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ya_gotta_luv_em Member

Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 52
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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 10:18 am Post subject: i have decided 2 sell Jess. I need major help |
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After 3 and a half years of serious riding & owning Jess(i was a beginner wen i got her) i have decided that i need 2 sell her. When we bought her we did wot a lot of new horse owners do & just took tha sellers word for it that she was a good beginners horse. & after walk trot & cantering round the arena i thought so 2. well i havnt ridden her in an arena since. Ive ridden in steep & sloping paddocks that i could only trot or canter in facing uphill. Jess was a 4yo Standardbred mare 14.2hh. now she is 8yo 15hh. & being a beginner i couldnt train her & she got worse & worse. I taught her a few things like reinback & turnback(as they call it in western riding). I also taught her 2 jump. So she has learnt stuff, but has also been a handful. I have been bucked off so many times & almost evry time i landed on my head or my back. im lucky that the worst ive been hurt. So ive decided 2 sell her. She's stuffed my confidence & i always get freaked out now, coz she always bucks & has no ballance. She also doesnt like loading on tha float
But on top of all that, she is easy 2 train but i just dont have tha confidence 2 do it, she has a HUGE scopey jump & under tha rite hands i can see her becomming an awsome X country horse. She is a very pretty black (well almost black) mare. She hardly bites any more. & doesnt kick any more.
So what i mainly want 2 no is how much would she be worth in australia?
& if i spend a few hundred dollars(the money i woz gunna use 2 buy a new saddle with) to get her trained so that she does all her paces nicely & jumps about 80cm with a rider on her back( for sum reason she jumps better wen im not on her) and loads on the float, how much would she be worth then?
I would really appreciate sum help soon because even tho i will miss her heaps, i want 2 buy a new older and well trained horse wen we sell jess that i can learn 2 ride & not learn 2 fall off. I cant even go riding with my friends because i cant get her on the float.
Thanx heaps!!!  |
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Samsintentions Moderator

Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 4197 Location: Texas
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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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Your local vet should be able to appraise her for you. Instead of getting rid of her, you could always pay to have a trainer work with her and you.
And if that still doesn't work out, You could always find a nice equine rescue like LSER.org. |
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ya_gotta_luv_em Member

Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 52
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 10:08 am Post subject: |
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yer i see where ur comin from. I guess ive just gotten 2 tha point where i want 2 move on. Even if she was trained 2 behave. Iwant 2 learn 2 ride & be able 2 stuff like dressage & jumping. I want 2 learn more stuff about riding & thats why i think its best that when we get Jess trained that i buy a more educated horse. I really dont want 2 sell her, but i think i will always have a bit of fear when i ride her. 2day, she wouldnt even walk around tha paddock without cracking a spaz. I think i did everything rite. I praised her for being good & disiplined her for being naughty. I spent the whole riding time @ a walk & she didnt improve.
What is the best way for me to be disaplining her anyway? |
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