Good driving/riding horses?

I would go with a standardbred.. already know how to drive and they are the quietest, friendliest horses you will ever meet, look for one broken to saddle, but if not they are quite easy to break to saddle and certainly considerably easier than sorting out a tense, forward, nervous, probably unsound OTT thoroughbred that has a hard mouth from jockeys leaning on it. They are not like a warmblood in that it is unlikely that you will get one doing Grand Prix dressage but they are certainly capable of competing at low to medium dressage and jumping.

Basically, standardbreds are the ultimate allrounder.. you never find them at the top level of any sport (except harness racing) but they do everything to a reasonable level and they do it with a smile :)

Also, ASHs (Australian Stock Horses) are great, I don't know where you are because they are not that common outside of Aus, but they are so versatile, you see them doing Pony Club, dressage, jumping, eventing stockwork and rodeo, there has even been a couple of olympic ASHs, they are great. Never seen anyone driving one but i'm sure you could train them to, they truly are "the breed for every need" as the ASH society slogan goes.

I also have a soft spot for the Irish Sport Horses too.

In fact, when it comes right down to it, I love them all so maybe focus on looking for the personality and skills in the horse rather than looking for a specific breed, because so much of it is personal opinion..

Hope that helped :)

I'd put a vote in for the Standardbred. Find a big trotter (mine is 18.2) and you've got a big well built horse that can do anything you want. If he's been trained or raced he'll be desensitized to just about everything and most of the ones I've worked with have been great tempered. I can put beginners on my boy and send him off down the road without any worries.

Just make sure the one you look at is built for dressage and jumping. Some have very long backs that would make them weak jumpers.

I would not go for a gypsy cob, they are not the most agile of horses and not the best at jumping or dressage.

Any horse that is athletic could do the job you are asking. A Welsh Cob (Section D) would be good. Not sure about the US breeds but the Morgan is very versatile.

The right gypsy cob would do the job, I know a lot of gypsy cobs that make brill all rounders - and they are generally fairly bomb proof, turning their heads to anything.

If you want a lighter more forward breed though, what about a welsh cob? Fair bit of bone to them without being too cobby, often make very good all rounders and good build, with a nice temperament to match also to pull a cart if you wanted to do some of that.

My stable owner breeds Trekehners. She has a 17HH Stallion at the barn that she drives all the time. (You should see his halfpasses) and he jumps 2feet jumps for fun. He loves them, we let him run around the arena before classes and set up the jumps and he puts himself over them! When she is driving him he collects himself and obeys, and you want to talk about the best extended trot EVER?

He is sire to three other horses at the barn, all three are the same as him, great extenders, great jumpers and very tall!

i have a TB (Thoroughbred) and hes great at jumping at the moment hes jumping 2 foot 6 inches but hes getting to the point were he can soon jump bigger(only had him for about a month) and i have trained him in advanced dressage and hes doing that's and i also have an arabian thats good at jumping he can jump 3'2 which is really good for an arabian hope i helped :)

I had a 16hh Belgian. He was an amazing jumper, puller, cutter, trail horse, etc. He could do anything with just a couple days of training. Unless it was just him I think Belgians are pretty nice horses.

I would look at either a Dutch or German Warm blood.