The woman I started riding with had 2 from cornel equine senter, they were test horses and had electrodes and wires threw out their body, Dezzy said they were hooked up to a macheen and basicly run until they were ready to drop (How creul :mad
but anyways, she saved them when they were done with the tests, (the were going to distroy them :mad
she traided them both to ride and they were both very sweet. the gelding Snickers was a compleet gentlmen. Silky, the mare, was a sweet heart, but a bit of a spook undersaddle. Snickers, because they are taught to run with their head up, had to be ridden in draw rains to smooth out his trot, and I never rode Silky because I was a beginer and she was a spook, Snickers was a willing companion and great horse. You basicly have to start over with them because many are taught to lean on the bit, the harder you pull the faster they go, I'd start with lunging and ground driving (should me no sweat for him
) teach giving to the bit and that sort of thing. I'd treat him just like you would a young horse and see how much he really knows about being a riding horse. Maybe have someone ride him while you lunge him or vice versa when you have him going on voice. One problem you might have is geting him to canter, whey are taught not to break into a canter and many don't like to, again, the lunge line might help with this. I don't know how to get them to canter if they don't, so I can't help you there. I don't know how far he is in training under saddle, but feel free to e-mail me, I'm no trainer by any means, but I might be able to help a little. good luck
Oh before I forget, my e-mail is dreaming_heart@hotmail.com