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I always aim for the Easter market, this is when I used to back them. Start as soon as there is more evening light, and aim to advertise...

Yes, the home you describe in your second paragraph is exactly what I am looking for! Fingers crossed one turns up when I advertise.

There also a lot of people who will question if an 'older' unbacked horse is genuinely unbacked or was a tried and failed backing. Is...

Definitely prefer unbacked at that age. I don't usually back anything with connie blood until the second half of their fourth year. If...

Unbacked for me. There is a pony entered into an upcoming sale who is three. Some of the pictures appear to show it has been hunted...

Thanks. That's really useful. Seems like, as I thought, backing in the autumn will not be very useful unless I keep her till 4 and do...

Will do. Will PM

Yes, good idea about stud connections. I see on FB that Barrowby sometimes advertise their stallions' progeny from other breeders.

Yes, agreed about professional. She will make a good teenager eventer, I would imagine. She's got a lot of bone so not sure she would be...

She is not Grafenstolz. The link with Winsome Andante and Future Gravitas is through her granddam, Justwith Genoa. My filly's grandsire...

Agree with this, it's the 'what if' of has someone tried and messed up, or they were tricky so don't want to show them ridden. I agree...

Can you tell me why you say professional home? Is it that you are thinking sell in spring to a professional home to back and they would...

You’ll want a professional home, and a professional will prefer unbacked. There’s no point wasting the money getting her backed. You...

Probably May or June? We are putting house on the market in Jan/Feb so it will take approx 4 months to go through.

I would prefer either un-backed and in the field, or backed and be able to view under saddle. I would pay a lot more for backed and...