Another point to think about is fitness, I am not too unfit but to begin groundwork

You have loved horses all your life, perhaps you did some path riding as a teen and perhaps you had the chance to re-kindle your love of equines later on in life. After that the day was available in your late 50's you had a the opportunity to buy your first horse. Are you to old to handle this beautiful, majestic, effective pet?

In my opinion, you're not, I say that because I transferred to the nation at 57 and bought my first horse at 58. What did I consider when I was choosing my equine? First I thought about what I can literally, keeping that in mind I idea I would not want an equine over 15hh, anything bigger compared to that makes for a larger fall and feasible broken bones.

My second consideration was the equines age and temperament, a nice old bombproof equine that I could ease myself back into riding with. After that there's breed I had not been fussed about breed, simply because as a teen I rode a great deal of various breeds, and how calm an equine is, is more about how they are trained and treated not the breed.

I was thinking Quarter equine or Standardbred, I leased a Standardbred in my late 30's and he was very calm but he could be very stubborn. One breed I never ever considered was a Thoroughbred, I idea this breed may be way over my

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and from what I'd seen watching equine racing, my idea was much too highly strung for me.

After taking all the over into factor to consider I began looking for my dream equine, and I found him. It didn't take wish for me to fall for an equine I found in an advertisement on Twitter and google. This is where I began examining my peace of mind, this equine is 16.1hh 11 yr old off the track thoroughbred, he had not been ridden since his racing days and I didn't also know if he was sound.

The reality is I didn't treatment, I fell for the equine in the advertisement and I dropped much more crazy when I met him. Yes so he's a thoroughbred, he needs re-educating and as an enjoyment equine he is green, but so am I. I used to trip feisty equines but I was 16 not 58... so I ask myself "What were you thinking" my answer is I had not been thinking, I felt in one's bones this boy was for me.

So currently the next question is am I too green and too old handle this mammoth job to obtain my equine sound enough to deal with and eventually ride. If I had no experience with equines at all then perhaps it may be too big a job for me. If there was no such point as the internet however it may be too big a job for me. The thing is I think I can do this and I love and trust my boy and I know he likes and trusts me.

Another point to think about is fitness, I am not too unfit but to begin groundwork I need to step up my fitness which I am working on now. Age is simply a number, if you have actually the passion, the love and the dedication absolutely nothing is difficult. Learn how to read your equine and pay attention to him and always make safety a concern, equines are big powerful pets and can doing us some major damage, also if unintentionally.