As a "beginer" myself there is no way I would want 3 unbroken horses. We knew Lightning was green when we got him, but also knew he was about to be homeless. So pretty soon after we got him we hired our trainer to work with him and he has done wonders.
He is pleased with Adge, and the way he responds to us. Adge quite often will come to me and my daughter and we get to give him some love. I always love on his Mom and I think he has taken cue from there!
We are starting some more work with Adge next week, Tim is coming to help us.
I don't think beginners should take on breaking one. But this poor woman got snuckered. She bought a mare with a foal on her side,both unbroke, from the stable she was taking lessons from. They should have known better. They told her they would help, but I've heard they abandoned her now tho. Of course she could very well be one of those people who is going to do her own thing, and the trainers just gave up dealing with her.
I was a beginner myself once. I remember that. I have since learned that MOST of the things beginners thinks is the way to do things with horses is generally wrong. I learned to look around, find the people with the horses that behaved in the manner I wanted mine to behave then do what they said, even if it was something I didn't think was right. After applying those things, it started making sense, and also worked:)
It's good that you have a trainer, and that you are willing to listen to what he tells you.
Becky