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When do you start your young horses ?

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kickincans
Reg. Apr 2006
Posted 2014-11-06 6:27 PM
Subject: RE: When do you start your young horses ?


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Fancy Lass - 2014-11-06 11:45 AM

I just bought a 6 month old baby is why I'm curious :) can't wait till she grows up ! Does anyone do anything with them their yearling year , or wait until at least 2 to start everything ?

I have a pony saddle and when my filly was 6 month old I was saddleing her and putting her on the horse walker with it on. I did this with her off and on until she was big enough to wear my barrel saddle (about 18 months) and then I started ponying her. At 2 my husband snubbed her to his rope horse and I climbed on her and rode her for just a few minutes,we did this about 4 times and then stated riding her in the round pen, she is three now and slow loping a pretty set of barrels and tracking the hot heels.

We have done this thru the years with lots of colts, the more you do when they are babies, the easier it is to get them riding.



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HarlanLivesOn
Reg. May 2009
Posted 2014-11-07 9:59 AM
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Location: Kansas		Break the fall of their two year old year, winter off, normal riding while three, and start patterning at age four. I am a firm believer that the longer you give them to grow and mature, the longer they will last physically.
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Fancy Lass
Reg. Jan 2011
Posted 2014-11-07 6:13 PM
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Thanks everyone ! Great advice !
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Fancy Lass
Reg. Jan 2011
Posted 2014-11-07 6:14 PM
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SoDak - 2014-11-06 2:24 PM

It would be interesting to know the schedule of a horse that someone is planning to enter in juvenile races at 3 yrs old.. any one?

I would like to know this too out of curiousity :)
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