The hunt begins again and I am already exhausted

Nuala- just a little input on green moor stud, we went to them when i was looking to move onto horses as to be fair they word all their adverts so the horses sound lovely! I'd steer well clear of them unless you want a completely wasted journey. The horses weren't in good condition at all and the one we saw ridden was slightly lame, they don't have a very good reputation at all either. good luck with your search!
 
I think the last one that TriplesandH found actually looks like the sort of horse i would buy for a teenager going onto horses with no real experience of BSJA or horses. Shes a nice size and seems to know her job. I'd knock the price down though as shes overpriced for her age. Id be looking for something like this, size wise and experience wise but perhaps about 12. To go from ponies to 16.HH+ is too big a jump. 15.2 is a manageable size. The last thing I would look for is a youngster tbh, that can come later. Ive seen too many children move to young horses and come a cropper very quickly. Horse ends up being sold for peanuts and child gives up. Go for an older confidence giver first.
 
No don't worry you don't sound thick at all.
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I mean that the distances between the jumps will be set out for a horses stride and so a very small horse might find it difficult. Saying that I've seen some very small horses that have a long stride and vice versa!
 
I really like the chestnut but I always avoid Catherston horses like the plague so am very biased!! I also think that is crazy money for a 16yo think some people need a reality check.

Until you sit on them no guessing what they are like as some 15hh can ride really big and some 16hh can ride really small. I hunted a 16.2hh for a season when I was 10 as my 13hh pony was lame and it was fine as she had such a small stride and was easy to ride.
 
I think 16 is a little old - if it is to be an interim horse - ie move her on to horses and give her experience - we would be looking to sell when it was 18/19 and that's a bit old to find a good home. If we had land, I wouldn't worry about it - but as we are at livery we can't afford to keep every horse.
 
I like the second and the fourth - The first one's bum end looks a bit wierd, but that could just be the photos. The third looks nice enough, but there aren't any action shots.

What happened to that appaloosa mare?
 
I was going to suggest no3 of the original choices, dont be too sceptical on the bright side he has low mileage for his age! And he has a very kind face, which means a huge amount to me.
I really like the 2nd one of lecs 2. It looks the part and sounds like a nice progressive type, and as I have said before I would prefer irish/TB over a warmblood for young girls anyday.
 
Of all the horses so far I think that the third one from the first lot is the one most worth looking at. It has some obvious querise about its history but it could be a real genuine sort that your daughter will learn alot from. Some of the others seem perhaps a little too high powered as an introduction to jumping horses and also horse keeping.
 
Interestingly we have now seen three of them and number three is our favourite. He has been out of work - but the reasons sound genuine. Will put up a new post about him when I have uploaded the pictures.

The grey was probably too much horse for Abby - although absolutley gorgeous!!

The bay mare was just a no - refused most of the jumps with it's owner on board.
 
I would second dozzies mums coments re a youngster for child coming off ponies - we have done this and are paying the consequences, my daughter is a very competent rider and has ridden some absolute nutter ponies, however she just hasnt been able to cope with her youngster.
 
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