Possibly the single most important aspect, and certainly one of the most visible faces of the heavy horse industry is the marketplace.
Public auctions are as common today as the cold.
To the newcomer, a horse sale may be as confusing as the instructions to programming the VCR clock. We need them, but we also need to set the rules and make sure that the potential horse buyer understands and accepts those rules. Problems that arise between buyer, seller and sale management have become painfully apparent in recent times. Maybe they always have been. We've asked some of the main players in today's draft horse auctions their thoughts on avoiding problems, handling disputes and what new buyers need to know.