Market snapshot

Sport horse market snapshot · July 2026

Published July 6, 2026 · Horse Scouts buyer guide

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A monthly read on what is listed for sale right now: how long horses sit on the market, typical asking prices by scope, and how jumpers compare to hunters. Figures are medians from our weekly scan of major sport-horse listings, updated September 21, 2026.

Horses for sale

1,052

Active ads this week

Median time listed

about 11 weeks

All disciplines, priced with scope

Jumper median ask

$55,000

159 with price and scope

Hunter median ask

$69,500

166 with price and scope

This month

What is on the market

We track 1,052 horses currently for sale. About 76.4% show a dollar asking price; the rest say inquire or call for price. Only 33.4% include both a price and a scope in the ad, and those are the horses behind the medians below.

  • 39 new listings since last week
  • 25 removed (sold, leased, or pulled)
  • 11 price changes in the latest scan

Roughly 16.2% of ads never show a public price. Those horses are excluded from the price tables.

Disciplines

Jumpers vs hunters

Jumpers and hunters are priced and marketed differently. Jumper ads usually list scope in meters; hunter ads use feet and inches. We report them separately so the numbers stay honest.

Show jumpers

Scope listed in meters

Hunters

Scope listed in feet

Jumpers Hunters
Active listings 472 531
With a listed ask 78.6% 76.1%
Price and scope in ad 159 (33.7%) 166 (31.3%)
Median asking price $55,000 $69,500
Median time listed about 11 weeks about 11 weeks

Show jumpers

Asking price by listed height

Median asking price and time on market by the scope the seller lists in the ad. From 1.10m and up, the median ask is $86,250 (100 horses), with most between $54,500 and $114,500.

Listed scope (meters) Listed Median ask Median days
Under 1.0m (3'3") 25 $29,500 about 12 weeks
1.0m to 1.05m (3'3" to 3'6") 34 $32,250 about 12 weeks
1.10m to 1.15m (3'7" to 3'9") 43 $69,500 about 13 weeks
1.20m to 1.25m (3'11" to 4'1") 22 $89,750 about 8 weeks
1.30m to 1.35m (4'3" to 4'5") 15 $90,000 about 8 weeks
1.40m and up (4'7"+) 20 $117,500 about 11 weeks

Hunters

Asking price by listed scope

Hunter scope bands reflect how sellers write the ad (feet and inches, handy, derby, and similar). Median ask $69,500, typical time listed about 11 weeks.

Listed scope Listed Median ask Median days
Under 1.0m (3'3") 68 $54,500 about 12 weeks
1.0m to 1.05m (3'3" to 3'6") 65 $84,500 about 12 weeks
1.10m to 1.15m (3'7" to 3'9") 30 $77,000 about 10 weeks
1.20m to 1.25m (3'11" to 4'1") 3 $89,500 about 11 weeks
How we calculate these numbers

Asking price is what the seller posted, not a final sale price after negotiation.

Median is the middle of the market: half the horses are higher, half lower.

We only include horses with both a listed dollar price and a scope in the ad. POA, inquire, and blank height lines are excluded.

Snapshot from September 21, 2026, based on our weekly scan of major sport-horse sale listings.

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