What the hell, 2 year old ridden filly!

Very wrong, however i know of some idiot riding her 1yr old colt which says it all now its 2 its been in school ridden as well and someone else riding their 2 yr old filly alongside. Just think how lucky my 2 year old is to have the chance just to be a youngster!
 
I I backed one of my youngsters as a late two year old as he was built like a brick 5h1t house and had a fair bit of attitude. However before you all shoot me down in flames I mainly long reined him as I didn't want him doing too much on the lunge. I got him to the stage where he could walk and trot around the school and then turned him away until he was 3 when he was rebacked and turned away again.

The pony in the photo did look a bit older than 2 so I'm not sure if the ad has been mixed up.
 
I don't think it's a mistake as the same filly is advertised elsewhere as a rising 2 year old, to make 13.2hh.

The seller organises pony club competitions too, so (you would hope) not totally clueless :(
 
I just think that you may try tack on but you don't sit on a rising 2 yo. What kind of back problems are you storing up? what is the point of sitting on a horse that you are not backing? It is a baby not even 2!

Must just be me who thinks it is inappropriate.
FDC
 
Red Nosed Fany said:
I just think that you may try tack on but you don't sit on a rising 2 yo. What kind of back problems are you storing up? what is the point of sitting on a horse that you are not backing? It is a baby not even 2!

Must just be me who thinks it is inappropriate.
FDC
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No, its not just you....I think its appalling. Unfortunately there seems to be more and more of this going on. I have a 7 month old filly at the moment, she is halterbroken, wears a rug, is well handled etc BUT no one will be going on her back until she is 4. A little bit of patience goes a long way as far as I am concerned :)
 
Nope not just you. I saw someone the other day saying how she has her 14 month in a cub saddle and pops children on its back. Madness.
 
starbar said:
No, its not just you....I think its appalling. Unfortunately there seems to be more and more of this going on. I have a 7 month old filly at the moment, she is halterbroken, wears a rug, is well handled etc BUT no one will be going on her back until she is 4. A little bit of patience goes a long way as far as I am concerned :)
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Glad it is not just me that thinks rising 2 is just too young. I worry about the impact on her back, poor baby.

I hope to get Fany into foal(well not me personally but you know what I mean :p) and if we are lucky and she does have a foal we will not be backing to at least 4 and a half. Slowly and with a lot of patience, hopefully not storing up problems that way!
FDC
 
I think the issue is that the ad says "rising 2" ie it is actually a yearling for crying out loud. No excuse for this - just someone trying to get a youngster sold and believing (and sadly is probably right) that it is more saleable as it is now a riding horse.

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only_me said:
Not saying that I agree with it, but it may not be the case.

We have a 2 year old colt at our yard at the mo - he is here "off" training. Yes, he has already been in training to race.

hate it, but it happens.

eg.
http://www.donedeal.co.uk/for-sale/horses/1753074
http://www.donedeal.co.uk/for-sale/horses/1671859
http://www.donedeal.co.uk/for-sale/horses/1671859
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I was thinking of racehorses and many continental dressage horses and Irish sport horses hunted at two etc. etc. etc.
All these horses don't mature in their spine until around seven years I believe. 'Big' doesn't mean mature!

For those who haven't read this http://www.equinestudies.org/ranger_2008/ranger_piece_2008_pdf1.pdf
 
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I know of horses hunted at 3 over here but not 2. I would agree with onlyme it the ad doesn't actually say ridden and that pic is a split second in time where a lightweight child may have been popped up for photo. I'm not saying it is right but we cannot assume! I would be a bit more worried about future problems it will have with its front legs. It appears to be sitting back on its heels alot
 
My girl has just turned 5 and i started breaking her a few weeks ago. Someone else on yard is doing it with her two year old and bragging she is waaaay
ahead than me. Silly vile girll
 
Do you thnk that perhaps this is not the picture of said filly? I have known pictures of other horses substituted for the one for sale. But agree with all if it is, gives the wrong idea of a pony for the total amateur to buy as a cheap Christmas present for the kid to ride.
 
My boy leaves to be broken next week - he's just over 4. People have suggested that I have my 2yr old broken because she is so big. She will be lunged at 3 - lightly with saddle and bridle, learning to walk on and halt on command. maybe a few short trots but no way will anyone be sitting on her until she is 4 - I want her to last a long time.
 
I have been watching someone fairly near to me, back, "school" (in draw reins!), a just turned three year old. It was then competed and jumped up to 3ft classes on hard ground all through it's third summer, and into it's fourth. Words of advice regarding joints/legs/mental status etc were totally ignored. Had to walk away. Shame, as it was a nice little horse.
 
From what I read I thought they meant even her daughter can tack it up. To me it is quite obviously getting ridden.
I think its horrible people can ride 2 year olds, I have a 2 year old and would never dream of sitting on her now. Yes putting tack on etc. is fine.
 
Ive send an email to the guy advertising the 2 year old black gelding telling him exactly what I think! I had a cob x new forest yearling, 1y6m, and although I was desperate to get doing something with her because she was the most laid back horse I have ever come across, I was never going to ride her at 2! Possibly a bit of lunging, and some tack on at 2 but that would have been it!
 
Umm, well I didn't think it was that uncommon for people to do that anymore?
There was a 2 y/o on here not that long ago, 17.1hh spotted I think and that was being ridden, pretty much all the responses including mine was that it looked mature.

Doesn't make it right, but it's just as common as breaking at 3 and 4 now.
 
The way it is written makes it sound like it has probably been sat on about twice TBH. I don't think that's so terrible.

My rising three (3 in April) year old has had tack on and been long reined since last summer. I wouldn't sit on her because I am too fat and need to go on a diet first. I will be starting her next summer though and will then turn away for the winter. If I wasn't so chubby I might well have lain over her by now, although very briefly

Competition horses are often broken as early three year olds. Doesn't seem to harm them too much. The 4yo class at the Burghley young event horse competition must be full of horses broken at 3 and no one complains about that.
 
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