Also, the rider's level of experience in general is going to make a difference. It'll be best for the outcome if they're used to riding a variety of horses.
Where does the second horse come from? If it's from, say, the household stable of someone with a lot of money and a lot of horses, it could be not only nice but beautifully behaved. If it's from a high end livery stable (rent-a-horse), it could be similar. If it's from a low-end livery stable, it may have some flaws that could have seen it sold off from a better place. And those flaws could be bad stable manners such as cribbing (swallowing air, which causes digestive problems because horses can't burp), inhaling and holding its breath when saddled so the saddle band fits more loosely and could cause an inattentive rider to fall off at a crucial point (very common), a tendency to lameness from an old injury, or even an unfashionable color and/or pattern. (People tend to snicker if your horse has a nose marking in the shape of a rude drawing.)
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Date: 2025-01-21 03:01 am (UTC)Where does the second horse come from? If it's from, say, the household stable of someone with a lot of money and a lot of horses, it could be not only nice but beautifully behaved. If it's from a high end livery stable (rent-a-horse), it could be similar. If it's from a low-end livery stable, it may have some flaws that could have seen it sold off from a better place. And those flaws could be bad stable manners such as cribbing (swallowing air, which causes digestive problems because horses can't burp), inhaling and holding its breath when saddled so the saddle band fits more loosely and could cause an inattentive rider to fall off at a crucial point (very common), a tendency to lameness from an old injury, or even an unfashionable color and/or pattern. (People tend to snicker if your horse has a nose marking in the shape of a rude drawing.)