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How do you know when you are ready to own a horse2007-11-24 21:16:00

i ride once a week, I know i don't know a lot now but i am still learning. I have rode for 2.5 years and ride english. I am only 11, tack up my own horse, but have trouble with the bridle, canter, trot and walk, i mmight jump soon.

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You probably aren't ready to own a horse until you are more independent with simple tasks. You should be able to groom, tack (bridle, saddle, and girth), bathe, simple groundwork such as longing or preforming tasks such as turning on the forehand, wrap a horse's legs, and much more--completely by yourself.

If you can only walk, trot, and canter that will be okay if you buy a well trained pony. But your lessons will be very important and you may want to take a couple private lessons to learn to work better with your horse and to start to learn to jump. But when you ride by yourself you definitely shouldn't jump yet and unless you feel 100% cconfident at the canter only walk/trot.

Keep learning over the next couple of years, but you will need to know more about horse care that you don't learn at lessons. Go to camp, join 4h, go to shows (the show prep is a great learning experience too), read books/magazines, and whatever you have to do to learn more about horses.

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when u can rake care of it, when u can pay for it, when u can RIDE it

without help

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When you can reach the petals :)

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You are old enough to own a horse when you can pay for its purchase and upkeep by yourself. I doubt this is true of an 11 year old.