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I was lucky when it came to the thorny question of choosing and buying a horse for my daughter, who was about 12 at the time. The reason I was lucky is that my in-laws were farmers. They had a mainly dairy farm, but had other animals as well, including a couple of horses. It turns out that one of the horses once belonged to my wife when she was a young girl. Obviously, when we got married, her riding opportunities were limited, but she still kept an eye on him. She had agreed to let someone who did not have their own horse to ride him in her absence.
What I discovered was, that my father-in-law had, earlier in his life, bred horses for a living, so there was little he did not know about them. After about an hour of listening to him talk about how to choose the right animal, I realised that I was completely out of my depth and it would be best just to let him either choose one for us, or at least advise which was the best. He went each week to the farming auctions at Chelford in Cheshire, so he had a good idea how and where to get hold of the appropriate animal.
However, not everyone has access to someone of his ability, so how would the layman even start to understand how to choose a suitable horse for their aspiring rider? Well one of the first things I would recommend is to stay away from auctions unless you know what you are doing. Fir the layman, it is safer to buy from a 'trade' journal or horse type magazine. The advantage here is that you can ask about pedigree. Most horses for sale will have a pedigree, so the owner can tell you its history and therefore the animals attributes and attitude. Obviously important for a young rider.
What do you do if this is not available? Well with the advent of the internet comes access to information that would otherwise be unavailable. Find the website for the breed registry your horse is registered with, e.g. the jockey club. It is possible that your horse is a thoroughbred so you would just go to the horse pedigree resource pages and use your horse's name or registration number. Ideally you will want a 5 generation map of both the sires and the dams in the pedigree. Once you have this, you will be able to make a judgement about your horses characteristics based on its predecessors attributes and attitudes.
This may sound like a lot of work, but I can assure you that it will save you incalculable grief should you buy the wrong type of animal with dangerous habits and characteristics. I do not mean to scaremonger, but I had friends who took in a Shetland pony from a rescue centre only to find that he could never be caught without a virtual 'round-up' or when he was saddled, the minute their child tried to mount him, he went into a fit of bucking!
Of course, one of the best ways today of investigating horses or types of horse compatibility is to use a horse forum. You will find that horse forum members include some of the most friendly and helpful people around when it comes to questions about horses. Some forums now have the facility for members to post bloodline questions, which are becoming familiar questions amongst the horse breeding fraternity. It is easier to ask members on like-minded forums a question than it is trying to find the answers yourself just using Google searches. My experience has taught me that when it comes to making a decision about buying a horse, you will find that using a forum first to get your answers will make the whole process a lot easier.
If you would like to join one of the best FREE horse forums, you may want to try http://www.trackdown.net where you will find the answers to all of your horse questions.
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