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my friends horse is lame at the moment, so the yard owner has bought a 16.1hh ID, from a dealer. my friend is riding the horse. we were just thinking what sort of stuff could she do woth him (ground work and ridden) to see if he is right for her?
she may only have limited time to make her choice aswell, so can't be too long a process or complecated :) i also go down to the yard quite often so it could be something that icould help her with too. she also lost all her confidence jumping and refuses to at the moment... we have free jumped him though (and i hope to do that again soon :))
thank you :D
 
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Just to confirm, your friend's horse is lame so the yard owner bought your friend a new horse? If so, what is actually wrong with your friend's horse? What would she do with the old horse?
 
I also want to ask about your friend's lame horse. Will it be lame permanently? If so, what is its future? Home for life as a pet? If that's possible then all is good and yes, focus on another horse for riding. If her original horse is only temporarily lame then she should focus on that horse's recovery, another horse would detract from that.
Sorry for all the questioning but I would say that everyone here wants every horse to be treated appropriately
 
LaurenM said:
Just to confirm, your friend's horse is lame so the yard owner bought your friend a new horse? If so, what is actually wrong with your friend's horse? What would she do with the old horse?
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my friends other horse is not permenantly lame (she has been lame for 8-9 months now though!), she is recovering, but my friend is never going to get back on her, no matter how much we persuade her or anything. coz she had a really baad fall and has lost all of her confidence and the horse is too much for her at the best of times. she is going to sell the lame horse once it has made a full recovery. the yard owner didnt buy the horse just for her, she recently lost a horse exactly the same and we think thats why she bought it.

pardalis said:
I also want to ask about your friend's lame horse. Will it be lame permanently? If so, what is its future? Home for life as a pet? If that's possible then all is good and yes, focus on another horse for riding. If her original horse is only temporarily lame then she should focus on that horse's recovery, another horse would detract from that.
Sorry for all the questioning but I would say that everyone here wants every horse to be treated appropriately
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she wont have a home as a pet, once she has recovered she will be sold onto someone who can properly ride her etc. it's fine and i understand everyones love of horses, you have every right :)
 
Whats this new horse like? Does it enjoy jumping etc? How does it school? I would suggest starting with basics too be honest if you need confidence to come from it, so basic schooling, with some trotting poles, poles laid in various places to keep the horse interested and rider thinking about things at all times.

I am still confused, is this horse on loan wvtb?

If so, and she is planning on keeping, I would do whatever it is you plan to do if you buy the horse e.g jumping, dressage, cross country, hunting?

Its no good just schooling and hacking out, then buying it, and then deciding you want to jump hunt, do dressage etc, check the horse is 100% suitable for what is respectively a novice if she has lost all confidence.

I have been in the same boat and ended up buying a coloured horse through pity as he wasnt ridden much but I was under the impression he was a star, and he was when ridden out by myself a short distance (they had no school) but when I got him back he was a total nightmare, and I lost all my confidence, and had to start from scratch.

Perhaps like you say loose schooling over jumps, too see how honest a jumper the aforementioned horse is, if she refuses to jump just yet due to a confidence thing, you dont want something that is going to overjump every jump, you need something honest that will jump the height laid down

Good luck!
 
Omarkiam said:
Whats this new horse like? Does it enjoy jumping etc? How does it school? I would suggest starting with basics too be honest if you need confidence to come from it, so basic schooling, with some trotting poles, poles laid in various places to keep the horse interested and rider thinking about things at all times.

I am still confused, is this horse on loan wvtb?

If so, and she is planning on keeping, I would do whatever it is you plan to do if you buy the horse e.g jumping, dressage, cross country, hunting?

Its no good just schooling and hacking out, then buying it, and then deciding you want to jump hunt, do dressage etc, check the horse is 100% suitable for what is respectively a novice if she has lost all confidence.

I have been in the same boat and ended up buying a coloured horse through pity as he wasnt ridden much but I was under the impression he was a star, and he was when ridden out by myself a short distance (they had no school) but when I got him back he was a total nightmare, and I lost all my confidence, and had to start from scratch.

Perhaps like you say loose schooling over jumps, too see how honest a jumper the aforementioned horse is, if she refuses to jump just yet due to a confidence thing, you dont want something that is going to overjump every jump, you need something honest that will jump the height laid down

Good luck!
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he isnt on loan she is just riding him for the owner... also what does wvtb mean??
my friend also says thank you, she read the post and i think it made her feel a little better about it all :D
we are going to do some loose jumping today :)
 
If your friend is just riding the new horse and not loaning or buying him then why don't you discuss with the owner? That way they can each focus on different areas to complement each other's work i.e. if flatwork is improved then it will benefit jumping etc.
 
snoopyinfrance said:
wvtb means with view to buying
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aww thank you :D probs sounds like a silly Q noow :)

LaurenM said:
If your friend is just riding the new horse and not loaning or buying him then why don't you discuss with the owner? That way they can each focus on different areas to complement each other's work i.e. if flatwork is improved then it will benefit jumping etc.
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she is riding with a view to buy :) she has got about a week or two to make a descision whether to buy him... the owner of him is being rather silly about it all.... but thats another story
 
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