The Blue Spruce Ranch

Tri-Annual Consignment Horse Sale                   “Connecting good honest sellers with good honest buyers.”

     1^st Sale to be held May 15 at Lewiston, Mn Sales Barn

Check in is 8:00am till 11:30 am with riding horses selling at noon

Our Thoughts:

     Over the last few years we have attended many horse sales and have found that the sellers are unhappy with the prices they are getting for their horses and buyers feel some of the horses are misrepresented. This makes a buyer awfully uncomfortable buying horses at a sale; we would like to change that. This will be the first sale we are holding; we are also planning a mid to late July sale and a late September sale. We feel by setting new rules and starting new programs for screening horses before the sale, the buyer can purchase with confidence that he or she will go home with a good sound horse that they will enjoy for years to come. All arriving horses will be checked to make sure there are no sick horses spreading diseases to healthy horses. Every horse will have an information/ evaluation sheet filled out by the owner and a neutral party, this is to ensure the horse is what the owner says it is and so the buyer knows what they are getting. No horses will be rode in the ring, due to the size of the ring.

Rules:

·        Buyers paying by check will be required to have a letter of credit from their bank.

o       This will ensure that sellers will get paid on the same day.

·        No Loose horses

o Everything must be halter broke including weanlings

·        Mules and Donkeys will also be excepted

o Mules and Donkeys still must meet the same requirements as horses

·        No sick, crippled, or kill horses, nor any animals that are suspected of being drugged.

o A vet will be at the sale observing animals and performing any necessary Coggins tests

·        Every horse, mule or donkey must have a good usable halter and lead rope.

o If the animal doesn’t have a halter and lead rope one will be provided at the owner’s expense

·        All out of state horses must have current negative Coggins test.

Information/ Evaluation Sheets:

When you arrive at the sale you will be checked in, at that time you will receive the number tag for your horse and an information/ evaluation sheet.  On this sheet you will fill in the information about your horse and then evaluate your horse on how you think it is. Then you will bring your horse to the area where a neutral party will ride the horse and another neutral party will be watching and they together will evaluate the horse on the same sheet.  Then when the horse comes into the ring the information/ evaluation sheet will be read, before the auctioneer starts the bidding.

Consignment Terms:

It will cost $15.00 to consign any animal, if you no sale the animal you will forfeit that $15.00.  There will be a $3.00 inspection charge per animal. Animals selling between $0-$500 will be charged 7%, $501-$1000 will be charged 6%, $1001-$1500 will be charged 5%, with a maximum of $75.00, and minimum of $15.00 per head.  Tack will be 10% or min $2.00 per item, and if item is not sold, no sale will be 10% of final bid.

Order of Sale:

Saddle horses will be first, halter broke will be next; followed by driving teams and tack will be last.  It will be used tack only. Horses will be sold in exact order they are consigned; we may have to limit the number of horses we can take because of the facilities. The consignments will be held strictly on a first come, first served bases, no exceptions!!!      

Contact us:

Jerry or Regina Ford     29309 Highway 74    St Charles, MN  55972

BlueSpruceRanch@aol.com or 507-932-4465 evenings or leave message