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Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right forum section I am on but oh well.

I am looking to buy my first horse, I am aged 13, tall. I have found one
15.3hh, 13 years and 2 months old, thoroughbred. I have been working with big polo horses for a while so that doesn't bother me. The horse is supposed to have 3 great paces, good to hack and school but not a novice ride.
I can walk, trot and rise very very well been doing it for a long time, done a bit of canter and want to progress with canter and learn to jump. I may like to learn dressage one day and this horse excels at dressage apparently. I know it's all legitimate info because it's from a big horse sanctuary fully registered. It says the horse needs an experienced, confident and quiet rider but she is not a novice ride?

I am progressing with my riding, I am confident but I don't know what it means by quiet as a rider? And I am too much of a novice to cope, I have handled problem horses before, I ride little by little, no longer taking riding lessons because I am saving up FOR the horse I want but my friend learnt by experience and she learnt on her own pony to canter. I will be taking lessons when I learn to jump but until then, I can learn easily. I ride my friends pony that is quite forward going but do you think the horse I want not being a novice ride is really bad? What exactly is a novice ride?!!

Please help me, tell me what I need to do, explain how I can progress?

Thankyou!

Not sure how to reward but thank you so much for anyone who helps me!!:):):)
 
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If this a a genuine post, them I am sorry but you are not ready.

Go back to lessons, get a good trot, confident canter.

If you are serious about owning a horse, the fairest thing to do is get the basics right :)

Also how much experience have you got of actual horse care?

Ownership is probably 70 0/0 care, and at best 30 o/o riding
 
If you are a genuine person I am sorry for sounding uncaring.
Jumping on the negatives of a person I dont know.


You need a lot more experience in handling and riding before you should have your own horse, especially one described as not for a novice and you obviously are.
Get regular lessons in riding and stable management from a quality equestrian centre.
Dont rush into getting a horse when you are not ready.
It would be a big mistake for you and a horse and potentially dangerous to you both.
 
sorry to be so blunt but a TB that is NOT a novice ride is totally inappropriate for a 13 year old who by her own admission has not got a confident canter and is now not having regular lessons. but hay - we can all daydream. and its gonna take an awlful lot of pocket moneyto save up for a horses nevermind keeping it.
 
Not sure this post is genuine, but just in case: never buy a horse that suits the kind of rider you want to be. Rather, buy a horse that suits the riding level you are capable of NOW! So for example, don't buy a sharp, Medium level dressage horse when what you need is a safe, older horse (possibly school-master or ex-RS) that will inspire confidence as you learn to canter and jump. (Arguably, bar a first leid rein pony, people at least need to be able to canter and do little jumps for safely when they own: it helps folk stay on if their horse gets bored of walk and trot, and tanks towards a jump for some fun). Invest in more lessons: you will be directly investing in yourself as an owner that rides.
 
I would class a novice as someone who has never owned or shared a horse, is riding once or twice a week in a RS or thinking they can teach themselves to ride effectively. TB's are very sensitive and if this horse is doing dressage I doubt very much whether you would be capable of doing even a Prelim test on him.

Sorry to sound unkind, but if you don't know what a quiet, experienced rider is I would say you are still a novice. Have you ridden him yet at the re-homing centre? I am sure they will be able to see whether he is suitable.
 
Definitely not suitable, sorry. This horse needs a pretty advanced rider by the sounds of it, as do most thoroghbreds and warmbloods. My advice would be to continue with the lessons, and then once you have progressed to being really well balanced and confident in all three paces, look for a horse share. I would be thinking more along the lines of a 14 hh cob or native breed.
 
Perfect spelling and punctuation for a 13 years old child. I'm very impressed.

If your riding is as good as your grammar you have little to worry about ;)
 
Clippy, that's whey I thought too.

The way the thread is written the person sounds older, maybe just well educated in which case they would have a bit more common sence!

I hate text speak, bad grammar etc, but this post just doesn't seen real!
 
OP if you cannot canter well, then you are not ready to own your own horse. I would recomend that you go back to a riding school, have lessons and go on group hacks. I would also suggest that you have some stable management lessons and learn the basics of horse keeping and horse health.
 
thanks for all advice i will take all onboard no replies please. And i'd like to say im not a beginner to HORSE CARE i have been working a long while with horses and in previous thread i meant a NEW place. Thanks for all help, please note i am not a girl with no experience with TB's and i do know how to look after a horse, seen many other horses this was just 1 I liked. Thanks for help and comments and the compliments about grammar :'). THANKYOU!!!
 
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