'first time xc only broken 5 days!'

Never mind the blurb. I watched a lovely little horse ,as honest as the day is long, sympatheticly ridden. I have to be honest here . I hadnt read much of the post and in typical hho fashion went straight to the pics. So at first |I was surprised by the leisurely pace ,trotting between fences . Again ,not having read the preamble I was slightly bemused by the level of skill of the rider and the pace being taken . And in typical male fashion ,I then read the blurb. Now all is clear to me and frankly I have no worries for this horse. What I saw gives me no concern ,what I read ,I simply treat with my usual male laissefaire
 
I agree 100% with GG where it is not something I would do after 5 days I would rather see a good little settled pony get a good home than some of the things I do see where people are buying cheap and trying to knock them into shape The only issue I had with the video was that the pony got tired at that point it should have been stopped and taken home.
I do however see and here of lots of horses still only walking after 6 months of backing who are bored to tears and strapped down so they are on the bit or worse still worked in a Pessoa. Tool of the devil in the wrong hands which is most people
 
Not something I'd do but the horse does seem happy, and jumps everything put before it. Very honest and if it's happy enough to do it then I don't see why not.

It's not being galloped about or cantered into the fences, so they are obviously letting it have a good look and not pushing it to exhaustion.

I think it's all good experience of it, and yeah admittedly I wouldn't if it was mine but it's looked after and the rider does ride it well so can't see why someone has said she not much of a rider because fair play to her :)

Maybe it's a spin off to sell it or a load of rubbish, but if it's true and genuine then that pony has a little heart of gold for trying and I'd snap it up if I was buying.
 
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