anniedoherty
Well-Known Member
.....for my friend who wants to get back into horses after a long break from having her own? She is in her early 40s and has been riding fairly regularly at riding school and on another friend's horse but she now feels ready to buy her own horse again. She used to have a TBxHackney but he was a bit of a handful for her so I think she needs to look for something quieter.
She is not the bravest rider, especially out hacking, but is actually quite competent i.e. she rides my friends horse in an outline, can walk, trot, canter, and she does a bit of lateral work and can ask for a degree of collection and extension. She is the same height as me (5 foot 6) but I haven't liked to ask how much she weighs! I think she is probably about 10 or 11 stone? Not sure on that one really. She isn't thin but she's def not fat either. She says that she prefers smaller ponies and her last one was 14.2 hh.
I went with her last night to look at a ShireX but it was too big. After my experience of buying a horse recently I don't feel able to offer her much advice so any suggestions would be welcome!
She is not the bravest rider, especially out hacking, but is actually quite competent i.e. she rides my friends horse in an outline, can walk, trot, canter, and she does a bit of lateral work and can ask for a degree of collection and extension. She is the same height as me (5 foot 6) but I haven't liked to ask how much she weighs! I think she is probably about 10 or 11 stone? Not sure on that one really. She isn't thin but she's def not fat either. She says that she prefers smaller ponies and her last one was 14.2 hh.
I went with her last night to look at a ShireX but it was too big. After my experience of buying a horse recently I don't feel able to offer her much advice so any suggestions would be welcome!