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He bought Cutter at 500.00 and wants me to pay him 1500.00 for her. The only reason I sold him Cutter was because she was supposed to go to his wife. We are close and because she has ataxia she needed a horse that would just stand there as she mounted. They split like a month after they got her. I am literally crying. I sold her low because they are both on a fixed income. It was a win win because my boys still had access to Cutter for 4h. I am so devastated right now. I love both these horses. Caddo is just a hauling fee to bring him home. I cant do both of them. What would you all do?

No I didnt necause we were all friends. His wife is still my best friend. I am so torn. Caddo I want home because he is the one I loved with all of my heart. Cutter would be great for the boys. Caddo should be but wont know until heis home. I am just scared that Cutter may end up at a kill pen or passed around. I thought I was doing right by helping my friends but inthe end I am the one hurting.

If they're your friends I am sure they'd be willing to do a payment plan then if they are seriously going to charge you 3X the price you sold him for...

It is tough being in horses, because stuff like this happens all the time sadly. :(

First right of refusal means that before they go to sell the horse they have to offer it back to you at the price that it was sold, aka, a buy back clause. If you chose not to, then they can go on their way and sell to whoever for whatever.
Generally the first right of refusal is just selling you back the horse, and it is ALWAYS (in my entire life of horses) for the same price the horse was sold for OR Less.
What they are doing I would 100% consider wrong - the only thing that would make it "ok" is if the situation was something like an unbroke horse was sold and then bought back after a fair amount of training, but it sounds like this is not the case. (I would like to add that I am in NO WAY trying to be rude or bad mouth, just trying to give you my opinion from my experience.)

If Caddo is pretty broke so that he would even be ok for your kids, you could consider leasing him for a little bit. That way you would have a little extra money to put towards Cutter. And if you did a full lease, then you could have some time to get back on your feet a little between getting Cutter back and bringing Caddo home with just one horse to worry about for a while. Or buy back Cutter and do a lease (the person interested in him would probably be up for it) for a little while to help re-coup the buy back and then Caddo's hauling.

I understand though that after getting you horsies back home, leasing out is probably the LAST thing you want to do after going through all of this! lol :)

Ohhh... yeah, boy, thats hard :(

I totally understand the draw of the heart horse, do you think you may be able to facilitate a soft landing for Cutter with someone else? I don't mean to sound blunt, but is Cutter worth what he's asking? Like will he easily place her/him in a new home for that?

It is a very difficult decision. I just feel like I am going to hurt no matter what I do.

Have you tried telling them that you will buy her back for what you sold her for? A 3x mark up seems a lot if they are wanting to move her. Hope everything works out so you can get both...personally I would get my heart horse back though first as I've made the decision to part with one before and regretted it ever since.

Although I'd never sell my heart horse if I did and was in a similar situation, he would be my choice every time.
I also would never pay 3x as much as I sold the horse for unless it was in a horrible situation and I had the money to get it out of that situation but especially since you just sold her to him I wouldnt do it. This guy doesnt sound like much of a friend. Sorry youre in this situation.

I didnt mean for you to have to explain yourself! I totally understand things happen.