which is why I'm posting the links, isn't it!
I've just seen a post on a forum that looks interesting....so I've pm'd about it...but will tell you about it once I know more and can form a better view - been distracted from this for about 1/2 hour whilst looking at videos and exchanging pms, LOL.
ON TB's Jean - it's interesting, they have a real rep, but the TB's I've had and have known have not been idiots in that way ... granted, Molly's issues, but had it not been for those i don't think we'd have had any other problems as she's a poppet on the ground, very easy to do in all other respects
I do think that a lot of the time people put that sort of thing on an ad to put off those who really don't know what they're doing; beyond that, a horse could be a spitfire with one person and a plod with the next .. we all know riders with a "hot seat" and others with the opposite...
and we all know of people who've tried horses which have apparently been total plods, or at least apparently sensible, then you get them home and they're not.
When I tried my first horse, Marcus, took him out for a hack up a track at Beamish. got to the top of the track and there was a loose dog, which got under marcus's feet, very nerve wracking. the people got the dog under control and a chap appeared coming down the hill on a horse, could he come past? i said, yes, but this is not my horse I'm just trying it, please "gan canny" (that is, sensibly and slowly). he came past, set off a full gallop down hill, dog got loose again, Marcus followed other horse full pelt down hill.
i thought ... oops (well, i actually thought more than that, when i thought at all rather than just reacting LOL).
found the brakes. bought the horse. RI was at bottom of hill expecting to catch loose horse (TBF, i had wondered at one point!)
apparently, the man on the horse was a known eedjit.
Being a TB person myself, I fully love the breed, but when a TB is very TB, it can be a really difficult horse to deal with.
ReplyDeleteNow, at this point in my life, even with all my TB years of experience behind me, I'm not sure I'd want to take on another Tucker.
Maybe, if you haven't done it yet, it might be a good idea to make up a list of what you want and what you simply cannot accept in a new horse. That way you can keep each prospect in perspective and weigh the pros and cons. If the PERFECT horse shows up, that's great, but if not, just what can you deal with and what is out of the question.
A great suggestion from Jean, make a list, it helps to keep you focussed on what's important.
ReplyDeleteThat doesn't sound like a nice relaxing trial hack!
ReplyDeleteAlso agree that Jean's suggestion is a good one, especially for the occassions when the heart wants to rule the head!