The search for a new partner continues, I have one who I may be trialling, BUT, I was emailed about this girl, and I am very tempted by her, what do you think of her as a dressage horse? She was bought as a jumper but doesn't like to jump..
the OP says the horse doesnt like to jump.. didnt say she wont jump.. but agree with Anebel, always want to get a PPEIf it can't jump... there is probably a reason. Anything athletic, sound and sane enough to do Dressage should also be able to jump with ease. She looks like she has a weak hind quarter with a long back and long loin - not ideal conformation for a horse we want to be able to sit and collect.
Either she will have blah, weak movement behind and that will be what restricts her from doing well at even second level or she will compensate for her bad loins with exaggerated stifle and hock movement and end up with joint problems and that is what will keep her from doing upper levels.
Either way if you do keep looking at the mare I would get a thorough vet check and figure out why she won't jump...
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Trouble is out here if you discounted all the ads with basic errors in spelling, then the already small pool of available horses would shrink even further. Just this evening I have cringed at an ad for a 'Philly' *shuddders* and thinks for some reason I could do with a sandwichI'm a terrible pedant and am always put off my sellers or potential buyers (if I am the seller) who can't spell, or in this case, confuse "there" and "their." Get someone to proofread your ad, man. That's just me, though.
Because her owner had to move to find work, where the work is the cost of living and boarding is crazy, and so she sits, like so many horses on the prairies here. An awful lot sit for 6 months over the winter, and summers seem to rush past and you can easily end up with your horse sitting for a year.In any case, why is she out of work just now? If I were buying a "made" horse, I wouldn't be overly thrilled by the prospect of bringing a twelve-year old into work after a long lay-off.
Somewhere in between, first possibly second levelWhat are your dressage goals? Should we be evaluating horses you post here as potential First Level horses or potential FEI horses or somewhere in-between?
And there is the heart of the issue, shopping on a limited budget up here makes the possibilities few and far between, and BTW the distances to go and see and try horses cripplingI've just wasted a bit of time looking at Canadian horse classified websites -- maybe not the best ones, as I just Googled it -- and I can't say I found *anything* I liked that wasn't a silly amount of money. I was surprised, because if I wanted to buy a new horse for myself tomorrow, a search of UK horse classified yields quite a few reasonable-looking dressage prospects that were not unaffordable.
Is that not correct??The leg yield is a lateral movement introduced in First Level
Again, to be fair this mare is not advertised, what I gave you was the info given to me by email, so it's not a sales ad.her head was cranked in really far
Exactly.................I know so many people who have just bought a "warmblood" because of the breed and not looked at conformation or done a really thorough PPE and now, sometimes less than a year of consistent work, they have an unsuitable, sore, pasture pet.
Just because the ad says Warmblood does not mean its above any other breed, especially in a limited price range... for 50,000 yes breeding is a concern but under 10 you just want something sane, sound with decent conformation and broke...
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