Getting A Horse! Please Read>>>>>>>>

[Kholran]

[~Wishful Thinking~]

sorry I haven't been able to get on lately to check these posts, thanks for your advice, hope to hear more form you all! :~)

[Queso]

I would throw the whole idea of looking for a particluar breed out the window. Look for a horse that suits your needs and has a temerment compadible with you and your riding style. DON'T buy for looks either. One of my favorite horses in the entire world is the funniest looking mut you've ever seen, and yet he can still jump amazingly well and kick some butt in just about any show you enter him in.

Also take into consideration is how much you plan on spending on horse maitenince(sp?) Typically TBs are failrly high maintenence while QH's are usually much cheaper to keep. Grated there are exceptions, but its something to keep in mind.

I think the most important thing when buying a horse is to not buy more horse than you can handle. I have a friend who bought her horse purly because he was pretty and ended up with a whole lot more that she could handle. It has taken her 3 years to finally be able to ride him in controll ( not to mention 3 concussons and several broken bones she got along the way) Buying a sane horse should be a top priority unless you are very experianced rider.

My last tidbit of my mini lecture I've got going here is, if at all possible, bring along an experianced friend/trainer when you go to try the horse out. They can spot lots of things the experianced eye can't and tend to know all the right questions to ask. Having someone experianced on the ground when you ride the horse to offer you help can also be great for when the "dead broke trail horse" turns out to actually be an equine pogo stick or racehorse wanna-be when you get on. I speak from a wealth of experiance on this one, one example being back when I was looking for a horse I tried out a mare that had no breaks what-so-ever. If I didn't have my trianer there to help I probably would have never got her stopped.

I think I might have strayed pretty far from your origional question but hopefull my load of blabbering can be helpful to you on your horse hunt

[Legendary]

My friend rides a qh in english jumping and always get first and seconds. I beleive she also said he's a good barrel horse too so I think you should go with a qh. Also if your doing western events like reining, and english events like dressage, a reining horse should be a good dressage because, reining is westerns version of dressage. Me personally I would just go with a bombproof horse since I'm a begining rider.

[Queso]

[~Wishful Thinking~]

wow! sorry I haven't been on in a while.
but thanx for all you support and info I appreciate it imensely!