Has a horse you have owned totally changed the type of horses you go for?

My last 2, the late Catembi & Adrian, have been grey ISH, but I suddenly had enough of spending £££££ on horses for it to go wrong. So I had a mad moment & bought an ex-racer.

Too soon to say if I'm a convert or not. So far, he's fab in the school & has learnt to jump, but he won't as in *won't* hack or stand in the lorry, so God only knows how I'll get him to comps or how he'll behave if he gets there...
 
yep- matrix is a slightly nutty black section a, very forward going,full pedigree, gorgeous, heart of gold but sharp :D
then i got cloud, blue and white cob with no breeding at all, had to be reschooled and now im finding her to strong, challenging and forward for me:(
so im riding an inbetween :D a gorgeous grey connie, real schoolmistress, very steady and safe:) so now i like lazy ponies,not sharp ones!
 
I always loved fast whizzy horses and fine built thoroughbred types. But when I lost my thoroughbred mare my instructor persuaded me to go for a laid back chunky connemara.

He is the love of my life. It's so nice to be able to canter in an open field and not worry about being carted home!
 
Nope. Always had ID x TBs. All of which have had problems in one form or another i.e. lameness problems etc. You think Id learn but I love their laid back attitude to life. Viewing one this weekend.
 
What is it about Connemaras? I owned several different ponios, from heinz 57 to Arab, then got a Connie x TB on loan. I LOVE HIM TO BITS! When he retired (at 33, not his choice) I bought another Connie x, and he has lots of the same characteristics. I'd go for another one...
 
I have 2 very opposite horses. Captain a flashy WB and Fany an Ardennes (Trait Ardennais) But both do their jobs, Cappy is dressage Fany is a bombproof hack. I never thought I would own a heavy horse, but now I would be more than happy to have another.
 
Yes !

My last two horses were both TB types (1 x, 1 full tb) and both 15.2. Then I had a welsh x arab pony on loan who was 14.1. I thought my type was a smaller horse / pony of that type. I actually used to be scared of bigger horses (being small, I'm just not used to riding biggies!)

Now I have a growing 16hh irish draft x. He's bigger and younger than I was looking for - but he is amazing. I have been bowled over by his attitude - and apart from a couple of big bucks when trying to school in a field yesterday (bad idea) - he has never put a hoof wrong and will do anything I ask!

I am a total convert to the sensible irish now - and the fact he can live out rain or shine naked!!

Don;t think I'd go back to a loopy tb again now!
 
My veiws have been changed loads! I used to be someone who didnt like anything bigger than 17hh and it had to be at least 8 years old, pref TB or finer!

Then i went and bought a 4yr old 17.2 ID and he was the most amazing animal i ever rode! If i could have him again i would, but he unfortunatley got his leg stuck in a gate trying to jump out and broke it so had to be PTS :(. Then i went through a couple of warmbloods who were what i always used to like but none suited me and i was looking for another Hugo. I then got a cob mainly by mistake (long story!) and he had loads of feather and mane and tail etc. I loved how he looked but still ended up cliping the feathers off and mane and pulling the tail. But now i love the chunky types!! Before that i wouldnt even look at a coloured (he was tri coloured) or consider a cobby type!!

Having said that he was 14"3 and being 5"9 was too small for me (could carry me no problem but my legs looked stupid!) so i decided to sell him to a lovely lady and we are still in contact! And i have gone back to my 17hh warmblood, but i have to say - im never buying a grey again!!!
 
I've always liked big chunky ID x TB and big impressive warmblood types, 16.2 upwards. After having ridden all most all of my 46 years and almost lost my confidence after purchasing what I thought was my dream expensive warmblood from one of the top studs in England I then went on to pure ID who was a super big lad, whilst owning him I met and fell in love with the cheekiest dark bay 15.2 Andalusian stallion you could ever meet. Four years on and now minus balls he is my horse of a lifetime so I've gone from big chunky horses to what is essentially a large pony! Mind you Hovis and Sids mum, out in the field is a Spanish Norman Youngster (Andalusian x Percheron) who is not far off 17 hh and hasnt got to his 3rd birthday yet!!!!!!!!!
 
Casp is my first horse - he's a 15h HW gypsy cob - lots of bone and feather, temprement to die for and is actually quite a flashy mover.

I was discussing this with a friend the other day - if anything was to happen to him I'd be looking to buy something as close to him as I possibly could.

I've ridden WB's TB's etc but never felt quite right on them despite looking better on them than I do the coblet (I'm 5'8 with long legs) - give me a wee, fat, hairy coblet anyday! :D
 
nope :o

i've always had a stamp i like and i'd always buy that stamp tbh... and i've hunted and ridden all sorts from arabs, cobs, WB's, TB's, small natives etc etc

none of them beat a boring bay traditional heinz 57 hunter :D always loved them :D (and satisfyingly cheap too - soo out of fashion LOL!)
 
Yup. I bought Lacey (My 14.3hh welsh x hackney) as a project pony to bring on then sell whilst saving money for a sports horse type to take me through the show jumping levels.

3 and a half years on, she's still here and my posh fancy sports horse idea is out the window. She turned out to be my equine soulmate and horse of a lifetime, which is why its breaking my heart that I'll find out in the next couple of months if she's going to be retired as she has extremely serious behaviour problems under saddle due to remembered pain (she basically has a nervous breakdown as soon as you sit on her and tries to throw herself over backwards).

But she's still my horse of a lifetime, we clicked as soon as I saw her, riding her when stuff was going well...I only had to think stuff and she'd do it, the partnership and teamwork was incredible. It means I've completly lost my ambitions to go far competing - she's talented herself and would easily jump some decent size classes BSJA but she wouldn't go to the absolute top, I just want to go as far as she can.

If she does get retired, I'm not sure if I'd get another horse at all cos it'd never live up to what could of been, but if I do it will probably be a similar Welsh D type - rides like a pony, with an oversized personality and a bit of talent to boot!
 
I used to have Welsh cobs but after one put me in hospital I thought I would try something different.

Frankie was a just broken 4 yr old ISH nearly 17hh then and wasnt really what I was after - something older, quieter, smaller, but from the moment I sat on him I knew he was the right one. He has such a chilled out personality and really looks after me. He isnt stroppy, hard to catch or bad tempered - he is always pleased to see me and tries his hardest to do what ever I ask. After having welshies that I would spend hours to catch even more hours to get in a trailer and once they were in there would have a tantrum it is so refreshing. If I ever buy another horse I would definetly look for an ID or IDx again.
 
Not really. I don't have a "type" as such. I've had various types over the years. The only type I know I don't want ever again is a warmblood! I haven't known one without an attitude! I guess I dont like long framed horses, much prefer short coupled ones as they ride like ponies ;)
 
I've gone the other way. I had a welshie and when I lost him I only wanted another Sec D. I went to see a black 15.2 sec D and when I said he was a bit quiet (yes quiet welshies do exist;)) his owner said her friend had something I might like (I think they were dealers really!). Out came this 16.3 grey IDx cob. I refused to even get on him at first but got persuaded to and as soon as sat on him I loved him. He didnt ride as big as he was and when I took him out on a main A road and got overtaken by boy racers with massive exhausts at about 60pmh, he didn't even flinch and I was handing over the money. He's had loads of time off recently with foot problems and so I've been riding my friend's IDxTBxSecD and he's lovely as well. It's made me realise that a good horse is a good horse regardless of breed and I'd consider most things now...although I still have a hankering for a really nice big Welshie, if I could afford a decent one - which I can''t:(. I'm never having another grey though.
 
I've always loved cobs the bigger the better, my mum bought and arab and I was appauled! I tried to talk her out of it and when that didn't work I refused to ride him!

Eventually I did get on him and on my god have I eaten my words, hes not at all like I thought, I thought he'd be too breakable to ride in the woods, too head strong to school but hes amazing I trash through all sorts out on the endurance tracks he never tires, he is soooo loving, honest and boy is he quick!

When I told my mum my next horse is without a doubt going to be a pure bred arab she nearly fell off her chair!

Arabs all the way!!
 
I went looking for a 15hh native cross, safe allrounder for a (confident) novice, to live out all year. Ended up with a 16hh warmblood jumping bsja and only used to a couple of hours turnout! But he was safe and kind and 11 years on now I would definitely go for another wb type. So that means I'll probably end up with a cob or something...
 
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