Rent a hotse? Opinions please

[Dizzle]

Ex-racers, mine was only £1500 and he's super, although not a total plod but ploddy enough for me, we have one at work who's worth about £800-£1000 and he's easy to do in every way, hacks alone and in company, has done fun rides, competitions etc and is very chilled, currently leased by a nervous rider. He's difficult to get a tune out of in the school but he can (and would with more work but we just hack him mainly) and he jumps as well.

I think it's a valid route to go down, ex-racers aren't all loopy!

 

[trickivicki]

Ex-racers, mine was only £1500 and he's super, although not a total plod but ploddy enough for me, we have one at work who's worth about £800-£1000 and he's easy to do in every way, hacks alone and in company, has done fun rides, competitions etc and is very chilled, currently leased by a nervous rider. He's difficult to get a tune out of in the school but he can (and would with more work but we just hack him mainly) and he jumps as well.

I think it's a valid route to go down, ex-racers aren't all loopy!

I agree!!!!

Mr P was a grand total for £1000 including delivery (2hours) and a full clip!

He is the most chilled out beasty in the world (see my previous posts), he schools, hacks, jumps, fun rides ANYTHING!

V x

 

[engab]

I can't say that I like the idea of a horse being passed from home to home, in what could be quick succesion, when ideally it would take around 6 months to really settle. How would you know how things went for it in a previous rented home ? You could end with a very anxious horse that could have been through several inexperienced hands. Just not right for the horses welfare. OK if staying on it's own yard & having a lease deal with different riders over a period of time though, different all together..

This is a great point i didn't think of this ^