Offering halter breaking, c**t starting, tune ups, and soeciality training. Focused on ranch style riding and prep, reining, roping, & horsemanship.
03/16/2025
There’s a big stigma that is associated with the horse industry along the lines of money. You’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t when selling a horse.
There’s going to be people that you meet that think it is absolutely wrong to ever consider rehoming a horse for any reason at all, they will tell you that you are the worst person for not keeping them for their whole life.
Then there’s a complete opposite of that where people don’t keep a horse for very long for resale purposes or just because the horse doesn’t fit their program. And same with that, you’re gonna have people that will put your name in the ground and mark you as a trader/flipper/etc.
My big point to this rant, is going to be the big M word - money.
If you are in the horse business, you are lying to yourself and everyone around you if you say that you don’t do what you do for the money.
If you train horses, buy horses, sell, horses, show horses, or breed, or any other thing you can think about to do with horses, there’s always going to be money involved. No one truly sells their horse, or any material object for that matter, without thinking of a value that it has.
Breeders are not spending thousands of dollars to AI their mayor to a quality stud just to sell them for the base price. They are trying to make sure that the buyer is getting a quality horse that will last them. Vets are not taking clients into their clinic just to break even on their expertise and supplies. Most quality trainers are not training just to get by.
Yes, sometimes the people that want to give something away just to ensure it has a good home, but they’re either extremely desperate, or there is something wrong with the horse.
When we’re looking for a horse to buy, I promise you we are not able to pay top dollar price for the best that’s out there. That’s why we do the next best thing and buy a young prospect, and put our own time that is worth money, into that prospect.
Then when we do list, said horse, we are looking at the market as a whole, and seeing where our horse lies in that market. 9 times out of 10, if the horse has registration, it is automatically worth more than something that is grade. If the horse is built correct and has nice papers in comparison, it is going to be worth more. Color is unfortunately also a large aspect when selling. Everyone always has a favorite color, we learn that as kids to help our identity to learn what we like and compare it to everything else. That’s just life.
When we look for our own prospects, we are looking for our own eye appeal, but also what we know potential customers will be interested in looking at.
When a horse is well fed and has good muscle tone and weight on it, people who know basic horse care, can see that that horse has been well maintained. Comparatively to if you show up or see photos of a horse that is ribby and has a dull coat. And a horse that looks good, is going to bring you more money.
General take away from this, yes, we sell horses of our own personal stock, and for consignment. And yes, we do it for the money. That is our lifestyle and how we keep the bills paid. Not everyone is going to agree with it, but my calling in life was not to sit in a cubicle or deal with grocery customers. I want to be outside, enjoy these beautiful creatures, train them. Then i either send them back with the proper training for the client, or send them to their new home with the right appreciative owners.
Not every horse is going to be a unicorn story for every owner. People need to stop thinking that just because you buy a horse does not mean you have to commit to it. There’s a reason people tend to date multiple people before settling down long-term. You have to figure out all their quirks , what you like and don’t like about them, before realizing if it’s something that you like enough and can deal with to keep. 
There is absolutely nothing wrong with sending a horse down the road, as long as you are 100% honest and upfront in every aspect. And we take pride in making sure that every horse that we move has full disclosure to the good bad and possibly ugly so that there are no surprises for the next owner.
