My daughter has had great luck with the TWH and an Apaloosa Quarter horse mix. She is 16 also and broke one of her horses on her own. Like they said get a healthy and sound horse.She got a horse just shy of 1 year old and by 2 had had bonded and broke the horse no problem. Make sure to bond and make the horse trust you.Also there is a wealth of information on how to train horses on the internet.
