My baby's listed for sale....

[silverleprichuan]

:(


http://www.equine.com/Horses/ad_details.aspx?lid=585350&search_id=61cccaa6-1041-4819-9af4-a9c88a36f060

more pictures: http://www.tayloradams.org/thumbnails.php?album=11

[Half&Half]

Why are you selling her!!??

[DixieGirl]

Yeah!! Why are you selling her?? She is beauiful!!!

[silverleprichuan]

Why are you selling her!!??

She's an athlete and I can't provide her with the work she deserves.
Right now I'm lucky to get out 1-2x a week and starting this fall, I'll be luck if I can ride her 1-2 a month. She really deserves to be at a home where she can get on a regular schedule of 4-6 days a week.
The very idea of selling her makes my heart want to break, but deep down but I feel like this is the right decision... but it certainly doesn't make it any easier

[Half&Half]

She's an athlete and I can't provide her with the work she deserves.
Right now I'm lucky to get out 1-2x a week and starting this fall, I'll be luck if I can ride her 1-2 a month. She really deserves to be at a home where she can get on a regular schedule of 4-6 days a week.
The very idea of selling her makes my heart want to break, but deep down but I feel like this is the right decision... but it certainly doesn't make it any easier


Why cant you have someone lease her that way she gets excersized and you can help and still have her?

[mandyicequeen14]

aww silver im so sorry you have to sell her because of collage :(
But it seems reasonable to sell if you dont have enough time for her, when she basically needs ridden every day.
I hope someone at your barn that you know well buys her, so you can still see her.

[DixieGirl]

Why cant you have someone lease her that way she gets excersized and you can help and still have her?

I agree with that!!

[ToujoursLesBelles]

aww..shes beautiful!
i know how you feel...my mare is for sale right now because im moving onto jumpers and at her age(22) it would be completely unfair to ask her for something that demanding..shes too happy doing hunters..haha

[hoovesfirst]

shes goergiouse but sooo expensive i wwish i had that kind of mula! i know how you feel my mare is for sale she is goergious appendix 16+hh she is showing amazing potential for hunter jumper but she has no blood lines shes only $1200.oo shes a sweety and i will miss her but she shows so much potentiel but i can't give her eanoff exercise and i can't compete her to the her potential. :(

[Mackoroni]

I'm sorry Silver. I know how you feel. I had to sell Scotch due to college. I kept him for the first year but it just wasn't fair to him that I was not making it home enough. I hope you find a very good home for her.

[musiccraze777]

Dang, Silver, I'm so sorry you have to sell her! Omg! I hate it when people have to sell a horse they love!

But I hope you find her a good home!

I'm practically in tears for you...maybe you can still visit her if the person you sell her to agrees...if she's far away, maybe just once a year, just to see how she's doing...idk...I just imagine you'll love her forever...

I'm so sorry...

[Raggle]

I'm so sorry. :(

I hope that there will be a really good home out there for her. Maybe there would be some way you could swing by and check on her every now and then? A close location maybe?

[Barrelbabe_23]

Im sorry=[. She's VERY pretty. I wish I could get her since I live in GA but we cant afford her im sorry.

[silverleprichuan]

Thanks for all of the replies, they mean so much to me.


We talked for a long time about leasing her, but there is almost no market for leasing a horse long term in my area... She's also 10 which doesn't seem old at all but if someone leased her for 2-3 years and then we were in a position where we had to sell her, it would be difficult because many people think of that as "too old" for a show horse.

I'm going to do everything possible to ensure she goes to the perfect home. I'll definately do random drop bys, request pictures every few months, and call them fairly often. I'd rather be the annoying ex-owner who catchs something early, then have to live with the guilt of knowing she was in a bad situation and I didn't help.

[mandyicequeen14]

That is a really smart move, i would so do that to make sure they arent doing nething bad to her.

But what are you going to do if shes not being treated right? Like are you going to make them sign a form giving you the right to returne the money and take your horse back?

[Stauffer]

just as a warning...but if you do become an "annoying ex owner", the new owners MIGHT get annoyed enough by you that they press charges for harassment/annoyance/trespassing. A friend of mine bought a nice young mare once, and the former owners did just that...they'd stop by randomly, call her, e mail her, badger her to death about how this mare was doing....she finally got fed up with it and got the cops involved. I can understand making sure your horse goes to a good home, but...some people just won't put up with it. In fact, a lot of people won't.

The guy I bought my first mare off of....he'd sometimes stop by the barn where I kept her, but only if he seen my car parked there...it was halfway between 2 of his farms. But he only did it a few times and I told him if he ever seen me there to stop by....but..my mare was pregnant and it was his newest stallions first foal she was carrying(at the time we didn't know it was his first...he'd bred several mares to him in a pasture breeding situation). He just wanted to make sure she settled in okay, I was happy with her, and then he stopped by once or twice after Riot was born just to see him. Haven't seen/heard from him since..LOL

[crazy4horses]

Would she be good for a child?? (Just wondering...) What is her tempement on a scale of 1-10?

[hoovesfirst]

ooooooh i hate to sell :( were here for you silver.

[silverleprichuan]

just as a warning...but if you do become an "annoying ex owner", the new owners MIGHT get annoyed enough by you that they press charges for harassment/annoyance/trespassing. A friend of mine bought a nice young mare once, and the former owners did just that...they'd stop by randomly, call her, e mail her, badger her to death about how this mare was doing....she finally got fed up with it and got the cops involved. I can understand making sure your horse goes to a good home, but...some people just won't put up with it. In fact, a lot of people won't.

The guy I bought my first mare off of....he'd sometimes stop by the barn where I kept her, but only if he seen my car parked there...it was halfway between 2 of his farms. But he only did it a few times and I told him if he ever seen me there to stop by....but..my mare was pregnant and it was his newest stallions first foal she was carrying(at the time we didn't know it was his first...he'd bred several mares to him in a pasture breeding situation). He just wanted to make sure she settled in okay, I was happy with her, and then he stopped by once or twice after Riot was born just to see him. Haven't seen/heard from him since..LOL


Thanks for the advice, but I won't sell her to someone who wouldn't allow me to stop by. I certainly would not be one to drop by multiply times a week or even once a week. But if the owner is not comfortable with me stopping by 1-2 a month for the first 6 months, then I wouldn't allow them to purchase Paxton.
This mare means to much to me, for me to just hope for the best and never see her again.

[musiccraze777]

Thanks for the advice, but I won't sell her to someone who wouldn't allow me to stop by. I certainly would not be one to drop by multiply times a week or even once a week. But if the owner is not comfortable with me stopping by 1-2 a month for the first 6 months, then I wouldn't allow them to purchase Paxton.
This mare means to much to me, for me to just hope for the best and never see her again.

That's so sweet! =) I bet Paxton will be happy to see you when you stop by.

[Stauffer]

not to rain on your parade or anything..I'm glad you are thinking of all this to ensure she goes to the best possible home...


but...what if the people you sell her to have to sell her? Or they decide to sell her and do without contacting you first? I mean..you CAN put a buy back clause in the sales....but, in all truth, they can't be backed up... I know people that have put these in the sales agreement, only to find out a couple of months later the horse was sold and they weren't contacted...and there wasn't a thing they could do about it. Only way they found out the horse had been sold? They were just checking up to see if the new owner and the horse were getting along. It's a sad part of selling horses...no matter what, you still might end up not knowing where they are eventually.

I truly hope she gets the best possible home though.

[Half&Half]

You could always try to sell her to a college or the college your going to. That way she would have a fairly good showing career and she would have good vet care.

[alliekk]

You could always try to sell her to a college or the college your going to. That way she would have a fairly good showing career and she would have good vet care.
One problem with that: there are many people going to college who think they know what they are doing, but really don't. I would hate to see such a nice horse be subject to unknowing hands. She would get good vet care, but a vet cant fix harsh hands. Paxton has only had the best since she's been with Silver, putting her in hands that aren't experienced enough could ruin her confidence and all of her training. My suggestion would be to advertise her at big shows where professionals ride and can see her potential.

[Half&Half]

Your very true, but college Equestrian horses are used in lessons, where the riders would be assessed. Hopefully, if you are smart enough to get into college, you should know that your not horse experienced.

[mandyicequeen14]

Problem w/ college horses is they go lame alot

At lake erie college according to my one friend who keeps her horses there said that every single school horse goes lame all the time, because they are over worked.

[alliekk]

Paxton needs to go to someone who will rider her 3-4X per week and jump her maybe 2-3X. She is a little too hot (from my observation) for a child or beginner, and a little too advanced in her training for just an intermediate, though maybe with an experienced trainer supervising. Silver is right though, professionals tend to buy younger prospects and either send them to training or train them themselves. It is better to get them young because you know what they have been through. Paxton has an advantage because she has had knowledgeable training and isn't ruined by something that could have easily been overlooked. I think she will find a good home and live the rest of her life in the blues.

[Mackoroni]

College horses are subject to rough hands. Here at Hocking we get alot of students who have never even seen a horse before. I am still struggling with the fact of someone waking up one morning and deciding they want to go to college to work with horses. The school horses are well cared for and we do not have many lameness issues unless it is due to confirmation. However, the classes are large at times and they are trail riding so there is not much correction on position or whether the rider is using their aids properly. Paxton seems like to nice of a horse to be thrown into a situation like this.

[alliekk]

Agreed. It's really up to Silver as to where she will go, but I think she knows, too, what she would be subject to if she were to be sold to a college. Paxton is reasonably priced and should find a good home. I could only imagine what someone would pay for her if we weren't in a slump in the horse market!

[Half&Half]

I just hope Silver finds Paxton a great home where she can live up to her potential. I think an advanced teen rider who loves to show would be a great prospect for her.

[silverleprichuan]

where's a giant hug icon when I need it? Yall are beyond amazing.


I am attending UGA this fall which does have a wonderful equestrian but I feel that a college barn would not be beneficial for Paxton (because of all of the reasons stated by others). Although I'm sure she would receive okay care, I've heard too many horror stories about mold hay, unnoticed injuries, and poor horsemanship, to consider it a viable option.

I will not sell Paxton to anyone who I doubt even the slightest amount. I will request references, speak with trainers, meet farriers, and tour the stables before I seriously consider any potential buyer.

This mare means too much to me, for me to watch all of her training and willingness disappear in the wrong hands.

For this reason, I will not consider anyone less then an intermediate rider and with rare exception will I consider a teenager. I want Paxton to find a "forever" home, not a place where she can be happy for 2-3 years and then sold again because her rider is off to college. I may consider an advanced teenager if they are very committed to riding during and after college.

I've already spoken to two adult women who wanted to hear more about Paxton. Both have owned horses in the past and seem to understand Paxton's sensitive but willing nature.

Obviously, neither one of these may prove to be the right owner, but if nothing else it'll give me a better idea of what to look for in a potential buyer.

A huge thanks to everyone who responded to this thread. Each and every post has helped me consider new option and ways to approach this difficult task, and I am forever grateful.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful evening.

Silver

[silverleprichuan]

thought I'd toss out a cute clip of her that we got last weekend. Since I ride 4-12 other horses every time I got out to the barn, I'm usually lucky to get in a quick hack with Paxton much less jump.

This is her first actual course since this summer (I know I'm a terrible mom). I'm going to start introducing small courses again since she's on the market, but I thought I'd let her fly over some "speed bumps" for some fun.

haha, they are far from glamorous, but I get such a kick out of how worked up she gets.

Maybe this weekend, I'll get a clip of her over some bigger stuff so yall can actually see her jump instead of sprint and hop :p .


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4dnK7T99DY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmHXmG0UX4I&NR=1

[horse_lover]

I love the videos! and I would love to see some videos of real jumps lol!

[BigStarLover]

wow shes amazing

[Half&Half]

She's a beautiful jumper! I wish you guys could stay together. You make an awesome team. One thing I noticed was you said you loved seeing how worked up she gets, but you know she wasnt being bad, she just loves what she does! Some people would think she was being naughty and acting out of malice. I like how you connect with her.