Price Point for Young Connemara

[ncsuequine]

Hello

I was wondering if someone could give me a reasonable price points for the following prospects. I am doing some research for possibly breeding/selling Connemara’s in the future.

1. 3 or 4 year old gelding. 90 days training, solid w/t/c and jumping 2’6" courses at home. Shown at a few schooling shows, intro dressage and Maiden CT.

2. 4 year old gelding with 6 months of training. Schooling training level dressage and 2’11" fences at home. Been schooled XC (BN), shown at 1-2 training level dressage shows and BN CT (maybe one HT).

3. 2 year old filly. Successfully shown in-hand. Has been lightly lunged, and excepts tack.

Assuming all have good temperaments and are well bred ponies.

Thank you!

[goodpony]

Just like any horse or pony price is very dependent on the temperament, type, quality, gaits, training, potential ect. Connemara prices are all over the place starting at around $3500-$7500 or more.

[MuskokaLakesConnemaras]

^^what Goodpony said.

[LisaO]

I’m curious - I don’t jump my horses much at all until they are 4 and I don’t envision courses with only 90 days under saddle; but they are not ponies. Is it common with ponies to be jumping 2’6" courses with 90 days of training?

[Manni01]

[QUOTE=LisaO;8265447]
I’m curious - I don’t jump my horses much at all until they are 4 and I don’t envision courses with only 90 days under saddle; but they are not ponies. Is it common with ponies to be jumping 2’6" courses with 90 days of training?[/QUOTE]
I agree, I was wondering that too…

[Displaced_Yankee]

I personally would steer clear of any horse under the age of five jumping more than a few crossrails here or there. My Connemara just is four and still nearly an inch and half higher at the croup than the withers. I know ponies mature faster but 2’6"-2’11" courses seems to be a lot of wear on a four year old IMO.

I only say this because if I were purchasing a young pony, it would be with the intention of hanging on to it for many years (as opposed to getting just a few show seasons out of it).

Good luck!

[goodpony]

We’ve been breeding connemaras and crosses for quite a while now and they will often have growth spurts late in life Ive had a couple tack on a few inches between 6-8. So definitely not finished growing at 4. Most will do the majority of their growing between birth and age 2 and then slow down pretty dramatically.

[pcwertb]

We lightly jumped my halfbred early in her 4 year old year and by the fall of that year she competed in BN (2’7). As a 5 year old she is competing in Novice (2’11). Which is much slower in development than if she did the YEH (4 year old season end with nov/training heights and 5 year old season ending with training/prelim heights). I don’t typically progress from a few fences to courses as quickly as 90 days, though. I prefer to not jump mine too much in an arena but take them out hacking and learning what water and ditches and natural terrain are at a young age. Hunter paces and trail rides work for me.

[goodpony]

very similar progression to what we do with ours as well.

[Janet]

Height is also a big factor in the price.

Unlike most other breeds, geldings (and colts that are not breeding prospects) are generally priced LOWER than fillies.

[RTF]

The price really depends on so many things. How old, what size, bloodlines, movement, and training. I really think where you are located can help bump price up more than anything. The ponies seem to sell better in areas where eventing and fox hunting are more popular as opposed to areas where AQHA and 4H are bigger.

Here’s my take, Connemara ponies need good training. They need it from the get go, or they unfortunately need a crash course as an aged pony. They are not all easy, and they are not all talented. They take time to properly and safely develop into great ponies for either kids or adults. If you really want to turn a profit, and put a lot of quality time into a youngster for a big pay out, they are not the best way to go. I have a high quality, properly trained, lovely purebred gelding at 10 k, if it were a warmblood, I could double the price and it would be sold. I love the breed though. I do know of a lady the trains them, and puts a lot of time and mileage into her ponies and gets a decent price. She likes to put 2/3 years into hers though. A ninety day crash course doesn’t cut it. She wants them solid, with miles, and experience…at that point, she always finds a buyer for a good price. Geldings to me seem to sell higher as well, unless you are looking at young ( under three) and not trained.

[MuskokaLakesConnemaras]

^^I don’t think what is written there is specific to Connemaras. ANY breed that is ending up with kids or ammys needs to have an education and a brain. Every breed has easy one and hard ones… Definitely not Connemara specific Anything with more miles and a good brain gets more $$ than Anything else.

[Daventry]

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I’m curious - I don’t jump my horses much at all until they are 4 and I don’t envision courses with only 90 days under saddle; but they are not ponies. Is it common with ponies to be jumping 2’6" courses with 90 days of training?[/QUOTE]

As a pony breeder and trainer for many years, the answer is no.

[jherold]

I was looking at some weanling TB/Conn’s last winter. Asking price was $4500. You didn’t state size. They will be considerably less if height is > 14.2.

[MuskokaLakesConnemaras]

Actually, oversize sells MUCH easier than smaller