Has anyone been to here? What are the average prices? In particular for a more select sale such as the one coming up on December 31st? A friend saw one on her sale page she is interested in. There are a few listed for this sale that seem to be higher quality than I expected.
Trying to figure out if it is worth the trip or if he will be out of her budget.
I would be wary, and remember that there are no guarantees and what you see may not be what you get in a month [as my experience would tell me].
To know what is āout of her budgetā one needs to know her budget, but one also needs to include in that budget the cost of true quarantine of at least 4 weeks, and a tidy fund for vet care and another for training in case the horse is not all it was supposed to be, as many are notā¦
I know both buyers and sellers at that auction. A good friend of mine got the best horse she ever had at auction I believe he was the high sale horse at about $2,000. Very popular critter among the locals and she had a great time with him.
Another friend purchased a horse she thought was a pony gelding turned out to be a very undernourished yearling stallion. But years later he is a very nice horse very nice jumper actually.
My recommendation would be that a young horse is a better bet something not broke. But there is a Facebook page of Camelot sale stories I forget if its called Camelot rescues or something, you could get a lot of good resources there.
I picked one up a couple years ago for a friend there. He was an older quarter horse, early 20s, who was VERY thin, needed his teeth done, etc. and had been āno saledā through the ring. I think she got him for less than $400 all in. He was a decent horse, well behaved, got on and off my stock trailer well.
We picked him up early on a Saturday morning. He was in a pen with 4-5 other horses and they had plenty of hay in front of them as well as clean water. The pen was relatively clean and none of the horses were injured or sick.
I fully expected this horse to come down with something from being in a sale barn, and took the appropriate precautions to not bring it home to my farm- truck and trailer disinfected, clothing disinfected, shoes disinfected. I would strongly recommend a quarantine situation for 2-3 weeks.
Keep in mind the management changed there about a year ago or so. Older experiences may not be so valid anymore.
Whatever you do, yes, quarantine procedures are essential if you purchase a horse there (or from any auction).
Camelot New Beginnings is the FB page.
So we are basically talking New Holland pricing and the same precautions and expectations. I wasnāt sure if it was a slight step up in pricing and quality or not.
I think pricing may vary. I have seen some pretty decent horses going through their recently and was under the impression that the nice, registered ones bring some good money. I also watch the Facebook page and see what the āleftoversā bring. They are closer to New Holland prices.
Rumor has it is the horses there go between New Holland, Cranbury and a sale in North Carolina.
There is a six year old Quinar gelding going through there! OMG. WTF. Someone must need himā¦? I just bought another horse, i am full right now.
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I think pricing may vary. I have seen some pretty decent horses going through their recently and was under the impression that the nice, registered ones bring some good money. I also watch the Facebook page and see what the āleftoversā bring. They are closer to New Holland prices.
Rumor has it is the horses there go between New Holland, Cranbury and a sale in North Carolina.[/QUOTE]
So by good money are you talking $3,000, $5,000 or $10,000? The one she is interested in is a registered Warmblood with a decent show back round. She doesnāt want to show but the horse supposedly will make a good foxhunter and she want to trail ride and foxhunt.
I do wonder why that horse and a couple other with USEF show records are at that sale and not through the more select sale through a place like Professional Auction Services. They have one in mid-March.
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Keep in mind the management changed there about a year ago or so. Older experiences may not be so valid anymore.
Whatever you do, yes, quarantine procedures are essential if you purchase a horse there (or from any auction).[/QUOTE]
THIS.
Things have changed since it went from Camelot to Cranberry. Be cautious.
Camelot New Beginnings is the page and a lot of people have complained on there about the changes (less than honest dealings). It is an auction so I would approach it exactly as that. Go to look and bid but use some common sense. You never know what kind of prospect might show up
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There is a six year old Quinar gelding going through there! OMG. WTF. Someone must need himā¦? I just bought another horse, i am full right now.[/QUOTE]
I saw this. Gotta wonder how he ended up there, although I donāt know much about this sale.
Isnāt this the place that nicer horses go for 5 figures? I know every time it happens we get a new thread. There are many walks of life these horses can come from. Unfortunately, even the nicest horses wind up in the dumps sometimes. I know it was previous mentioned on another thread that a lot come from lesson barns or programs closing down.
Nice mare. Donāt know how sound she is or why she made her way to this auction
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RNVBAxe9L2s
ETA: you can go to the link above and scroll through the sale horses. Some are interestingā¦ some are MEHhh. Typical auction
I think in the $2,000 to $3,000 range, but I could be wrong. Not sure if you were to call the auction if they could give you an idea of what horses are bringing.
Be very very careful with what you bring home. You can not trust a thing that is posted on there. Because EVERY horse is magically ākid broke/trail safe/easy horseā.
Iāve known the new dealers for years. they do not have a good rep and will do a bate and switch for a similar horse. (They tried it with a client of mine who went to look there at a buckskin.)
There have been many cases of horses getting home and dying/being put to sleep. Quarantine everything. Thereās an awful lot of shady business going on that i head about and itās going through this auction.
You CAN go there and get some decent horses. Strain usually has some nice animalsā¦ but they donāt really post them up on the websites. they bring what they bring that day. There are a couple other dealers that are okā¦ but i wouldnāt take anything from the auction managers.
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Keep in mind the management changed there about a year ago or so. Older experiences may not be so valid anymore.
Whatever you do, yes, quarantine procedures are essential if you purchase a horse there (or from any auction).[/QUOTE]
This is the infamous Camelot renamed and brought under new management, correct? And things have changed? IIRC, the Camelot folks had kill buyers and rescue organizations who were in bed with them? Thatās over? Or that never had anything to do with the auction house?
Just curious. Carry on with the real topic of your thread.
These are very different people than Frank and Monica. At least with them the horses were medicated and fed.
There are people raising notice that many horses are losing a lot of weight over the time that they are held there. Itās nothing like it was. Itās not cleaned regularlyā¦the horses are bounced around moreā¦ iām not sure why the state isnāt there like they were previously. I am waiting for their money issues to shut them down.
I knew a guy that used to buy for a rental string at auctions. His advice was āIf it is too good to be true there is something you donāt knowā and āBuy the problem you can seeā So if a horse came through that seemed too good for this kind of sale, he looked for the issue - if it was something like an obvious healable injury, he figured it was a good risk. Of course he could afford to be wrong and just cycled āmistakesā back through the sale.
