Horse prices

DeltaSteve · Oct 5, 2020

A neighbor (horse person) says they have a horse worth 60,000,and another one worth 30,000. It's just a horse...Sure it probably has a good bloodlines with paper and some good training. But,it's just a horse! It could drop dead at any time.If's worth that much money,why do they still own it?

AzPeapicker · Oct 5, 2020

Most people don t want a horse that bad .

AZpeapickcer

GeneMO · Oct 5, 2020

To me, $10 for one is about $9 too much.

But that is just me.

:lol:

caterpillar guy · Oct 5, 2020

If I had an animal worth big money I would find it dead the next morning. Would not want big money animals.

DoubleO7 · Oct 5, 2020

(quoted from post at 11:41:44 10/05/20) A neighbor (horse person) says they have a horse worth 60,000,and another one worth 30,000. It's just a horse...Sure it probably has a good bloodlines with paper and some good training. But,it's just a horse! It could drop dead at any time.If's worth that much money,why do they still own it?

And you can claim that every one of your tractors is worth $100k.
And throw a rod or burn to the ground tomorrow.

bmack95hd · Oct 5, 2020

Want some cheap horses? Running loose all over the Rez in AZ. Turned out after people decided they couldn’t afford to feed them. 111 died after getting stuck in a muddy waterhole in ‘18 around Cameron, AZ. I’d rather feed my side by side then a horse, cheaper.

1970-1655 · Oct 5, 2020

I have heard there are 2 best days of horse ownership. Also like a boat. First best day is the day you get it. The second best day is the day you get rid of it.

But there are a lot of people that make good money with horses. Think of a top rodeo cowboy and his prize horse. That is how he makes a living.
Think of race horses. If it is a good winner, good money to be made.
How about show horses?

This issue can be like discussing motorcycles, RV's, private aircraft, River Boat Casino, playing the lottery, excess drinking, farming, the list goes on. Some people question the reason why or question your sanity, the next person may have the same focus in life.

47fivewindow · Oct 5, 2020

My neighbor owns very expensive thoroughbreds. He says it cost the same to feed and train them, but they pay a lot more when they win.

ss55 · Oct 5, 2020

They might be insured.

Greg1959 · Oct 5, 2020

When I had my farm and took the livestock trailer to the stock sales, you always made sure to padlock the trailer doors. If you didn't lock them, when you came out of the sale barn, your stock trailer would have horse(s) packed in it.

Steve@Advance · Oct 5, 2020

Yeah, that's right up there with spending $10,000 restoring a 9N! LOL

old · Oct 5, 2020

I had a horse a few years ago that when I got her one of her cousins sold for $250,000. I paid $750 for her at the time. Pure blood Arabian and registered to boot. She was very well trained and at one time was a show horse

GordoSD · Oct 5, 2020

You piqued our interest so what happened to her?

fixerupper · Oct 5, 2020

It’s no different than growing crops or holding grain and watching the market drop fifty cents or a dollar. It just depends on how much risk the owner wants to take. I would hope a horse like that would be insured.

larry@stinescorner · Oct 5, 2020

Thats a horse of a different color!Not us peasants,,,lol

4520BW · Oct 5, 2020

Now there packed with bottle calves!

old · Oct 5, 2020

She died just before she reached 33 years old

JayinNY · Oct 5, 2020

Not unheard of, you didn’t say what breed,? Some stud fees for top thoroughbred stallions.

miangus · Oct 5, 2020

And nothing more expensive then a free horse.

spacechem · Oct 5, 2020

Reminds me of a story:
Guy was walking to work one day and passed a little boy sitting in front of a house with a puppy and a For Sale sign. Man stopped and asked how much. "A thousand dollars." A bit shocked, the man asked, "Is he a special breed?" "Don't think so." Think you'll get your price?" "Yup" Man said, "Well good luck!" and walked on.

Coming home, he passed the same house and saw the boy playing in the yard- no puppy. "Say, where's your dog?" "Sold 'im." "Did you get your price?" "Sure did!" Guy was incredulous. "You mean someone actually paid you one thousand dollars for that dog?" "Well... no... not really. I had to take two five-hundred-dollar cats in trade..."

Absent Minded Farmer · Oct 5, 2020

I've been offered two free horses from the horse farm I sell hay to. A quarter & a mini. They've been asking if I want them all summer. Apparently. I'm the only person they don't nip at or outright bite. If that doesn't sound promising...

Mike

JayinNY · Oct 5, 2020

Gee, just saw this update!

Traditional Farmer · Oct 6, 2020

Not so much anymore but in my area owning horses used to be sort of a status symbol for those that had acquired some money to show that they had 'arrived' and were now part of the Upper
Crust of folks.Taking riding lessons especially for young girls was part of the status thing,pretty much gone now and the price and demand for horses has gone in the dumper.

Dick L · Oct 6, 2020

How new is his cars and trucks as well as his horse trailer?

Fact is, people will pay a lot more for a horse from a (show horse property) Money attracts money!

Bret4207 · Oct 6, 2020

(quoted from post at 11:41:44 10/05/20) A neighbor (horse person) says they have a horse worth 60,000,and another one worth 30,000. It's just a horse...Sure it probably has a good bloodlines with paper and some good training. But,it's just a horse! It could drop dead at any time.If's worth that much money,why do they still own it?

It's kind of like your assessment on your home. The assessor says it's worth, say, $150K, but you and the assessor both know you couldn't sell it today for $75K. What people think something is worth vs the actual saleable value are usually 2 different things. See that a lot with older tractors that 25 years ago would have been a hot collectors item, but now they are just one in a sea of restored tractors.

Crazy Horse · Oct 6, 2020

Old ..... I have a kinda cousin that plays professional basketball and makes $12,000,000 per year. Well, sort of a cousin, maybe a second cousin or related to a second cousin who lives in Australia. Well actually, I kinda know his dad a bit, he worked with my grandfather and I used to call him Uncle Charlie but I really didn't know him much. Actually I never really even saw him, I just heard about him. When I think of it again, maybe the guy wasn't really my cousin after all ...... LOL !!!

miangus · Oct 6, 2020

I always found it interesting how horses treat different people differently. They respect you, I expect they know you are the hay guy. Its a trap you know, they see a better life at the hay guys farm. Horses are smarter then they let on, they can sense your disposition. If you are upset they are upset. They also are one of the few animals that feel ashamed when you yell at them, like a dog they want your approval. I am down to one show mare from when my kids showed, she is a pasture pet now and she earned it. I run her with the cows during the summer and she loves being in the big pasture. My first experience with a horse was my wife's old mare when I brought her to the farm after the barn blew down on her mother's place. I keep her with the cows most of the year. She always went with me when I checked the cows and the bull was never allowed to come near me.

Jim Phelps · Oct 6, 2020

Used to know this guy, (he has since passed) who trained Belgian horses and he would take them up to Amish country and get about $30,000 per horse. Around here a good riding horse goes for around $1200, to about $2,500 unless you drive up to Lexington and then thoroughbreds bring big money but they can make big money. Not sure what type of horse this guy has or what they do.

jdr1943 · Oct 6, 2020

I remember a friend i used to work with said he quit going to horse shows because there were more horses a%# than horses.

Blackhole49 · Oct 6, 2020

So you paid $750 for a 31 year old horse? Quite the investment.

muleboss · Oct 6, 2020

I have mules. Only half a horses rear. (would not let me type the word i wanted) lol

old · Oct 6, 2020

Where do you come up with those number?? You have just proven how un-smart you are I never said when I got her. She was 6 or 7 years old when I got her

DoubleO7 · Oct 6, 2020

Here is my next place, 50 miles from here.

1028 acres, all in horse pastures, arenas, etc.

https://ocala.craigslist.org/bfs/d/ocala-ocala-1028-acre-equestrian-estate/7200113455.html

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