splashgirl45
Lurcher lover
i will tell you of my experience, i had worked at a RS evenings and weekends ( i already had a full time job ) i bought my first horse, an 8 year old, 16.1 irish tb,i was 21 and had been riding and looking after horses for 10 years i was very confident and thought i could ride anything as i had ridden quite a few youngsters and was the one to try out any new ones. it was a bit of a shock to find that i wasnt quite as good as i thought i was and although he didnt frighten me, he was quite a handful. he also had very flat feet and seemed to find any sharp stones and was quite high maintenance health wise..i moved him from the rs and kept him with some friends and i felt a bit overwhelmed as i had always gone to my RS owner for advice re feeding etc. it is a steep learning curve to look after your own horse and to make decisions about their well being.......to answer your query about TB projects, if you want to showjump at a reasonable level a TB would not be my first port of call, some can SJ but lots of them are very fragile and may not stand up to jumping regularly. why not look on horsequest on the showjumping page, the first horse on there would be a good project and is £2000