Tiddlypom
Carries on creakily
I could never pass on a seriously quirky horse because, as others have said, no matter how careful you are at explaining everything to the next keeper, things are then out of your control.
I loaned my TB/section D to a friend when I was on maternity leave. He was a bit of a git, but nothing an experienced rider couldn't deal with, and I was absolutely upfront about his little ways. The 2 most important pieces of advice I gave her were (1) always lunge him for 10 mins to take the tickle out his toes if he hadn't been worked for a couple of days and (2) he is cold backed so sit lightly in the saddle at first and walk him round until he relaxes, then he is ready to work.
So she brings him out of the stable on a cold and windy day after he has been in for 48 hours (too wet to turn out), gets on, jams her leg on and says 'right horse, today you are going to WORK.'
Completely predictably he promptly bronked her off, and unfortunately she sustained permanent damage. She was an experienced professional.
After that I didn't let anyone else ride him but me (and I kept him for another 15 years). Of course I felt guilty about the fall, but I had warned her exactly what he was like, and what he would do. I would never have passed him on to another home, and this was a horse with relatively minor issues.
I loaned my TB/section D to a friend when I was on maternity leave. He was a bit of a git, but nothing an experienced rider couldn't deal with, and I was absolutely upfront about his little ways. The 2 most important pieces of advice I gave her were (1) always lunge him for 10 mins to take the tickle out his toes if he hadn't been worked for a couple of days and (2) he is cold backed so sit lightly in the saddle at first and walk him round until he relaxes, then he is ready to work.
So she brings him out of the stable on a cold and windy day after he has been in for 48 hours (too wet to turn out), gets on, jams her leg on and says 'right horse, today you are going to WORK.'
Completely predictably he promptly bronked her off, and unfortunately she sustained permanent damage. She was an experienced professional.
After that I didn't let anyone else ride him but me (and I kept him for another 15 years). Of course I felt guilty about the fall, but I had warned her exactly what he was like, and what he would do. I would never have passed him on to another home, and this was a horse with relatively minor issues.