[bishopsangels]

I agree with everyone else. But i was wondering if there was a stable or something around you that you can go and maybe get lessons from, work with the horses and gain some experience with horses before you get one of your own. And then when you decide on how you are going to obtain your horse you will already have some time under your belt working with the wonderful animal and be able to see the different "attitudes" that horses can have!

Best of luck to you!

[Circle C]

New Vocations Race horse adoption and CANTER are good adoption agencies also

[stdbred88]

if youre going to get a rescue for a beginner, get a standardbred. theyre not high strung (like most of your TBs) and theyre really calm. they're easy to break to saddle and very loving. i think standardbreds are your best bet if looking for a beginner. try adoptahorse.org they have all ages, some started under saddle, some fresh off the track. i believe theyre running a special right now...$100 adoption fee or something like that. theyre located in NJ but adopt out all over.

[Calimero]

The problem with adopting is, as alot of people already said, they are often in need of Training or 'reprogramming'. For an absolute beginner I would say hands off. If you do have riding experience of a couple of years, it should be ok as long as you have a good trainer by your side.

[Astro30]

OMgosh, that is very sweet of you to want to save a horse ,

but for a beginner you really need an older more experienced horse.

Good luck finding your first horse,

and don't forget to post pictures when you get it

[6tkelley]

I think it is best to get a horse from an individual you get more info. on the horse it seems like and they usually turn out the best or it has for me anyway! But from an individual they are usually higher. I have horses for sale if interested here's email addy: dodge@kynet.net

[arabgirl15]

Wait.. hold up. Not that I don't like Standard Breds, but they can be very hard to train. They can be not calm. Every horse can. It depends on the horse itself. Not teh breed.

Originally Posted by stdbred88

if youre going to get a rescue for a beginner, get a standardbred. theyre not high strung (like most of your TBs) and theyre really calm. they're easy to break to saddle and very loving. i think standardbreds are your best bet if looking for a beginner. try adoptahorse.org they have all ages, some started under saddle, some fresh off the track. i believe theyre running a special right now...$100 adoption fee or something like that. theyre located in NJ but adopt out all over.

[horsinaround234]

although it is good that u want to save a horses life....its not that great of an idea to get a rescue horse for your first horse.....most (not all) rescue horses are very spooky due to their past environments and relationships with humans.....they can be very hard to handle and def. need alot of work...hope i could be of help

Originally Posted by horsebackrider8

I was just wondering for everyone else who has a horse or grew up with one, is a rescue horse a good starter horse for a beinner, or for a first horse. I would like to get one so I can help save the horses from the killers. but it would be my first horse ever. so i was just wondering.

[Peg D]

I hate to go against the grain on this one, but I have to disagree with most on buying from a kill buyer. Lets pretend that I buy horses for slaughter. I just bought 100 head at the last auction. They are in my pen at home.
I notice that afew of them have shoes on and saddle tracks on.
Pull those 10 head out and throw a saddle on them. One of them is a total nut case, the rest ride pretty good and need some work.
But this girl over here, she's real nice. Rides quiet, saddles nice. I think I will sell here for way more than the $150 that I bought her for and at slaughter price, I won't make nearly as much at .40 per pound.
He will sell that mare for $1500 instead of sending her to kill for $500.
Where do you think the "rescue" horses get "rescued" from. Most of those places buy at auctions and know the kill buyers, so when the kill buyer bids the rescue farm bids against them, therefore they can say they "rescued" that horse from slaughter. (they really should have left it go) No kill buyer will cut his own throat and throw a good riding horse away, that is part of thier business. Its called "culling the herd" pick out the keepers and sell as riders.
Look at my avater. White Lightn. I bought him from a "kill" buyer. This kill buyer was not sending him to kill, he knew his potential and pulled him from the herd. Put him in a pen for sale as a rider. Turns out that horse knew barrels and taught me a thing or two - I have not ridden barrels in my life, but we placed and I had a blast with him.
Moral of my story? Kill buyers don't kill all. They pick out the best and sell as riders. You would be better off buying from a kill buyer than from a rescue, they have a better eye for good horse flesh!
Just my opinion too. So no flaming please.

[jokerslastdude]

kinda Like people said why not find a trainer that rescues horses and retrains them, that gives them room to rescue more horses and it gives you a great horse!