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out of interest, how much is a colt too be gelded? andddd, how old does a tb need to be too be broken?
TB's are usually broken earlier than most other horses as they mature quicker, around the 2/3 mark isn't particularly unusual especially in racehorses.
TB's are usually broken earlier than most other horses as they mature quicker, around the 2/3 mark isn't particularly unusual especially in racehorses.
No they dont!!! ARGH! No breed matures faster than others! The safest age to break is a common argument but as a rule the older you wait the safer youl be.
See this link, very interesting and a vital read to those who think its okay to break very young or that different breeds mature faster.
http://www.equinestudies.org/ranger_2008/ranger_piece_2008_pdf1.pdf
It's personal preference really, but generally for a leisure horse it would be between 3 and 5. Usually the earlier they're broken the more they're turned away. Ie a 5y/o might be broken and then kept in light work whereas a 3y/o might be backed then turned away for a year before being brought into work.
There really is no "right" answer as with many things in the horse world
if you broke at say, 2? you would teach all the basics, walk, trot, canter, stand, and then turn away for a year?
if you broke at say, 2? you would teach all the basics, walk, trot, canter, stand, and then turn away for a year?
there is no need too be so blunt, im only 13, and asking out of interestdepends if you consider it humane to do so, i would not
http://www.equinestudies.org/ranger_2008/ranger_piece_2008_pdf1.pdf
there is no need too be so blunt, im only 13, and asking out of interest
No they dont!!! ARGH! No breed matures faster than others!
i dont think thats necessarily true.
ive found irish draft bred (ISH) horses take longer to mature..
i dont think thats necessarily true.
ive found irish draft bred (ISH) horses take longer to mature..
someone getting on a 2yo one of those, it just would look terrible.