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Question : Selling a couple horses and don't know how much some are worth? Will you help?

Here are all about my horses I'm selling : (1.) Name : Twilight Age : 10 Breed : Quarter Horse Registered? : Yes Description : Twilight is a purebred, registered Quarter Horse mare. She is 10 years old and is 100% sound. She has never had an injury and hopefully she never will. She is broke to ride Western, English and bareback. She is very easy to catch, halters easily, leads well, ties to anything, trailers like a dream, picks up all four feet without any fussing at all, clips well, blankets, saddles easily, bridles like a dream, etc. She was broke to ride at the age of 3. Twilight has been used for : trail riding, riding lessons, barrel racing for fun, barrel racing competitions, western pleasure, guest horse, etc. Also, she is 15.1 hh. She has great bloodlines. Great barrel horse. Ideal for youth/ladies horse or barrel competition horse. She loves the trails, she will go hack out alone or with company. Gentle, and quiet enough for the young ones, or for someone who has never been on a horse. She neck reins, direct reins, side passes, turns on haunches, turns on forehand, bows when asked to, you can stand on her back, crawl under neath her and sit there, lay on her back, double on her, she can take her front feet off the ground and spin to the other side on a dime when asked to, rears when asked to, kneels when asked to, hugs me when asked to/or she does it by herself, etc. She is well trained and looking for a new home. Reason for selling : Too many horses/animals. Pictures (Links) : http://s954.photobucket.com/albums/ae26/i-love-bandit1/?action=view&current=Twilight2.jpg http://s954.photobucket.com/albums/ae26/i-love-bandit1/?action=view&current=Twilight2.jpg#!oZZ2QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs954.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fae26%2Fi-love-bandit1%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DTwilight1.jpg%26 (2.) Name : Sandi Age : 7 Breed : Thoroughbred Registered? : Yes, but don't have papers because of the previous owners wouldn't hand them over. Description : Sandi is a registered, purebred Thoroughbred Mare. She is 7 years old and is 16.1 hh. She is 100% sound and has never had an injury. (At our farm, she has never had an injury, but with her previous owners, I'm not sure). She is broke to ride English, bareback and a little bit of western. She direct reins only, but working on the neck reining. She is easily caught, ties, leads, saddles, trailers, shoes, clips, bridles well, etc. Sandi is used for : jumping, trail riding, cross country jumping, jumping competitions, dressage, etc. She is a handful for a beginner, but great for the intermediate rider to experienced. She does get spooked from sudden movements/noises, but other then that she isn't spooky. Oh, and she gets spooked from plastic bags and balls moving around/bouncing. She has jumped to 4'3". In cross country, she has done water jumps, mud jumps and the logs. You can stand on her back (If your brave), and you can walk under her. I have only ridden her maybe 6 times, and thats about it. She's my husband's horse and they both are like best friends. Pictures (Links) : http://s954.photobucket.com/albums/ae26/i-love-bandit1/?action=view&current=Twilight2.jpg#!oZZ4QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs954.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fae26%2Fi-love-bandit1%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DSandi1.jpg%26 (3.) Name : Princess Age : 2 years old Registered? : no Breed : Arabian Cross Quarter Horse Description : Princess is an Arabian cross Quarter Horse filly. She just turned 2, last month. She is a bay black and has squiggly blaze. Princess is 100% sound, and has 3 warts on her mouth. (She got the warts from her full brothers). We have separated them all, and she won't be getting anymore. Princess is easy to catch, leads, ties, picks up feet, trailers well, etc. If not sold before she turns 3, We'll start training her to ride. I think she'll be a great 4-H prospect or jumping horse. She is great with other horses and is a total sweetheart, and loves *all* of the attention. In the herd, she isn't the alpha, she is the shy filly, whose scared to be mean to stand up to the other horses. Pictures (Links) : No pictures (SORRY!) :( How much is each horse worth?

Public Comments

1. If you're serious about this then you'll spend a few bucks to get a real evaluation. There are consultants who make it their business evaluating horses for sale. I suggest you find one in your area.
2. I would look around on craigslist.org or freehorseads.com or something to see what similar horses are selling for if you don't want to pay for an evaluation as was suggested above. or maybe even just ask around friends and neighbors who know your horses what they would pay for them ( make sure their trustable though and not trying to tell you a cheap price because they want the horse)
3. hard to say with out pictures? are you in southern ca? twilight sounds nice! but really get some pictures up people out here in CA are hurting so bad i have seen reg quarter horses that can do jr rodeo for 2500.00 so it depends... just seen the pictures and what are her bloodlines? really people are getting about 2000-3500 for their junior rodeo horses and heck I paied 1500.00 for my reg 9 yr old gelding who has done barrels for fun,,, but he is super level headed and greeat for the trailer and travel. also it depends on your area too. goodluck. PS Sandi is gorgous!
4. Not sure but I would take Twilight for free (= JK She is beautiful. Mara
5. I tell you what - a "bombproof" well broke horse is priceless, really. We're in northern CA and prices are always high for horses like Twilight, even with the market downturn. I'd say in No Cal, right now you could easily get $2500-$3500. However, for the other two you're going to really be hurting on the income side of things. I'd estimate the TB to be around $1000 (if you're very luck and find an english person for him) and for the ArabX, I'd say $500 or less (especially with the warts - people are very picky anymore). If you could, I would suggest waiting on selling all of them until the market picks back up. If you can't wait, then prepare for a loss. Good luck!