Buying an older horse

First of all, how lovely that you are buying a horse together! Good for you! 🌷

This depends, of course, on what your goals are with the horse. Buying a horse is always a gamble. You can buy a healthy seven-year-old that injures itself in the paddock two weeks later. Buying an older horse generally means accepting that you will have fewer active years with them, although plenty of older horses stay in active work for many years yet. That comes down to luck (genuinely), but also to how the horse has been ridden and trained, and how well it has been looked after earlier in life, teeth and so on. If you are prepared for the possibility of fewer active years than a ten-year-old would give you, there is nothing standing in your way. Buying an experienced older horse can be a wise choice in several respects 😊