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Price This Gelding!

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Greased Lightning "Whinny" is a 16.0hh 3/4 Quarter Horse 1/4 Dutch Warmblood 2008 dun gelding. There is no buck/bolt/bite/rear in him and has the most pleasant temperament I've ever seen in a horse. He has impeccable ground manners and rides w/t/c in a frame. He is extremely soft mouthed and responsive to the leg. I've thrown my sister on him who's only ever been on a pony ride once and she rode him walk/trot without a fuss. He has been ridden by a 9 year old and always minds himself especially around the younger ones. He jumps a 3'3 course with ease with tons of room to go higher. He's free jumped up to 4'6 and jumped under saddle up to 4'0 with ease. I got him in 2011 as a rescue, he came from a home that really knew nothing about the care and keeping of horses and also knew nothing about how to treat them. He was jumpy and nervous and even sent a woman to the hospital. After about a year of just de-sensitizing and TLC I was able to ride him at the walk with someone on the ground leading me. He has now been under saddle for two years and is showing major potential for eventing, jumpers, hunter, and dressage. I would like if someone could possibly put a price on my boy. To me he's worth his weight in gold and more, but I would like to have another's opinion. Thank you for taking the time to read this almost-novel about my horse!
 

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Without a resume with scores and times and actual professional training time I would price him around 5-6k as a potential eventing, pony club or AA horse. Now if you had scores from dressage that where 62% and higher and improving his price could go as far up as 10k here where I live.

He sounds like a fabulous ride and you have turned him around to be just so! Props to you and your hard dedicated work!!! He's a stunning happy looking jumper!!!
 
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He consistently gets scores in dressage around 65%+ in entry level eventing. We've never had a time fault on XC and he makes the tightest corners in stadium. In our recent 3'0 jumper speed he trotted half of the course and we were the fastest time. He's my superstar :) Thank you everyone for all the positive feedback!
 
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My area, I'm not familiar with jumpers, but hes big, he's beautiful, he's an odd eye catching color, (if there are no major conformation faults), and he looks like a precise Bold jumper. Id say $10,000 and up with more training/showing.

shoot, some spoiled little kids parents might pay $25,000 for him. LoL. He's worth what someone will pay. ;-)
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He toes out slightly, but that's it. He's had splints but I had them frozen over a year ago and they should never bother him again. He's also happy barefoot or in shoes so he's honestly such an easy keeper. He just lives outside 24/7 and gets his feed which consists of high fat high fibre and vitamins :)
 
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Does he have much of a show record? that can really bump his price up.

Does he have a lead change?

How easy he on course for a beginner?

He is adorable and I Love that you love him! :) I would agree, around here you could start around 10k but definitely ask more with a nice record. If you can get him winning around 4"? About 30k is closer to a price in the h/j world, but I have found that h/j horses for wahtever reason tend to be a little higher priced then eventing horses.
 
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I actually just had my friend ride him the other day and he took her over some training level xc fences with an issue and she's currently at entry level (given that she was screaming the whole time and Whin didn't even bat an eyelash at anything she did haha) and he's a total point and shoot over jumps with anyone. He changes over fences and you need to push him for a flying change depending on the situation, he's usually just auto changing over fences so i don't really feel the need to school flying changes all the time :) Thank you for your kind words, he is wonderful and he knows it too! And he just completed his second year of showing. I should have mentioned that he's a total pro when he goes off property, just chills and the trailer with some hay. We parked next to a spooky arab and Whin was as relaxed as anything while our neighbors horse was prancing around!
 
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I have no idea about what price he'd go for in my area but I've stopped by this thread multiple times now just to look at him. What a stunning animal. He obviously LOVES his job which makes him that much more charismatic, and you two look like a wonderful pair. I'm loving the matching 'outfits' too!

Animals like this one just don't have a price. He really is paying you back for taking him in and giving him a chance, isn't he?
 
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Thank you so much! He certainly is unique looking, he always catches eyes which is another reason why he makes such a good show horse! He really tries his heart out, not a mean bone in his body! I'm really just paying him back for all he's done for me and continues to do for me- I went through a very hard time and Whin was the only one there for me, and continues to keep me strong and clean. We really kind of saved each other!
 
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