Help!

[morbidmissfit]

I have to sell my lovely mare due to finance and time restrictions. She has been for sale for a year and I am getting nowhere! I have her listed on equine.com, equinenow and horsetopia. Behind the cut I've included a couple of pictures and videos of her as well as the text from the ads I have posted. I am wondering if anyone has any advice as to

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[lantairvlea]

You might also consider her as an eventing prospect. Have you ever tried her over natural/solid obstacles?

The third video was of better quality and I liked the clipper section, showing how she is to handle on the ground is important. More videos of better quality would be good. I think one video where you show an uncut ride from mounting up to cooling down at least would be ideal. As another noted all the cuts (and especially the last video that seems to be half a dozen or so rides spliced together) makes it look like you are hiding things.

At that price range I would expect some sort of show record, granted I am nowhere near high-dollar prospect circles and don't know what the going rate is. I also admit that I am nowhere near the five-figure price range personally.

Good luck! I've been trying to sell a mare I recently bought back this year and fielding the email inquiries has been a pain.

[chiquita522]

Full disclosure up front: I'm a Quarter Horse person and I'm very used to the flat work type videos on sale horses. I've also been windowing shopping a lot for the next horse and I probably watch 5-10 sales videos in a week. I will watch an entire video if the first 30-60 seconds show me that I should keep watching. I like to see 1 video showing me what the horse is currently capable of doing and without training equipment whenever possible (but I'm used to seeing draw reins, western saddles and/or bits, or giant spurs on hunt seat horses, which annoys me

[acoustic11]

First off, she's very cute.

As far as the ad goes, if you're hoping for someone to spend $16.5 on a green horse, chances are you're hoping a professional will be interested in her. Not many amateurs want something this green at 6 years old.

That being said, a professional ad, including professional video and photography, is key. If you aren't able to produce them yourself, hire someone (even a friend who is good behind the lens) who is. I know it's winter, but with the right equipment, a dark indoor is no problem.

I'd re-take her conformation shots, fuzzy coat or not. Bust out that curry comb and put $16,500 worth of effort into making her look her best, and then take flawless conformation photos. Browse well done breeding ads and websites so you know what to strive for.

Blurry screen grabs from a video show absolutely nothing good about the horse and just make it seem like a video a high schooler took of their favorite school horse.