newly backed youngsters, a few questions :)

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What is everyone doing with their newly backed babies?
I have a few questions :)
How old is your newly backed, what breed are they and how long have they been in work for?
How many days are they in work for per week,how long do you ride for and what do you do with them?
Will you turn away for winter? if so when will you bring back into work?
Will you carry on throughout winter? will the work load increase?
Have you your first competition lined up for them? (under saddle)

Thanks :)

My baby is 3 and half, native type coloured LW cob, started properly (professionally with help) 2 weeks ago. Mainly hacking quietly strictly walking only for about 30 mins a time, about 3/4 times per week spaced out days off between ridden work. Very Lightly schooling 1 x per week for max of 25 mins again walking and trotting. Planning on keeping her ticking over throughout the winter with gentle hacking as above. Will start increasing work in spring when she hits 4 and thinking about a w&t test next spring.
Over to you......
 
I backed one of mine last summer at 4, so she was not turned away.
She is a bit of a spooky pleb though, and needs time to grow up a bit, so we are not doing anything overly taxing right now.
She works 5 days out of seven for 45 mins schooling or hacking. Not jumped yet as would prefer her flatwork to seriously improve first as she is still quite rubbish in canter.
 
We backed our 3/4 Section D at the end of March, by hacking her out (we have no school or flat area), she was three years nine months at that point, and we carried on riding her two or three times a week, walk and trot, on the road and bridleways, byways too. We live in a rural area, so the most she could see is our quiet village, but she took that in her stride, along with tractors, trailers, and one a day a whopping great horse box! She did a pleasure ride at the end of May (hacked to from home), which including narrow woodland tracks and a stream crossing, and a few weeks after that we turned her away, not from choice, we are self employed at knew that work pressures meant very little riding now before mid winter - no point in riding her once a fortnight, I think that would cause more trouble than it's worth. Before work changed, the plan had been to start having weekly lessons on her, culminating in a Lee Pearson clinic at the end of September, and maybe one or two small dressage tests on her, probably just walk and trot.

The plan now is to start again with her next spring, and of course to then keep her going as she'll be rising five, start lessons (I can hack to my instructor, 15 minutes and all on an easy byway!) and maybe some dressage, and lots more hacking.
 
I just picked up my new, newly backed 4yo TB mare on Wednesday direct from the breeder and plan to take it gently, so after a week of just settling in to her new yard I plan to hack three to four times per week (max 30mins) and do short schooling sessions once or twice per week (so max 5 days) for the next few months.

I'm interested to follow this post and see what everyone else does with their youngsters and also how people move things along.

I plan to keep progressing throughout the winter and do some unaffiliated dressage in Nov / Dec after a few outings moseying around just watching the others. She might have other ideas but that is the master plan...
 
Mine is 3 years 4 months new forest. He is ridden for 10 to 15 min in walk every other day. He is either walking to his field or a very short route. I still do in hand long reining with him (never lunge). He will be left over winter and the trot work will start! I have no goals as I don't want to push him- we will take it as it comes- I don't see the point in rushing.
 
Mines is 3yrs past May, he is tb x knabstrupper about 15.2hh and is the easiest horse i have ever backed. I backed him about a month ago and have only ridden him 5 times for about 15mins in walk with a small burst of trot here and their. I have had zero help with him and i am so happy with him he is an angel. Probably wont do anything with him over winter as i am going to be very pushed for time this yr which is no bad thing for him he is still so young.

I am also backing another 3yr old she is a bit more challenging she is less handled than my boy i'v ridden her twice now and just doing once a week for 15mins as this is all i can manage. She is wee bit of a panicker however there is no nastiness their whatsoever so just doing everything very slowly with her and she has improved dramatically. x
 
I have two newly backed youngsters! One is a 4 year old warmblood gelding. I hack him 3 times a week and have a schooling session once a week, so is ridden 4 times in total. He loves hacking, really enjoys it so I'm doing most of his schooling whilst hacking. I'm taking it slow with him, there's no rush and he's the type to take 3 steps back if something upsets him! In an ideal world I would like to do a walk and trot test with him this year but we will see. Then I have a 3 year old Connie gelding. He has been the nicest pony to back ever! So willing and happy to do everything. I just walk him out round the woods twice a week. He's still got some growing to do and again there is no rush!
 
I backed a 4 yr old TB this June and she will remain in work all winter and will be going hunting if I have the time.

Really I would like to put her out on loan for the winter.

I have a three year old TB gelding that I will start soon and he will be ridden out all winter.
 
I have a 4 yo tb that I backed at easter.

She is working well in walk and trot, is hacking and starting to canter. She does approx 30 mins 4/5 times a week, and will be ridden on through the winter.

She recently did her first show inhand, and will attend her second tomorrow. If she is settled I will tack up and have a wander around the show ground mounted.
Plan for winter is to continue and maybe some dressage.

Just have fun and enjoy the journey.
 
Our 3-y-o is a whopping 16.3hh he was walk, trotting and cantering in the school and out hacking round the farm etc for 3 weeks. He's now been turned away to finish growing and be a horse for a little longer. I'll bring him back in March with the aim of 4-y-o classes.
He is a British warmblood but technically he is actually 1/2 Hannovarian 1/4 TB 1/4 ID!
 
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