Horse Prices Down in Southern Alberta

I was recently at the 2012 Perlich Auction Spring horse sale with the Canadian Quarter Horse Association and was astounded at how low well trained horses were selling for.  If you are a buyer now is the time to get in on well broke stock.

As I conversed with many horse people about the benifits of becoming a member of the Canadian Quarter Horse Association I listened to Bob Perlich calling out bids on horses that were very well broke.  Terrel Oler from Canyon BC at one point was standing on his saddle cracking a bull whip while his horse stood unaffected but aware of the loud noise that was right next to him.  After the bull whip was put away Terrel got off his horse and took a small feather like whip and gently touched the horses front left leg.  As I watched with amazement the horse layed down for the crowd.  Impressive I thought to myself.  Terrel should be going home with a cool $12,000 for a horse like that.  When Bob was finished calling for bids the buyer was only required to pay $1500 to own a horse that most professionals would consider to be virtually "bomb proof" if there is truly such a thing. 

This left the nagging question of "why are well trained horses like this selling for so little"?  Perhaps you can answer this as I am afraid I have no answers for you.  Perhaps it is a multitude of reasons, but never the less I would love to hear from you.

Marc