Horse Topics

First time horse Horse buyer:

• Make sure you have ridden horses before, if you haven’t and you want a horse, take horse riding lessons, and learn everything you can from your trainer.
• horses aren’t cheap, they need constant care, whether it be feeding,water, grooming, or worming.
• make sure you have the funds and a place you can safely place your horse.
• If you keep your new horse on your property, make sure you know where to buy quality hay,for winter.

• Think of a horse that suits you, you should probably pick a horse that’s not high sprung for a beginner horse.
• Look for a horse that is fully broke, make sure you talk to the current owner about how often it is ridden, and how it reacts to everything. make sure it doesn’t spook (get jumpy) at anything.
• when you go to look at the horse, make the current owner ride the horse first, walk the horse around and maybe even brush and groom the horse yourself. Just to get it used to having you there. If you are 110% comfortable, then you can get into the saddle. Maybe even bring someone along that knows horses.
• decide on what you want your horse for, then look for the body structure you need. For instance, if you want a horse for trail riding, you want a horse that has a lot of stamina, with solid footing, so you can take it anywhere. If you want a horse that will do shows, you would want the body type for the type of showing you want to do. and you want to make sure it has papers.
• make sure they are not lame (limping,moving their head up and down to compinsate their steps) buying a lame horse is very expensive to fix if it can be fixed at all.
• check to make sure their feet are in good condition, make sure there is no scarring, swelling, and the shape of the hoof is correct.
• there are a lot of horses out there, so don’t settle with a horse your not comfortable with.
• enjoy your new horse, they are the best companions to have!