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Just How Much Horse Riding Practical Experience Should You Have Before Purchasing A Horse?

Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 by Greg in Animals
Tags: horse, Horse Riding, Horse Riding Lessons, Horseback Riding

So you’ve recently been riding for a while now, and are totally hooked & genuinely wish to buy your very own mount?

I understand where you’re coming from. As a child I would have horse riding lessons every so often and just couldn’t wait around to get my own horse. Every horseback riding lesson that I had just appeared to feed my ‘horse addiction’ much more.

Therefore exactly how much horseback riding practical experience should you have prior to deciding to look at purchasing your own horse as well as pony?

Unfortunately there’s no one simple answer to this question. Some lucky people will go and purchase themselves a horse after only a couple of lessons as well as rides and not have trouble, whereas others wait around for a long time.

Eventually though, it’s not actually horseback riding experience that you will need to think about before buying a horse – it’s the amount of understanding you have about horse care. Riding is only a small portion of having a horse & once you have your own horse you could ride as frequently as you would like, you’ll possibly improve fairly quickly, however you have to know things like:

1. Exactly how much & what to feed your own horse.

2. Exactly how to recognize a safe place to keep it.

3. How to tell whenever they’re ill.

4. The best way to effectively put on a halter, saddle, bridle, horse rug and so forth.

5. How often they’re going to require worming, their feet trimmed or even shoes reset.

6. How to effectively tie them using a quick release knot.

In the event that your own riding school previously tacks the horse up for you personally, ask if you’d have the ability to come slightly earlier and practice fitting the tack to the horse. You will get away with it (just like I did) gaining knowledge from the right books, however on the job exercise together with somebody there to guide you is ideal!

Another thing to think about is if you have anybody you are able to ask if you have to ask any queries concerning your horse. Do you have a close friend as well as member of the family who’s very experienced with horses who’d have the ability to answer any kind of questions you might have or tell you what you need to do?

Once again, this is something I didn’t possess (& we still got through), but it will make life much simpler for you while you’re still learning. In the event that you have someone who can provide you with a bit of guidance, it is possible to most likely look at buying a horse a lot sooner than you would without.

Therefore really, it doesn’t matter exactly how much horse riding experience you might have, what matters is your basic knowledge about horses & when you have help you may use if needed. You could purchase a horse to match your riding experience, however once you have it, you need to know exactly how to care for your new friend correctly.