Dressage Horses For Sale

I lean more to Thoroughbreds, Arabians, half Friesians, and Adalusians then to the large European breeds, which can have too many fetlock and hock problems, especially as they approach their teens.  Of the breeds mentioned here, Arabians are my personal favorite.  They are extremely animated, balanced, flexible, and versatile.  If you up and decide that you never want to see an English saddle again, they will gladly retrain western for you.  They are very easy for beginners to train and exceptionally eager to please their owners.  They also remain sound and active throughout their lives, many working flawlessly well into their twenties. 

I am really for buying a young horse and having it well trained from day go; you seem to get more performance out of them for longer no matter the breed you choose.  Also, you can weed out the younglings that don’t cut the mustard, and they are not as good at hiding faults that older and wiser horses are, and who have been well trained to do exactly that.  You will often get a higher quality animal for a much better price when the horse is younger, and you are not paying for somebody’s problems, or mistakes, often like buying a new car will not generally be a bucket of trouble like one which has had too many owners can be.  Young horses will learn with you as you go, and you are less likely to out grow one like you would an older horse who are largely done learning.

Believe it or not, horses running around with huge paddles for feet generally have to compensate against that factor, huge show hooves do not help them one bit in the dressage ring. I shoe many dressage horses with great success in Natural Balance Shoes. The trick to these is that you actually have to be trained in Natural Balance Shoeing to make it work, otherwise they are a terrible idea, as this is much more than just a shoe, it is a way of making the horse go. Shoers trained in this method are rare, expensive, and not available in all areas, but those wishing to explore the benefits of modern shoeing technique should visit this page on farrier work for dressage horses. They provide so much less stress on the coffin and fetlock joints, and offer much better support for the deep digital flexor tendons.