You start your YEARLINGS under saddle????????
Why is it people think it's OK to ride a yearling? I have a friend, well probably an ex-friend, who thinks nothing of starting a horse at 18 months. And I don't mean just backing them and then sending to turn-out for a year or two. I mean starting them, walk-trot-canter, lots of circles, hard stops, etc. And then they don't even get turned out...it's back to the stall you go.
It makes me cringe! And whenever she says anything to me about it I just want to yell at her. Last time I was at the barn I told her what I thought of it. And she always wonders why her horses are lame! Well, now she knows MY theory!!
I don't think I am invited back... But that's fine, my horses are home OUT IN THE PASTURE LIKE HORSES! Yes, they are muddy and shaggy. But they do get regular grooming and have rugs put on nightly. And they are happy ponies! Not dead-heads like you see in so many barns.
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