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I ride Friesians and I was just told by the owner of them that I can do eventing with Gage(one of the 5 year old geldings) once he and I am trained. My mom says “wait another year to start training” because she thinks I’m not ready to start training him under saddle. He’s been ridden a few times so he knows a little of what to do and throughout his training I will be accompanied by the owner who has trained his own horses before who now behave like gems honestly. Should I wait a year or just begin once he’s at the main farm? He’s at the second one right now. |
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Well it really depence on how well your riding/training skills are. You can do alot of wrong with a young horse training and may ruin the horse itself if your own skills are not good enough. I personaly would not let anyone train my horses that dont have atleast 5 years of Riding Classes and Horse knowledge for more then that. but that is my personal view on it cause my horses are for breeding and are worth alot of money so i wouldnt want to have them ruined.
But if the Owner himself is always with you to guide you and help you i see no issue with it, as he can, should and will correct you.
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I don't know anything about riding english and I've never taken lessons, but the mare I started riding back in September I think is doing good. She's almost finished on barrels and is pretty much trail safe and immune to water. One of the nicest going into the arena at playdays. I think the key is to not get angry. A young horse can get pretty scared if they think you're mad at them. I only ride her 5 or 6 times saddled before going 20 or so tired bareback. I think it builds a good relationship of trust when you trust them not to dump you. My horse is a total people pleaser, so that approach might not be prefect for your partner, but definitely start training soon. They learn easier when they're younger, but not too young. My mare's mother was ridden 30 days as a 2 year old, went 10.5 years of not riding at all, and rode off perfect when I got on her. As long as you are kind to the horse throughout the teaching phase and aren't too harsh on correction, they do pretty well and end up wanting to do good for you. A little bit of grain after the lesson also gets them looking forward to the next one.
Though I don't have English riding experience or any lessons under my belt, the older mare got me high point senior at the county fair in fall 2017 and second high point last fall while pregnant with this year's colt. She was first in poles, second in stakes, third in barrels, second in trail, and fourth in western pleasure. I taught her most of her patterns and learned them with her, though neither of us had ever done stakes. Her daughter, who had never seen poles until her first run, ran a 29 second run, but it counted as no time because she turned the first like early and broke the pattern. I was super proud because she tried her hardest and ran home without any encouragement. Getting rewards really helps to coax the best out of them. |
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Yes I try to reward them but we also have to be careful of it because they could become a little pushy, IÂ’d try maybe every 2 training sessions bring him grain. HeÂ’s a very sweet natured horse but heÂ’s also extremely playful and kind of bullies the 14 year old at the second farm whoÂ’s afraid of his because heÂ’s like 17hh. I donÂ’t think training him is going to be a problem from the encounters IÂ’ve had with him. He stands to be haltered and doesnÂ’t yank his face away like some of the other horses do |
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Sound like a good deal if the owner is around to coach you. Edited at June 7, 2019 09:41 AM by Shingashina |
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