Do you think your horse is well suited to you?

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Or do you just have them because you really like them?
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If not what do you think would suit you better?

I don't think Badger is well suited to me. He's too big/strong for me and we are both a bit "forward" so end up going everywhere too fast!
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Think I'd be better off with something smaller, less chunky and that eats/poos less.
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I think Bodey is very suited to me, in fact he is exactly what I would describe as wanting, if I didn’t have him, if that makes sense. I think he is the perfect size at 15’1hh but with a bit of chunk. He loves bombing around the countryside, and so do I.
I just feel really safe on him, and enjoy him more then any other horse I have ever ridden.
He is my boy, and very, very special to me.
 
I think me and Phe are pretty well suited... although he could do with being a bit chunkier... I am hoping his 1/4 shire is still developing..... well.. and I need to lose more weight! lol

Apart from that we are perfect.. he's very chilled, and I am not... I would have no patience for a stroppy diva horse.

I would sell my house before I sold my horse, he is the mutts nuts.
 
i wish mine was one or two inches taller! and wish he wudnt get so excited in the country and loose his head if we see another horse. i'm quite a stress head and get excitable and wish i was one or two inches taller too! so maybe we are well suited!
 
I've become well suited to my mare, because I've had her for so long. We've kind of adapted to each other. Though at a chunky and long backed 16.1, people say she's too big for me. So when I got a second horse, I got a 15.3 finely built warmblood and everyone commented on how much better I looked on this horse.

Except he turned out to be a serial rearer and I could hardly sit him when he jumped for some reason, so I had to swap him for a 17.1 big built German warmblood. This horse is far too big for me (I'm 5 feet 1) and I perch on top of him without being able to get my legs round him at all. But we are adapting, I hack him anywhere and everywhere and hope to BSJA soon with him, and he seems to like me. And *whisper it* I actually prefer riding big horses, I feel great up there, being able to see over the tops of big buildings and controlling a really strong, powerful horse :-)
 
me too!!! I ended up inheriting my dads big warmblood (he gave up riding.. didn't die!
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Think my life might be easier if I just rode smaller ones though. But like you say I think me and Badger have adapted to each other now.. although it took a while!
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I have had Motor for nearly 19 years and although we were not initially suited and it took 2 years to 'bond' we are now like 2 peas in a pod. He has never ever once scared me and is the most fizzy, forward going horse you could ever meet!
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So yes well suited
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I think Pickle is suited to me, in theory he is probably a tad too big for me however I wouldn't have it any other way now and feel strange on anything under 16.3hh!
 
Interesting question. I think mine is my soul mate in that we love the same things. So many times I've wished I had something lighter/with more blood in it so that it was easier to ride. But then, he's taught me so much and achieving things on him is so amazing.

It's a bit like a marriage really I think! Mine's a very good marriage
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I would say G and I are both well suited to each other. She's everything I wanted in a horse and more, and she seems to think that I'm ok, even if she prefers my Mum (the Mint Lady!).
 
I think me and Prince are perfectly suited, he has just the right mix of sensibilty and cheekiness to keep me confident but having fun!!
 
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Well, its very funny, Im not convinced that the perfect horse exists, really, and I think we all learn to deal with our horse, whatever character they have.. I adapt to ride my little arab, and then my 17.3 warmblood, and now Im on to my 16hh tb x i.d, and my andalusian mare, so they are all so different, but I love them all, whether they are well suited to me or not, I dont know? I suppose they all are, as I love them all so much
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I think Horlicks and I are very well suited (even though she's not mine yet!!)
She's gives me so much confidence, and it has never worried me when she's spooked out hacking or thrown a buck here and there!!

My instructor said to me the other day, when I ride her she relaxes instantly and goes so well.
She can be sweet and loving, but she can also be a hard nut to crack, and is not easily bowled over!!

I dote on her.....
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I don't think many horses would tolerate me as well as Pip does
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And when he can no longer cope with the odd human he finds in self with Ginga takes over very nicely
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I admit I'd like to have a huge powerful warmblood some days, but not many huge powerful warmbloods could I cope with, ride at stupid times of the day in stupid weather, take driving one day, dressage the next, show jumping the week after and do more than respectably in each so I think I'll stick to my (very) small ginger ones for now
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well my horse is just a baby i bought him unseen from photos as just weaned and when i opened the lorry and seen this tiny wee fluffy skinny spotty thing i nearly said to the transporter can you take him back!?
However i now have a beautiful 2yr old who seems rather massive now he has the most wonderful character, i was suffering quite badly from depression when i got him, still sometimes do, now Vinnie has fixed me and when i'm ever feeling down i just go see my special boy and he always puts a smile on my face i love him so much he means everything to me i will always have my Vinnie now. he is my perfect horse
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I dont think snowy is well suited to me, i could do with him being a couple of inches smaller and not grey! I am such a perfectionist over apperance his colour is killing me
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! But apart from that he works at a higher level than i do (which is a good thing i am learning - better than me trying to teach a young horse - not that i couldnt and i have in the past, i just wouldnt want to whilst i am up at uni at the same time!).

But i love him, care for him and he is pampered as anything (i spend wayy to much time with him instead of working woops!) and thats all that counts really isnt it?!?!
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I wouldn't ever buy a horse who's proportions were smaller than my own or who's character varied massively from mine
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Consequently being 5'8, 11st and happy at RC level with the odd days hunting means I shy away from spindly and crazy TBs at one end, and the chunkier lazier breeds at the other, in favour of BIG horses typically of 'middle' weight who are capable hunters but also happy hackers
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...hopefully this will what Bentley will become!
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Yeah we're well suited I think... She's perfect size wise and she doesn't tank off with me like my last pony .. she loves what I love and will jump anything... oh and we're both rubbish at dressage
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Lucy is my soal mate and my best friend in the whole world i can't imagen life without her. I rescued her from the meatman 12 years ago. She was dangorous when i bought her and everyone told me to have her shot. I slowly gained her trust and the rest as they say is history.
Herbie my new pony is a horrid little whatsit. He isn't as dangarous as Lucy was but he has lots of issues. The poor little pony has had 6 owners already and he's only 8.
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I'm hoping to work through his issues and he will be a lovely pony in the end like Lucy was.
Sometimes i wish i could afford a nice well behaved horse that doesn't try to kill me. But then i look into Herbie or Lucys eyes and i dread to think where they would have ended up if i didn't buy them.
 
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I think me and Prince are perfectly suited, he has just the right mix of sensibilty and cheekiness to keep me confident but having fun!!

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Ditto this (just change "Prince" to "Scooby"!) Although it might be too early to really say, as I've only had him since October, I think we're very well-suited personality wise. Physically, I'd like it if he was a hand or two taller (I always feel too big on him even though everyone I ask says we look fine!), but that doesn't really bother me in the long run. I'd also like it if he had withers... saddle-fitting is a challenge.
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He's just such a soppy old thing though, I don't think anyone could fail to adore him!
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I was trying to do some groundwork with him today, because his concept of "personal space" leaves a lot to be desired (!), and even just leading him around, constructing walkways out of poles and stuff, I had so much fun and laughed so much... I was trying to get him to stop as soon as I did, instead of carrying on until I drag him to a halt, but he just kept bumping in to me and when I turned round to call him a useless pony (lovingly!) he gave me a big slurpy kiss on the cheek.
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He's not perfect, but I wouldn't change the daft little man for the world.
 
Oh yes, H and I are perfectly suited; we're both idiots with no sense between us, a lust for speed and a bl**dy good laugh.

Just as well really, he's 7, I'm 51 and as I could never sell him we can both carry on until we both retire.


I do wish he was a couple of inches taller though, but as he's not bothered I suppose I shouldn't be either.
 
I think my horse is totally suited to me - but it hasn't been plain sailing to say the least!
I bought Jack as a yearling and have broken him in and done everything with him myself and he is now going to be 10 this year. We have certainly had our ups and downs - I had a real confidence crisis when he was a 4yr old and discovered that bucking me off was fun - I seriously thought about selling him, but I persevered, took things one day at a time and I can honestly say that he is the best thing that's ever happened to me.
I rode him 5 days a week while pregnant with my 2nd child - was still riding the day before I gave birth, he never put a foot wrong.
We have won or been placed at practically every dressage or combined training competition entered and have now progressed to Elementary dressage and last year we completed 2 BE90 events - being placed in both.
I am so proud of Jack and so glad I stuck with him through the bad times - he is the love of my life and I wouldn't be without him.
 
To handle Tia suits me perfectly but to ride I wouldnt say perfect. I bought her when she was unfit and we started off well but when she got fit she became more challenging. I do enjoy riding her and she has lots of talent that i'm still learning to unlock but she is stubborn and can have tantrums. I'm not the most confident rider so some of her tantrums do make me nervous but we are working on it with my instructor.
 
To be honest... I don't really know.... I just had to have him! I think in some ways, he suits me down to the ground, and I think the rest is more to do with the fact that we haven't fully 'clicked' yet...
Eventually, I think there may be a time when I want to do more than I think he'll be capable of. But right now, I just want to enjoy bringing him on and enjoying him, seeing what he can and will do and loving his wonderful character! So I guess yes, he does suit me now
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Yeah my OH says me and the horse were made for each other! we are both messy stress-heads, grumpy at times but generally we have happy dispositions. We both jump in at the deep end, fly off the handle, often fall out with each other but forgive each other straight away. We are both cheeky and stubborn and can be rude, we get bored easily and lose concentration in a second. We love our food, enjoy our work and worship the sun. But we do both lack confidence, often need the support of others. We faff around loads but HATE it when others faff!!!

reading that list back to myself, that's pretty scary - we are so similar.

He is now the horse I dreamed of having when I was a teenager, and the horse that as an adult I swore I would NEVER buy.
 
On paper I would say George and I aren't that well suited, I can be nervous and he isn't always the bravest soul, he is big (16.3) and I really don't need something that big. He is a big, sometimes unbalanced horse to hold together and I'm not hugely experienced only ever having ridden RS horses prior to George.

In reality we are a match made in heaven, I love him to bits, we have learnt together and come such a long way.....i'm so glad I let my heart win when I went to look at him!
 
I think Oshk suits me now, because we know eachother inside out, but he certainly didn't suit me when I first got him, I was a 15year old with no knowledge of difficult horses.
Bertha I grew into, Bertie and I are just bumbling along together not really getting anywhere and Herc I have always fought against.
 
I think Ron is me in horse form, and me him in human form. we are so suited to each other that I can't imagine not having him. OH says that he can see why we get on, even if on paper we shouldnlt. Ron is 15 this year (we think) and so the only thing I would change is his age. He's a 'gent's hunter' typebig, bold, forward going and bloody minded. I'm no gent (tho i'm not a "lightweight" lady either!
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) and I'm a fraction timid on ocassion and I'm not the sort to enter into a human arguement, but it's never an issue with Ron.!

I sometimes wonder if OH or Ron is higher on the priority list?!
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