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| I have a wonderful 6 year old gelding but we've been running for 3 years and our progress is very slow. Personality wise, he is my dream horse but i think he needs a more agressive rider and i need a free runner. He is a push style for sure. How long to people typically try with a horse before looking at other options? Everyone says he is a 1D potential horse but we are just out of the 2D after 3 years.....
Also, i am afraid that i dont know the right "fit" for me. I only have 1 horse so i dont have access to different types to see what works for me, either. so confused....
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | For me it's kinda always been just a few months to really get with one and make good runs... but I did have a horse that, like you, I ran for 3-4 years and still never got with him.. but we didn't click personality wise.
Did you have to season this gelding or did you get him finished and seasoned and supposedly ready to make those 1D runs? |
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| He has 6 months on him (over the past 3 years) by Marne Loosenort. She said he is an easy 2D in her world but that makes hima 1D up here. With a different rider, i think he would be finished by now. My riding style is just as laid back as he is. I ride too forward for him. |
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  Whack and Roll
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Location: NE Texas | A wise woman once told me.....it takes 90 runs AT LEAST to get with a horse. |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | It took my mare and I a few years to really get together. Mind you I was seasoning her almost the whole time but it took a long time to figure out what she liked and what worked. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Herbie - 2014-05-14 9:05 AM A wise woman once told me.....it takes 90 runs AT LEAST to get with a horse.
I can believe that. I've made about 20 runs on the horse I bought last year and we are still working out the kinks. He was finished but still on the green side of seasoning. Just everyday riding tho, we totally mesh, so I trust that the other will come. |
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Location: Never in one place long | I bought what I thought was my dream horse about 4 years ago... ago 3 years of trying to mesh with him, I gave up, It ended up NOT being fun anymore and that was when I realized I needed to sell him. He now is a little girls rodeo horse and they click perfectly! I miss him but know he's being appreciated by her and I felt he could feel my dissapointment so it was better for both of us. My trainer told me to stick with him that it takes a long time but I just couldn't do it anymore, to me, not worth spending all that money to do bad over and over.... I do think it takes a while though, I guess you have to just personally KNOW what you've had enough. In my case, I tried getting help, clinics etc I gave it an honest effort and it was NOT the horse we just couldn't click and I wasn't going to hang onto a 10k horse just to trail ride and pole bend on. |
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Location: When you hit the middle of nowhere .. Keep driving | It took me a couple of years to get along with my old man. I stuck it out but it wasn't easy and we were still both learning.
I will say if your questioning it this much maybe you know the answer in your heart.  |
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Location: Wearing a winter coat...... | I think you know in your heart. If you have to ask then you are ready to move on. Not that I want you to but...... maybe it is time. I have been there before. Horse shopping stinks! I do think tho after 3 years you would know. Sometimes I can tell in 2 rides if I will like them long term and then some horses it takes a few months but I am hyper and can't wait! LOL |
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Whack and Roll
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Location: NE Texas | Three 4 Luck - 2014-05-14 9:15 AM Herbie - 2014-05-14 9:05 AM A wise woman once told me.....it takes 90 runs AT LEAST to get with a horse. I can believe that. I've made about 20 runs on the horse I bought last year and we are still working out the kinks. He was finished but still on the green side of seasoning. Just everyday riding tho, we totally mesh, so I trust that the other will come.
You know, the only finished horse i've ever bought took me over a year to get with. That being said, we didn't mesh well riding on a daily basis....he was a business man and I was a college girl with a new fancy horse and wanted to ride him all of the time. Once I realized that our relationship was that of business partner and not BFF's it all came together and he took me to three CNFR's and qualified me for the finals every association in which I had a card. I rode him for almost 10 years and enjoyed almost every second of it. LOL
Good luck to you with your new pony....I have no doubt whatsoever that you two will be getting that money very soon! Go get em, T4L!!!
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Location: Texas | So, I think it takes 6 months to click at least. That being said, I've been on horses since day 1 and I knew for a fact, this horse was made for me. It then takes time to get the kinks worked out and have us really synced up.
That being said, my sister has been running her JOH mare for several years now, and this year it really seems like the two of them are on the same page and she's been placing better than she ever has.
ETA- I wanted to clarify: If I bought a 1D horse, I am not going to be running it in the 3D for three years hoping that it's going to be back to the 1D horse I bought. I need to see that we can make those runs at least sometimes in that 6 month window, and then allow for growing pains.
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Location: Lost in the corn of Iowa. | It does take time. I'm on my 2nd year with my mare, and granted we are learning together. But I am just now to the point where we are figuring everything out and we are trusting each other more. I trust she won't pile drive me coming out of 2nd, she trusts that I feed her every day no matter what. LOL!! hang in there it'll happen. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Herbie - 2014-05-14 9:29 AM Three 4 Luck - 2014-05-14 9:15 AM Herbie - 2014-05-14 9:05 AM A wise woman once told me.....it takes 90 runs AT LEAST to get with a horse. I can believe that. I've made about 20 runs on the horse I bought last year and we are still working out the kinks. He was finished but still on the green side of seasoning. Just everyday riding tho, we totally mesh, so I trust that the other will come.
Good luck to you with your new pony....I have no doubt whatsoever that you two will be getting that money very soon! Go get em, T4L!!!
Thank you. He was the first horse I had bought finished in 20 years and I have learned some compassion for those who buy nice horses and then struggle. LOL We finally had a come to Jesus meeting after breaking the pattern in 3 out of 5 runs, and I think we are on the same page now. I quit making excuses and he learned I don't tolerate jackass behavior. 
To the OP, it's tough to negotiate the path between not riding a horse correctly and trying to follow the advice of previous owners/trainers. I've always advocated lessons and still do, but at some point you have to figure out your own unique relationship with that horse and what works for you both. Sometimes, you can't ever get there. If you're not having fun after 2-3 years, I would be thinking about moving on. If you're having fun but don't feel like you're doing your horse justice, so what? The horse doesn't care if he is 1d or 3d and there are always ways to improve whether it's fitness, taking lessons, going to a clinic, learning ways to help your horse feel better...we should always be striving to learn and improve. |
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Location: Deep South | If you've been giving it an honest effort for three years I'd move on to find something you click with better. If you've been making one run a month for three years then maybe there's still potential. |
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Location: High heels in the air... | my old horse, first run..bingo...
the new one, slow progress...he is a horse you have to think on and I don't think well..lol..
if it stops being fun, go find one that is!!! |
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| I have spent 2 years trying to get with my mare. She is such a joy to just ride, but her and I fight when on the pattern. I finally made the decision that the best thing to do was find her someone else that she "clicks" with.
I loaded her on the trailer for her to go to KY to be sold. Even though I knew it was the right thing to do, it broke my heart. I feel like I have let her down the last couple of years, and continue to do so.
I am hoping she finds a sweet girl to ride her and that whoever her new owner ends up being, has many successful years on her.
What I'm trying to say is only you can decide what is best for you and your horse. Unfortunately each person's riding style doesn't match up with every horse out there. Having the make the decision to keep or sell is always hard in these situations! |
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