jenh166
Well-Known Member
Just wondered what you guys thought of this horse I've been helping to bring on at my yard:
16.3hh bright bay lightweight KWPN gelding, 5yo.V attractive, short coupled, screams 'eventer' when you look at him. YO bought him from holland this sept without knowing much about him - v sweet, chilled horse in stable etc. Really started coming on in leaps and bounds in last month which has led us to believe he was prob infact only recently broken when bought to UK. Has been out twice BSJA 70cm and got round, just green indoors. Flies 1.20 at home, not fazed by fillers water trays or anything. I've been schooling him for last 3 weeks, v easy to get round, soft mouth, he has an AMAZING trot that i could sit on all day, and his canter is becoming pretty awesome too. Walk is OK, but he's quite lazy in walk so needs a bit of badgering. Just started walk to canter, shallow loops in canter, leg yeilding, shoulder in and medium trot. He's a quick larner, still a bit sluggish until he gets going. Hacks out in open spaces in company (not tried alone yet), has popped a ditch and some steps. Ridden by 5.5 81/2 st girl, and equally goes well for 6ft bigger bloke.
Bad points - windgalls on hind legs, a tiny bit forward at the knee, did buck a v novicey rider off who came to try him as she was hanging on to his mouth and did some weird canter aid which he didn't understand so he bucked once and she plopped off...poor pony didn't know what has happened!
YO is rapidly losing interest in him as she's really not bothering to spend time writing a good advert for him.
What sort of price whould you guys think...???
16.3hh bright bay lightweight KWPN gelding, 5yo.V attractive, short coupled, screams 'eventer' when you look at him. YO bought him from holland this sept without knowing much about him - v sweet, chilled horse in stable etc. Really started coming on in leaps and bounds in last month which has led us to believe he was prob infact only recently broken when bought to UK. Has been out twice BSJA 70cm and got round, just green indoors. Flies 1.20 at home, not fazed by fillers water trays or anything. I've been schooling him for last 3 weeks, v easy to get round, soft mouth, he has an AMAZING trot that i could sit on all day, and his canter is becoming pretty awesome too. Walk is OK, but he's quite lazy in walk so needs a bit of badgering. Just started walk to canter, shallow loops in canter, leg yeilding, shoulder in and medium trot. He's a quick larner, still a bit sluggish until he gets going. Hacks out in open spaces in company (not tried alone yet), has popped a ditch and some steps. Ridden by 5.5 81/2 st girl, and equally goes well for 6ft bigger bloke.
Bad points - windgalls on hind legs, a tiny bit forward at the knee, did buck a v novicey rider off who came to try him as she was hanging on to his mouth and did some weird canter aid which he didn't understand so he bucked once and she plopped off...poor pony didn't know what has happened!
YO is rapidly losing interest in him as she's really not bothering to spend time writing a good advert for him.
What sort of price whould you guys think...???
