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    Pony shopping in Europe

    My clients are planning a trip to Europe, specifically Germany, in July. They are also in the market for a nice pony. They would love to do some pony shopping while there. Anyone have any good contacts?
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    There are very few barns that will know and sell a 'produced' hunter pony as the hunterring is looking for very different criteria than anything we have over here. Green ponies are to be found virtually everywhere but you have to be very specific and I would daresay you will almost always be better of buying young and undiscovered vs. up and going because anything that has been in the jumperring here is practically spoiled for the hunters as we jump them wayyy faster and aim for a more explosive, jumpery jump if you see my point.
    Also makes a big difference which size you are looking for as most barns will focus on 'Endmaßponies' (close to or short over 14.2) with very few mediums and smalls being available that have decent training. Don't expect to see a flying change and you won't be disappointed
    Let me know if you're hitting dead ends. I'm sure I can point you to some good leads in any area of Germany. Where will you be flying into? Feel free to drop me a text where you will be and what you are aiming for. +491705525355 or whatsapp
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    • #3
      I had a girl who came from Belgium to ride for my barn. She didn't know what "hunters" was and thought the whole concept was just hilarious. Hope you find what you're looking for I just know that the discipline isn't very popular over there! My advice - shop in Canada haha take advantage of the weak dollar.

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      • #4
        Lots of great pony prospects in the north American market. don't waste your money on importing one. They breed for show jumping and dressage ponies in Europe, you typically won't find one for the hunter market unless going to England directly to look at welsh stock,

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        • #5
          Just got our first sale pony listing from the German Horse Center a couple weeks ago so I would look them up. Good grief that thing can jump. It was really interesting to see how drastically different they market ponies over there.
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          • #6
            I agree with what everyone has said. Shop here.
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            • #7
              I agree with everyone as well, I'm from France and we don't have hunters there, I had no idea what hunter was when I moved here and found it quite amusing when people where trying to explain to me what the concept was. I'm pretty sure most European countries don't have hunter, Germany is well known for dressage, don't think you would find what you're looking for over there

              Nonetheless, horse shopping is always fun I can provide you a contact there as well if u'd like. you can always talk to people over there and see, you might end up finding something

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              • #8
                Also bring an official measuring stick. You will find that many of them are the wrong size.
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                • #9
                  I'm in Europe and grew up showing ponies in the US. If I were shopping in Europe for ponies for jumpers/dressage sure, but there are "better" ponies in UK or Ireland than on the continent. And there are tons of amazing ponies in US and Canada. You'd be very surprised at the kinds of ponies who do the big pony jumping competitions in Europe. They dont have the same type/look as ponies showing the circuit in us/Canada. But man can they jump and those kids can really ride.
                  Let me apologize in advance.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by ladyj79 View Post
                    I'm in Europe and grew up showing ponies in the US. If I were shopping in Europe for ponies for jumpers/dressage sure, but there are "better" ponies in UK or Ireland than on the continent. And there are tons of amazing ponies in US and Canada. You'd be very surprised at the kinds of ponies who do the big pony jumping competitions in Europe. They dont have the same type/look as ponies showing the circuit in us/Canada. But man can they jump and those kids can really ride.
                    Can you provide a few examples? I'm interested to see what they are like!

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                    • #11
                      Found a couple of cute ones on YouTube:

                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU2QmBcljf8

                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9eJnHZo7XU

                      I looked into importing ponies for re-sale. Between the relatively low price for ponies in the US and the significant import costs, the math wasn't there to support the idea.

                      There are tons of nice ponies in Europe - check out horsemart.co.uk and ridehesten.com.

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                      • #12
                        Stal Wilten. They know their stuff and are wise to what the American consumer wants, from pony hunters to International Derbies. It's a misconception that there aren't any European farms breeding or developing for the American market ... They are figuring out what we want as far as movement, type and attitude and many have adjusted accordingly

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