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Ok so i would really appreciate some thoughts on my new baby horse. I haven't formed any strong attachments to her yet so I think i can take honest opinions! Also I know i look a bit crap, i always am but my slight excuse is that I've barely ridden in the last 18 months (had a baby) so I'm just feeling quite brave to get on her at all at the mo!
So her background is I bought her from a dealer who got her from Goresbridge sales. We've had a few expensive horses with major problems in the last couple of years so we decided to get an unbroken 3yo so we could create all our own problems. The main (only) reason we got her really is because she's by the same stallion as my super horse Badger (if anyone remembers him from way back when i used to come on here.. he died last week )
Anyway, she seems to have a super temp and although she's a bit of a plain jane i think she's a nice stamp? She was broken professionally in October and has been sat on literally a handful of times since coming back into work.
So 2 questions really:
1 - what do you think of her? We want to just mess around doing lower level stuff. I think. Unless she turns out to be a super star but we just want her to be a fun easy horse really.
2 - what can i be doing better to help her? She's not that forward at the mo hence the leg niggling. The guy who broke her suggested spurs but I'm not sure about that yet. Having seen the vids just now in full size am i messing with my hands too much?
TIA
Walking
[video=youtube;scoopeihYA8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scoopeihYA8[/video]
Trotting
[video=youtube;NnadmCpXujM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnadmCpXujM[/video]
Little jump
[video=youtube;YCcliew6ODI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCcliew6ODI[/video]
So her background is I bought her from a dealer who got her from Goresbridge sales. We've had a few expensive horses with major problems in the last couple of years so we decided to get an unbroken 3yo so we could create all our own problems. The main (only) reason we got her really is because she's by the same stallion as my super horse Badger (if anyone remembers him from way back when i used to come on here.. he died last week )
Anyway, she seems to have a super temp and although she's a bit of a plain jane i think she's a nice stamp? She was broken professionally in October and has been sat on literally a handful of times since coming back into work.
So 2 questions really:
1 - what do you think of her? We want to just mess around doing lower level stuff. I think. Unless she turns out to be a super star but we just want her to be a fun easy horse really.
2 - what can i be doing better to help her? She's not that forward at the mo hence the leg niggling. The guy who broke her suggested spurs but I'm not sure about that yet. Having seen the vids just now in full size am i messing with my hands too much?
TIA
Walking
[video=youtube;scoopeihYA8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scoopeihYA8[/video]
Trotting
[video=youtube;NnadmCpXujM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnadmCpXujM[/video]
Little jump
[video=youtube;YCcliew6ODI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCcliew6ODI[/video]