When you try out a horse (for sale/lease), what do you do?

Question

I don't think I phrased that very well!

When you test-ride a horse, what do you do, and look for?

*English-style riding*

w/t/c, extensions, leads, tacking, passing, trail, etc??

Answer 1

i dont ride english that often. but if i were searching for a horse that i would ride in competitions, i would see if they listened to ur commands and u felt really comfortable on them. be sure that what u r "test driving" is something that u will feel confident riding for a while. and dont be afraid to turn some horse down. they may not be right for u. I hope this helps u!!!!!

Answer 2

You will walk in, and the horse will probably be being tacked.

You can say hi, and then the owner/agent will get on and show the horse off. then you get on and try him.

Go back multiple times after wards and do everything on him that you would normally do.

I was so confused when i went to try horses, and didn't know what to do!

Answer 3

when you buy a horse first of all you got to see if he is agressive or not and if he trusts you! while riding him, check if he walks, trots or gallopes whenever you order him to! If you know dressage, and u want a horse for dressage, try to do piafee and some passage with him and if you see he is rejecting dont take it, unless you have time to stay with him and teach him!

if you dont want him for dressage, you just want him as a pet to ride and have nice time with the horse, then you should try if he walks, trots or gallope according to your order. Good luck!

Answer 4

When I tried my horse out, I asked him to be straight out of the paddock. I got him from the field, so I brushed him, and tacked him up myself. I wanted to see if he would act up, and brushing a horse is really the only good excuse for you to be able to put your hands all over a horse (feeling for bumps, bone things, and thing off) and then I got to see how he was being tacked up. I then brought him to the arena. He was ridden by someone else for 20 minutes, so I could see how he moved. I got on him after that, and just flatted him out. I didn't jump, because he's not in shape. I did a lead change, so I can see if he remembers them. I fell in love with his personality, not to mention his ride-ability (He was pretty good, for a 6 year old OTTB who  hadn't really been ridden in 3 months!) I picked him up for a two week trial the following week, and he hasn't left yet!

Answer 5

i rode the horse i bought in the arena for a good hour w/t/c and practiced some circles and came back a couple days later and went on a trail with her. i suggest going a couple of times so you can get a better feel for the horse. do everything with the horse that you would want to be able to do. my sister took her horse over some jumps before she bought him, my horse was only three so  she hadn't started fences.

Answer 6

well b4 i look TRY out the horse i always request pics of conformation and videos of under saddle and then if i see potential i try them out and if the horse is hot or lazy i dont care those can be fixed easily so really a horse with potential is all i dont really care about vices no matter how many cuz i can fix them. =]]

Answer 7

The very first thing you should do is have the owner of the horse work the horse on the ground. You should watch the horse w/t/c to see if the horse cross fires, over steps, etc. just watch the legs for any possible injurys or lameness. i knew a horse that looked kind of like it had arthritus in its hips. when it trotted and loped it looked like it was in pain. you really have to watch these kinds of things.

after the owner shows you how they work their horse on the ground, you should try what they did, see if you can do it just as well as they did.

after this YOU should saddle the horse up yourself so you can see if the horse doesn't accept the cinch or etc.

then the owner should ride the horse so you can see what the horse can do.

then you should get on the horse and try somethings.

depending on what you're looking to do with the horse, you should cue a walk trot and canter, leads are easy to teach... if your looking at a horse over the age of 6 then try leads... if younger, then don't worry about it... you can teach them easily.

side passing and backing up any ridable horse should do... so you should try that too.

i also recommend going back a second time and going for a trail ride. if they don't have trail by their house, try setting up a course... set down a board and put branches and rocks on the bridge... test the horse out on it, see if the horse is spooky about it.

good luck!