Did you ever sell a horse....

[Field-of-Dreams]

I think about him all the time. The first mini we ever got, Mini Ridge Red Man. He did everything! Plus, he was a character and just an all around fun guy.

He'd do anything for us. Even go into the mall.

We ended up selling him because we had gone as far as we could with him showing, and had moved onto other horses. Plus, we were moving 1300 miles and couldn't take them all. Now I realize there is more than showing he could have done.

Lucy

 

[kayla221444]

I cant say that I have ever regreted selling any of mine, because they all have gone to wonderful homes

And people keep in contact etc..it makes it easier that way!!!!!!!!!! I have had 2nd thoughts on selling sometimes, but never regret them I guess..

 

[Genie]

I did... and he's back

 

[Seashells]

Oh, yes I regret selling my first mini stallion (he was totally my dream horse). It's been about 9 years...at the time, we were planning to move into the city limits of Litchfield Park, where I grew up... but that never happened. He went to a wonderful new home but he passed away a few months later. He was the best mini horse I ever owned and will always be remembered: Sonoita Spellcasters Fire And Ice!

 

[Field-of-Dreams]

I did... and he's back

Yeah, I'd love to have him back, too...

 

[MountainMeadows]

I often wonder where Mountain Meadows Master of the Moment (aka "Tutt") has ended up. I did not regret selling him since our breeding goals had changed, but he was so smart and funny that I think of him often and wonder if his new owners are experiencing as much joy as he gave to my hubby and I.

 

[FoRebel]

I regret selling a mare about 6 months ago that my 3-year-old son LOVED. I thought that she was going to a good home because her dam and sister went to the same home but they ended up keeping her for a couple weeks and selling her off. If I would've known that, I would've just kept the mare for my son. Honestly, I'd like to know where she went because I'd like to know she has a good home...

 

[Taylor Richelle]

I am happy to say that I have only sold a horse once and It was not a regret as he was 16hand devil! Nearly sent my mother to the hospital. There was one mare that I leased for a year and I regret giving her back when they offered her to me.

I hope to never have to sell any of mine! I normally buy and animal and keep it for life.

 

[wrs]

We sold 2 mares with foals at there side back in June of 2008. I won't go into detail but long story short, I fell for a horse trader hook, line & sinker. I did manage to get 1 mare & 1 of the foals back (had to pay more than they bought them for). I located 1 mare & she is safe & happy. But can't find the last foal. I think about her alot & I'm really angry at myself for falling for the "story". I would love to track her down but of course she was never registered & they don't remember who bought her. But I'll keep hoping. She has a standout white marking on her face so maybe I'll get lucky one day & find her.

Here's the last picture they sent us of her before they sold her.

 

[LindaL]

There are a few that I regret selling, but at the time, it was literally a matter of survival financially and I needed to disperse my herd. The last 3 to go (on purpose) were my very 1st Mini..a gorgeous black tovero gelding (he died of severe colitis a few months after I sold him

), my Tennessee Talent black pinto stallion (who I gelded a few months before I sold him thinking "maybe" I could keep him for my show gelding), and a favorite mare of mine who is a beautiful buckskin pinto...*sigh*

But...I try not to do that "20/20 hindsight" thing...and now I have a new herd of horses whom I love!

 

[CCC]

I'm sorry for those of you that have had such regrets from selling

I myself sold one that I regret as well..

I bought my Paint geldings full brother as a new born foal (had his dam at my place ) and I kept him for almost 3 years , started him lightly to saddle, he was a sweetheart just like his brother. I ended up having to move and board , and I couldn't afford to board TWO horses, so I had to let him go.. I sold him to my X and he kept very good care of him and kept him for years and years..but a couple years ago he offered me to buy him back VERY CHEAP.. and I just didn't have the room for him .

Which now I regret not MAKING room for him!! or even just buying him and quickly re-homing him, because he ended up at an auction and is now not in a good place

I am going to try and go buy him, but my husband doubts that he'll sell him (he knows him)

Wish me luck!

 

[rimmerpaints]

Oh yes I have! THe people i sold him to was suppost to keep me informed and they did for about a mth then never heard from them again I even called and emailed with no return call back. I wish i knew where my big gray horse was or is now

 

[horsefeather]

Yes. Actually I regret selling several of mine, but mostly a silver dapple mare named Lucy. I sold her to what I thought was a good home, and like stated above she kept in touch with me for several months, then nothing. I have tried to call, phone disconnected. Tried looking in phone book, no name matching hers. She lived in Tulsa. This was a really sweet mare, broke to drive, did obstacles, jumping, etc. She looked just like her dad, who I gave to a very nice couple and they take great care of him. I try not to think what might have happened to her. I keep thinking about her ending up in one of those merry-go-round things, or worse yet, an auction!! And, if you think ponies don't end up on 'the truck to heck' think again. Saw terrible video and minis were there! Sometimes I just hate myself!!

Pam

 

[Minimor]

Well, there have been a couple. One was a long time ago. We did buy her back a few years later, after the farm we sold her to had sold her on to someone else. But, she didn't come back in good shape. She was so terribly thin and had heaves so bad--because of the heaves we had to have her put down a year later. We felt very bad that she had ended up in that condition before we got her back.

Another--it's not that he went to a bad home or that he is being badly cared for--it just wasn't the home I thought it was at the time we sold him. The new owner is really quite hopeless with horses. She talks good, but the reality is something much less than she makes it out to be.

Had a near miss more recently. Long story that I am not going to go into here, but thank goodness the truth revealed itself before the sale was a done deal. That one would not have had a happy outcome.

 

[midnight star stables]

Regret selling? Well no. I only have had to sell two that went to GREAT homes.

Regret not buying? YES. There was one horse. He was a gelding and I already had a gelding but not a day goes by that I don't think of him or wish he was in my barn.

On another note related to selling I think of Nitro. I have had him up for sale a few times as he is not my picture perfect horse but I am SO SO SO glad he never sold. He will never be my park or pleasure driving horse that I long for, but he is a great driving horse and my favorite to drive. He is extremely sweet and a big old show off. He is great with new horses around the farm and visitors too. He is a very special horse in our barn.

 

[Katiean]

Only every horse I have ever sold. I never regretted selling any until I got the low down on a TB that I sold. The horse was a hunter jumper and NOT a western horse. The family I sold him to allowed their 13 or 14 year old girl to try to cut cows off of him. She used heavy bits on him and beat him. The word I got was that he was so unmanageable by the time they sold him you could not go into his stall with out him climbing the wall. However, he did get sold to a very nice family that I also knew. They worked with him and last I heard he was jumping again and doing well. I thought the home I sold him to was a good home. I was familiar with the family and was very shocked to find this type of treatment. I now worry about any horse I have ever sold.

 

[Becky]

Yep. Redrock Hot Flash.

 

[Lucky-C-Acres-Minis]

Regret selling, no, all my horses Ive sold have gone to great homes and most I still keep in contact with..

There was one filly, my first ever bred and raised foal, out of my first and favorite mare, that I sold as I weanling. It was TOUGH but at the time I could not justify keeping her. I sold her to a terrific family who kept her for 4 years.. I lost her dam in 08 and it broke my heart

. Recently they had some family issues come up and were no longer able to keep the horses due to having to travel to and from OH to PA, they offered me the filly back and I jumped on it.. I didn't NEED her as she is a grade, but I am ever so glad I brought her home, she reminds me of her momma sooo much, same little quirks, same look/spark in her eye. I'm hoping to get her broke to drive

 

[Field-of-Dreams]

Yep. Redrock Hot Flash.

Sorry...

She IS Jane's absolute favorite.... even before Elvis. She'll never go anywhere.