Its like a childs pony book story!!!

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There is a horse at the yard where i work, she is a TB i think about 6/7 yrs old and an absolute cow bag (but i like her anyway!)
She is nasty and can be difficult- a nightmare to catch when turned out and evil in her stable - if your mucking out you have to be careful not to get bitten or double barrelled! Her ears are constantly flat back and teeth flashing.
If you try,as i have done on many occasions to be quiet and slow and make friends she is having none of it!

But... my daughter can do anything with her!!! she comes to call in the field or even just comes when she see's her approaching and is quite sweet with her in the stable (although obviously i wouldnt let her in alone just incase) but this little horse just seems to have clicked with her!
My daughter loves her very much- I'm not certain wether she actually would if the horse was easy for everyone or if its more a case of everyone going "omg look at the difference" etc

Now i have been offered the horse by its owner for free as they are a bit worried about selling as she is so nasty but as she is happy with my daughter they think she could grow into her. She already rides horses of this size so its not a huge leap up for her and apparently its quiet to ride- They are in no hurry to actually get shot of her so no pressure.
She's not a horse i would buy because of her temprement and if i'm honest i really cant afford the keep of another TB horse (or another any horse i suppose!)

But it made me think, do these "story book" reletionships really happen or are we pushing our luck letting her handle this mare (it makes life so much easier us!!!)
Should i try and let her have it maybe in a year or so? Thoughts please!
 
Just out of interest, how old is your daughter? I'm guessing young-ish? And have you seen the horse ridden at all?

Certainly sounds like an interesting prospect :)
 
She is 10 years old so the ideal pony is about 13.2! but her 13.2 is ill and its something thats getting steadily worse sadly- She has not ridden her in some time but sort of part loans another but its not really a long term thing i dont think just a very casual agreement with another livery.
I have seen the horse ridden and my friend rides it out she says she is very easy but she is also a experienced competition rider so easy to her might not be my idea of easy for my daughter who's safety i am paranoid about!!
Its more the bond i was interested in. I cant get my head around the fact that such a nasty horse seems really to be trustable with a child.
I cant afford it but then if they really do have something special (at the risk of sounding really sappish!) maybe its unfair not to give them a chance??
 
I remember when I was 17 I had a similar relationship with a hannoverian gelding that i had on half loan. He belonged to the saddle club, they could hardly use him on any lessons and very few could approach him in the stable\field etc. They offered him to me on half loan (though i found that I basically had him to myself. I was the only one that could muck him out with him in the stable, the only one that could catch him from the field etc. he was basically a one person horse and was the type to form bonds with only one person at a time, any more and he would get stressed out.
 
This has happened to my sister...twice!
One pony belonged to a girl on the yard and they hated each other and mare would not let anyone catch her, was mean and bucked everyone off apart from my sister.
The 2nd happened several years later when she sussed that the Andulcian on the yard actually only understood spanish!
 
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