The Pros and Cons of Buying a Foal: My Perspective 3 Years Later

Hi folks! I'm back with my first discussion video in awhile, this time about my perspective on buying a foal with a bit of hindsight. Needless to say, I don't have many cons based on my experience 😂
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[@tamiboelter5491]

I've been wanting to get another horse. I have champagne taste on a peanut budget. So I am considering a weanling for $4,500. I've started many but this will be different. I will grow old with this one. She will likely be my last and the thought of growing old with her makes my soul sing. I am 57 this year and I hope to get her in 2025.
It's been heavy on my mind and looking for someone to tell me to "just do it". I feel like you have. God led me to this and to your support. I am so grateful to you.

[@KaitehhEquestrian]

I am so happy that you found this video at the right time. Based on your comment, you would be a perfect home for her 💖 I bought Merlin knowing that he would be my forever horse, and I haven’t had any regrets. I too have a champagne taste on a peanut budget, and buying a weanling/yearling was the only way I’d be able to afford a horse like him. Wishing you all the best 🫶

[@Bajkowski1]

Informative video! I am thinking about getting a young horse too. I don’t mind giving up riding for a bit but I don’t want to not ride for three years. Did you have another horse ?

[@KaitehhEquestrian]

I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to work with two other horses while Merlin was growing up, one of whom was Eve, an OTTB who I retrained from July of 2022 through June of this year. She belonged to my old coach :) I didn’t have the means to have more than one horse but I was very fortunate to be given opportunities to ride others’ horses xx

[@carolinebeetz]

Super helpful! Thankful.

[@KaitehhEquestrian]

I’m glad you enjoyed and found out helpful!! Welcome to the channel! 💕

[@kimbapae3068]

Was it your first horse? Hes lovely!

[@KaitehhEquestrian]

Thank you! He’s technically my third horse as I had a small pony and large pony growing up that I shared with my sister, but he’s the first horse I’ve bought and paid for completely myself. ☺️💕

[@peggyarsenault1280]

Wasn’t he born in June? 🤐🤐

[@KaitehhEquestrian]

And I bought him in May, so he was technically a foal ;) and I had a hand in handling him when he was a baby, so I count it. Hahah 😂

[@peggyarsenault1280]

But you said at one point that his birthday was in July. 🤷🏼‍♀️