Someone to school our 16hh Trakehner PB stallion?

Ah bless, I'd take him but I live up in Warwickshire! Could you not school him on yourselves?

We have Trakehners. Lovely intellegent horses. At 11 he is really not a good age for dressage training, we start them at 4, and find they need to have become accustomed to regular schooling early, but you could take him jumping or British Eventing as he will be sound in his joints. One of our mares is blind on the right and has just retired from competing to stud. She won money in BSJA and won dressage up to elementary and completed many one day events and hunter trials. The only problem she had was a slight tendency to jump towards her blind side, but a competent rider had no problems with it.

By the way there have been a few blind Grand Prix dressage horses, it does not stop them at all. Do what you can to find someone to train you both. I would, but I live in the Highlands!

Cant help with the schooling im afraid as i live many miles away, but i would encourage your husband to follow your advice,If he has a proven competition record it will definitely increase his stud potential (as long as he does well) and his conformation and temperament are correct.Try asking around at your local riding school or riding club for anyone to recommend a rider being a stallion it would be best to find someone with experience in stallion handling,would be preferable for someone to come to you then you get the pleasure of keeping him and also you cant just keep a stallion on any yard and you will want him at home to carry out his stud duties.There is quite a few horses who compete at a high level with restricted sight in one eye so that should not be a problem.If you are wanting to use him as a stud do you have him licensed and EVA vaccinated and make sure you advertise well.

I would get professional schooling however this can be expensive but well worth it. look to pay around £1000 + a month however the blindness in his eye should not be a problem if this is done properly as he needs the trust of the rider. maybe try taking him for a lesson with yourself on him with a professional and who knows he might surprise you if he was breed for dressage.

Try schooling him your self first but it does take determination with a horse that hasn't really been schooled before . If you don't want to do all of it or none of it get a trainer or just a good rider. When he's part way there with his schooling you could decide to take over and do it your self. also when he's got to grips with schooling you want want do do a bit of jumping only small as he's kinda blind . But he should cope fine as trankehner are also bred to jump

Hope this helps

XxX

Heyy, id take your horse on but i live in Sault Ste Marie....My only advice to you is for you to gain his trust, and work with him and let him know that hes safe with you, it will take time but it will come.

Eventually if you work with him long enough when you ride him he wil shy at a lot of things at first but he will come along all he needs to do is beable to know that he can trust you!

Marie

take him to David Pincus,he is based in hereford,a top dressage rider/trainer.he will do the job perfectly,and most likely train you as well.have fun.