santas_spotty_pony
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So it is looking like I might be getting a new horse. I’ve kept quiet up until now but it’s becoming more real now. Horse is turning three this week and is currently standing at 16.1hh.
I know there are lots of trains of thought on this but I really don’t want to rush him and with tbh I am not intending on doing a whole lot with h this year because of his age and he does still look quite immature but I’ve had people say they need breaking in younger so they don’t get ahead of themselves and not take to it - how likely is this?
Our mare (now 16) hadn’t been broken in until it before we got her at 14 and she took to it really well so that theory wasn’t correct for her but I really don’t want to do much with him until he’s old enough. Part of the appeal to me is that I can spend time getting to know him with no pressure to ride (I already have three here to ride and my old boy is still enjoying his work) with the idea that he will start doing more as my lovely old Appy (25 this year) starts to do less and eventually retire.
I was planning on getting him used to the tack gradually, and maybe at the very most sit on him before the winter and then turn away for the winter and then start the breaking process next spring when he is 4 which is still young so again I would probably do minimal things and then crack in the following year when he is 5.
No photos yet until I have him here - but yes it’s another spotty
What does everybody else do?
I know there are lots of trains of thought on this but I really don’t want to rush him and with tbh I am not intending on doing a whole lot with h this year because of his age and he does still look quite immature but I’ve had people say they need breaking in younger so they don’t get ahead of themselves and not take to it - how likely is this?
Our mare (now 16) hadn’t been broken in until it before we got her at 14 and she took to it really well so that theory wasn’t correct for her but I really don’t want to do much with him until he’s old enough. Part of the appeal to me is that I can spend time getting to know him with no pressure to ride (I already have three here to ride and my old boy is still enjoying his work) with the idea that he will start doing more as my lovely old Appy (25 this year) starts to do less and eventually retire.
I was planning on getting him used to the tack gradually, and maybe at the very most sit on him before the winter and then turn away for the winter and then start the breaking process next spring when he is 4 which is still young so again I would probably do minimal things and then crack in the following year when he is 5.
No photos yet until I have him here - but yes it’s another spotty
What does everybody else do?