What makes a JRN prospect?

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If you were looking to buy an eventer that was advertised as a JRN prospect, what would you expect it to have achieved?!

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I would expect it to be doing novice events and consistantly clear xc, not cricket scores sj and nice dressage.
are JRNs not just novices? (we dont have them over here)
 
people often jump on the JRN bandwagon and just advertise anything that is a bit small as being suit JRN.

I would exoect the horse to be easy and straightforward, to help teach a junior.
 
If it is safe and easy, doing well at Novice, and not take the pee is rider makes a mistake, then it could be JRN.

Often parents will pay the earth for their little darlings to be competitive.

However I just bought a decent little horse and expect them to get on with it.

My daughter also JRN's on her 14.2 pony, it skips round making it look easy, hardly your typical JRN eventer.
 
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Often parents will pay the earth for their little darlings to be competitive.

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Hence why I was asking - to find out whether it was worth putting the magic JRN letters in the advert
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However I just bought a decent little horse and expect them to get on with it.

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Exactly what will happen with my kids!
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Well unless the horse is under eight I wouldn't say it was a JRN prospect. Sorry to be blunt but also who are advertised as "JRN prospects" who are much over that age tend to obviously be failed intermediate/novice horses. These aforementioned "parents who will pay the earth for their little darlings to be competitive" want to either buy a ten year old who has gone round the championships before, or a top class 6/7 year old that will get there in a year. Very few are interested in bothering with something 9+ who hasn't yet done it.

The term "JRN prospect," is, in my opinion, over used and simply highlights horses that aren't good enough to make the cut in classes above novice. Bear in mind that most only do JRNs for a year or so, so these horses will then have to have the capilites of juniors +
 
Why would you put JRN potential unless the horse was incapable of going any further than novice? It might actually put me off. If I was a rich parent wanting to buy my little darling a way in, I'd buy a horse that's done it and has the BE record to prove it tbh.
 
A true JRN horse should be competitive at novice level and be capable of doing a few of the smaller OIU21s when the junior is nearly ready to move onto the next horse.

Unfortunately most juniors want something to win JRNs this year and Badminton next year, as I found out when trying to sell a super novice horse who would be a doddle for a junior.
 
We're probably all missing the point - if the rider isn't that good, it doesn't really matter what potential the horse has. But you can't really put that in an ad can you - lol
 
so would you class this horse as a JRN prospect?

16.2hh gelding
done a handful of PN all clear
ready to move up to novice/1*
rising 7 (not till april)
good attitude to work
snaffle mouth all areas
dosent need a martingale?

only asking as friend has this horse for sale and she also has the same dilema as you
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see i would normally class a JRN horse as one that has done 1* and clear at that. also would expect sj to be good - friend has good eventer that she bought that had 30 something points but its sj is terrible - think cricket scores!

wish i had a rich daddy who would buy me a nice junior horsey
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Not sure if the above was a QR or if you're actually asking me. I can't really see why the horse is particularly a JRN prospect - just sounds like a nice horse with scope for improvement given a half decent rider.
Must add - I am absolutely not an expert and am probably talking rubbish.
 
I think you'd have a job selling that as JRN potential. Mothers dont want them unless they've proven themselves at novice, esp not at that height (sorry!) They also tend to want something around about exactly 8 years old!!

Now I think theyre all wrong. Boss was my first horse and whilst he was exceptionally badly schooled, he was an exceptional xc horse and was able to take me from PC 3ft to ** pretty quickly. He taught me more than some point and go, dressage schoolmaster. I dont think juniors should be given the easiest horse possible, what does that teach them?!
 
thanks, thats what i told her too! lol although that horse that i described will probs to 2 star by end of nxt year and move up to advance with a good rider
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but that is just my opinion! imo he will be a really good young riders, but there is just too much horse for a JRN.

the general opinion here is that you buy a good horse and your child gets onto junior team, gets there experience of eventing successfully and then toddles off to uni and the real world
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therefore we have a severe lack of young riders in ireland, well, ones that meet the qualification anyhoo.

boss sounds ideal and fantastic by the way!
 
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