Christmas Pony & Horse Holiday Sale

*******NEW TIMES!!!! WE'RE STARTING EARLIER! TACK AT 10AM HORSES AT 3PM******************3% Buyer's Premium waived when paying in cash only********************** Out of state buyers MUST pay by cash, credit card, or guaranteed funds ONLY. Personal checks from out of state are NOT accepted without a bank letter of credit - NO EXCEPTIONS*******In state buyers who are new and wish to pay by check must provide a bank letter of credit to issue personal checks over $500********* Registration papers on registered horses will NOT be issued night of sale when paying by check and will be mailed to buyer once funds have cleared*****Carolina Horse Company presents the sale we probably have the most fun with every year - the CHRISTMAS PONY & HORSE HOLIDAY SALE! Don't miss a great time with equines of every size, shape, color, and discipline! Our consignors have a lot of fun decking out their equines for the Holidays and our buyers get to pick great family equines from the tiniest of Miniatures to the big draft horses perfect for those winter rides in the wagon or sleigh (if you live where there is some actual snow anyway!) Every month we have a different focus here at Carolina Horse Company and December belongs to those fun-sized equines that every little kid dreams of finding on Christmas morning! Minis and Ponies get the spotlight in December and will sell first followed by our usual catalog of jam up riding and driving horses for ALL disciplines!Rodger Finn will start selling tack at 10:00 am on Saturday and we'll start selling horses at 3pm sharp! PLEASE NOTE THE EARLIER START TIMES AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY!!! 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, October 4th 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 336-904-8903, email it to bridget@carolinahorseco.com, or message it to Carolina Horse Company on Facebook Things kick off on Saturday at 10 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 2:15. 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 3pm SHARP! All catalog horses sell FIRST, Uncataloged horses 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 1pm on sale day! Call Bridget at 336-904-8903 or Amber at 336-564-7650 to register. 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! 336-904-8903 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 $500 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 $500 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!