Posted 2005-12-04 11:41 AM (#33735 - in reply to #30943) Subject: RE: Good trail horse
Location: KY
When I see "ridden by a child" I worry.....these kids can ride anything with hair on it.... Need to see horse advertised as ridden by arthritic middle aged short woman....now that would possibly be worth looking at!!!!
Posted 2005-12-04 4:37 PM (#33739 - in reply to #33735) Subject: RE: Good trail horse
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Posts: 169 Location: CA
......Need to see horse advertised as ridden by arthritic middle aged short woman....now that would possibly be worth looking at!!!!
Rose, how true!! That horse would sure get my attention.
Alot of great suggestions and support in my frustration of looking for a dependable trail horse; Thank you! In the meantime, I'm actually becoming a better rider thru my spooky, snorty gelding. ;-)
Posted 2005-12-06 11:59 AM (#33792 - in reply to #30943) Subject: RE: Good trail horse
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Posts: 198 Location: Iowa
"Ridden by a child" is most often NOT a positive thing, but many beginners think it is. Same with "rode all summer long at a Bible camp.", "Used as a lesson horse" etc. It's been my experience as a somewhat green horse buyer that phrases like that often mean the horse has been mostly ridden by very inexperienced people...so they've been allowed to get away with lots of stuff, and do basically what they want, not what the rider wants. Or, they've been jerked around so much, they have a real attitude. In addition, just because they have ridden countless mindless circles in a roundpen or mile after mile of "nose to tail" trail riding with a kid on them doesn't make them a good trail horse. Just wait until you ask them to ride out on their own, or do something other than follow. So be careful (speaking from experience here), don't fall for those kind of lines...try to figure out the real meaning. I have done much better with horses that were rode A LOT by experienced trail riders and cowboys...those horses know how to work, and have been taught the rider is in charge, not them.
Posted 2005-12-07 9:50 PM (#33844 - in reply to #30943) Subject: RE: Good trail horse
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Posts: 385 Location: washington
Hi cinqchevaux. There is a guy up here near Spokane, Washington who trains great trail and ranch horses. He took my horse for 2 months and it made all the difference in the world. He rode him over mountains, through rivers, across and up the middle of creeks, and even worked cattle with him several days a week. He raises Quarter Horses too and I think he usually has a horse or two for sale at any time. He takes horses in for training too. I really liked the work he did...calm, firm, consistant riding and lots of long slow miles. I can give you his name, number and email address if you are interested. *
Posted 2005-12-08 8:49 AM (#33855 - in reply to #30943) Subject: RE: Good trail horse
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Posts: 169 Location: CA
Hi cowgirl98034; Sure, pass this guy's info on to me. You can PM me if you wish. My gelding just went into training last week for 30 days of "confidence building", so we'll see how he is after that. He has no problem moving/sorting cattle, crossing water, up and down hills, over logs, etc, just really hates bicycles, motorcycles, anything white, or anything blowing.
Good trail horse
