I live in the high sierra and am shopping for snow tires or all seasons I can slap chains on and wondered if its a bad idea to go with 4 studded tires Can these be driven around for long periods of time on dry road between storms or on roadtrips to SoCal?
I would not buy him. He is probably not that bad of a horse, but there are too many horses with way more miles and a few more years under their belt that have owners that are willing to give them away if they can find the right home. This horse is going to be testing his riders for years still (not cause he's bad, but cause he's green), I would not expect him to be kid broke for many years if ever. Being gelded at 4 is no big deal. Mine was gelded at 7 and he isn't studly at all. I prefer to get 12 yrs on up, it is more worth it in the end, the bugs are worked out (like occasional rearing), you have more fun with your horse, and somebody else has taken the falls of the early years :-)
Personally I wouldn't, but that's just because of my own tastes and preferences. If he seems like he will be a good match for you, why not? As far as the bucking and being hard to catch, I would make DANG sure that i had those problems fixed before I sent a child out to ride him. But for the price, it may be worth it. If you don't care much about showing or anything else, just a simple pleasure horsehe might not be a bad buy.
Don't think they wear goggles, but they wear a surgical gown (so blood etc doesn't get on their clothes and infect other patients), a face mask, and if x-rays are being used in the surgery, a lead vest thing to protect them from radiation.
Nope. I wouldn't buy a horse that rears. Period. I'd rather deal with a horse that bucks. BTW a Tie Down does nothing to keep a horse from rearing. Edit: Really, if you are an actual trainer you will KNOW that a tie-down does NOTHING for rearing. I've seen many horses with tie-downs rear straight up. IT DOES NOT CORRECT OR STOP REARING. I will not ever purchase a horse that ever used rearing to get out of work. Maybe one that reared once or twice early on in his training but not one that made a habit out of it.
A running or standing martingale will not stop a horse from rearing, or cause one to rear. Using a standing martingale on anything but a calf roping horse is totally uncalled for. All horses I own are special horses to me, to some one else probably not. And solid paints as well as solid appaloosas can be registered, they are registered as solid colored horses and showing one in certain registry events is prohibited. They can be bred and their foals registered just like any other horse. Would I buy the horse No, not interested in an appy gelding 5 year old and untrained for anything.
