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Reality versus potential Littlefi eld commonly sees buyers
not being realistic about the horse they are buying. “It is really important to under-
stand horses. Understand that you are buying what that horse is on that day,” he says. “If he is a yearling he still has a
lot of potential and growing to do. “If the horse is a 2- or 3-year-old,
he has potential, but even with heavy use and steady training that horse is not mentally mature yet. I would very seldom call a horse trustworthy until he is about 6 years old. That’s when they become more mentally mature. And like people, some horses just mature later than others. “Ninety days (of training) as
a 2-year-old is like a kid going to summer camp,” he explains. “The horse has the foundation and ex- posure to go work, but he is not fi nished by any means. The horse is not mentally equipped to think on his own yet. He is still looking for his rider to teach him and learn how to live with humans. He doesn’t understand yet that his job is to take care of you and help you. “Turning him out with no addi-
tional schooling does not help him advance in his training skills. He will mature but he hasn’t learned anything new,” he adds. “Unless he has been in a program where he has been ridden consistently, he will not understand the horse and rider relationship.” Most experts agree that 1 year
in a horse’s life is like 5 years in a human’s life. “If you buy a 4-year-old horse,
that is like a 20-year-old person,” Littlefi eld says. “So by then he has the basic skills and knowledge, but
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