Feature in Horse magazine: have you changed the type of horse you ride?

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Hi
I'm writing another feature for Horse magazine. This time it's looking at people who have swapped one type of horse for a totally different breed. ie did you once own a 17hh warmblood, but now ride a 14.1hh dartmoor?
Or maybe you went from a feisty arab to a laid back cob?
The bigger the change the better! please contact me direct at charlotte@herdesk.org
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i went from a 20yo 14.3hh bombproof good as gold arab x welsh gelding to a 16.1hh 6yo quirky ex racer mare who needed re-schooing.
 
I have gone from my 15hh Arab,to my daughters Welsh section D,and at the grand age of 52 i have progressed to the 16.2 WB and daughters new horse,16.1 Ish/WB competition horse,just helping out with exercise where i can.The transition from the smaller horses to the bigger moving one's has taken a while,but have to say i am enjoying the challenge.Daughter is beginning to trust me more now,not that i lack experience,it's just been a long time since i was into the bigger,competition horses.
 
I have gone from a 15.1hh ex racer mare, athletic and sharp as you like, bold but with dangly legs and 'jumped by braille'- but would hunt all day on a loose rein- bit of a princess pony to handle.....to a 16.3hh warmblood gelding who gets VERY excited by funrides hunting etc, is super careful but a bit chicken if he is unsure, he is more like a uni rugby player- super talented and very good looking but a loveable rogue and will eat pretty much anything, ( including rugs/ doors/ leather and bandages!)- he is fab though and very willing to learn once he fully understands. I plan to event him and have found it a very strange experience not to hear poles rattling as we go round! :D
 
Always had a cob for fun and relaxation and WB's or TB's for althleticism and their movement.
No change really, except do like a horse that tries to keep its rider in the saddle these days.
 
in the future yes, i own a 17hh 4yr sports horse that was breed for the show ring, an injury meens i cant no longer hold a rein in my left hand.
Its hard, after much sweat and tears, and near losing my horse of a lifetime through a divorce I have had to decide to loan him out in the meen time all i can ride is a safe cob thats done rda. as i dont even have the pull to mount.
 
mulberrymill said:
I went from Arabs to native ponies now I'm older. New forest and an exmoor. Not that they are quieter just nearer the ground, lol
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Me too. When i lost my fizzy Anglo Arab in 2011 i promised myself that if i were to have another, it would be a leg in easch corner, kick along plod. Which is what i bought 18 months later. Now that I am older and have a family the change in type seemed necessary.
 
Went from a 14.1hh irish sports pony to a 14.ohh traditional piebald gypsy cob with all the hair. This is due to bad fall off my isp and lost confidence.
 
I went from a 13.2 fell x to a 15.2 TB both sharp, quirky and very similar personality though!

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I have gone from a 15.3 hand selle francais 6 year old comp horse to a 14 hand Henson/Fjord type. Even looking at a Shetland for driving so it seems to be getting smaller and smaller for me!!
 
I sold the 16hh gelding given to me by a friend in Spain and bought a 14.1 irish pony from a Hampshire dealer in October.

I had the 16hh from 2 years old and sold him when he was 6. The new pony is cute and bright and small and he'll be 6 this year.

Although neither of them is difficult to manage or keep there is a big difference in size and a difference in attitude. Older horse was lazy, laid back and a bit clumsy. New pony is neat, enthusiastic and eager to learn.
 
Since 11 years old (20 yrs ago) I loved chestnut Arab mares and loaned a few of them over the years, learnt so much!, loaned an ex flat racer tb in between the 20 yrs of Arabs, I like them sharp, sensitive and forward going. Now I own a saddlebred x sec d yearling who is lots of fun and I'm really looking forward to riding her finally. Weeeeeeeeee
 
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