Saddlebred yearling. Is it a good first horse

I did say go and view her as you won't know what her temperament is like unless you see this specific animal in the flesh. You won't know if she's a hotty or a calmy unless you do. I had hoped that my earlier post had clearly demonstrated how you can have huge temperament differences within the same breed.
 
ive got soo many photos of her on my facebook, we hack out everywere together, she teaches everyone to ride, she can get up on her toes sometimes but, not the hot silliness that I had with my TB. If she trusts you, then she will go anywhere and do anything with you. I can ride her in torrential rain and she is no different, can get on her from the fence, etc, shes a poppet. With her dressage, she can do all lateral work, extended trot, shoulder in etc, she is very very clever. As Ive said before, the breed reminds me of a crabbet arab we once had, kind, faithful, with oomph if you want it but, without the TB trait that I had with Spirit. Breeding is very important, as with all breeds and if you message me with the breeder, I may know of her. I would have another saddlebred in a heart beat. In my opinion, they are unfairly judged. They make great all rounders and as Ive said, they are hardy and live on fresh air. Indy stays out 24.7 and is barefoot. Wide on the back so a comfortable ride. Strong shoulders. She has done very very well in the show ring in ridden and in hand coloured. She can even pop a fence.
 
I have only ever dealt with saddlebreds in the US, and only as patients at the clinic I worked at so I can't comment on rideability/trainability, but it's not an exaggeration to say every single one was some degree of crazy. That includes newborn foals to national champions to broodmares and geldings. Some were just a little sharp, others were literally bat**** crazy. Most of the newborn saddlebred foals I treated were the devil incarnate!
 
Bianca#1 said:
That would be great please tell me your fb name as love to talk further And show u the youngster I found X
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just messaged you. im off to work now but try and find me, and as I said, give me details of the youngster and breeder as I can have a dig about for you.
 
Bianca#1 said:
Ex race horse. She looks amazing. Bless her lovely markings too. I don't know how to add pictures on here or I'd show you the youngster I found. Is there a way to private message me or something if really like to chat further .. I don't understand where all the hot hot hot is coming from either I've googled high and low and not seen that anyway quiet the opposite X thank you
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The thing is you'll get variances in any breed. Just as not all cobs are lazy and not all TBs are nutters there will be Saddlebreds that don't fit the "hot, hot, hot" descriptions and others that will. This is why I always discount the breed of the horse when looking to buy and just assess it based on what I see in front of me on the day.
 
I understand the idea of liking the kids growing up with the young horse but any youngster no matter how calm needs a lot of time and handling which is alot on top of young children. They can all be exciteable, trying and unpredictable at times. Growing horses need a lot more feed, tack, rugs etc. I've had the vet out more for my yongster than any other horse I've owned. If you want a horse your children can be around too I think you'd be better off with an older quieter horse that you can enjoy and your children can learn around.
 
There is a massive variety of temperament within the saddlebred breed. They *shouldn't* be hot; they were officer's horses during the American Civil War, and war horses need to be brave, trainable and obedient otherwise they'll get you killed. Any hotness will have been bred into them for the foot-waving show ring.

Mine is a part bred. His saddlebred side makes him *extremely* smooth to ride, and he is very trainable. I wouldn't say he was particularly hot, no more than any other horse. His sire is not gaited and has very smooth, floating, easy paces, nothing extreme there at all.

Do your research on the parents - if there are some sensible trail/working horses knocking around in the pedigree then that's a good sign.

And obviously think carefully about whether you have the facilities for a youngster.
 
Oh god ladies I'm so sorry I ment a standard bred horse tempermant experience .. NOT SADDLEBRED I'm such a div lol 🙄
 
Bianca#1 said:
Oh god ladies I'm so sorry I ment a standard bred horse tempermant experience .. NOT SADDLEBRED I'm such a div lol 🙄
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Haha brilliant! I don't know much about them as youngsters but I worked with a herd of 20 of them when I was a trekking guide in NZ. They all had lovely temperaments, and were a great mix of sensible but sensitive. We had beginners and advanced riders on them and were great rides for everyone. Some would only pace and didn't understand canter and one was a ruddy great bulldozer, but I loved the whole bunch of them, they were just easy. That said they were all selected as trail horses, and that didn't fit the above criteria just wouldn't have stayed, so I'm sure they are some daft ones about.
 
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