Why the 4-, 5-, or 6-Year-Old Horses should be rushed...
In today’s sport, there’s growing pressure to make young horses jump bigger, compete sooner, and show results fast.
But i personally believe in developing horses with time, care, and long-term vision.
⏳ The Problem with Pressure
At 4, 5, and even 6 years old, a horse is still developing both mentally and physically.
Their joints, tendons, and ligaments are not yet mature — and pushing them to perform too early can cause:
Stress injuries
Joint deformation
Long-term physical/psychological breakdown,
as dont want to enter the ring,stopping in the corners,nocking down fence without even care,in the end refuse to jump.
Some damage doesn’t show up until years later — but by then, it’s often too late.
> I don’t believe in shortcuts.
I believe in building sound, confident athletes for the future.
🐎 Learned from the Best
I was fortunate to learn from some of the greatest names in the sport when I was young
— including Paul Schockemöhle where i worked for 9 years, who taught me the long-term power of patience.
Ludger Beerbaum, Marcus Ehning, and Scott Brash, they always stood against the idea of rushing young horses into the spotlight.
They all say the same thing:
> "You don’t win the future by forcing results in the present."
Results – From my Horses That Were Doubted
Over the years, I’ve had people criticize my choices.
I’ve been told:
> “That horse," to mention some: i brought from young to nationascups and higher. "Capiletto,Grandino,Ultra song,Aman,Cash" is not worth your time.”
“There’s no future in that one.”
“You’ll never go far with it.”
But I believed in those horses — and they proved everyone wrong.
Time is everything we are doing with animals, not cars.
When the horse is deformed, no oil can restore the horse ..