Pricing a horse

[BrassStar999]

I come from the expensive Arabian world so I don’t really have a sense of what a good priced horse is so I thought I would write up a few scenarios and see what people would pay for them to try to help me get an idea of how people decide how to price their horse reasonably, not for a quick sale but so they will sell at some point. Assuming all have average conformation and have ability for more

1. Three year old American warmblood mare just started under saddle
2. Three year old American warmblood gelding just started under saddle
3. Three year old TB mare just started under saddle
4. Three year old TB gelding just started under saddle
5. Three year old Dutch warmblood mare just started under saddle
6. Three year old Dutch warmblood gelding just started under saddle
7. Four year old American Warmblood mare competed training schooling first
8. Four year old American warmblood gelding competed training schooling first
9. Four year old TB mare competed training and schooling first
10. Four year old TB gelding competed training and schooling first
11. Four year old Dutch warmblood mare competed training and schooling first
12. Four year old Dutch warmblood gelding competed training and schooling first
13. Five year old American warmblood mare competed first schooling second
14. Above but gelding
15. Above but TB mare
16. TB gelding
17. Dutch warmblood mare
18. Dutch warmblood gelding
19. Five year old American warmblood mare competed second schooling third
20. American warmblood gelding
21. TB mare
22. TB gelding
23. Dutch warmblood mare
24. Dutch warmblood gelding
25. Six year old American warmblood mare competed third schooling fourth
26. American warmblood gelding
27. TB mare
28. TB gelding
29. Dutch warmblood mare
30. Dutch warmblood gelding
31. Seven year old American warmblood mare competed Third and schooling fourth
32. American warmblood gelding
33. TB mare
34. TB gelding
35. Dutch warmblood mare
36. Dutch warmblood gelding
37. Above but Eight year old American warmblood mare
38. American warmblood gelding
39. TB mare
40. TB gelding
41. Dutch warmblood mare
42. Dutch warmblood gelding
43. Above but nine year old American warmblood mare
44. American warmblood gelding
45. TB mare
46. TB gelding
47. Dutch warmblood mare
48. Dutch warmblood gelding

[yaya]

57 is a few??!!!

Pricing depends on more than just age and breed. Size? Temperament? Scores? Rideability?

You can’t just take a list of 57 generalities and assign a price to each.

[pluvinel]

The selling price for a horse is what the seller and the buyer agree to…which may or may not be related to the “list price.”

[Badger]

There is no Blue Book for horses. I see you posted a nearly identical thread in H/J and eveneing. Maybe spend some extensive time looking at online For Sale ads to develop a feel for pricing, then engage the services of a trusted professional to help you if you are getting ready to buy.

[pluvinel]

[QUOTE=BrassStar999;9024621]
schooling first
…
16. TB gelding
17. Dutch warmblood mare
18. Dutch warmblood gelding
…
21. TB mare
22. TB gelding
23. Dutch warmblood mare
24. Dutch warmblood gelding
…
27. TB mare
28. TB gelding
29. Dutch warmblood mare
30. Dutch warmblood gelding
…
34. TB gelding
35. Dutch warmblood mare
36. Dutch warmblood gelding
…
39. TB mare
49. TB gelding
50. Dutch warmblood mare
51. Dutch warmblood gelding
…
54. TB mare
55. TB gelding
56. Dutch warmblood mare
57. Dutch warmblood gelding[/QUOTE]

Is this a troll or some weird marketing/psych experiment?

[2tempe]

Are you kidding me? I thought I was hallucinating when I saw 57 scenarios.

For OP - FEW = consisting of or amounting to only a small number , compliments of the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

[SillyHorse]

OP, you cannot be serious.

[joiedevie99]

I suggest you spend some time reviewing sale ads. Look at DressageDaily.com and Dressage.Sporthorsemarket.com. You can also filter for dressage horses on Warmblood-Sales.com.

[MysticOakRanch]

An easy solution - anywhere from $1,000 to $100,00!

[Silverbridge]

58. Six year old Shetland Pony with a blond mane
59. Six year old Shetland Pony with a black mane and a tail chewed mostly off by another pony
60. Grey pinto Arabian that you can’t tell is pinto until it’s wet
61. Clydesdale cross gelding
62. Clydesdale cross gelding that needs his feet trimmed
63. Clydesdale cross gelding that is actually IN Clyde in the UK
64. Hanoverian stallion that can’t be ridden
65. Hanoverian stallion that can be ridden, under the right circumstances
66. Fjord pony mare with long back
67. Fjord pony mare with long ears
68. Fjord pony mare with one long and one short ear
69. Zorse
70. Akhal teke floating on the hot desert wind
71. Akhal teke rolling in the North Carolina mud
72. Dutch Warmblood foal that isn’t born yet
73. Dutch Warmblood foal born during the precise moment the buyer makes the inquiry
74. PMU rescue aged 7
75. PMU rescue aged 10
76. Possibly an Okapi
77. … ?
78. … ?

(this is kinda fun)

[ladyj79]

[QUOTE=MysticOakRanch;9024957]
An easy solution - anywhere from $1,000 to $100,00![/QUOTE]

Or $1-$10 million.

[kashmere]

Anywhere from “wow, what a steal!” to “you paid how much for that thing?”

[BrassStar999]

This is the kind of answer I was looking for, I’ve seen so many non-horsey people ask this so I wanted this to be something they could look at to see the gigantic range. I honestly didn’t expect anyone to even read the whole post and expected more trashing lol Sorry the way I posted it was confusing, I honestly didn’t mean for it to be. I wasn’t quite sure how to ask this to get an answer I was looking for. The things above are a summery of things I’ve seen, thank you so much for taking the time to post this!

[Color_of_Light]

I come from the expensive Arabian world so I don’t really have a sense of what a good priced horse is

Arabians are good horses. Depends on what you mean by good. Are Arabians all priced the same, or do various factors come into play in determining the pricing? Same principle applies for all the good horses out there.

[QUOTE=BrassStar999;9025146]
This is the kind of answer I was looking for, I’ve seen so many non-horsey people ask this so I wanted this to be something they could look at to see the gigantic range. I honestly didn’t expect anyone to even read the whole post and expected more trashing lol Sorry the way I posted it was confusing, I honestly didn’t mean for it to be. I wasn’t quite sure how to ask this to get an answer I was looking for. The things above are a summery of things I’ve seen, thank you so much for taking the time to post this![/QUOTE]

Yeah, just direct them here for the answer, or just explain it to them.

Good horses are not just suitable for summer, but also suitable for the other three seasons.