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Draft horses are cheap horses.

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Dear friends! Here where I live race horses are pretty expensive and draft horses are pretty cheap about 500 US dollars. So I wanna buy a draft horse but wanna use it for riding and not driving. I dont have any experience of training a horse. How should I train a draft horse so that I could use it for riding.
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Yes, thank you. I wasn't meaning to be rude- sorry if it came off that way. I have a broken thumb and its rather hard to type on my phone with it. :X

Anyways, having a young/untrained horse and not having any experience can lead to some pretty nasty situations and potentially dangerous. I would never advise it- even with a great trainer. I would always always always always advise the person to buy an experienced horse before I tell them to get on that is untrained.

You will more than likely end up frustrated, hurt and annoyed. Trust me- I have been overmatched by a horse and that is what I felt.

Please don't for your sake and the sake of a horse. Leave the training to the pros. Im sure you can take some great lessons for what you would spend on a horse and eventually find one that suits your needs.

:)

Good luck!
 
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I dont have any experience of training a horse. How should I train a draft horse so that I could use it for riding.
Simply put, you can't. With no experience, you're going to get yourself badly hurt or killed, and the horse will wind up in a very bad place.

You need a professional trainer to work with both you and the horse.

The cheapest part about owning a horse is the price, especially if you buy an unbroke one.
 
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@speed racer. What if I follow some videos on youtube on horse training?
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This is useful AFTER basics are taught. Something you cannot teach. I suggest getting a horse that is already well trained, and still worknig with a trainer. Like the last poster said, its very easy to ruin a horse. Even a trainer one if you dont know how to properly maintain their training.
 
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I don't know what resources you have available in India for training. But if you are new to horses, then I strongly recommend getting a horse that is thoroughly broken.

I didn't, and I've run up the training bills to prove it. I'm also lucky I haven't run up the medical bills any higher than I have. I could have saved thousands of dollars by buying a well broke older horse. I also could have avoid the pain in my lower back & hip that I've lived with for the last 3.5 years...

Horses are experts in reading body language. Unless you know their language, and know it with a lot of sensitivity, it is easier to ruin a horse than to train it.
 
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uj, unfortunately those DVDs won't teach you riding, much less how to train. And it's simply dangerous for the novice owner to get something untrained. Your best way to go would be 1) Forget for sometime about owning the horse and take some lessons OR 2) get something very well broke and trained and again take lessons/work with the trainer closely.

Just wondering... How expensive is it to keep a horse in India?
 
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A video may show you the mechanics of training but does not show you the timing, the feel, and the anticipation of the horse's reaction.

To paraphrase a famous trainer - training is knowing what happened before what happened, happens. You simply can't get that from a video.
 
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Learning how to train a horse is not something you can look up on the internet. You need a teacher.

Please, follow everyone's advice and do not get an untrained horse. Especially a draft horse. They are so strong, if they decide not to behave, there isn't a damn thing you could do about it. They can break a person in half like a toothpick and not even realize it. That is why they must be trained infallibly and an untrained one does not belong in the hands of a beginner.

Please take the time to educate yourself, talk to trainers, and maybe invest in a horse that's already well trained.
 
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@kitten_Val. It is not too expensive to keep a horse in india. If the horse works all day then people feed them with food like hay, grains or even rice and it costs nearly 5$ or less a day. I was choosing that cheap way because Im still a student who is majoring in physics and working as a part time tutor too.But I love horses so much. Now I understand that it is not possible to do that alone. Thanks for the answer.
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@kitten_Val. It is not too expensive to keep a horse in india. If the horse works all day then people feed them with food like hay, grains or even rice and it costs nearly 5$ or less a day. I was choosing that cheap way because Im still a student who is majoring in physics and working as a part time tutor too.But I love horses so much. Now I understand that it is not possible to do that alone. Thanks for the answer.
Sure! Horses are quite expensive in US (although it depends on what one call "expensive" of course). I was a student too (even though years ago), and money are usually very tight before you get a decent job. :wink: If you love horses try to invest some money into lessons and/or volunteer to help in stable (if there are any in your area) in exchange for riding. Good luck!
 
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