Hi everyone! 
I'm a new poster but a long time lurker haha. & I apologize if I posted this in the wrong section, my bad.
The place where my boyfriend and I work at has excellent grass to graze on, but the boss hasn't had any horses or cows in a long time. He's 73, so the upkeep on animals would be difficult. A friend of his owns around 40 horses on a 40 acre ranch in Ellensburg. She's also an older lady of 70-72 and doesn't live on the ranch. She hires people to stay in trailers on her ranch to "take care of the horses" yet all they do is get paid for not doing their job. They let several stallions run loose at all times. Very unresponsible. Not only is that somewhat frustrating, she doesn't supplement them with any other food than what the ground is growing that year!
Yes, I was in shock!
There are too many horses on that ranch to share that much grass. No hay, no grain, no health care, nothing. My boss said that they probably practically starve through the winter and I wouldn't be surprised if he was spot on with his prediction. 
Well, on to the real story..:/
He recieves a few horses every summer, just for the summer, to graze on his few acres of healthy grass. She takes them back to the ranch for the winter and returns next summer with different horses. Sounds okay if you weren't considering the way she neglects her horses...
Last July, she dropped off a two paint mares, with a two week old colt at one's side. All three horses look emaciated, and needed extra help. In a month she took the lone paint mare (the one without the colt) home, and said she would be back in a month. We'd been giving them grain slowly to build up some fat, because I guarantee if an Animal Control officer would have showed up to look at these horses, my boss would have been in a lot of trouble. (My boyfriend's father is in animal control and said so himself, but understood the situation).
The mare built up a tiny bit, but not nearly enough to look healthy. We kept waiting for the lady to take these horses back, but it became October and she kept making excuses as to why she couldn't get them.
Now, she gave us the mare for free, she is a sweety and has been given a second chance with us. The colt needs to find a new home because my boss doesn't have a way to seperate the mare and colt on the property he has currently. He is still nursing off of her, and although she now looks loads healthier (seriously) that is still causing her to use a lot of energy to produce milk.
So, what I'm really asking is what I should price this guy for? He is a little shy, but thats because he wasn't handled at all until he was 2 months old, and even then it was difficult to handle him because of the way the property was set up.
Here is a few pictures of him.
Last Augusts pictures
A lot more recent picture.
What do you think?
I'm a new poster but a long time lurker haha. & I apologize if I posted this in the wrong section, my bad. The place where my boyfriend and I work at has excellent grass to graze on, but the boss hasn't had any horses or cows in a long time. He's 73, so the upkeep on animals would be difficult. A friend of his owns around 40 horses on a 40 acre ranch in Ellensburg. She's also an older lady of 70-72 and doesn't live on the ranch. She hires people to stay in trailers on her ranch to "take care of the horses" yet all they do is get paid for not doing their job. They let several stallions run loose at all times. Very unresponsible. Not only is that somewhat frustrating, she doesn't supplement them with any other food than what the ground is growing that year!
Yes, I was in shock!
There are too many horses on that ranch to share that much grass. No hay, no grain, no health care, nothing. My boss said that they probably practically starve through the winter and I wouldn't be surprised if he was spot on with his prediction. Well, on to the real story..:/
He recieves a few horses every summer, just for the summer, to graze on his few acres of healthy grass. She takes them back to the ranch for the winter and returns next summer with different horses. Sounds okay if you weren't considering the way she neglects her horses...
Last July, she dropped off a two paint mares, with a two week old colt at one's side. All three horses look emaciated, and needed extra help. In a month she took the lone paint mare (the one without the colt) home, and said she would be back in a month. We'd been giving them grain slowly to build up some fat, because I guarantee if an Animal Control officer would have showed up to look at these horses, my boss would have been in a lot of trouble. (My boyfriend's father is in animal control and said so himself, but understood the situation).
The mare built up a tiny bit, but not nearly enough to look healthy. We kept waiting for the lady to take these horses back, but it became October and she kept making excuses as to why she couldn't get them.
Now, she gave us the mare for free, she is a sweety and has been given a second chance with us. The colt needs to find a new home because my boss doesn't have a way to seperate the mare and colt on the property he has currently. He is still nursing off of her, and although she now looks loads healthier (seriously) that is still causing her to use a lot of energy to produce milk.
So, what I'm really asking is what I should price this guy for? He is a little shy, but thats because he wasn't handled at all until he was 2 months old, and even then it was difficult to handle him because of the way the property was set up.
Here is a few pictures of him.
Last Augusts pictures
A lot more recent picture.
What do you think?
We've been working with her with a halter and lead rope and just recently felt confident enough to sit on her. I'm sure she hasn't been ridden in 4+ years, so it's a good sign that I sat on her and all she did was give me a "well, now that's odd.." look, haha. I'd say her temperment is a 2 on a 10 scale. Though, his looks tempt me and all. If I had the experience of breaking horses, trust me, I wouldn't consider selling him. But here I am, almost 18 years of age and not too experienced. 
Lucky for you, 
