Re: opinions please ( long)

Hi Julie

You are really echoing what I am feeling at the moment -

<He probably will have his idosyncracies but you wont know them until you
have had him a while,>

Yes I would have expected him to have some little quirks but I think these
issues are temperament or maybe schooling issues. You are right - not being
ridden for a long time, then going straight into schooling will not help him
mentally - maybe he's gone into overload and needs to chill out - thing is I
do not want to pay £70 a week for two horses in Livery to 'chill out' all
summer while I stand on the sidelines - 'Buddy' is chilling out - hence the
need for another horse that I could just get on with - I really feel like
giving up at the moment ;-(

ClareB


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