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SALE & SEARCH
Finding your next equine partner can be a stressful process.
Marie Slater and the Equus Trainingteam are experts in finding new horses and ponies for clients and providing a fully managed sale process.
Comprehensive Search
Part of our comprehensive search service involves conducting a full client profile to understand the detailed requirement to help you.
Global Reach
We have the capability to conduct wide area searches across the UK and organise international sale and transport for international clients.
Best Value
Whether providing a managed sale of your current equine partner or finding your new partner, we maximise the value from both service and purchase.
All the services you need,all in one place.
Buying or selling we can help you.
Horses become a part of us, even a part of our extended family and so whether buying or selling, it's an emotional and sometime stressful time.
With the right help and support however it can be a stress free and the exciting experience that it should be.
Equine Search
Finding a new horse or pony is both exciting and daunting. The excitement of looking through advertisements searching for the perfect new partnership can often become frustration once faced with countless calls to horses that have been sold, visits to see horses that are actually entirely unsuitable and the ensuing doubt and questioning over whether what you want is even out there.
Following a detailed one to one with Marie to understand as much about you and what you would like Marie and her team will carry out a full search covering not only the published advertisements but using regional contacts to find some of the hidden horses that may not be in the mainstream advertisements.
The level of involvement and the scope of the search is as individual as the desired horse or pony and can be tailored to each assignment. The range of services available include:
- Shortlisting
- based on an established question set designed by Marie to find the genuine possibilities from the range of advertised horses
- Pre-Screening
- an option to have Marie visit horses on the shortlist and view / try before a customer takes the time to view
- Accompanied Viewings
- traveling to view potentials from the shortlist providing full joint appraisal and advice
- Price Negotiation
- literally, 'the horse trading'
- Vetting Arrangements
- depending upon the level required and purchase price
- Transport
- ensuring the new purchase arrives at the new home safe and sound
- Continued Support
- establishing the partnership through a coaching programme
Managed Sales
As much as searching for a new horse or pony is exciting, ending a partnership and selling a horse or pony is equally emotive. Marie and the team can offer various levels of support in ensuring your horse is prepared and marketed for sale and that the prospective new owner is one suitable to become a new partner.
Getting the right price and the right home are always important in any equine transaction and therefore having a horse prepared, marketed and presented professionally ensures both criteria are met.
Marie and the Equus Training team provide a full range of services to support the sale of a horse from fully managed on Sale Livery, to part managed with a horse remaining at the owner's premises. The level of support can be tailored to suit each assignment. Features include:
- Sale Livery
- horse resides with Marie and is schooled, prepared and presented for sale viewing
- Advertisement Management
- creation of a full marketing package including placing of adverts
- Buyer Vetting
- use of Marie's contact details on advertisements as the first point of contact for all potential buyers
- Viewings
- managing viewing appointments including the showing of a horse to potential buyers
- Vettings
- acting as the owner's representative for pre-sale vetting
- Sale Close
- handling the negotiation and contract signature to close the sale
- Transport
- arrangement of transport to the new owners
- Sale by Auction
- for some the preferred route to sale especially in specialist breeds such as Welsh
- International Sale - where a horse has interest from abroad we are able to handle the end to end international sale and transport process
Interested in our services? We’re here to help!
We want to know your needs exactly so that we can provide the perfect solution. Let us know what you want and we’ll do our best to help.