{"id":13,"date":"2005-06-30T19:41:45","date_gmt":"2005-06-30T14:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/?p=13"},"modified":"2005-06-30T19:43:49","modified_gmt":"2005-06-30T14:43:49","slug":"buying-and-selling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/trainers-corner\/buying-and-selling\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying and Selling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello Ed and Martha!!<\/p>\n

I have a question that many barrel racers have to deal with. You see, I made the mistake you talk about in your book about buying an inexpensive horse is an expensive horse. I bought a 4yo and trained him myself. He is now 8 and only runs 16.5 to 16.9’s at Rendon. I have put so much money and time into this horse it’s scary.<\/p>\n

My question to you is how do you know what to price your horse at and when buying your new horse, how do you know what they are asking is fair. I don’t want to under price mine and I don’t want to pay to much for my next horse. I don’t want to make another mistake. I know bloodlines as well as ability has a lot to do with pricing.<\/p>\n

The one I want to sell is bred well and is registered with the AQHA\/FQHA. I want to buy one that is started but not all the way finished. One that has been hauled to exhibitions and just needs a little more hauling before they are ready to run for money. What should I expect to pay? I have visited barrelhorses.com and ebarrelracing for prices but they are ALL so different. Can you please help?? Any information would be appreciated so much!<\/p>\n

Thank you,<\/p>\n

Kerry Rasp<\/strong><\/p>\n

When trying to decide how to price a horse for sale, you have to take into consideration a number of factors:<\/p>\n

1. How competitive is the horse? Does he have a win record of any kind?<\/p>\n

2. How easy is the horse to ride and handle – can novice riders or beginners get along with him or does he take a more experienced rider?<\/p>\n

3. Is the horse sound? Will he pass a pre-purchase exam done by a qualified vet?<\/p>\n

4. Is the horse working to the very best of his ability or is there more training and tuning required in order to get him to his peak?<\/p>\n

5. What are other horses that run similar times in similar situations bringing on the market? How are they being priced?<\/p>\n

6. Usually bloodlines don’t play as big a part in pricing a barrel horse that is past futurity age. Ability will play a major factor as well as disposition and conformation and looks to a lesser degree.<\/p>\n

7. Know your limitations and capabilities – not only physically and mentally but also financially. Be honest with anyone you are selling a horse to and also with anyone that you may be thinking of purchasing a horse from.<\/p>\n

Martha Wright <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

made the mistake you talk about in your book about buying an inexpensive horse is an expensive horse. I bought a 4yo and trained him myself. He is now 8 and only runs 16.5 to 16.9’s at Rendon. I have put so much money and time into this horse it’s scary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pre-purchasing","category-trainers-corner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}