Would it put you off?

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Seeing an amazingly well bred horse with a lot of potential in your price range..
but it's 7 and was only broken when it was 6 through no fault of it's own?
been professionally broken and schooling round a course of jumps and showing real scope and potential? Obviously you would miss the bsja age classes but would you be prepared to have to put plenty of work into a horse that's not been to many shows at that age?

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Probably not but I would want to know why and have to have a very good reason to believe what I was told.

I have come across a few who had been 'broken' by inexperienced people and become very difficult and then been passed to professionals for a restart. All remained tricky types and one is downright dangerous.
 
I would certainly want to know what the genuine reason for backing so late was but on the bright side the horse shouldn't have too much wear and tear on his joints
 
Wouldn't bother me at all. Often horses backed later are more mature and ready to go on... Is it a mare? Could have been having foals for early years..
 
It wouldn't put me off, no.

My own horse wasn't backed until 5 - as he is a NF that was left to mature and living wild. Yes, he can be opinionated and is lacking in schooling compared to his fellow 6/rising 7 year olds - but in other respects he is much 'older' in temperament than horses the same age (i.e. he is brave. bold and literally 'seen it all' however weird and wonderful living on the forest).

If I essentially liked the horse then (lack of) experience wouldn't put me off - you can change the level of schooling, it is much, much harder to change the personality of a horse.

Swings and roundabouts.
 
Thanks guys :)

the owner said she bought it directly from the breeder as a rising 6yo who just never had time to back her due to the volume of horses he had in.
 
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