Where to buy a horse

The First Horse

Where to buy a horse from and what are my rights?

Purchasing a horse is a big commitment.

Here are your options on where to buy a horse!

Horse adverts for sale can be found on line, local papers, saddlers and equestrian centre notice boards, along with your local animal feed store and also horse magazines such as Horse and Hound, Horse Deals.

You need to decide if you will buy from an auction, private sale or horse dealer.

Purchasing a horse

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Auction horse

Horse and pony auctions are regularly held across the country.

These auctions can be found on line, in horse magazines such as Horse and Hound and also local papers.

Try Brightwells.

An auction will have a “contract of sale conditions”, with which the vendor and purchaser are normally bound by.

Make sure you read the rules carefully before you make a bid and buy a horse.

Carefully read the horse description and if the owner is around ask as many questions as you can.

Should the horse or pony not live up to the description given by the seller, you need to inform the auctioneer as soon as possible.

You may be entitled to return the horse and receive a refund.

Private seller

If the advert description is not accurate, for example the add might state that the horse is good in heavy traffic and you find out the horse is afraid of lorries or busses and the seller did not point this exception out to you, then the advert is misleading and you will have a right to complain.

Horse dealer – buy a horse and sell

A Horse dealer is someone who makes a living from buying and selling horses.

You have more rights from buying from a horse dealer under the sale of goods act.

The horse should be as described in the advert.

It’s still down to you to ask all the other questions that are not in the advert.

Back street horse dealer!

BE WEAR – the advert will be private and could even say, “no dealers please “, but the reality is quite different.

These people make a living from buying and selling horses but for whatever reason, do not make it known they are horse dealers.

When you look at the passport the person selling it will not be the registered owner.

They will make up stories such as the horse belongs to a sister who has lost interest and I am selling it for her.

Where to buy a horse

See below - Horse tricks of the trade.

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Questions to ask when buying a horse

Viewing the horse

Passport information

Bad horse selling tricks of the trade

Information on how to sell a horse

Which horse to buy

Leasing a horse

How to measure a horse