April 1st Trail Horse Showcase

Spring is HERE! It's time to pick out that awesome trail horse to enjoy the gorgeous weather with here at Carolina Horse Company! This is our TRAIL HORSE SHOWCASE!!!We will have our usual selection of outstanding horses for all disciplines from reining to roping to jumping and driving. But, this month is the month for those solid trail horses to SHINE here at Carolina Horse Company! ALL BREEDS AND DISCIPLINES ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED! This is a well attended sale and will be webcast both on our internet bidding site and Facebook Live. Consignors!!! It is NEVER too early to get your horses advertised to start sending them in NOW! Rodger Finn will start selling tack at 11:00 am and we'll start selling horses at 5pm sharp! This is a CATALOG SALE and we are expecting a lot of good horses! ALL REGISTERED HORSES have a $20 consignment fee. This fee does entitle you to a spot in our printed catalog so get that information in and get the most bang for your buck! If you have a GRADE HORSE, you may opt into the catalog for $20/horse. Grade catalog horses will run right along with the registered catalog horses - no having to wait until the end! To make the printed catalog, all information must be received by Wednesday, March 29th at 8pm. You DO NOT have to send photos or videos but they are HIGHLY recommended! To get your horse's information in, call or text Bridget at 315-771-0232, email it to bridget@carolinahorseco.com, or message it to Carolina Horse Company on Facebook. Things kick off on Saturday at 11 am with Rodger Finn's Tack Sale NCAL #6295. Used tack first and new tack to follow! SELLERS! Please note that there is a $10 NO SALE FEE ON SADDLES! If you are putting a reserve on a saddle, you must let us know when you check your tack in so that we can enter it correctly into the system! Any larger items (horse trailers, wagons, carts, etc) will sell outside starting around 4:15. As with the used saddles, please note that there is a no sale fee on these items. Used tack is sold at 15% commission. Wagons & horse trailers are sold at reduced commission of 8% with a $25 no sale fee. HORSES! We start selling horses at 5pm SHARP! All catalog horses sell FIRST, Uncataloged horsess will follow. The horse portion of the sale will be webcast live with internet bidding. Telephone bidding is also available on horses. TELEPHONE BIDDERS! You must call and register to telephone bid BEFORE 4pm on sale day! Call Bridget at 315-771-0232 A credit card is required to bid by phone. CONSIGNORS! Don't forget to call ahead and reserve your hip numbers! You can call ahead as early as you like! 315-771-0232 Horses are sold at 8% commission ($25 flat fee on horses sold for $300 or less) and there is a $20 consignment fee on ALL registered horses and all cataloged grade horses. A negative coggins is required dated within 1 year and can be drawn on sale day if needed at a cost of $35. There is a $25 no sale fee on horses. Horses may be sold outside of the ring but MUST be charged through the office. Horses are expected to go through the ring if they are not sold outside. IF YOU ELECT TO PULL AND NO SALE YOUR HORSE BEFORE IT GOES IN THE RING THERE IS A $50 FEE - NO EXCEPTIONS. Yardage is charged at a rate of $6/head to cover feed and clean up after the sale. THERE IS NO CHARGE TO ADVERTISE YOUR HORSE AHEAD OF TIME OR MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE BIDDING SO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS GREAT SERVICE! The sooner you get your information in, the more promotion your horse gets! **********Important!********** While we do not charge for advertising ahead of time, we do expect the horses that are advertised to BE HERE for the sale! Effective immediately, if you advertise your horse with us ahead of time and do not bring the horse to the sale, you WILL be charged a $25 fee, no exceptions. Many of our buyers drive a good distance to get here and it is very disappointing when the horse they drove to see doesn't show up! BUYERS! This is the sale everyone is talking about - come out and see why! Watch these horses work in our spacious arenas and around the property on the natural trail obstacles. Don't settle for a tiny auction ring - buy horses where you can REALLY see them move! 72 HOUR SOUNDNESS GUARANTEE!!!!! Carolina Horse Company is proud to offer a 72 hour soundness guarantee on horses that are sold sound for $1000 or more in our ring! Here are the basics. The soundness guarantee is specific to the following: Lameness, absence of vices (i.e. cribbing or weaving), soundness of wind (heaves, roaring), free from parrot or monkey mouth (overbite or underbite), and sight in both eyes. A seller may declare a horse to be a cribber but otherwise sound. In that case, you are buying the horse with the guarantee minus what was declared (In other words, you can call us with a lameness concern on such a horse) What is NOT covered: Any horse sold under $1000 is not covered by the guarantee. Any horse sold "as is" or "buying him there in the dust" Horses sold "as is" or "there in the dust" are announced as such so please listen to announcements on each horse. ANY HORSE SOLD OUTSIDE regardless of the price is NOT guaranteed. If you want the guarantee, you need to be the high bidder in the ring. If you buy the horse outside of the ring, whether before or after the sale, there is no guarantee from Carolina Horse Company as we do not know what was said outside of our sale ring. Be the bidder! Lameness: Obvious lameness that is observable is of course covered. A failed flexion test alone on a horse that travels sound otherwise is not acceptable as flexion tests are not a reliable stand alone diagnostic tool. Sickness. Anytime horses congregate in one area, sickness is a concern just as when you send your kids to school. We STRONGLY recommend that ANY horse new to your herd at home is quarantined for 21 days no matter where it comes from. We have horses here from all over the country and with that of course comes the risk of viruses passing between them. Be smart, be safe, and quarantine! :) Be an informed buyer! Get here early, go back to these stalls and speak with our consignors! ASK those tough questions. Look the horse over BEFORE they enter the ring. We have asked our consignors to do their part and represent their horses as they are. We also ask our buyers to be smart consumers. The barns are open and the horses are here - go through them ahead of time and shop smart!