Honey65
New User
Hi
Looking to buy a connemara pure / cross for my 13 year old daughter. She has been riding for a few years and is a technically capable rider. She was jumping around 50cm. In the summer she lost her confidence with a New Forest loan pony who was overly eager to jump, lacked breaks, and had no manners on the ground.
She is now regaining her confidence with lovely cob pony. He is capable of jumping 1m and has fab confidence and breaks but his owner will be taking him back in a couple of months so I think now is the time to buy.
I want her to continue to regain her confidence but also buy a pony who will last a few years. I'm lucky enough to have a budget of £5k and I'm thinking of buying a connemara.
Could anyone advise on breed and producers / what I should be looking for? I've bought several horses for myself and it's always been hard work travelling every weekend to far away places to find they are not as described. I have friends very close to https://www.irishsportequine.com/ so thinking of a potential shopping visit - I can't imagine buying unseen like some do. Anyone got any experience of them?
Looking to buy a connemara pure / cross for my 13 year old daughter. She has been riding for a few years and is a technically capable rider. She was jumping around 50cm. In the summer she lost her confidence with a New Forest loan pony who was overly eager to jump, lacked breaks, and had no manners on the ground.
She is now regaining her confidence with lovely cob pony. He is capable of jumping 1m and has fab confidence and breaks but his owner will be taking him back in a couple of months so I think now is the time to buy.
I want her to continue to regain her confidence but also buy a pony who will last a few years. I'm lucky enough to have a budget of £5k and I'm thinking of buying a connemara.
Could anyone advise on breed and producers / what I should be looking for? I've bought several horses for myself and it's always been hard work travelling every weekend to far away places to find they are not as described. I have friends very close to https://www.irishsportequine.com/ so thinking of a potential shopping visit - I can't imagine buying unseen like some do. Anyone got any experience of them?