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I currently loan a horse on a yard near my house. Ive been friends with the YO for 8 years and known her for a lot longer.

The yard is never full YO always has a few boxes spare and plenty of acreage. The horse I loan is a good schoolmaster type for flatwork and small jumps (less than 2ft9) but he is getting on in years and im thinking of getting my own horse when his owner retires him.

I have been looking at different type of horses and im very unsure as to what type or breed I woul like. The horse I am loaning is a heinz bit of everything looks like a cobby type with longer legs. Hes great and about 15hh.

I am looking for something I can do low level BE with, probably up to BE100 at the very most and do a decent test but above all I would like it to be sane and sensible and not cost the earth to keep, some list isnt it :o. Im willing to get something young and bring it on, I have a decent quiet seat and hands and in the past I have backed youngsters and also helped bring them on for people, Im not amazing nor any type of professional by any means but Im competant Id say :)

There are lots of different types I have ridden from the yard. I have ridden and done some small comps on WBs, TBs, ISHs, Natives and native crosses and also have competed showing and WH on an anglo (she was lovely I was gutted when she was sold and left ) and this is what is confusing me as I dont know what I would like :o no bigger than 16hh though.

My thoughts are

Connemara's or X Connies
ID x TBs (
Anglo or X's
small WB (Im not tall 5ft4)
Welsh D x TBs (two of these on the yard lovely)

What do we think? Anyone who has one of the above feel free to let me know perks and pitfalls of the above thanks :)
 
Rather than looking for a particular breed/type, make a list of qualities/ characteristics/
talents that you want in your horse and then look for ads for horses which match that list as closely as possible.
 
Hi,

If you're going for a youngster I'd look for something with Welsh blood - they are easy to train and soo damn bright. They can be naughty - but we have a pure Welsh D at our yard who does a fantastic test and flys over jumps and was in ribbons as a youngster and still brings them back now in his late teens - all his jockey has to do is sit it and he does the work :D.

As to looks, sex, colour its up to you.
 
Thank you :)

Being honest Id prefer a nice solid colour, chestnut, bay, black, brown with or without white on the legs face doesnt bother me good horse isnt a bad colour etc :D Id prefer not a grey or coloured but if it was the right horse I would look past that of course :)

Not bothered about sex, mares or geldings, would prefer to be sane, and sensible but again a bit of exuberance or feisty behaviour isnt a problem as long as horse is basically a nice personality.

Can I have pictures of your horses please :) In competitons, schooling, having fun what ever you like :D
 
Id say a connie x.

Go for a ready made horse.

I know you say you have experience but going from unaffilated to affiliated will be a bit different so to ease you into get something that can help you alone.

rather than a younger one where you will both be learning.
 
asyouwish said:
Thank you :)

Being honest Id prefer a nice solid colour, chestnut, bay, black, brown with or without white on the legs face doesnt bother me good horse isnt a bad colour etc :D Id prefer not a grey or coloured but if it was the right horse I would look past that of course :)

Not bothered about sex, mares or geldings, would prefer to be sane, and sensible but again a bit of exuberance or feisty behaviour isnt a problem as long as horse is basically a nice personality.

Can I have pictures of your horses please :) In competitons, schooling, having fun what ever you like :D
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Hi,

Here's my favourite Pic of my wee Welsh Sec C x. He's a pleasure on the ground just a little feisty off and full of character and charm. Clever little sod too - perhaps too clever?

xx

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This is he jumping - not me on board.

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Pheraps a tbx cob type ?

When my parents felt it was right for me to have my own horse at the time I was moving on from loaning a 12.2 welsh mountain who was a feisty little thing and often tried to get me on the floor. And riding a 15.2 Cleveland bay out on the weekends for a friend who was to afraid to ride it out on the road after it spooked at a dog and reared up. We found a tb x welsh cob
that was not stocky but of course not as light as a tb. The great thing is is that it had the temp of a tb ( could be spooky and hot headed) and therefore loved a good gallop and had an amazing try hard scopey jump. But in winter the cob side came out so he didn't always need lots of rugs and feed. The cob side also came out when he needed to be brave in traffic. Its like having the temp of a tb but the hardyness of a cob.
 
I agree with pearlsacarolsinger. There's so much variation of type & temperament within any breed id focus on qualities & abilities you want for the job you want it to do rather than confine your search to a breed. Same re colour....a good horse is never a bad colour...I wanted a dark bay gelding & got a coloured mare. I bought her in spite of her colour & she's a little star really!
 
Be prepared for it to take a while! I had the same criteria as you but it had to be a gelding...8 months later I found exactly what I was looking for. 15 2, ISH, 7years old, 20 BE100 runs (15 double clear). He is no way "ready made", has plenty of quirks but he has that experience which is important if you are going affiliated for the first time (like me)! And please don't discount greys or coloureds, that is all I have ever had, it makes yoou stand out...not another boring bay ;)
 
Like a few others have said, don't go for a certain breed. Go for the right attitude, temperament and ride for you.

pssssst. get a TB type, all rounders for everything :p
 
Actual breeding is low on my list of concerns when I'm looking. A few years ago I wanted a welsh D, found a lady pretty local that breeds and went to look at her youngsters.

Looked mainly at a 3yo bay welsh d gelding. Came away with a nearly 5 yo unbroken chestnut to mare.... Ie everything in a horse I said I didn't want. BUT the mare was cracking and one of the easiest to back I've had and we did everything, jumping dressage xcountry fun rides. She was fab!

Don't get to bogged down that you only want a certain breed us what I'm trying to say! :)
 
I would worry less about breed, and more about characteristics. My heinz 57 pony would probably do all you are looking for, def would a few years ago, so as you are small don't be too put off by height, you may find a cracking pony that has done loads of PC with someone who has out grown him.
 
I agree with what others have said, got for personality/ability/etc over breed. You may discount something on their breed which may be perfect for you!
After i lost my little TB mare, i swore i wouldnt get another TB, not because i didnt love her TB quirks, beacuse i did, she was my horse in a million, but because i thought no TB could live up to her and if i got another I'd only compare it to her . So you can guess what i've got now-yup a TB-gelding this time-V similar in colour too. But his attitude and his temprament was exactly what I wanted!
 
You perfectly described my Connie mare she is safe as houses but with a suspicious and feisty side to her. She is jumping clear at 75-85cm after only a month training she is young and doing quite well at prelim but needs more work on her roundness oh and she is Bay with a star no other white
 
I ended up with nothing that I thought in would get but agree temperament and characeristics most important.

My boy is 16.2hh, sports horse, grey, laid back, easy to do in every way and I originally wanted a project that was black and no bigger than 15hh welsh with attitude!! ( I am 5ft 1!!!!)

But his way is so lovely I would not change him for the world. I just knew he was right!
 
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