A big ugly ridiculous one that the judge would easily pick out from across the ring - I’d pass.
A normal scar, no problem at all as long as the horse vets sound on it (and x-rays/ultrasound clean there).
My mare has a similar “argument with a wire-fence” scar - and white cryo marks on both forelegs from her former career as a racehorse. She’s sound, so it doesn’t bother me, and they can always be hidden beneath wraps.
I asked up thread how much you hoped for the resale price. I hope I didn’t come across as if I was asking how much you get paid at your day job. I was asking in terms of how much it would affect the sale price. Obviously, the less expensive the horse, the more I would hope/expect/not-really-expect-because-people-are-crazy people to not care.
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I asked up thread how much you hoped for the resale price. I hope I didn’t come across as if I was asking how much you get paid at your day job. I was asking in terms of how much it would affect the sale price. Obviously, the less expensive the horse, the more I would hope/expect/not-really-expect-because-people-are-crazy people to not care.[/QUOTE]
No problem m&m! Just hadn’t had the time to go through the responses until tonight. I am hoping to sell for around 5-8k depending on how well the pony is doing/how beginner friendly/etc.
I would be nervous if I were buying the horse to resell… At that point your opinion of the scar doesn’t matter, just the future prospective buyers. I guess you just need to factor that risk into your decision making.
I have known plenty of horses with big, superficial scars that rode great and it never affected them. I would have no problem buying one for myself. DH (the king of horse negotiators) would probably try to negotiate the price down because of the scar if he were buying though :lol:
Is the pony a color that you could easily use matching chalk to cover it up?
If the pony is wonderful in all other ways, I’d take him. I would also make sure that I have vet records stating the scar is superficial on hand when showing him to prospective buyers.
