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bellemma33

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hi. hoping to get some advice. i have in the past owned a irish draught x mare, and a 16.1 hand 12 year old tb gelding.

i am looking at getting a clydesdale/shire x. 13 year old who was just backed a couple of year ago. she was going to be used at a riding centre but had a foal last year. she has a beautiful temp and is good to handle however lacks experience as a ridden horse.

could i get some advice on whether she will do good as a hacking horse.

i need a weight carrier as i am 15 stone and 5 foot 7.
 
Good temp,ok every horse starts at the bottom, breaking,lungeing being slowly backed and gently hacked out,if you do these these,doesn't matter what age they are,just take it slowly with her and I think you've got a good un.
 
Well each horse is different but I've had 2 shire/Clydie crosses, both mares and they were both virtually bombproof, particularly as a far as traffic was concerned. The first one was very wary of cattle until we kept her in a field next to a herd, so she once almost walked over a car because a bull looked at her over a field wall, lol! They were both good at nannying nervous horses/riders. They were both good weight carriers, the first one was also ridden by a 6'2" rugby player.
I also 'accidentally' rode a 2 yr old gelding at a RS (he went back as soon as YO realised his age), who didn't even react when fireworks were going off all around him.
My concern would be that the one you are considering has led a sheltered life, so might not be so unflappable.
Can I ask, is she in Lancashire? I enquired about one similar to this last year but she had been sold to a neighbour.
 
take it slow with her, treat her like a baby and remember she is completely green and is a hell of alot of horse to deal with if she throws a tantrum :)

good luck!:D
 
hi everyone. wow thanks so much for all that advice. i shall not be taking her lightly and shall view her with an open mind. i dont for one minute think that she will be a doddle, but the advice you have all given me has been great and i thank you for that.

no she wasnt from lancashire, going to see her monday,

i will take it slowly definately and i have got some good support from friends at my yard who are a bit more experienced.

thanks again x
 
what a thread!!
through a whole sequence of events my field horror of a horse ended up in a field of four clydesdales and a percheron. Its really sorted him out .. he is as usual top dog but not agressive as he had been in the past. I have found myself falling for one of the clydesdales and ive got it bad, I have started handling him and am hoping to bring him on ever so slowly over the summer. Ive been wanting to ask the same question for a while.. i think a saddle will be a probvlem though!
 
We had a shire a few years back. She was beautiful, a real gentle giant. My mum loved to ride her and she was only used as a slow hack. Sadly we did lose her at 18 which was heartbreaking and maybe a reason why we didn't go for another heavy as her problems were very much to do with the breed.
As far as riding goes, they are a mighty noble armchair :)
 
Getting a saddle for a heavy horse isn't the problem it use to be:):):)Look up the website for the Clysdale holiday riding site I think it's in Scotland they should know where you can get one from, as I've a Clysdale x and 3 years time I'll be looking for said same saddle:D:D
 
ooh love the heavies - took me ages to find my big lad. I tried a few and they were actually quite hard to ride and steer when green and also hard to get going. The thing to remember with the heavies is that it's a lot of weight to carry and so its harder to get them into condition, esp as they sweat such a lot with all that hair, so mine gets clipped out. My boy used to get terribly out of puff and it took a lot of careful work to get him fit. I got very frustrated when searching for the right one and was lucky to find one well schooled, but all I tried were beautiful dopes on ropes - lol;)
 
Echo Bravo said:
Getting a saddle for a heavy horse isn't the problem it use to be:):):)Look up the website for the Clysdale holiday riding site I think it's in Scotland they should know where you can get one from, as I've a Clysdale x and 3 years time I'll be looking for said same saddle:D:D
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many thankyous for that... maybe i can sell you mine when i have made a total idiot of myself and have taken up golf instead!
 
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