics when you can!
I added another photo, it’s a screenshot of a moment from a video I have of playing with her. Obviously not a perfect conformation photo but at least you can see her full body
To say the least.
OP - what happens if baby gets hurt in the hazards of her dangerous environment? Do you have a plan for $$$$ vet bills? I don’t think the breeder is going to pay. Would they let you baby-proof (or even just horse proof) her pen and stall?
Also, if the dam was bred back to her own sire (or ANY stud on the farm), what’s preventing that from happening to your filly? I hope you plan to go get her the SECOND she’s weaned.
A well trained horse is a well trained horse. They can be priceless to their owners, even if they’re never worth anything on paper. As long as you don’t plan to breed her (PLEASE NO), just get her good and solid for anyone to handle and she will have value. Maybe she’s only ever worth $5k as a well trained all around horse, maybe she goes to Worlds and is worth more. But what matters is that she is easy to handle, shoes, ties, loads, and rides - and not just by “pros”.
Good luck, and enjoy her! Sounds exciting!
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I went back and read the old thread - is this filly still showing the same aggression? I see she’s still not halter-broke and you/the breeder didn’t do any genetic testing… adding all that in to the in-breeding “oopsie” and chances for impalement in the pasture, and I can confidently say your breeder is delusional if they think this is a mid-five figure baby. If they really thought she was, they wouldn’t have sold her to you for $1200. Or started pushing for you to take her before she hit the ground. Maybe they just want you to think you got a deal? 
Who knows.
Can you get out there and handle her some? Not that it’s my business, but what is your plan once she’s home? Do you have a good established herd with some babysitters? I’m assuming no other weanlings for her to grow up with - not ideal, but not the end of the world. Babies do better with other babies to play with so they don’t become irritating little tyrants.
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Your question in the original post is what she’s worth. Without a great conformation photo to judge from, my answer would be not more than $1,500. There are lots of quarter horses out there with no notable names close up on their pedigree, and the father/daughter breeding would be a further deterrent to some. That doesn’t mean she can’t turn out to be a great horse for you, but she does not have a lot of resale value based on her breeding.
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A reciprocating saw with metal blade works well also. BTDT.
