Tis the season when many are looking to sell a horse or buy their next. These things trend seasonally, I think, for two reasons: last year’s show season has ended, and there are those who’ve checked whatever competitive box they want to check and are ready to let their current mount teach someone new while moving on themselves to something that can offer them more, whatever “more” may be to them. Also, here in the United States, this is also the moment when many professionals go to Wellington or Ocala, Florida, for the winter, and because shoppers find the idea of getting on one flight to see many horses appealing, sellers want to capitalize upon that larger audience.
It’s not that there aren’t horses for sale, and people looking for them, year-round. But since this is one of the big Moments, it seems as good a time as any to pontificate about some of my pet peeves and hard lessons learned about sales.
Read all about it at The Chronicle of the Horse!