Just coming back to say...for your first horse, you really want the soundest you can get. With my first, my paint, Molly, she was fairly sound when I bought her, although it looked like she had a type of contusion around her knee, where it was larger than it should have been. Two years later, the wear on her leg from it made her have some arthritic problems. The hoof on that leg wore down funny because the contusion made the leg twist. Even after all the money spent on the occasional vet bill, farrier bills, and tons of different supplements (I had kept her on glucosamine supplements from the first couple months I had her) she still wasn't very sound, and I was wanting to do more advanced things. It was SO hard on me, but I made a trade with the rescue next door, and they found her a wonderful home with a little girl, where she is walked and trotted, and spoiled basically. They have another horse there that after they bought it, I guess it was drugged when they tried it out, it was just absolutley crazy. So he is no longer ridden, but they know what will happen if they sell him, so he will spend his life with them.
On the same note, don't jump on the first thing you see. There are tons of horses for sale, evaluate a few before you make a decision. I almost regret getting my current horse and not looking around more, or waiting for something. Right after I got mine, she developed a severe fly allergy, that is just going away. And then I found that she is very barn sour, after she got used to me. To the point that sometimes she scares me (I may make a post on this). But I am sticking with her and hopefully we will work through all this...but just take everything with a grain of salt.
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