How much would you sell a dressage horse for?

Question

My mother recently sold my dressage horse partner of 5 years. He was a Belgian Warmblood gelding trained to third level and ready to move to fourth. His father was Fraval, a very prominent sire. He was 17.1 and was a beautiful mover, top level quality for sure!! Years of professional training and was 9 years old. TOP LEVEL PROSPECT!

Answer 1

thirty some thousand, if I had one to sell

Answer 2

The range is fairly broad in price on horses like this. It depends on what you mean by TOP LEVEL PROSPECT.... meaning FEI potential as in can do the tests, but not compete at a CDI? If its capable of doing a CDI eventually, meaning has the gaits, then, maybe it would be more. Then "ready to move to fourth" is fairly vague. Fourth test 1 is a whole lot different ball game from Fourth test 3. One persons' ready is not for another. Do you mean ready to get mostly '6's and possibly a few 5's or do mean solid 7's and some 8's? And, what were his scores at 3rd level? How competitive was he?

Breeding remember means nothing if its a gelding. All it means is that when you have a wine glass in your hand at a horsey gathering you can sound more ostentatious.

So having said all that, if your horse was a barely over 60% scoreer at 3rd and honestly can do 4th even if he's not shown it with some potential for FEI with a talented rider, then you might sell that horse for 25-30K

If he was a mid to high 60% scorer at 3rd, is ready to get the same scores at 4th, and will almost certainly make it beyond Prix St. George, then you might have a 40-50K horse on your hands.

If he was a 70%+ horse consistently at 3rd and is ready to do the same at 4th and likely to go all the way to GP with similar scores, well, you could be talking about anything from 60-80K on up depending on whose marketing it and where.

Then again, you have to find the buyer and most horses don't sell for their asking price, so running comp's on the net can be a bit tricky.

Hope that helps

Answer 3

Assuming that you are selling to a dressage market, you have to take into account the entire profile of your horse, and not just price according to his strong points. For instance, you may have a nice 1st level horse, but he's 11 years old and you've been "training" him yourself for the last 7 years. This horse does NOT have a future in upper level dressage and will not be worth big bucks, no matter how nice you think he is or how much he cost when he was 4 years old.
A horse's value is based on supply and demand; but also on the "dream" factor. That's why horses that are right in their "career track" for their age are much more expensive than those that have aged without success and training. Buyers like to see a five year old very well started and schooling through a first level test or more for talented young horses. By the time the horse is seven, buyers like to see it well started in changes, showing talent for collection at least through 3rd level and showing talent for more to come. In Europe if the horse turns ten and hasn't done Prix St George, it's starting to be thought of as a schoolmaster. That understanding is starting to permeate throughout the educated riding community world-wide.
Make a decision whether or not you want to sell your horse in a professional network or find and entertain buyers directly. If you involve trainers, you should expect to sell at a wholesale value. This is commonly 10 to 25% less than retail value. A professional is often capable of getting a better price for the horse than an amateur because they are adding to the horse's value through their "endorsement." If you don't like the idea that another trainer or trainers may pocket your potential profits you dont' have to use a professional network. It's entirely your choice.
If you decide to use professionals to sell your horse, do not advertise a price - at least not your wholesale price. Most trainers in the dressage industry take their profit from the seller side (although anything can be negotiated). They may not feel comfortable quoting a higher price for your horse than their client just read in the classified you posted.

Answer 4

well, to contradict others, I read recently that older (8 - 13) horses were being considered more valuble in the dressage world because they were proven. You would know that they could stand up to the work, ect. Sorry, I don't know about price ranges, I'm not looking for a dressage horse (wish I could though!) Why do you need to know though? You said your Mom already sold him?

Answer 5

bout 18 thousand bucks!

Answer 6

ill buy it for 1 pound lol

Answer 7

try looking him up (or his info) on agdirect.com

Answer 8

20,000 dollars.

Answer 9

$8,599