Thanks for all your help and advice on this one. I think it would boil down to time and experience in the long run. As I work 5 days a week + run a home not to mention being a novice rider, maybe I ought to keep looking for a while longer.

It's just he is so lovely and sane and steady at the moment I wish I could be more confident he would stay that way, best put my dream back in the cupboard again...............