What is the best suited first time horse?

Question

I am13 and have been riding for around three years. I am fairly tall and was wondering what breed of horse is best suited for me. I know the basics of care and would be a first time horse owner. Please help!

Answer 1

Then a good horse would be for you an eventing as you can't do Cross country on its own. You can do Show jumping on it own though. All horses can jump, but it take a Special horse  to do all 3 disicpling

Picking the horse that is going to go on and be an eventing star is really tricky. You can go out with an unlimited budget, and buy the best novice or pre-novice horse there is to buy... and it never works! On the other hand I have had horses that were so badly shaped and untalented that you would not have thought they could possibly go anywhere, but they have sometimes become my best horses! I have had horses as a youngster that other people kept saying 'get rid of it' but they have been the best horses in my life. At the same time, I have told owners 'I think this horse can be a super star' and they have never made it. It is a bit difficult. There are various faults and conformation things you look for, but it really depends on how the horse is muscularly put together, how co-ordinated he is. You can look at Badminton and line up your top twenty horses, now if you can pick a pair, you are pretty d**n lucky. They are all so different. The only similarity is in their breeding. They have probably all got quite a bit of Thoroughbred, but they are not pure Thoroughbreds. I know in Australia we think our Thoroughbreds are great, and they are... but don't poo-poo the crossbreds. Whether it be a Warmblood cross or Andalusian (which thanks to my parents having an Andalusian stud I am familiar with, in fact I first made the Australian Olympic Team on an Andalusian cross) or even Percheron crosses; there are no straight rules. People tend to put down Arabs but they are fine. You can still end up with a top horse. In general I think that half Thoroughbred is the least amount of Thoroughbred that you would like, the other half can be anything. It can even be a Welsh/Cob, Alater Pedis is that cross and he has done very well. I guess the most important thing that I look at is size; anything under 16 hands you are really starting to ask too big a question. If you look at two average athletes, the one with the longer legs is going to be able to jump that fence a little easier than the fellow with the shorter legs, so anything under 16 hands is starting to get a bit short. I think the ideal size is 16.2 h but anything between 16 hands and 17.2 is probably okay; anything bigger than 17.2 is getting a bit too big, but everything depends on the individual horse. The reason why you think a 17.2 hand horse might be too big, is you might think that their stride is too big, they're not agile enough, sometimes they dislocate. But not necessarily. It really goes back to the athletic ability of the individual horse. The next thing I look for is a sharp jump. It is so difficult to try and educate a flat jumping horse, or a lazy horse, or a horse that doesn't mind hitting a rail. I'm not just talking showjumping, but I'm talking safety cross-country. You don't want to hit jumps. I hear some people say that this horse is too sharp to make an eventer. I think that's rubbish. It might take me longer to educate the horse that is really spooky, but at the end of the day I am convinced that I can educate any horse to be confident at ditches, and with time I can educate any horse to be confident with water, but those 'spooky' horses have one great advantage with their clean-ness, their sharpness, gee it makes them safe

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So you will need a horse with really good dressage skills -including lateral movements, and can jump both cross country well and can be collect over jumps for those big double jumps and triple jumps.

Arabian are great for endurance riding and can be really good at other sports-generally not recommended for a 1st time horse, but I've ridden some that are quite suitable-just depends on the individual horse!

Eventing horses-

Thoroughbred

Danish Warmbloods

Selle Francais

Trankehner

Hanoverian

Holstein

Oldenburg

Westphalian

Cleveland Bay

Hungarian Half-bred

Shagya-Arabian

Irish Draught

Gelderland

Dutch Warmblood

Sporthorses

Angalo Arab

Kabardin

Swedish Warmblood

Australian Stock Horse

Number 1;

Breed shouldn't matter that much-Not worth going to get a ex race horse because the owners say its quiet and it 15hh and 4yrs old-NOT a good IDEA a 4yr old is horse is only a baby and not suitable 1st horse ! Ideal age is 9yrs+

Number 2; Size and Temperment suitable for the rider is more important

Number 3; get someone more experience then you and a good idea is to bring your instructor along

Number 3; Ride lots of  horse more then few times&make sure you jump and test to see if it knows dressage comands-, also a good idea if you can take it out on a road and even better if you take it on trail ride-and don't buy the HORSE without a VET check and choose a vet yourself, don't let the owner of the horse choose the vet-they can be tricky!

Number 4; Horse Sales People can be BIG FAT lier-can say a horse is a Super Jumper and Can't jump for toffee!

Another example; Excellent Eventing Prospect- But can't do dressage-which is neccessary part of eventing!!

Another example; Done loads of trail riding-you take the horse on trail ride and its Spooks at every single time

My favourite 1st time breeds for 1st time horses are

Quarter Horses-they are generally gentle, but fast and are good allrounder.

Appaloosa-they are generally gentle and fast too and make good allrounder

You want a horse that is abit experienced but not too highly experience such as Olympic horse

Elegant lady-15hh-9yrs old

looks like a good sort-something with her temperment and height would be a good match-she at a good age too

http://www.horsedeals.com.au/horses-for-...

Quiet Gelding

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Quiet and Sensible-16hh- 16yrs old

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Lovely Big Gentle horse, 16.2hh & 11yrs old

I like the sound of him-he done quite abit but not heavy work

http://www.horsedeals.com.au/horses-for-...

See the horse as gentle lady-she looks cranky-ears pinned back and tails swishing-She sure doesn't look like a Gentle Lady

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see the Allrounder-16.1hh & 6yrs old-price 6000-done alot for a horse that not that old-i think this is one of those cases of over competed horse -

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See this horse-Any Mothers Dream Horse-15hh-only 4yr old-I say she over competed to be a Grand Prix Dressage horse

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Stunning gelding-16.1-10yrs

http://www.horsedeals.com.au/horses-for-...

Look like a good eventing horse

Safe and Competitive-15.3-13yrs old

http://www.horsedeals.com.au/horses-for-...

Be carefull if they say suit only pleasure riding can have a hidden lameness issue that doesn't alway sure, so it means it can't jump, be careful of scar on legs or anywhere on boady, in many competition it mean a scar can disqualify a horse from competiting in shows

Over competing when young can cause issues later in life such as Arthritis

will provide more info tommorow

Answer 2

OMG u have the same avatar pic as me - LOL

  and I used to ride horses and am 13 goin on 14 in December

FREAKY

LOL I'm soz my answer dosnt help anything

Answer 3

um, there are heaps. ask your instructor for what they think would suit you.

Answer 4

one thats alive