How to Buy a Harness Race Horse
Harness racing is a type of horse racing where the horse pulls a two-wheeled cart and runs in a controlled gait. According to the Prince Edward Island Horse Owners Association, anyone can own a harness racing horse. There are several options when buying a horse. If you have the money to spend and love the sport of horse racing, here's how you can buy your own harness racing horse.
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Instructions
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Set aside enough money to buy a harness race horse. You most likely won't purchase a horse for under $10,000 and often much more than that. You also need to stable the horse, groom it and feed it. Owning a horse can be an expensive venture.
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Find a good trainer and consult with that trainer when buying your first horse, especially if you buy a yearling. Selecting a potential winner from a group of horses who are young and have not raced much takes the experience and ability of a long-time trainer.
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Arrange a private sale with an owner. You might assemble a few other interested parties and form a partnership.
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Attend an auction. Be the highest bidder on a harness race horse of your selection and win that horse. On Gait is a great website to check for auctions and also conducts online auctions.
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Go to a claiming race. Enter a claim for the race horse of your choice prior to the race. If your claim for that particular horse is drawn after the race, you win that horse.
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Tips & Warnings
Always have a veterinarian check a horse prior to purchasing it in a private sale or auction.
If your claim is drawn at a claiming race, you win the horse you entered a claim on regardless of its finish in the race.
Prize money is paid to the previous owner of a harness race horse in a claiming race, not to the winner of the horse.
Monthly costs for owning a harness race horse can run over $2,000 per month; this includes training fees, veterinary bills, feeding and grooming and even insurance coverage-estimated up to $7 per $100 of the horse's value.
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I'm looking for a lame horse, a trotter that use to be good and now cant come back because of lameness. around 5 to 8 years old. will buy for under 5,000.
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thebigstogie
Nov 03, 2009
Sorry kingskippy, but this article is giving the correct information. It is done in the simplest of terms, but it is true. -
kingskippy
May 15, 2009
Honestly, this article is not very good. Actually it is awful. You can tell by reading it that the author truly has no idea what he was writing about.
