This might be more appropriate in the hunters due to the sheer volume of ponies, but I am looking for a step–up eventing pony. The child is currently on a 12 hand pony and growing quickly. My question is about pricing. I came across a 10 year old with broad experience. No formal show record just schooling shows. Also unknown breeding. They are asking $24,000. This seems a bit steep for a grade pony with general experience and no show record. Are these the going prices now?
That sounds high, for an event pony. I’m training a green grade pony (schooling jumper show experience only) whose owner is asking less than a third of that. I know the Hunter Pony Market is absurd, but a decent pony club/eventing pony with suitable experience should be half of that, IMO.
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Seems way too high. Given grade, no show record, and no demonstrated high performance within a single discipline. At that price I would expect fancy, safe, and experienced for a pony - basically a horse I could put a kid on and the horse autopilots into the ribbons at lower level sanctioned events.
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That seems high to me for an eventing pony with no show record, but maybe they are marketing it as a hunter pony? If it is fancy for that market, and has a measurement card with one of the magic heights, is still eligible green, and packs kids around with an auto change, the price might not be wrong.
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That seems high to me. Do you need an actual pony? If you can find one, sometimes the small horses (14.3-15.2) are cheaper because they have no market in H/J world.
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That seems high to me since the pony has no recognized Eventing record. Is there anything that makes this pony special? Some ponies have safely taken multiple kids to pony club championships in different disciplines. Those ponies tend to be pricey because they are well known packers in the pony club world.
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Thank you for the responses. I know pretty hunter ponies with auto changes and proven records can be very expensive. I have a 12 hand eventing pony who does everything, loves teaching kids, has a great work ethic, lovely dressage movement, is adorable, never pulls pony tricks, and wins. I paid <5K for him. I think I will pass on the 5 figure pony and keep looking.
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An eventing pony doesn’t need to be a particular height, have auto changes, or be especially attractive the way that the fancy hunter ponies do. All of those would be assets for an eventer, sure, but you don’t need to pay for them and especially not in a pony that doesn’t have much clear record and experience at what you want, which is eventing. There’s also fewer kids looking for ponies in the eventing market.
So I think it’s simultaneously possible that this pony is fairly priced for the horse market at large but more expensive than you need to fill the position of Next Pony.
It seems very possible you can find what you need for less, especially since for your need a 13.3 or a 14.3 pony would probably be lovely.
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An eventing pony doesn’t need to be a particular height, have auto changes, or be especially attractive the way that the fancy hunter ponies do. All of those would be assets for an eventer, sure, but you don’t need to pay for them and especially not in a pony that doesn’t have much clear record and experience at what you want, which is eventing. There’s also fewer kids looking for ponies in the eventing market.
So I think it’s simultaneously possible that this pony is fairly priced for the horse market at large but more expensive than you need to fill the position of Next Pony.
It seems very possible you can find what you need for less, especially since for your need a 13.3 or a 14.3 pony would probably be lovely.
Thank you for the responses. I think I will keep looking. Luckily, I have a year or two.
Thank you for the responses. I think I will keep looking. Luckily, I have a year or two.
