Kylara
Well-Known Member
I have liked PREs from afar for a great many years, and in my search for a horse for dressage I have been seeing quite a few pop up that fulfil all my requirements. However, I do not know an awful lot about them, aside from they find collection easy, are generally good tempered and there are a lot of stallions about.
I'd guess from their good self carriage and temperement that teaching them the higher movements would be easier, but I'm not sure how easy they are to deal with on a day to day basis as Spain's heat and management is different (lots of stabling). Also what is the PRE registration body in the UK?
Anything that might be good/bad about them in regards to dressage?
Do any of them jump at all?
Are they easy to keep on a well run yard or do they have feeding/turnout problems?
I have taught people with a couple of PREs before (retraining) and they struggled to take the contact forward and struggled a bit with the whole concept of free walk on a long rein, but I don't know how frequent this is in the breed, and would guess its a conformation thing as one of our As is built very well in front and has natural carriage but struggles with stretching on a contact.
I'd guess from their good self carriage and temperement that teaching them the higher movements would be easier, but I'm not sure how easy they are to deal with on a day to day basis as Spain's heat and management is different (lots of stabling). Also what is the PRE registration body in the UK?
Anything that might be good/bad about them in regards to dressage?
Do any of them jump at all?
Are they easy to keep on a well run yard or do they have feeding/turnout problems?
I have taught people with a couple of PREs before (retraining) and they struggled to take the contact forward and struggled a bit with the whole concept of free walk on a long rein, but I don't know how frequent this is in the breed, and would guess its a conformation thing as one of our As is built very well in front and has natural carriage but struggles with stretching on a contact.