Ordinarily, it takes a month or so, but I’ve had wild variations.
Longest it took me was six months, but that was on a traumatised TB stallion who required a lot of special attention.

Shortest amount of time was probably for a lovely Connemara I broke for a friend, she was broke after about ten days.

Like I said, it really varies.

Just remember to be patient and ensure that you and the horse build up a bond of trust; that way the breaking in will be so much easier.
Also, try and let your horse teach you a little something on this journey of learning and discovery.
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It’s all based on personal experience; I broke all my own horses ever since my first pony when I was five, have never had any problems.
I also learn a lot just being with my horses.

4 months to break a horse to ride. This is walk trot canter, back, side pass, leads, etc etc… just the basic stuff.

2 years to finish a horse. This is what I call ‘miles’ on the horse. Letting them work through hard days of riding, learning to handle different aspects of what they should do, so on.

Naturally each horse is different, but I’d say I’m pretty close to what most trainers would say as well. Yes, I can ‘break’ a horse in a day, but I don’t consider that horse truly broken– just sorta ‘kill pen’ broke.
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If you don’t know what you’re doing chances are you’re going to just hurt yourself or the horse. Hire a real trainer to help you.

It also depends on the person riding.

I’ve gotten on horses the first day I started ‘training them to ride’ and rode them around. For me I would consider that a rideable horse.

If you want a horse that a beginner can ride, that may take years.

It depends on your definition of rideable. What do you want your horse to be able to do before you consider it to be trained?

I got up on my mare, Scarlett, and rode her that first say, like I said. And I’ve ridden her alot since.

She’s rideable, for me and other experienced riders, but I wouldn’t consider her training to be done because there are certain things I expect from my riding horses. I expect them to stand quietly while I tack them up and get on. I expect them to be able to stop nicely, to respond to leg and rein aids, to sidepass a bit, to do turns like turns on the forehand, etc., to trot and canter nicely on trail, to be able to behave well in a group or alone,
to go where I want, when I want, because I want it. I’ve ridden the pony I trained along the highway, next to cars, crossing intersections, into town, to truck stops, and over the semi truck scales. I expect him to do these things because I’ve asked him to, and to do them willingly.

Also, for myself, I wouldn’t consider a horse acceptably trained until they can do some schooling/ arena exercises, like knowing how to bend around the corners, circles etc., picking up what gait I want when I want them to, being able to collect themselves and balance.

For example, my mare can do all these things, she can collect herself up and pick up the canter from a walk or even a halt… but I honestly can’t tell you when that happened. It’s been a years long process.

And of course it depends on how much time you can put into the animal every day, how well they understand you, their personality, and how bright they are. … how sound they are too.

My little mare, Scarlett, is incredibly bright. Exceptionally bright. She’s been ridden about a dozen times and has picked up rein and leg aids etc., you can ride her among other horses, or away from them, she’s learning sidepass, she’s learned to halt amazingly, and she’s working on turn on the forehand and then haunches right now. And all of these things she’s picked up without me having had to drill them into her. However, she’s got a soundness issue, and I’ve not been able to ride her as much as I’d have liked. Had she not had this problem I’ve no doubt she could have been ‘rideable’ by most anyone after about 30 days of training/ being ridden every day.

Another that I’ve just gotten, a big warmblood, seems to be exceptionally dull. He’s not so bright and right now we’re still working on ‘yes, when I pull on the left rein, you go left,’ and the woman I got him from claims that he had 90 days put on him when he was two! I doubt that this animal will ever be an acceptable mount for an inexperienced rider because he’s so dim, and because of his size, he has a tendency to try to intimidate people.

So I guess what I’m really trying to say is it depends on you and your horse. If your horse is bright and you know what you’re doing it could take only a matter of weeks. If your horse isn’t the brightest bulb in the box, even if you know what you’re doing, it could take much longer.

However, either way I encourage you to get professional help. Trainers (some of them) really do know what they’re doing, and that’s why they’re paid to do it.

When I started my filly a few years back, I took weekly lessons with a trainer, and that was enough for us. So you don’t necessarilly have to shell out the cash to send your horse away for months at a time. It just helps to have someone who knows what they’re doing there to help you, correct you, and explain things.
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ignore utube videos. if you have never started a horse before have a layed back horse with some one round. if this is your first and you havent started a horse before, and its not layed back like a cobbie thing. get some one else to do part of it.
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behaviourist and yard manager

I highly hope you aren’t trying to break a horse based off of youtube videos…. you probably need the help of a professional. It will benefit your horse and you, and be much more safe.
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