How Long Will It Take to Train a Horse for Dressage/jumping?
I plan to get my horse started next week, he is 12, a former racehorse, but very smart and level headed. The trainer I have chosen told me my horse would be needing 3-4 days of training per week and 5 days per week in the beginning. I know nothing of what is going to be happening or even what questions I should be asking. The trainer is more than qualified and states that perhaps in a few months we might aim for a little beginner show. Our goal is to ultimatley sell the horse as a dressage or jumper or both. I guess the horse will dictate on many of my questions as I do understand that everyhorse is different.
There is no ‘how long’. It goes on forever. I guess your question should’ve been something like "How long with it take to get a horse into beginner dressage/jumping?"
First of all, you really need to know if your horse is more suitable for dressage or jumping. Seeing he’s an ex-racehorse, jumping would probably be better. But primarily, YOU need to know what is going on. If you’ve never ridden before, getting into jumping would probably take a year. If you’re experienced with it, but not with your horse, then it would be easy. The trust bond in between is the most important. Your horse has to trust you, then he will do exactly what you want him to.
well it depends on the horse. and you can never be "done" training. there are many things you can teach your horse or work on. there is no such thing as a perfected horse and rider. so like i said you can never be done training.