3 yo?

Dont reccommend critisising someones horse for sale on here. SO many people go on here and many people will have horses for sale and wont be too happy seeing this

(I just wouldnt be happy to see this if I was selling my opinion only)
 
It is quite normal for the warmbloods to start some work at 3, however this horse appears to be quite green judging by the pics of jumping, they could of photographed it loose jumping which is preferable. I dont think the overbent is that bad, it is just behind the bridle as many youngsters are!
I dont think you were critising the horse, more questioning the things it is performing!
 
You really are on one lately!
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Oh, sorry, I probably didnt word it very well. I wasnt being critical of the horse, quite liked it in fact.

I was more questioning the work it was being asked to do at 3. It struck me as a bit strange, but I don't know much about how things work on the continent.
Apologies if I've offended anyone!
 
Exactly, you put it much better than I did.
It seemed like a lot of work to be asking a big 3 yo to do, and it didnt look particularly happy jumping, but that was just my opinion.
 
I hate seeing young horses doing heavy work, and have posted about this sort of thing before, but i would agree that it is best not to link it to a particular horse just in case anyone here owns the horse. I have seen many youngsters go ring sour over jumps in particular from being overjumped as a youngster- but for all we know they may have just been trying him out that big just for the pictures, i hope so anyway. At least they cant compete him untill hes four anyway!
 
I think a 3 year old should be backed and shown a bit of everything, and then given some time to mature before being rebacked. My 5 year old was not backed until she was 4 because she was still growing a lot at 3 (she was 16.1hh at 3 and is now 17.1hh)
 
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GT's....
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Re. the actual point of the thread, I agree, I don't ever like to see babies doing lots and lots of work, in Europe they usually start them at 2 but you rarely see them competing in their late teens.
 
And there was me worrying I was doing too much with my 4 year old.
In Europe horses do do far more work and are started far younger.
The difference with trying an Irish 4 year old and the 4 year old I bought from Holland was amazing. The irish horse was as green as a leaf, where as Snoopy although needs truck loads of work on the flat is very well balanced for his age and has a jump I would be happy a 6 year old to have.

This horse is big and i just hope it has time to mature properly, however, it been brought on to sell.
 
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And my organization is going to open every gate to let the horses be free, unleash their wild spirit - get them back to their natural habitat - dodging traffic on the M40.
 
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and so might we when we get on the lairy blighters, lets start a back to nature keep them in the field movement....
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Absolutely. Far too young. Shocking.

If I had a three year old, I would be schooling it lightly in a correct but young outline, so as not to force it but to gradually strengthen the back. It would, perhaps, do some loose jumping but not with a rider on....not until later.

Hacking, loading and gentle schooling is what the horse should be doing.

If I were to look at this horse I would be worried that it had done too much too soon and therefore prone to injury later on.
 
On the continent horses would not be working like this, they would be schooled, lunged and perhaps gently hacked and loose jumping once a week or so.

At this age all they are doing is spoiling the horse, though it looks like a nice little horse.
 
And i agree with Dutch. i did spend over a year in germany and you have to initially get on the creatures young as these warmbloods are so big, they soon get too big to argue with but i like the look of the horse but not the short neck behind the vertical outline, a hideously difficult fault to correct and often indicative that the initial work has been hurried or incorrectly carried out.
 
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