What horse breed to buy - bad exprerience with warmblood

Also...it really is true when people say "the right horse will find you", my mare did, albeit when I wasn't even considering getting another, but we just clicked and I knew it was meant to be.
 
I have a WB and and ISH, both very different, the WB is lovely to handle, gentle and has the most fantastic paces and scope, however spooks and napps! The ISH is a thug on the ground happily pops around a BE90 course with my mother and is the utter opposite to the WB. I think you need to go and try different horses and see what you like. They all have different ways about them and each have their own character, its who you click with rather than the breed.
 
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I am willing to wait even for months before i find one.. So how do I start looking??

As i am not a UK resident, would you recommend buying from the UK or from continental Europe?


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Irish all the way! ;) love my Irish boys. Saying that my special horse is welsh cob x trad cob. He's smart, sensitive and tries his heart out in what ever he does, but at the same time is super safe.
 
Agree that you can't write off because of breed. My OH's old ex racer was the most chilled TB ever!

Had also heard good things about Irish horses however have just had a horrible experience with the one we had bought OH. So just have to take the horse at face value.
 
I lost my confidence with a sharp and spooky Highland (yes they do exist!).Looking for a replacement.Bought a Welsh section D.He is the most laid back (bone idle!) horse that you can hope to meet.Has done wonders for my confidence and for someone elses too.So go for the individual rather than breed.I nearly didn't go and see mine because he was Welsh.
 
Hug said:
Out of the UK and out of continental Europe.. I have to look abroad as there are virtually no horses for sale where i live...
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Which country? It makes a difference as to where might be best to buy from or someone might have a contact who could help you more locally.
 
As most people have said, you have to go on the individual horse not the breed. Choosing a breed for physical characteristics makes sense but not for temperament. For example I've always preferred them chunky and have gone from a Sec B as a kid, to a Sec D to an ID x cob because they are the middleweight types I like, but I looked at several different breeds with that sort of build when I was looking.

Consistency of temperament across bloodlines is impossible, let along across breeds.
My Sec D was certifiable (but my horse of a lifetime and so talented!) His full sister was an RDA pony - who ended up as an RDA pony not just because of her lovely temperament but because she would literally fall over jumps so wasn't much good as a teenager's pony.
 
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