Horse advertising ... what are best onllne?

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Horse advertising ... what are best onllne?

Postby Woost2 » Mon Jan 25, 2016 1:24 am

Friend is looking to sell one of her horses. She hasn't sold a horse since the advent of the internet and is wondering what are the best sites to explore. Rare breed sport horse. Thoughts? Where do you look when you're looking?

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Re: Horse advertising ... what are best onllne?

Postby demi » Mon Jan 25, 2016 1:41 am

I like Dressage Daily. I look all the time at all the price ranges, even tho I'm NOT looking!

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Re: Horse advertising ... what are best onllne?

Postby piedmontfields » Mon Jan 25, 2016 12:56 pm

I am noticing that Facebook seems to list an awful lot of horses with specialty descriptions (breed, training, location, price, etc.). Is there a page for her breed?

I think it also depends on the overall price range/quality of the horse for sale.

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Re: Horse advertising ... what are best onllne?

Postby Canyon » Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:37 pm

I like www.dreamhorse.com . Its search function works better than many sites. See if it has a category for the breed of your friend's horse.

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Re: Horse advertising ... what are best onllne?

Postby Woost2 » Mon Jan 25, 2016 5:39 pm

Thanks. Checking on these.

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Re: Horse advertising ... what are best onllne?

Postby PaulaO » Mon Jan 25, 2016 9:08 pm

FB has a group started by one of our own called Dressage Horses Under $10,000 but if your friend's horse is rare it might not fit. Dressage Horses Weanlings to GP is very popular with the FB people also.

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Re: Horse advertising ... what are best onllne?

Postby hoopoe » Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:11 pm

I got good results with Dreamhorse

dont overlook your regional USDF org, your GMO newsletter and good old work of mouth.

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Re: Horse advertising ... what are best onllne?

Postby StraightForward » Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:58 pm

I looked on warmbloodsales.com and Dream Horse a lot, but ultimately found my horse on EquineNow.com (and the one I had vetted before her too, come to think of it).
Keep calm and canter on.

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Re: Horse advertising ... what are best onllne?

Postby Quelah » Mon Jan 25, 2016 11:37 pm

Well fer gawds sale what IS IT?? Someone here might want it you know. Me, I'm just nosey ;)

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Re: Horse advertising ... what are best onllne?

Postby Woost2 » Tue Jan 26, 2016 5:52 pm

**shhhclevelandbayxyoudidn'tseeithere**

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Re: Horse advertising ... what are best onllne?

Postby Hoof'n it » Wed Jan 27, 2016 10:43 am

OTT
Is that a rare breed? I have 2 of those sitting in my paddock...
A purebred yes it is "rare", not so much CB x's

Lovely horses, and I would take another in a heartbeat!

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Re: Horse advertising ... what are best onllne?

Postby Woost2 » Wed Jan 27, 2016 5:23 pm

Not so many in NA. A handful of licensed stallions. They don't seem to churn out xbreds, like the Friesians. Looks like there were only 20 foals registered last year ... pure and part. Maybe breeders don't register foals?

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Re: Horse advertising ... what are best onllne?

Postby Chancellor » Thu Jan 28, 2016 6:38 pm

There are so many stinking facebook pages for selling and buying horses now. It SUCKS! I became a member of so many of them....And NONE had what I was looking for. I reallly miss the days when Dreamhorse,equine and equinesite were where to go. Now, because so many stupid free facebook pages, people put their ads there....and good luck finding ANYTHING in those pages.

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Re: Horse advertising ... what are best onllne?

Postby piedmontfields » Sun Jan 31, 2016 1:29 pm

Sometimes it is more effective to advertise by discipline (fox hunter, dressage level, etc.) than by breed.

But I agree with Chancellor's point. It can be annoying to navigate the piles of outlets! Amazingly, I actually found my mare on Dreamhorse a few years ago.

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Re: Horse advertising ... what are best onllne?

Postby PaulaO » Sun Jan 31, 2016 8:29 pm

Eventingnation.com is a good place to advertise sport horses. If I were looking for a sport horse for serious competition, I would look there and warmblood sales.com. All the other sites have too many ads.


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