Just wanted to see what everyone else likes.do you get a horse as a young one for you to train by yourself or do you buy a prebroke horse to just get on and go? Posted via Mobile Device
I typically buy very young and train myself, going to trainers for finesse and keeping me on track as required. I can't afford the bloodlines and movement I want unless I buy young, and am willing to take the gamble that the baby will grow up how I hope they do. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Not enough info to say:? Really Depends on your own experience for one:wink: have you the time & knowhow to train a youngster? also how "well" broke the pre-broke one is:lol: Some horses advertised as broke aren't very well trained or have holes in training,so you may have a re-training project...
Myself I have started all my horses,they will all pleasure ride/trail.Ones that I show I have used trainers to help finish & coach me. Some of using trainers too is that they have the facilities & are able to work them regularly find it hard to get a horse trained/conditioned when you work & are at mercy of weather to find the time to get the riding/training time in:-(.
I know what I like. So im not here to get advice just what everyone else does.
I enjoy starting my owe especially if its a horse im going to keep and ride myself. Posted via Mobile Device
Generally speaking I like prebroke as I am too old to break myself. However the next time I get a horse I'm going to really find out more about it's training and try to get a 1 month trial first. Cinny had "30 days training" on him and he was worse off than if he hadn't been trained at all. 4 years later, we are still fixing problems to do with poor training methods that apparently boardered on abuse. Never Never again. Next time it will be a horse that is already doing well at the level I am currently working on myself (Dressage) or a semi retired upper level horse that can still do low levels decently.
There is another alternative. That is to buy an unstarted young horse and send the horse out for 60 days. I would want to know the person starting the colt very well and would want to check in on the horse at least once a week. This way, you can get the breeding and conformation you want. You can watch the unstarted horse move and see how athletic and how nicely it moves without a rider. It is pretty hard to make chicken salad out of chicken 'other stuff'.
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