Horse/Choosing a horse

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Choosing a horse involves

Horse or pony?

Age

Breed

Gelding, Mare, or Stallion?

Discipline: what do you want from the horse?

Available facilities: what can you offer the horse?

"Horse traders"- Caveat emptor!

Where can a horse be obtained?

Breed Organizations

Trainers

Public sales

Auctions

Rescue horses

In the UK, the RSPCA offers horse adoption [1]

Racehorses

Thoroughbred race horses [2]. Other organizations place a variety of race horses, including standard bred pacers [3]