A horse trend in ALBERTA gets me in a fever

Welcome back! i have missed you sincce we were last together!

I would like to introduce you to my new horse. This is cloud. He is a registered appaloosa born in 2008. His registered name is Navajo cloudburst.  I started looking for a new horse almost three months ago. I spent months driving here and there looking at horses who had potential. I noticed a trend in Alberta where i am living that gets me all in a fever.

The trend? Too many horses and not enough time. I cant tell you how many horses i have seen that are beautiful and talented and have huge potential to be an amazing barrel horse or a heeler or a kids first horse.. but people will keep horses they dont use, just because they have plans for that horse or had the best intentions. Finally some of these people realize they have too many horses and need to sell them. Most times these horses are not broke. Maybe they will be broke to lead in a halter or broke to stand while the farrier takes care of them if they have even had their hooves taken care of.. They will be anywhere from three to  twenty three years old and  some will be well bred, papered and have impressive pedigrees.. some will have no pedigrees at all and will be considered "grade".  No matter what tho they will be over priced. People will ask a starting price of 1000 dollars canadian. Sure sometimes they will lower the price when offered something lower, because they know that a lot of work will be needed to get these horses to a good place where they can be ridden or even worked with..That leads me to the next thing. . Prices.  People right now are asking 2500 and 3500 dollars for a 2010 and 2011 foal. Yearlings and weanlings that are not broke or started or even weaned from their mommas! People are also asking 3-8 thousand for 23 year old horses.. these horses arent many years left for this world but people are still trying to sell these horses like there is a prime market for them.

This is where i have come in. I would like to start buying horses here and there and train them to sell.. its spring breakup here and i am not working while the ground hardens and the thaw comes out of the ground. i think it could be a great idea.

I bought cloud, not broke and barely halter broke for 450$ now with 30 days in training he is worth maybe 1000.a few more months he will be in the 3000 range.  

 This second photo is 3 weeks after i got cloud. We are working on getting him used to balloons and flags and milk jugs and loud noises.

 This is my new trailer. this too was a pain in the butt. This is a 1984 glendale 2 horse bumper pull horse trailer. This kind of a trailer has an asking price of 2500-5000 dollars.  A brand new trailer starts somewhere in the 13 thousand dollar range...  The nice lady i bought  this one from was asking 4500 dollars for, and i managed to get it for 2500. a steal? you tell me!

 This is my new saddle.