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Sylvia Pemberton
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Username: Sylvy
Post Number: 13
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, Aug 10, 2005 - 5:27 pm: |   |
What should I expect after 3 months breaking and training of my 4 year old 14h pony First month was ground work, second month she is being ridden at the walk. I assume she will be "greenbroke" and will need an experienced rider to put more training into her. She is a registered sorrel quarterhorse. Any suggestions? I hope to sell her and wanted her to get a good start. |
Holly Wood
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Username: Hwood
Post Number: 750
Registered: 3-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, Aug 10, 2005 - 7:52 pm: | |
That's a loaded question, Sylvia.
Are you doing the training yourself or are you paying for someone else to do it? What do you want the horse to be able to do when you sell her?
All horses move at different paces in their learning, but there are some things that shouldn't be compromised. After a few hours of training, horses can know how to respect the space of the handler, how to move off of a verbal cue and the handler's body language, and how to give to pressure from the leadline and rein. Depending upon the sensitivity of the horse, the sensitivity of the trainer and the time spent training, a horse can be working at all three gaits with his attention on the handler/rider after just a day (that's one of the goals at the annual Highway to the Horse/Horse Whisperers' Challenge). Since most of us aren't professional's, we can't usually give entire days to training and may only get to train for an hour or two every few days, so our results will be different than those of someone who has more expertise and can spend 8 hours a day with our horses.
Basically, I think you need to decide what you want the horse to be able to do when you sell her, and that will determine the time frame for selling, because each horse achieves levels of training at different times depending upon the trainer, training methods and the time give to training.
In any case, the horse would be considered "green broke" due to the number of hours she would have been worked and due to the lack of experiences she would have had in four years of life. (but if the training is done well, you may be selling a 4-year old who is better trained than many older horses who have been improperly handled in twice as many years). |
