Did you 'click' with your horse when you first tried it?

yep

got there and knew within 10 minutes of being on board (and about 15 mins of tacking up/questions to the owner)


to me, you " know" if its the one :)



ets - i did hate her the best part of a month after I bought her tho... cause i couldnt catch her :D
 
noodle_ said:
yep

got there and knew within 10 minutes of being on board (and about 15 mins of tacking up/questions to the owner)


to me, you " know" if its the one :)
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Think maybe the horse isnt right for me i dont mind a strong horse but do like to be able to keep a ryhthm in canter and not constantly fight with it especially for SJ!

He never tried to bomb off or anything like that, was more eager than anything!
 
My mare sounds a bit like the horse you tried. ISH, very sane and sensible but also enthusiastic (gets a little strong jumping and cantering). Basically she is honest, will jump even if the stride isn't quite right and is bomb proof in traffic etc. She hasn't battered an eyelid in all this windy weather with everything flapping around. I've had her 3 months now and she is fab! We are working on finding the right bit and I'm enjoying working on our partnership.

I was very careful to not get emotionally attached to the horses I tried (distanced myself from the experience as much as I could) but I did warm to her instantly as she stopped eating her hay to say hello.

Did you try the horse in an open space and jumping? Can you go and try her again? Can you have a lesson on her with your instructor?
 
I wouldn't say I "clicked" with her straight away and to be honest its only recently where we've really got a "connection", we've always had a good bond though.

I did however feel safe on her when I tried her, we cantered up a hill in the pouring rain, strong wind and she pulled up straight away and plodded back down on a long rein, pretty good for a big, green 4yo I'd say!

Previously I'd tried a horse that I felt completely comfortable on, jumped some pretty big fences but after thinking long and hard decided not to go for him and now 2 years down the line I'm glad we didn't buy him for several different reasons.
 
Kirsty+Java said:
Think maybe the horse isnt right for me i dont mind a strong horse but do like to be able to keep a ryhthm in canter and not constantly fight with it especially for SJ!

He never tried to bomb off or anything like that, was more eager than anything!
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tbh if your having doubts walk away!

i stand by what i said - you will know when its the right one.... or more to the point the one for you :)

the mare i bought (and still have), wasnt right for me in the respect of schooling - she was 4, very green and ive had to wait 12 months to be good enough to get out competing!

however - it felt right, safe and i knew she was "the one"

hope that makes a little more sense :)
 
i did like her but i didn't 'click' until about a month into the trial period
i decided to take her because she was such a willing sweetie, i wanted to get out the riding school and think on my own feet
i probably would have clicked with her sooner if i hadn't have had to leave behind a pony who i had a real bond with (he used to nibble my riding boot!) but i have a good bond with her now, although i do miss that old pony i still love my new mare

unlike my friend, tried her horse out was as bolshy as anything but still bought him as he looked like he was wearing eyeliner (a grey with black around his eyes, stunning horse) then clicked after a few days
 
My two beautiful mares not at all, complete baggage's the pair of them was utterly determined that I was going to learn to ride both of them the first time I rode my first mare she deposited me 3 times the first time I tried my other mare she pissed off with me. My boy well I had lost my confidence majorly after having a rather bad time with a youngster I had on loan however even watching him being led in from the field I knew I would probably quite like him. When I first sat on him I was very badly bruised and my heart was in my mouth but he properly looked after me and I even took him for a little hack.

I guess it depends whether or not your up for ironing out the quirks if you don't click straight away. My first mare I still have 17 years on, she's still an old baggage!
 
It doesn't sound to me as though this is the horse for you.

I presume the broken leg is yours, not the horse's? If so, I'd advise leaving the search until the leg is better. This could be why you didn't feel that you could sit down in the saddle effectively.

We once bought a horse from the neighbour of a friend. Friend told us she was for sale, we went round, owner was out but groom allowed us to meet the horse. We went back a few days later and the mare whickered when she saw us. Needless to say we bought her (after a ridden trial but it was a foregone conclusion).
I don't think we have ever bought one that we didn't 'click' with straightaway, we have walked away from several. We have confirmed the 'click' with a return visit but never gone back to one we were doubtful about.
 
I was scared of Dizz when I first tried her, but I fell in love with her anyway :rolleyes::D

All I did was ride her round the school in a walk. I'd seen other people do other things on her. I waited a few weeks, riding her twice more (limited as I had my ovaries out part way through that time) before I bought her, but I knew I was going to have her the moment I saw her that time.

The weird thing is - I'd been to see her almost a year to the day before then. The first time she was for sale, but I didn't like her then :eek:. A year later and I was in love straight away. Weird!

Sometimes I wonder if I should have looked for a steady eddy type, but whilst she has been an interesting ride, etc., to date, she never tries to get me off :D. She has reared once, bucked once, and the rest of the time tends to just spin, hump, and/or go backwards, which are all comparatively 'safe' and are easy to sit :D. I can also hack her out on her own on the end of the buckle, past big wagons and flappy things :D
 
I have always known after a few minutes of riding,whether it is the right horse for me. If I feel safe,& I can stop,great! I can work on the rest myself. But I have to say that I'd walk away from something strong,because in a stress situation,the horse will be even stronger:eek:

I would not buy a car with dodgy brakes either:)
 
Peegeesmum said:
I have always known after a few minutes of riding,whether it is the right horse for me. If I feel safe,& I can stop,great! I can work on the rest myself. But I have to say that I'd walk away from something strong,because in a stress situation,the horse will be even stronger:eek:

I would not buy a car with dodgy brakes either:)
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i had never thought of it like that!

thanks!
 
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