Break in yourself or send away?

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rosie1

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I have a 3yo homebred, i can tack her up, long rein and even leant over her. Thing is I would like her professionally done but how much would you expect to pay especially when I have already done quite a lot of the hard work - its now a case of getting on her and get her moving forward from the leg. I feel as she is a homebred she could so with going away to school to grow up a bit more?

What are your opinions?
 
My boy who is rising 4 will be going away to boarding school. Prices seem to range from £120 -£220 per week.
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We break in our own homebred youngsters but we have a safe school and two experienced helpers.

As we are breaking them in for ourselves and also not for sale we are probably able to spend more time on the basics and then just get them to the stage of being able to walk, trot and canter in the school before turning them away for some months. When we get them back in we start to do more schooling work although I agree with you, we instill in them that they MUST go forward from the leg at all times from the very start. I don't feel that they need to go away to grow up.

Good luck with your youngster.
 
i would expect if all of the work has been done well at home she would be away for 2 maybe 3 weeks to be capable of walk and trot and hacking out in company or with a person on foot.

i also agree with you about homebreds going away to school and we do this with all of ours but we tend to do it the spring after they have been backed at home.
 
I started my boy, just lots of patience and calmness needed really. I did all the groundwork, including putting two heavy boots tied onto rope over his back to hang at foot length(over his polypad I hasten to add). We had great fun, and when I backed him he didn't bat an eyelid.

I took a lot of advice from the ABC of breaking horses, and we have a very trusting bond between us now. It's an experience I wouldn't have missed for the world !
 
harvey was mouthed (bitted) when i bought him
he was also walked out in traffic so had seen everything lorries trains etc

but i did everything else
taught him to jump & school
i have lessons with a v good dressage instructor and shes helped LOADS

for the first 18months all we did was hack out
then we moved to a yard with more facilities

he didnt see a pole till he was 5 and hadnt been in a school till he was 4

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I would get a good and sympathetic RI (pref a monty roberts assoc) to help and keep them at home. better job taken more slowly and horse will have deep trust in you. doesnt need to go away to grow up. just my opinion, bet you would do a great job.
 
I did Chancer at home with a professional coming in. I spent a long time from initial bitting at 18 months to backing - he was sat on at 2 1/2 and then left until 3. Sat on again at 3 and at 3 1/2 we did our first few strides of canter. Everything was done very slowly with plenty of time for him to be happy before going on to the next thing. He was never any trouble as he is a sensible laid back type.

When he was rising 4, he went to a professional who is also a very good friend and I trust 100% and had three weeks with her - all the basics were established and it was more of a tune up, new environment and she was able to do some things I could not at home, hack out in a group and school in a group so going into the show ring was not too much of a shock for him.

For me, sitting on him and knowing I was the first was the best riding experience in my life.
 
I've just recently lightly backed my rising 4 years RID youngster. I've longreined her and she is very good to tack and boot up. I've got her standing quietly next to the mounting block whilst I get on her and I do the same for dismounting. As I've had major spinal surgery in recent years I've decided to get in professional help with the riding away part. Fortunately I've got a lady down the road who will use IH for the next stages and I can walk her there myself every morning. The fact that part of the initial work has been done already just means that a professional can get on with the next stages quicker which keeps costs down.
 
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