Shilasdair
Patting her thylacine
My worry about long reining and lunging them so young is that the epiphyses aren't closed.
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Poor Baby - Horse for sale
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_jetset_
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Well, I've got one a little older than this...who will be 3 in a couple of months..and is around 15.2 - 15.3hh at the moment, and I'm constantly besieged by people telling me I should have broken her already...if I don't get her doing the circuit (jumping x height, doing x dressage) by 4, then I'll have ruined/devalued her.
My other youngster will be 4yrs old in July, and I HAD planned to break her this spring....she's 16.3hh Shire x TB. I am not so sure now, though. She is a bit backwards for her age (orphan foal/neglected weanling when I bought her, then colic surgery last spring) so I'm now considering leaving her til autumn...she just doesn't look ready.
What do you all think?
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I think it all depends on the individual horse... I think this cob looks ok carrying the rider, and I would rather have a rider of this weight who knows how to sit correctly and not interfere starting it off than a lightweight one who is constantly out of balance! For the record, I don't really have an opinion about whether this horse should be backed or not, as I do not know the horse therefore do not know how mature it is. Some are ready to be backed then turned away for a while at this age.
Shilsidar - Grace wasn't backed until she was four because she simply wasn't mature enough. Even then she was turned away again after this and I rebacked her... when I got her at 5, I would say she was just ready to physically and mentally start work
However, saying that, I would like to back Troy in his third year if he is ready and take it all very very slowly with him. Ideally I would like to do the four year old classes, but if he is not ready we will wait for the fives
The only regret I have is that Grace has not done the young horse classes
Well, I've got one a little older than this...who will be 3 in a couple of months..and is around 15.2 - 15.3hh at the moment, and I'm constantly besieged by people telling me I should have broken her already...if I don't get her doing the circuit (jumping x height, doing x dressage) by 4, then I'll have ruined/devalued her.
My other youngster will be 4yrs old in July, and I HAD planned to break her this spring....she's 16.3hh Shire x TB. I am not so sure now, though. She is a bit backwards for her age (orphan foal/neglected weanling when I bought her, then colic surgery last spring) so I'm now considering leaving her til autumn...she just doesn't look ready.
What do you all think?
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I think it all depends on the individual horse... I think this cob looks ok carrying the rider, and I would rather have a rider of this weight who knows how to sit correctly and not interfere starting it off than a lightweight one who is constantly out of balance! For the record, I don't really have an opinion about whether this horse should be backed or not, as I do not know the horse therefore do not know how mature it is. Some are ready to be backed then turned away for a while at this age.
Shilsidar - Grace wasn't backed until she was four because she simply wasn't mature enough. Even then she was turned away again after this and I rebacked her... when I got her at 5, I would say she was just ready to physically and mentally start work
Shilasdair
Patting her thylacine
Thanks for your thoughts, becki.
Although my Shire x TB will be four in July, she is really six months to a year behind what I would have expected, despite proper nutrition etc.
Maybe I'm just too used to TB's....I think I'll maybe back her towards late summer, when she's fully four, and turn her away til the following spring. I intend to keep her til she dies, so no hurry, I suppose.
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Although my Shire x TB will be four in July, she is really six months to a year behind what I would have expected, despite proper nutrition etc.
Maybe I'm just too used to TB's....I think I'll maybe back her towards late summer, when she's fully four, and turn her away til the following spring. I intend to keep her til she dies, so no hurry, I suppose.
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amandaco2
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far too young i shudder to think what 'professional' would break and school such a baby!
can anyone enlighten me as to what a 'mane and tail in origional state' means?!and no free riders?!lol
can anyone enlighten me as to what a 'mane and tail in origional state' means?!and no free riders?!lol