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Any of you great people on here know of anyone with a cheap horse to go point to pointing with,must be bombproof and easy to do,Dont mind if its a slow boat.
Ghost, I know of a horse – ran in a bumper in the summer and finished closer last than first with the jockey adamant he screwed up and should have been in the six. He’s easy to do with a lovely temperament, a homebred 4yo gelding from an pointing family (albeit not especially fashionable) and he wouldn’t be incapable of picking up a point to point or two. PM me if you would like more details.
Two questions you have to ask :
a) What type of horse do you want, eg sprinter, middle distance, hurdler, chaser, etc, etc.
b) Why do you and your mates want to own a horse, eg, just to watch him/her run, to land a one off gamble, prepared to be patient until a horse matures so he can do him/herself justice, a filly to be sold on for breeding – whatever.
If you don’t make these decisions then before you buy, you will probably be wasting your money.
Once you have made those decisions, look for a trainer that can handle that kind of horse, talk to several, make a decision as to which one suits you and the kind of horse you want and get them involved in the purchase decision, maybe picking horses for you.
Decide how long you are prepared to invest in the horse – need time before can run, laid up with injury for a while, what if there is no prize money in the first year and with the levels of prize money these days l you will always be paying out more than you take in. £14k is far too little to budget for a horse in training that is running – £17-18K is a more realistic cost. Check out with your chosen trainer a cost estimate and if she/he won’t help in that respect, go somewhere else.
Good luck, if you can get it right you’ll have a lot of fun.
richard
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