That's sure how I do it. Good conformation, good legs and feet. I also
like a low resting heart rate - sub 30 is very nice. I like them 15 +
with 15.2-15.3 being perfered. Then a brain helps - but I don't mind a
little hot. I can deal with that. And if they are calm to start with I
can usually fix that and get them reved up.
For my wife, she likes they calm. Personality is next - can we deal
with each other and become buddies and spend a lot of time together.
Then its the vet check - what does the vet think. By this time I've
probably made up my mind if it's a fit or not. I would not buy a horse
that didn't satisfy the forementioned requirements no matter what name
is on his papers. If he satisified the above requirements and micky
mouse was his dad - I'd still buy him.
Truman
Nancy Reed wrote:
This is a very timely
subject for me. I am looking for a new horse
for
myself. [No, nothing wrong with Lyric, she has been repossessed by my
daughter
and they are a team.]I have looked
at all kinds of horses, Varian, Rushcreek,
Polish, Egyptian,
etc.My first and most important criterion
is conformation.If the horse has
straight legs, good bone, is well but together and moves well, then I
look at
personality.Will the horse get
along with me, my daughter and Lyric? My new horse will be a part of
the family
and needs to fit into our happily dysfunctional team. I
do not consider breeding until late in
the decision process. It is more important to me that the horse has a
sound
body and mind than names on a piece of paper.
-- "It is necessary to be noble, and yet take humility as a basis
"It
is necessary to be noble, and yet
take humility as a basis.
It is necessary
to be exalted, and yet take modesty as a foundation."
