How much would a Grand Prix showjumper cost?

[Victorious]

@AffirmedHope I agree-Alexandra is really on the edge about those stirrups!!Calm down, dearie!

Back to the price discussion…

[rockonxox]

@Natalie A

Can I piggyback on this thread with a how-the-other-equestrian-half-lives question?

Looking at the free horse mag I picked up while at Dover last week, I see a few ads for the 10 million dollar WEF equestrian estates… how many of these exist, and how many are occupied? I mean I know there’s a lot of money in WEF and such, but I don’t have a sense of the scale of things.

Property records (prior sale costs etc) and documents are very easy to find in Palm Beach County - go to their appraiser and just search an address. There are a TON of multi million dollar farms both occupied and for sale. It is definitely a whole different world out there. Some of them are quite interesting (from someone who has done a lot of real estate law at least, I know usually boring stuff) like the multi million dollar facility with a $10 quit claim deed that is now for sale again - same trainer through a couple sales, just different backers. Lots of transfers to and between LLCs.

[MHM]

@Victorious

@AffirmedHope I agree-Alexandra is really on the edge about those stirrups!!Calm down, dearie!

Back to the price discussion…

Goodness. Alexandra got very excited. Especially since that article came out five years ago.

Regarding both horses and real estate, the prices for the best in Wellington get pretty astronomical. But they keep changing hands, so there must be people out there who have the money to spend.

[DMK]

@Another-Bay

Do you stand to make most money from selling? Training?

Since Jan promptly sold Palloubet I think that answers that question.

[ladyj79]

@findeight

Top Jumpers start where top Hunters stop due to better purse money and International opportunities not available for Hunters, which is a niche discipline not found outside North America… bigger buyer pool in a worldwide market.

Yeah I would say this is true. Exceptions aside, an up and coming younger horse or say a 12yr old who is steady but not a winner can be 250k and go way way up from there to around the 15 million tops paid for a horse in 2013.

[ladyj79]

@DMK

Since Jan promptly sold Palloubet I think that answers that question.

oh yeah I see that got referenced haha it’s funny because every specific horse i have in mind is a tops deal, so I think any and all questions regarding the market should just go through Tops :lol:

[MHM]

@DMK

Since Jan promptly sold Palloubet I think that answers that question.

Is that the same one that went to one of the Saudi (or similar) guys? I think their team wears maroon jackets. Or was that another horse that went for a similar price? That looked like a nice one that went right around and really wanted to jump clean for his new rider.

[ladyj79]

Qatari.

[skydy]

Then the horse was injured and not seen in FEI competition again? or am I thinking of a different horse?

[kiwichick]

this was a NZ horse
And the article itself touches on the cost of campaigning such a horse

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10724381

[DMK]

@skydy

Then the horse was injured and not seen in FEI competition again? or am I thinking of a different horse?

yup. But in all fairness that can happen to any of them. But while he was showing, he looked like the real deal, so in that sense he went a long way to justifying his price tag.

[Another-Bay]

@DMK

Since Jan promptly sold Palloubet I think that answers that question.

Question = Answered.

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