I got back from the MSU Arabian sale a few hours ago. As some of you knew, there was a wonderful gelding for sale that I adored, and was going to try and buy.
His estimated price was $8-$10,000 through the auction mwith the economy the way it is, and that still would have been a steal. He is a HUGE mover, National
quality Hunter Pleasure, Sport Horse, and Dressage down the line. Sweetest boy ever too, 16+hh, 3 years, about 40 rides W/T/C. There were a few other
$10,000+ horses, including an FEI quality mare, and a National quality WP gelding. A few fantastic 2 year olds and an adorable yearling. It was agreed that
this batch of horses was the highest quality that had ever gone through the sale, which is saying something, as they have produced many National Champions in
multiple divisions.
We found out on Friday that my mom is probably going to lose her job. She has a good paying job at Sprint and manages national accounts, she has worked harder and gotten more sales than anyone else in her office. Knowing this, I didn't push Floyd as I knew it just wasn't the time, and he was going to be an expensive guy. I was bummed, but I didn't want to risk not being able to take him to Nationals because of his purchase price.
I went to the sale, and there were a good 250 people+, so a big turnout, and we figured that the prices would be high. My mom didn't come and I didn't get a bidding ticket. Horses are going for dirt cheap. Floyd came up, and Scott Benjamin and Paula are going on about his pedigree and super high quality, he looks gorgeous and calm under saddle. He goes for $2,600. I almost cried. I could have gotten him. The horse that was supposed to bring the most money went for $3,300. That was the high seller. It was terrible, there were people walking away with 3 horses for less than what they would have payed for one last year (a few $12,000 mares and $5,000+ geldings that weren't any where near as nice as this year's guys). A super sweet, gorgeous, but immature (mentally) gelding sold for $500.
I still can't believe it. On the bright side (if there is one), I got to see the stallions. Including their recent addition, *Emanor, Polish National Champion (and race winner), US National Champion Stallion (halter), Canadian Reserve National Champion (halter), Canadian National Champion Park, multi Top Tens in English, and many time Scottsdale champion. Holy crap gorgeous. A total sweety too, loves his nose and ears scratched. This is his page: http://www.emanor.com/ He's the sire of MSU's National Champion stallion Semper Fie and a few gorgeous broodmares too. MSU had a few other stallions. Of course Hucks Legacy (Reserve National Champion English, Top Ten halter) is adorable, and loves his tongue and gums scratched. So, yes, I was standing at the horse's stalls playing with them. I spent time with Floyd and and really nice 2 year old who I liked (Veritas).
In case you were wondering, this is the website for MSU www.msuarabians.com
Obviously I'm still upset, so excuse the stupidity of my post. As Scott Benjamin (director of Aria Arabians, leased and stood Piaff, national and Scottsdale judge) said, some of those horses were going for just the cost of gas to drive them home.
We found out on Friday that my mom is probably going to lose her job. She has a good paying job at Sprint and manages national accounts, she has worked harder and gotten more sales than anyone else in her office. Knowing this, I didn't push Floyd as I knew it just wasn't the time, and he was going to be an expensive guy. I was bummed, but I didn't want to risk not being able to take him to Nationals because of his purchase price.
I went to the sale, and there were a good 250 people+, so a big turnout, and we figured that the prices would be high. My mom didn't come and I didn't get a bidding ticket. Horses are going for dirt cheap. Floyd came up, and Scott Benjamin and Paula are going on about his pedigree and super high quality, he looks gorgeous and calm under saddle. He goes for $2,600. I almost cried. I could have gotten him. The horse that was supposed to bring the most money went for $3,300. That was the high seller. It was terrible, there were people walking away with 3 horses for less than what they would have payed for one last year (a few $12,000 mares and $5,000+ geldings that weren't any where near as nice as this year's guys). A super sweet, gorgeous, but immature (mentally) gelding sold for $500.
I still can't believe it. On the bright side (if there is one), I got to see the stallions. Including their recent addition, *Emanor, Polish National Champion (and race winner), US National Champion Stallion (halter), Canadian Reserve National Champion (halter), Canadian National Champion Park, multi Top Tens in English, and many time Scottsdale champion. Holy crap gorgeous. A total sweety too, loves his nose and ears scratched. This is his page: http://www.emanor.com/ He's the sire of MSU's National Champion stallion Semper Fie and a few gorgeous broodmares too. MSU had a few other stallions. Of course Hucks Legacy (Reserve National Champion English, Top Ten halter) is adorable, and loves his tongue and gums scratched. So, yes, I was standing at the horse's stalls playing with them. I spent time with Floyd and and really nice 2 year old who I liked (Veritas).
In case you were wondering, this is the website for MSU www.msuarabians.com
Obviously I'm still upset, so excuse the stupidity of my post. As Scott Benjamin (director of Aria Arabians, leased and stood Piaff, national and Scottsdale judge) said, some of those horses were going for just the cost of gas to drive them home.
