Might have found a new lesson horse :)

I've been considering getting another lesson mount for my students who are more into english. My QH's can be ridden english but are certainly not aces at it. I will be going Monday or Tues to look at a new addition.

Shocker of all shockers - me, the QH girl who has never owned anything but is going to look at a 16 yo jet black 16.3 Hanoverian mare. She has competed in jumping consistently at 3'6" & 4 ft, done dressage and a bit of xc. Any tips from the english folks on here for things to look at that may be different than what I'm used to looking for in my reiners & working cow horses?

I will post pics when I go see her next week :)
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You will probably fall in love with her movement. I rode a hanoverian for two hears. He had THE most rythmic and easy to post to trot, and cantered like a textbook dressage 1, 2, 3. I love QH's but the ones that I have ridden just do not have the same wave of energy to lift the rider that the warmbloods have.

How much teaching do you do? I didn't realize you were a teacher. YOu teach mostly western? Wish I could snag some lessons from you.

She sounds lovely, like my dream horse!
I have no tips for what to look for that might be different, but I wish you luck!

I have a feeling too that I will fall in love Caroline, going to have to watch that I don't go in with "beer goggles". I used to ride jumpers for a friend as I could show green\rookie classes on the h/j circuit but they were all tb's or tb crosses. Never ridden any european breeds. Did ride a Lippizan once on vacation, my one and only time in a dressage saddle :) I will be finding a barn and taking some dressage lessons for myself if she is a fit for me. Her owner is going to college and approached my mom and asked if I might be interested as she is looking for a home to pamper her for the long haul. I have a history of lifers. I have 3 now that I've had for 20+ years.

While training is my main income source I do quite a bit of teaching. My mom is a 4-H youth agent so I'm very involved with our local 4-H kids & a handful that show AQHA/APHA. I have 9 students right now. I do WP, show trail, western riding, reining, hunt seat, some cow work, contesting & showmanship is my forte. I also judge and put on a few horsemanship & showmanship clinics each year. While I love riding\training it's almost more rewarding seeing little ones soak up knowledge and succeed!
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tiny, you are welcome to come and ride my paint to feel the energy.

I took lessons on WBX last winter while my girls were off (dressage, no jumping). She was amazingly smooth and easy to sit/do the sitting trot work (although my horses are very smooth too, but majority of lesson horses I tried are not nearly being smooth unfortunately).

Good luck trying her out, MHFQ! If it's a great horse and good for lessons, then who cares what breed it is!

Thanks KV! I'm pretty excited about something new and different. I really hope she & I click. The hubby's going to have to build me a mounting block for her though! :)

She sounds amazing!! Can't wait to see pics! I'm at schooling shows, so I never get to see anything too fancy. If for some unimaginable reason, you don't want her, you know.. She can happily come live with me. (:

In a heartbeat!

I'm hoping I don't find a reason not to want her. Her owner is supposed to give me a call tomorrow to set up a time to go see her. I'm like a kid at christmas I'm so anxious! As a kid I wanted nothing more than a big warmblood to jump but growing up with working QH's & a grandfather that is very breed biased nothing but QHs were allowed in his barn. I did have an appendix mare as a teen that I rode hunt seat & jumped and he despised her. So even though she is really a purchase to be a schoolie & benefit my students, it's a bit of a childhood dream for myself. Shame I had to wait until my 30s to go for it! Dug out my old breeches a bit ago and THEY STILL FIT! WOOOOOOT!

We had better see some pictures when you get some!