in h@h by torurmaline rose 2yo backed!

[lannerch]

Cannot find the link on line but just picked up my copy of h@h to see picture of a very young 2yo boy pippa funnels old ride the tourmaline rose, backed ( someone is sat on the poor thing ) for the bargain price of 7k!

comments please?

 

[HumBugsey]

If it's 2.5 and literally "backed", i.e. some light long reining and sat on a couple of times it wouldn't bother me so much. Otherwise I do tend to like my horses to last so... yes bargepole.

 

[Three]

We 'backed' my friends youngster at about 2 and a half. She's a big, well grown girl (WBxIDXTB) and is already 16.3 at just 3 (this month). By backed I mean I sat on her and got off again.

I've done nothing more than sit on and walk round the yard half a dozen times in that 6 months. We don't lunge yet (don't like small circles on young joints) but do walk out in hand.

Now she's three we'll start to do a bit more - again no more than walk - but going out with her mum with me on board so she can start to see things and learn some basic aids.

 

[Kiribati_uk]

Hi when you say By The Torumaline Rose do you mean 'out of' because The Tourmaline Rose is a grey mare!!! As for backing at 2 i'd rather do that than wait they are bigger and stronger, I wouldn't ride them away until 3 but backing at 2 is fine Imho. But hey I spent season riding yearlings (racehorses) and they reckon the bones are better conditioned for it??!!

 

[lannerch]

I mean out of the tourmaline rose sorry

I personally think 2 is way too young for backing and by the photo the horse is not a mature 2 looks only a baby.

I would only lightly back and 3 turn away and start true work at 4. And would certainly never dream of paying 7k for a horse that has been backed at 2 too risky!

Funny the advert is not showing online yet, tried to find to post the link I thought they were online first then the magazine later