12/04/2025
Selling horses in 2025 be like ...
"What kind of maintenance does he have because I see he has front shoes and gets grain everyday and a bag of grain is like twenty five dollars and that adds up quick, he sounds like a hard keeper"
Me- we are in Minnesota its 10Β° outside if a scoop of grain a day and front shoes is too much to handle for a broke, registered, sound gelding thats gorgeous and a steal at only 4500- sayonara! π
"So your c**t you have listed has balls" π€£
Me- yep c**ts definitely have balls thats why it says c**t not gelding
Reaches out about a horse who's had many many months of professional recent training jumping and asks if we'll take over 50% off his listing price because the student doesnt have a high budget
Me- Im sorry but I think you may need to go with another horse in budget. Person messaging tells me Im rude and she'll look elsewhere π€¦ββοΈ
Amateur kid broke and registered horse is listed for 8k (a steal truly) and someone messages "everything sounds perfect, we want him" goes MIA for 4- hours then comes back and says "we want him for 6k if you'll include shipping" side note they also live 1100 miles making this even more ridiculous. I dont respond and she messages hours later telling me "I must not really want a good home for him then" if I dont want to take her "reasonable" offerπ€£π€¦ββοΈ
3yr old is listed for sale and person inquiring paints himself as a well seasoned trainer looking for a nice prospect to bring along. Messages asking if the said 3yr old trail rides, goes thru water, mud, has been hauled all over, been shown, if a young horse can be ponied off himπ«£ me- okay unless you've been drinking this morning quit playing, I have nothing to suit your needs
Potential buyer reaches out asking if I have any yearlings tells me they are experienced horse owners of 30+ years looking for "a few yearlings papered or grade doesnt matter to breed to their neighbors young stud in January" me- I will absolutely never have any horses mares or geldings that are a good fit sorry. SMH! Never.
Hugo pictured below thinks the horse market has gone bonkers and Id have to agree! π€£