would you buy a rising 3 new forest

[holly]

that is well handled, bitted uo , scene traffic. for 900 pounds

[stybba]

How big? Is it open to vet?

[chloe]

Not for £900. I bought Dolly as a rising 3 year old New Forest for £400.

[melissa]

def not for £900 - especially if forest bred.

[cubic]

No. We've bought several rising 3 and 5yos ready to break and never spend more than £400 (or look very hard). Once broken and going sweetly a 13.2hh would fetch £800-1500 and a 14.2hh a few hundred more.

If they are well bred and stunning to look at (ie potential to show at county level), then £900 would be fair, but still expensive.

[highlanderpony2002]

Would need to be cheaper and to grow to a full up 14.2 as a childs pony would not be marketable as a 4 year old

[Native Ponies]

Depends on what he looked like. If show quality then, yes I'd pay £900.

But like the other have said, depends on height etc.

[anon]

No.

[emmalouise]

No not really worth 900 but for around 5oo-600 yes but it depends on what you are wanting him/her for!!!?

[holly]

ok i will re frase my question, new forest for sale now , two in aprill, he is gelded and rose grey, halter broken standing at 13 3 now. Will take food from your hand but thats it. Gentleman who buys them from new forest by the 100. and sells them at blidworth. Any how. suggestion as your polls you guys did were more for horses that were handled and going nice on the ground. Buy for 400 sell leading, traffic , feet, poss bitted, that kind of thing. market price people would pay. would you pay between 6 - 700 for this sort of horse handled

[chloe]

Nope. Dolly was handled, used to traffic having spent her first year on the Forest, and picked her feet up - not perfectly or consistently but it only took a week to get her to pick them up easily each time when I got her. She led ok and again that improved quickly when she was with me. And again, I paid £400 for her way back then

When she was 4 and backed but very green, then I'd say that she was worth £600-700. Now, hacking out sensibly alone or in company and pretty much perfect from the ground I'd value her at £1500 (aged 6).

[holly]

mmmmmmmmmm, may be not then

[chloe]

You can pick up young New Forests for a song, who are about ready to back. I'd be inclined to get one of them, get it backed and hacking out (even if only in walk!) and sell on. Or buy a green but backed pony and bring it on.

eta a few linkies

www.newforestpony.com/sales/isales.htm
www.nfed.co.uk/index32.htm

[shadow75]

ive got a newforest, brought her as a 2 yr old
and only paid 200 for her.
they are great ponies, lots of character, but 900 is a lot

[Immybrook stud]

if show quatily then yes i would pay that + maybe i'm mad but comparing to my sec c's i paid £850 for a 2yo colt in summer and i would have paid alot more for him. i must just be mad