My Horse Hunt | How I Found Ralph

[@Dawniee]

You're so so so so so so lucky, my parents would never be able to afford a horse for me! They say they would if they could, but because they feel bad for me and I'm getting lessons right now I'm allowed to lease the horse that I ride for 6 months on my birthday. Can't wait! :D

[@koryparsons5455]

I wish more people were like you when they were looking for horses maybe Less of them would end up in bad situations. Great story💗

[@MyEquineAddiction]

Kory Parsons aw thanks a bunch

[@sydneya.4577]

I felt the same way about never finding a horse... But last weekend i tried a horse and he's coming to my barn on trial tomorrow😍❤️❤️ I looked for 6 months, if your looking don't give up:)

[@audreyirvin4752]

Thx :)

[@lexieedwards3759]

I'm going through the process right now. It takes lots of patience... I'm so anxious to find the perfect horse! Your video helped me alot! Thanks so much!

[@MyEquineAddiction]

Aw so glad to here that! Glad it helped someone out hearing my experience!

[@hannahgibson9456]

I've been looking for over a year. Thank for telling us were not the only ones going though it.

[@justjumping]

Oh my gosh like u dont even know how much this video helped me!! Im going through the process right now and were just about to start the looking for horses process since we just found the perfect barn and this video really made me think. Thank u so much for making this video!! I love your videos your one of my favorite channels

[@MyEquineAddiction]

Omg I'm so happy it helped you out!! Thank you so much and good luck on your horse hunt :)

[@amelia-gw5to]

I was super lucky. My trainer called me to come look at a horse one day (I had only tried 2 others at the time) I asked her for a picture or video of him as we were driving out and she told me she knew nothing about the horse exept his age.... We got out there, and he was PERFECT. 16 hands, Dutch Warmblood, 13, could jump 4ft +, and did the hunters and equitation. They even let us do a lease option to buy on him (so we paid for a yearly lease fee at the beginning of the year and then another amount at the end of the year to break up the cost.) So really I only had to look for a week before finding the perfect horse haha.

[@brendankinsela355]

It only me a day lol

[@miakatrinaharrison3407]

I have never ever wanted to miss the barn !! You are totally right xxx

[@scarlettegiles6057]

Wow I didn't know how difficult the horse buying process can be!!! I bought my horse from the riding school I was at when it closed down. No one rode her at the riding school because they said she was too lazy and had bad manners but I fell in love with herald I'm so pleased I did!😘🐴

[@meganthomas8942]

Wow! You rode for so long and looked so hard to find your horse! Im so glad it worked out for you in the end though! I was only riding for 9 months when my first pony came to my barn and I fell in love and bought him. (Lucky me!) Then when I started to outgrow him I tried only tried 3 horses, which 2 were at the barn I was boarding at, so again easy. Then my third I just got offered to ride one day and fell in love so again, complete accident which got me my third horse (: I cant believe how much work you had to actually put in to finding the perfect horse but it sounds like it was meant to be with you two! (:

[@MyEquineAddiction]

Hahha yes it was a very long process but I learned a lot from it and really am glad I held out because I found Ralph who I love to death :)

[@imstressedbuturnotsurprise3561]

+Megan Thomas I'm extremely jealous! I've been riding for 1 year and 2 months but I've had a big break and going back. I know I'm definitely not ready for one. =D

[@bethanycodling3955]

I know the feeling. I have been riding since I was 3. It took me 4 months to actually find my 1st horse and it took me about 2 months to find my second. I actually started to look for a larger horse, but I ended up rescuing my little Arabian(he's the bay one in my picture.) The barn where you board you have to be happy as well as your horse. Though I no longer board my boys, cause they now live with me on my farm. I just wanted to say that if I know someone looking for their first horse I send them to this post on you tube so they can make there own list. So Thanks

[@niyahhoward7750]

I'm SO excited because I am going to start viewing horses next weekend. I am getting a rescue from SPCA!

[@philipjones5364]

Interesting I am an adult male who would love to learn to ride and own a horse. Thank you for the tips. Show pics of you horse I would love to see them. Best wishes enjoy your adventure.

[@graceemerson0414]

I love all your advice! I'm short as well and my horse is 15.3 😂 I look awkward but he's the best horse I've ever owned.

[@HACFMS]

you helped me so much! im going through it all right now, but i think i have found the one for me, but wow ur experience helped me so much!! literally, huge thanks to you :) xx

[@MyEquineAddiction]

I'm so happy it did!! If you have any questions feel free to ask! We got ask.fm/myequineaddiction

[@marleywoolley691]

Maya needs to do one about Luna

[@silverhorseshoexox1933]

Marley Woolley she did

[@sydneym1107]

This was posted 2 almost 3 years ago xD

[@maggiethomas6135]

I love your videos. Very nicely done and a beautiful story. What will you do with Ralph when you go to college?

[@k1r5ty12]

It took me a few months but I finally got a part loan as of yesterday! 13.3hh gelding cob called Billy, he's my first ever loan and I can wait for our future together

[@emilysteckler8757]

Thank you so much. My process is going to start pretty soon. This is going to help me so much.😄🐴

[@passion4horses164]

When I got my pony I fell of the first time I rode him. He galloped off and I fell over an electric fence. This happened because all the other horses/ponies were getting food and he wasn't. We got him and it was the best decision I have ever made. I love him. 🐴😘

[@caitlynnsatterwhite644]

Please do more videos I love to watch them!:)

[@ilovemyhaflingers123]

this was great! very interesting!!!

[@EquestrianLover99]

may i ask what barn you got him and what barn you ride at, i saw the "meet ralph" video and both barns in those clips look very familliar

[@maiarubin5021]

Thank god you have made this video i have been wanting to buy a horse for a year now

[@miniatheart3408]

Yea takes long time, I have only ridden a horse 3 times, first time bareback because they didn't own a saddle or a bridle so I rode bareback, with a halter and no helmet, up high hills, scary but so much fun :) But after a year looking for a horse (I wasn't even aloud to get one) I ask my mum to take me out at a miniature horse place just to try and concise her and it worked and while I was there I found my perfect horse Cherokee :) and I am getting him this weekend hopefully. He may be a miniature horse, but still a perfect horse for me and I will make my way to the bigger ones.

[@hellrazor117]

How many years have you been hunting horse's and what calibres do you use?

[@taylorallen288]

you're so lucky :) I cannot afford a horse sadly. I've been riding for 2 1/2 years now, and I've tried to talk to my parents about owning or leasing. but it doesn't help, if anything they get more upset with me. how did you save up for Ralph? I don't have a job, (I'm only 13 lol) so I can't make money from that. could you help point me in the right direction? I'm glad you found Ralph though. thank you :)

[@brookebedell2160]

Ugh I've been riding for 7 and getting a horse is not an option

[@miabusby4320]

I've been riding for 10 years now and I'm just getting my first horse

[@leahwest8885]

I am 13 and have been riding for about 3 years. My family can definitly afford one they just don't think i can handle one. (which i think i obviously can.)

[@sasialovehorses]

Hi Lauren, I loved this video so much !!! Is this maybe an idea for a new video or just a random thing for the topic of getting a horse : Could you tell what questions you asked the owner of the horse you liked ? It would be very helpful :) Love this channel ♥ Keep it up with this great job :) Sandra

[@prueluffman9828]

Mum and dad got me a new horse today and I crying when I found out because I trilled her for a bit and it worked out

[@karenkelly2022]

I got my horse after 1 years of riding well I got a loan of one then after another year we gave her back and bought a new pony after 3 years with him I now have 3 horses I have bow my 12:2 the first one now I have sparkle 14:2 and willow 15:2 I love them all

[@karinnaswitala5083]

what is horse insurance? never heard of such a thing!

[@occfilms]

Great, helpful tips, thank you so very much!

[@ellielouiselofthousemason7942]

Can u do a video about what you need to have essentials that I need to own a horse what you think I should have.

[@immeandering]

This is a great video. Really interesting.

[@juliejones8798]

Omg your farmers tan 😂

[@maizieminckler5961]

OH MY GOD! Polo tan lines... I can relate!

[@mollyk8747]

My name is Molly and I lease a horse named Tucker😂 I just found that funny.

[@sararose5263]

My horse first horse was a mare. Now I have a gelding. He is 16.2 and I look great on him. I am only 5'5

[@crescentmoone6933]

How old were you when you got your first horse? I wanna see when I should get mine :p

[@AllAnimalsHere]

I'm not going to buy for about 1 year or more, but my barn has horses for sale, a bunch of the schooling horses are available for sale/lease, but I'm not sure what the prices are so...(like for all I know they're all $18,000) Can someone or multiple people please reply with how much their horse was and what it was able to do when you purchased it? I'm really not sure on that bc right now I feel like the most I could do is $2,000 but all of the horses I've seen in that price range are pasture horses or trail horses. If I need to up my price range of like to know ;)

[@laragrove75]

I live in England, so I don't know if that will make a difference or not, but for what it's worth: For a decent, well-schooled all-rounder you can expect to pay anywhere from £1000 (at the very lowest) to about £4/5000. Anything over that and the owner is either pushing their luck or the horse has fantastic breeding, is a higher level competitor or generally worth a lot more. Unfortunately I don't have a horse but I've been looking around and the ones at the top of my list are fully schooled, can jump, have generally done xc and maybe some competitions. they're all under £3k. but tack isn't often included. if you're looking at horses schooled to a much higher level that compete and specialise, it would be more. basically the difference is if it's a family-type horse (that's still capable) or more of a competing prospect with good breeding. again i don't really know how US money value compares to GBP

[@awkwardequestrian1095]

All Animals Here I have not bought a horse but I have found 2 horses that are being sold at my barn I fell in love with and one of them is $9,500 and then the other one is $5,500!

[@trottingfreedom2450]

I went through the process of looking for a horse for three months. The horse I've finally put a deposit down for has been ridden by my instructor previously (the owner is a friend of hers) so I have not ridden him yet but I've seen videos and my instructor is a paralympic rider so I've taken the plunge since he would have been sold two days ago if I had have ignored him. But I'm riding him for an hour or so tomorrow and bringing him home in four days. ^_^

[@HannahLovesCreepers]

+trottingfreedom how is he

[@daretohorsearound0427]

i got a horse that was young and was so underweight and was in bad condition and now i look back and say how far he came along.

[@danielemichael7002]

show pics of ralph

[@sittingturtleduck]

ok...im sure it drives you insane with these sorts of questions, but...here's my story: ive been riding for a little over 5 years now (im 12 1/2), but due to my dad's financial limits, i can only ride once a week (its always been like that). my mom doesn't work anymore, so basically it comes down to my dad's money, which is hard since i don't want to be selfish (my older brother always makes excuses for everrryything by saying that i get to ride horses). ive never even QUARTER leased before (if there's even such thing). we just don't have the money. i know by 5 years, people are thinking "wow! you should totally lease and do this and that!" but a lot of things happened, like with my first trainer, my horse spooked when i was still cantering by holding onto the saddle while on a lunge line, and i literally had to start over riding (COMPLETELY, I was scared of everything after that), then, 4 years later i left that trainer and went to the barn im at now, but for some reason they started me over with the jumping part of riding. i jumped, i'd say about 20 inch verticals (?) on a veeerrry difficult little welsh pony, (i loved her anyways) but when i went to the new barn i was jumping, like, 6 inch verticals on a little beginner pony (i have no idea why...). I'm still there now, over a year later, and im progessing well....kind of. i a lot higher now than when i first did when i came to the new barn, but not much higher than when i was with my first trainer (not that i can go back to her). i jump, probably i'd say 24 inch verticles....for a while i was on easy, fat, slow horses, but now my trainer has finally believed in me enough to put me on...what i'd say is a "project". she leased two horses for the winter, from the same barn. one's a veeeerry overweight pony, and the other is an adorable small sized horse, a quarter horse. I love the quarter horse. they are both horribly trained, so its fun to teach them (to bend, do transitions properly, halt in a straight line after a jump, not to run at a jump, etc). well, my barn is only leasing them for the winter, then they have to go back to the owner. but im pretty sure my trainer said that she wanted to buy henry (not sure about the other pony, May). i was really happy to hear that that could be a possibilty, because i really like him, i finally got to ride a difficult horse.....wow. that was long. sorryXD. anyways, the point is...do you know how much it cost to half lease? im sure its different for each barn, but on average? what do you get to do with a half lease? at one horse barn website, they said for a half lease there it included 2 rides a week plus a lesson a week, and im pretty sure it said all for $350 a month...do you know if the lesson is INCLUDED? or do you have to pay for that separately? im sorry for the long story, its just that when i dont explain it all, people don't understand certain things. i really hope someone gets back to me! do you know if it's worth it to HALF lease? we wouldn't have the money anytime soon to full lease, im sure. it's just that by now, at 5 years of riding, everyone rides more often than 1 time a week, and everyone seems to be leasing or having their own horse. one of my old friends that used to ride with me with my first trainer used to lease all the time, then she moved to a different barn (that i tried at but didn't like) and she leased a horse, and then bought a different horse, just recently. she's been riding for two more years than i have, but it still hurt to find that out:(

[@shatteredcrystals4539]

I've only rode for about a month and a half, but I got my first horse four months ago! It's a strange story lol

[@kaelynwells4787]

at 3:05 you said they didn't have any room in the mare field, so how did luna get in there?

[@ydm.equestrian.connection944]

i love your videos so much you both inspierd me and mt best friend. we love you so much! and i would love if you could do a barn tour. ilysm

[@taylorcabrera7612]

can you do a barn rutine + barn tour plzzzz

[@ellavarjacic]

hei I will get a horse soon so I wonder whether they still have that list of questions you want to ask horse owners it would be helpful thanks in advance p.s.I love your channel :)

[@equinelove35]

What websites did you use?

[@jessicasmith8207]

Have you ever heard of Segunda Vida Equine Resque?

[@kkaatteef786]

Thank you this video has helped me so much!

[@maddy7795]

What was your list of questions for owners?

[@adicted2horses]

Always tighten your girth LOL i learned the hard way to

[@lifeasanequestrianxx4703]

hi im looking for a horse like u and might be getting one soon!! Any tips?? Thanks great video x

[@RoandAnnaVlogs]

I got my horse a month ago! Id been riding for 10 years which is now 11! I'd been looking for 10 months before I found my lux

[@dolciwiner2906]

i am looking to buy a horse to i am going to see two on friday i have been looking for like for months and its hard but i know the one i find will be ment to be. Do u have any good tips for a horse that can take me to hunters and jumpers whats a good age thanks

[@heyitsmia3411]

Dolci Winer well its a year later how is your horse

[@equistrianaddiction4546]

There is a t - shirt saying Ralph and Lauren xx u should get it

[@natalieboals5443]

What sites did you use +MyEquineAddict

[@brianastreu5669]

wow when i frist saw this video i thought wow theese are just some more pepole trying to get famouse and make a crappy youtude channel but after about getting half way through this video i began to relize you have a lot of great advide and just wow you helped me soooo much becuse i love horses and am obsest but my family.. we have like no money and normally when im really in to something they allways shoot me down and tell me no.... but after i did months and moths books and books video after video i finallly felt like i had knolege about horses .. hell i even knew how to brith one but i dident have any hands on experinence onky behinhe a book so i looked again for months for a trainer that would respect my wishes and my goals (becoming a horse trainer) and after so many peole shooting me down i finally found a person that yes we would have to pay for one lesson but i could still any day i wanted come out clean stalls groom braid and tack and i could still ride! any day i wanted...it was so amazing wheni herd of the deal i was so excited and when we went out to see her barn and to see everything i broke down in tears becuse this wonderful women not only gave me my dream but she said that if i keep working that she would give me a horse and so now to day i have a amarican quarter horse named rein and she is butetiful so thank you so much for helping me

[@lillymell]

Thank you this is awesome!

[@shaerudnick6694]

I feel the same way I always want to go the barn more than anthything

[@nicolaura12]

I don't want to sound rude or anything but how much did u end up buying Ralph for :)

[@makaylacoffey4351]

+Karinna Switala Insurance on your horse.... It's just like house or car insurance. We have it on my thousand+ dollar mare.

[@nataliew2187]

great thanks!

[@rosebroussard9493]

How much did you pay for Ralph/Luna? I understand if you don't want to say but... Approximately?

[@KathleenHaskins763112]

What was your price point?

[@emmac7865]

Where do u guys ride?

[@jumper_strides2464]

it took me 2 years to find my first pony. and 3 months to find my new horse

[@klarabjerin8706]

How much was/is Ralph & Luna?

[@emmakathryn8118]

What's the music at the end of this video?

[@everythinganimals2843]

Which websites did you use when looking for horses.

[@kibaloveforever7835]

EVERYTHING ANIMALS28 for my horse I used dream horse.com it's an amazing site if your still looking

[@horsesrbae7212]

I saw a horse for free and I might get it but I'm not sure if it's still for sale :(

[@TheTriton19]

how much did he cost??

[@stormystables2665]

you lucky i only go once a week on my riding D;

[@kierstenvoccola5156]

Good advice! I had an easier time finding my horse though.

[@dibade1961]

What is a reasonable price for boarding?

[@raymondrangel1391]

Diba De my barn does $180 at the cheapest!! But $200 is a great price too: )

[@kristopherrrr]

Wish I was going through the process but money is a huge issue. Eventually it will happen but after over 10 years, it's a bit discouraging.

[@abbieleahy9738]

How old are you?💕 love your videos you and mya are my favourite youtubers🐴❤️💕👑

[@MyEquineAddiction]

awww we're crying tears of happiness!!!

[@abbieleahy9738]

😍

[@BH-ed7mq]

Im aloud a horse but im still looking for the perfect one its been 2 years

[@trinityfaith7373]

Same here, I saw a rodeo horse for sale (on facebook) and I fell in love with him. When I was saw his price I felt like I died ($7,000). So I started searching like crazy. I found so many horses, but most were to expensive or to far away and then I found my horse Sak em Sixcess. My mom and I both fell in love and bought him

[@brookewolfnight]

just saying that i saw one or two green flashes in the video

[@aidenmanning2289]

If you look for a horse go on the internet and type EquineNow and there will be horses to get.

[@laurynmillar8590]

How much was Ralph

[@horsesarecool78]

👌👌😘😍

[@twogirlstwohorses808]

What breed is Ralph?

[@darcycarey7529]

I subbed

[@isabelmilenkovic4408]

I looked for a horse for 5 years until i found my nutjob, I saw 23 horses, most of which were crazy! Bucking rearing, not what they were said to be! I brought one of them, then had to sell it on, ive got a rearing horse now but my trainers coming out every second day!

[@sephoralov0756]

What breed is Ralph ?

[@missash70]

WB x

[@efyrie]

anyone knows how old is she?

[@axelevensen3825]

Wow. Nobody else notice she was hella sunburned?

[@scarlettegiles6057]

*her and!!!

[@mackenzielenox2710]

you look like dove cameron

[@ydm.equestrian.connection944]

my**

[@urdaddy5460]

How old are you? Coz I'm 12 and I'm 5'4 😂😂

[@urdaddy5460]

***** I'm now 13 and I'm 5"8 😂

[@nanami37]

My horse was $1...haha

[@hopemalwitz2206]

Lol cool how did you get him/her??

[@gaigebadgley6282]

Does she have a mom

[@N.A.alchemist]

I'm not even allowed to lease. :/

[@brooke_equine5710]

+Isabelle Pummill have you never ridden

[@adasahlin1742]

Hah.. My parents hate all kinda pets

[@kittenbones7295]

Yeah but you have money.

[@MyEquineAddiction]

I paid the majority myself

[@Jaymeemurdoch]

You sound like you are trying to whisper