Very good point, Stacey. When I was a kid, my
friend & I rode green horses all the time. Some of our friends could
afford well trained horses, but they never did learn as much from them as we
did. Neither of us ever got hurt either. Maybe kids just aren't as tough these
days?
<g>
Marirose
I've been reading this post, see the concerns of others, and have
some questions...
What ever happened to a 4H kid raising and training a horse for 4H?
Or do they all just buy a dead broke horse for big bucks, pay a trainer
to do everything then compete against the good ole farm kid like they
seem to do around here? Based on everyone's concerns about Kari's
friend's free horses, seems that 4H isn't what it was when I was growing
up. It's become another kid event for only those who can afford to hire
a trainer and have the trainer do everything with the kid jumping on to
show....not the way I grew up. It was hands off by everyone including
your parents.
Just a few thoughts to ponder.
Stacy
Chrystal Woodhouse
<Chrystal@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Kari- I don't know Heidi but I have to join her
in her concern , I know many talented young riders, I would NEVER trust one
of my unstarted horses with them, I love my young rider friends AND my
horses too much. Young horses can hurt people and as experienced teenagers
can be they are typically experienced at RIDING not actually training a new
horse, so what happens to the horse if it doesn't get correct training? Ends
up at an auction as unrideable in 5 years ( this just happened this summer
to two horses,and one of the horses who had been given to a "good"home 8
years ago, was never trained well & 8 years later ended up
at auction went for meat,:, he was only 7 years old -( I heard about
it two weeks later and was devastated.These two horses were Arab's with good
bloodlines but because they were not trained and adults were not valuable to
anyone) My neighbour who is 16 and
just about the best young rider I have ever seen was in a very bad wreck
with her TB a year ago, too much horse and she doesn't have enough
experience with horses ( yet :-)) . Anyway I don't think Heidi was trying to be rude I think she
was concerned about kids and/or horses being hurt in the deal. It IS a great
offer, I even thought about driving down to Michigan to check them out
myself!:-) I hope your friend finds great homes for them ( but
to adults).:-) Chrystal
Kari Hanes
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Re: [RC] Free
Horses ...
As my original post stated we did discuss "experienced 4Hers or
junior endurance riders". She is not opposed to an adult, she just likes
the idea of helping a child or teen.
These horses have been
started as this is a show barn and they have been shown as
weanlings/yearlings at halter. The horses are in Western Michigan and I
just felt that ride camp would be a good place to start looking for
suggestions. I'm sorry if this is perceived as a mistake - I took it as
a heck of an opportunity for the right
person. Kari
heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> My only
reaction is that in my experience, it is a mistake to put > unstarted
horses with kids. With some occasional exceptions, kids >
should have well-started horses with some experience, and young >
horses should go to experienced people who can start them
properly. >
