Hormonal Filly
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Hi all,
I have a lovely 15.2 just turned 6, bay gelding I’ve backed and bought on myself since a baby. The aim was to event him but not sure if it is something we’ll ever get around to.
Hes a pure D but most instructors have commented his movement is very warmblood like and one even saying (and isn’t one to say nice things lol) hes HOYS quality and they’ve previously had horses win HOYS. He naturally holds himself very nicely and is full of power with lovely gaits.
Start of this year I thought now hes 6, I’ll start doing some more jumping this year as hes physically matured but he is a typical welsh. I had a go at cross country training this spring but hes VERY laid back so it was hard work and stopped at most fences, same as show jumping. Hired out a show jumping arena, he stopped at everything even a cross pole before walking over it and then doing the course nicely in a trot, but its all major effort. We’ve done a few funrides and he pulled me into 3’ fences by that wide, with no leg!
I ended up giving jumping a break and after a chat with an instructor (and she convinced me) we started done something he enjoys, unaffiliated dressage. He has been placed in the top 2 every time out with just under 70% in each test, placing first in his first test. Not bad providing I’ve never done any dressage and his first time out competing. We went to a show jumping clinic last week, the green class, he only refused one jump out of everything, which was a filler so some improvement since the spring and we cantered around the course at the end.
We have a field with some cross country jumps and he’ll still try and stop at them every time before jumping – yet he sees them most days so can’t be scared and we must of jumped them tons of times! I don’t see the point of going to any competitions, we’ll go round doing emergency stops at every fence before walking over it. Its probably just greenness but never experienced a horse struggle so much and it puts me off any aspect of jumping him.
I still can’t ever imagine him doing a hunter trial or a show jumping round even in a few years. Its even more irritating he’ll stop at every fence, walk over it and then the next time round he’ll pull me into it.
I’m not sure if its him being green, taking the mick, or just his odd personality but wondering if he'll ever grow out of it.
I’m starting to enjoy dressage more.. but personally love an odd hunter trial and any kind of eventing, even local ODE’s is great fun. I wrote a advert to sale him but pulled out on it as am far too attached (he has a real great personality) but part of me thinks he needs to go to a home that will bring out his dressage ability, as I can’t bring it all out of him. L
I have a lovely 15.2 just turned 6, bay gelding I’ve backed and bought on myself since a baby. The aim was to event him but not sure if it is something we’ll ever get around to.
Hes a pure D but most instructors have commented his movement is very warmblood like and one even saying (and isn’t one to say nice things lol) hes HOYS quality and they’ve previously had horses win HOYS. He naturally holds himself very nicely and is full of power with lovely gaits.
Start of this year I thought now hes 6, I’ll start doing some more jumping this year as hes physically matured but he is a typical welsh. I had a go at cross country training this spring but hes VERY laid back so it was hard work and stopped at most fences, same as show jumping. Hired out a show jumping arena, he stopped at everything even a cross pole before walking over it and then doing the course nicely in a trot, but its all major effort. We’ve done a few funrides and he pulled me into 3’ fences by that wide, with no leg!
I ended up giving jumping a break and after a chat with an instructor (and she convinced me) we started done something he enjoys, unaffiliated dressage. He has been placed in the top 2 every time out with just under 70% in each test, placing first in his first test. Not bad providing I’ve never done any dressage and his first time out competing. We went to a show jumping clinic last week, the green class, he only refused one jump out of everything, which was a filler so some improvement since the spring and we cantered around the course at the end.
We have a field with some cross country jumps and he’ll still try and stop at them every time before jumping – yet he sees them most days so can’t be scared and we must of jumped them tons of times! I don’t see the point of going to any competitions, we’ll go round doing emergency stops at every fence before walking over it. Its probably just greenness but never experienced a horse struggle so much and it puts me off any aspect of jumping him.
I still can’t ever imagine him doing a hunter trial or a show jumping round even in a few years. Its even more irritating he’ll stop at every fence, walk over it and then the next time round he’ll pull me into it.
I’m not sure if its him being green, taking the mick, or just his odd personality but wondering if he'll ever grow out of it.
I’m starting to enjoy dressage more.. but personally love an odd hunter trial and any kind of eventing, even local ODE’s is great fun. I wrote a advert to sale him but pulled out on it as am far too attached (he has a real great personality) but part of me thinks he needs to go to a home that will bring out his dressage ability, as I can’t bring it all out of him. L