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For a girl on my yard- she has a 13hh New Forest X. (Forest Bred) he is 5. He is built like a house and I can ride him no problem at all. He is soooooo quiet to ride has never bucked/reared or bolted. Hacks out alone and in company but can be 'looky' on his own. Hes ridden in a hanging cheek snaffle. Jumps 2'6 rustic courses/does working hunter with success at RC level. Loads travels well. Solid feet, no health issues, moves very straight. Will be clipped/bathed and played with without any issues.

He's taught dissabled kids down to 7 years old to ride. But does work correctly/more forward when needed.

Now what makes him difficult to value is he can be a pig to lead- some days hes an angel- others he can just bomb off back to buddies in the field- which is odd as shes good to catch. Even my OH cant hold him when he tries this. He's been lead in a normal headcollar/pressure knot headcollar and chiffney and has pulled away a number of times. He has done this at a show when leading away from the lorry. In every other respect hes a gem- and perfect family pony but she wasnt sure if he could sell as a first pony because he doesnt always lead properly. And he's her first pony so she doesnt know how much to see him for.
 
maybe around £1200 - to - £1600 !! The leading problem would probably put alot of parents off buying him for their children... Could she not work on this a bit before selling ?
 
yep- I was bringing him in for her one morning and put the chiffney on, and he decided he wasnt coming in so pulled the leather lead out of my hand- but was easy to catch again, and then came in quiety- its sooo odd. Sometimes he's a saint to lead othertimes not- but always comes in second time round without any issues- but my worry is will he scare a child? hes not dangerous when he does it- i.e he just pulls till hes got the leadline out of your hand then canterss about 100 yards away to the nearest horse in the field. Hmmm, she put him up for £3000 (my reccomendation was £2000 because he is a saint to ride- in any situation)
 
My lad does this (has done it in a chiffney also, stupid horse). He's broken 2 of my fingers in the past year.
And i'm sorry to say but i got him for roughly 2k cheaper than he should have been because of this.

Can she not get an instructor to help her? Surely it may be worth paying to get someone to help with this?

With a routine and help from a very good instructor mine seems to be responding very well and i can now get him in the field and give him a treat before letting him go. He comes in fine now he has a routine which used to be a big problem.
Although i'm probably going to regret saying all of this if he breaks my finger when i go and see him later
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She probably could- but she's selling as she wants to go to college and needs the money to leave home- I think honestly she cant afford it. And also the issue is often he doesnt do it- so you could get an instructor in- but he might behave that day so the instructor wouldnt see the problem. He can go a good couple of weeks before doing it again, but then he can sometimes do it 2 times in a week. No pattern tbh. Well according to the answers here she'll be lucky to sell him- which is sad cause hes great in every other respect poor boyo.
 
Is there someone on the yard that would be able to help? Mine only did it occasionally too. I'm lucky to have a yard owner/ instructor who was able to help me daily for a while.

Lots of ground work to get respect and reminding him your there every few strides may help. Don't just walk along make sure he's listening and respecting you.

Also i found it helped if i brought him in to a feed so he thought of coming in as something positive.

I really feel for her, it's a horrible situation to be in. Maybe she could put him on project horses? He sounds like a lovely lad otherwise.
 
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There are plenty of people who would consider him as a project so I don't think she would have trouble selling him IF he were at a sensible price. To sell him at £3000, she is going to have to lie and say he doesn't ever bomb off in hand, and hope that he doesn't do it in some of the viewings, which would be the wrong thing to do for the ponio, as he sounds lovely other than that, and I deffo think that with some work he bombing off could be improved if not resolved.
 
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