Older riders and baroque horses

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Permalink Reply by Mary-Joe Figueira on August 31, 2009 at 8:55pm

Myself, I started riding in my late 40s. Never rode before that. I bought a baroque horse specifically because of their character and personality.

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Permalink Reply by Linda Dennis on September 17, 2009 at 9:53am

I have come back to riding after a 15 year hiatus for career, husband reasons, living in NYC. I am riding TBS, a pinto, and will soon be starting my OWN Morgan X Fresian in dressage. I am very excited about him. I can work the TBs and get along with them very well, and some of the WBs, if they are not TOOO big; as I am only 5ft 2". I love some of the Barogues because they are so beautiful and kind hearted and not too big.

Permalink Reply by Debbie A. Clark on November 2, 2009 at 11:46pm

I also have a morgan-friesian cross. I highly recommend them esp for the older female rider. My mare has made mare lovers out of mare haters!! I recently boarded her over the summer at a race horse farm with breeding stallions and the staff was sad when I took her back home. The can be a little difficult to get started in dressage b/c they are a pulling breed so you have to ride them with lots of effective half-halts from the seat but drive them into the halt, or they will constantly fall on the forehand (hence the pulling forward). But, I can't think of a kinder, more gentle breed of horse for the older rider, or any rider for that matter.