Looking for Help Pricing a Mare

[Warwick]

A friend is looking to sell her mare but is unsure how to price her. The mare is 17 years old, flashy chestnut with lots of chrome, 15.1HH and a Quarter Horse/Percheron cross. She is quite talented and solidly working at Level 2 but also has her changes. She does jump although that has never been a focus for her owner. No bolt, no rear, no buck, no spook but she is an alpha mare so occasionally displays her chestnut mare side. She has excellent ground manners and is great to shoe, clip, bath, etc.

Any idea of a price range for this mare (she's located in coastal British Columbia)?

[PaulaO]

The only drawback I see would be her age. At 17 she might be displaying enough age related
changes to require maintenance in the form of Adequan/Legend type injections. She's also on the smaller side. She sounds like a good all arounder who has a lot to teach a low level rerider. I love me a QH, but the Percheron side could be a bit heavy for serious competition. Around here (northern Illinois) horses like this would be around $7,500 American.

[Hayburner]

I agree with PaulaO - $7,500 sounds very fair since the horse is "safe"...for a beginner rider.

[Warwick]

Many thanks for your comments. They are very helpful and I will pass them on to my friend. The mare is extremely fit and like so many horses, she has been on a maintenance dose of Previcox for a good while now.

[Hayburner]

Isn't Previcox a pricey drug?

[PaulaO]

Bob was on Previcox for a few years and the cost came out to $1 a day (per pill--he only got one a day).

[capstone]

Isn't Previcox a pricey drug?

Depends on your perspective, I would guess. As mentioned, it does depend on the dose. Kuper was on 1/4 of the large pills for quite some time and I found it to be affordable - can't remember the price now.

Here it is.
http://www.vetrxdirect.com/product/view ... AsEb8P8HAQ

I bought the 60 count, which could last between 60-240 days, depending on the dose.

[chenders]

Holy moly! $7,500 American works out to close to $10K Canadian and I dunno anybody who would pay that for a 17yo 15.1 QH/draft cross. Sorry but here in southern Ontario a horse like that would be maybe around the $2-3K (Cdn) mark IF she is a really nice mover. But her size, her breeding and her age are three big strikes against her.

[capstone]

But her size, her breeding and her age are three big strikes against her.

I agree.

The training including the flying change, if it's clean and reliable, would be a plus.

[StraightForward]

Would ask under $5k, but be prepared to be very negotiable to the right situation.

[Quelah]

Being on a "maintenance dose" of previcox says to me that the horse has some soundness issues, FWIW.

[Hayburner]

I would not buy a horse that needed previcox. Though, when I bought my then 13 year old, I started him on many preventive supplements that probably cost at less a $1.00 a day....

When I was looking, I saw a very nice, well trained, experienced show horse - she needed maintenance shots of I think Adequan - I passed on her.

I will now have to retract my original $7,500 amount - I would put a much lesser value, knowing she had soundness issues.

[zevida]

I thought $2,500 on reading the post - her age, plus height, plus that she can sometimes act like an "alpha chestnut mare".

If she has clean changes anyone can get (not just the trainer) and has a recent good show record ridden by the owner (again not trainer) then maybe up to $5,000.

[orono]

I would say between 3-4K

[Snork]

I am in the same area as Paula and I can not for the life of me imagine anyone paying 7500 for a 17 yo QHxPercheron mare on daily Previcox (i.e. soundness issues). I would say Zevida's assessment is spot on 2500-5K depending on a recent show record and who can get the changes.

[Ryeissa]

Everyone thinks they are "quite talented"...
Proven ability at that level is the problem, with actually being able to produce actual collection and things the price would go up for me.

Based on not trying the horse or seeing any video, from this thread alone I would say 2,000-4,000. USD *if* the vet issues don't make her a "free giveaway".

Age, mixed breed, soundness and mare are negatives for me.