Echo everything that others have said re asking questions, seeing owner ride, trusting gut instinct :)
Also put the word out among friends and acquaintances that you're looking for a new horse ... if you can find a horse through recommendation (ie that someone you know knows the horse and has...
We've just moved house and we've managed to have hay cut from some of our land. There's some leftover dried grass lying aroung - how long before we can put the horses on this newly-cut pasture? Will this dried grass that's lying around have the same effect on them as grass clippings :eek: or...