As it looks like he's staying

[Roxylola]

Meet Bon
He belongs to a lady I know (good friend of a good friend) who was keen to have him in a home with a bit more of a job than he had with her but as he's a little bit sensitive she was keen to make sure he went to the right person.
He's a very sweet, low mileage rising 8 year old - looks and acts more like a 4/5 year old. He sort of squirts off in canter in the arena, I think the wrong rider going to try him in a sales situation would upset him a fair bit. He's got a fair pop on him though, more than enough talent for anything I'd do.
His owner is more in to dressage than jumping now and rather than make a square peg fit a round hole he's come to live with me to see how we get on.
Its all a bit fairytale really (apart from that I have to pay bills and he's adamant that he's utterly starved)
He's pretty good hacking although he's unsure on road markings, double decker buses, speed bumps and roads changing colour ? urban life has certainly come as a bit of surprise to him.
The first pic is the cleanest he's been since he came on the day he arrived ??
I've gone from a 50% white competition horse to a 90% white one - what was I thinking ?‍ however, a good horse is never a bad colour and he's a real sweetie.
Last pic is the result of being a bit full of himself schooling yesterday ?

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

He looks really sweet I don't envy the having to keep him clean bit though.

 

[smolmaus]

He is such a pretty splotchy boy! ?

That's at least 97% white tho. Godspeed to your shampoo budget, sacrificed to the fairy tale polka dot pony.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

Lovely, do you know his breeding?

 

[Roxylola]

I know - and I hate competition prep at the best of times.
He was also supposed to.be about 15.1 amd looked pretty chunky. He is neither of those things, I've got myself a giraffe somehow!
He is such an amenable friendly boy though, not pushy, very polite, quick learner.
Hes by Legrande, out of a knabstrupper mare incidentally @Pearlsasinger - I was typing as you asked

 

[ester]

he's smart,
shame about the cleaning lol.

 

[IrishMilo]

He's lovely! Looking forward to more pics

 

[SatansLittleHelper]

He's lovely ?

 

[Roxylola]

He's lovely! Looking forward to more pics

Every time he's clean I will take a pic lol.

 

[FinnishLapphund]

...
Hes by Legrande, out of a knabstrupper mare
...

I've always thought Knabstrupper horses are very pretty to look at, but could never quite understand how someone could decide it was a good idea to create a horse breed with often more white than other colours in a country like Denmark, where the average Autumn, and Winter weather seems more likely to be wet and slush, than cold and snow.

Hope you have lots of fun with him.

 

[Birker2020]

I know - and I hate competition prep at the best of times.
He was also supposed to.be about 15.1 amd looked pretty chunky. He is neither of those things, I've got myself a giraffe somehow!
He is such an amenable friendly boy though, not pushy, very polite, quick learner.
Hes by Legrande, out of a knabstrupper mare incidentally @Pearlsasinger - I was typing as you asked

Lovely markings! I had a Knabstrupper mare on loan once.

 

[Regandal]

Very, very nice. I’d start bulk buying the shampoo now!

 

[Roxylola]

Fortunately I'm pretty shameless about riding a grubby pony generally, and as I'm keeping on with supercob for the foreseeable future as my main competing horse I have time to stock up on shampoo ?
I've only met a couple of other knabstruppers but they seem nice sorts. Admittedly had I gone pony shopping I would have looked for a more sensible colour. However, had I gone pony shopping my current budget would be a whole English pound, although that is my trolley pound so value is significantly higher than for any old quid you would find normally ?

 

[Emilieu]

Oh he’s lovely!

 

[MotherOfChickens]

he's very lovely, am a recent convert to spotties (I dont have one, but do ride a couple occasionally).

 

[Roxylola]

First ride I had on him - its all a bit messy and wobbly but you can see him move

 

[southerncomfort]

I'm not generally a spotty fan but I do think he's rather lovely!

 

[Roxylola]

I'm not generally a spotty fan but I do think he's rather lovely!

Hes very likable. He's not a bit what I'd go out and choose, but his character is good and while I wouldn't choose this colour he is nice to look at and that helps. He's got such cute ears too

 

[babymare]

He is lovely

 

[Baywonder]

Oh he is lovely! ?

 

[windand rain]

Do you know his mums name

 

[Roxylola]

Easier than typing ☺

 

[windand rain]

Thank you thought the knabstrupper might be Centyfield prefix

 

[Roxylola]

Thank you thought the knabstrupper might be Centyfield prefix

I don't know the first thing about knabstrupper breeding (I believe they are or were rare though)
I recognise some of the names in the sires side - lefevre and landgraf - but that's about it for me

 

[FinnishLapphund]

I don't know the first thing about knabstrupper breeding (I believe they are or were rare though)
I recognise some of the names in the sires side - lefevre and landgraf - but that's about it for me

Cor de la Bryere (Selle Français) was known, at least in Sweden, as the Reserve stallion of the century, because he was the second best after Landgraf.

I also recognised the name Rasmus af Damgard (sometimes spelled Damgaard), which I think is considered one of the key stallions in the Knabstrupper breed.
ETA: Just realised my eyes got so drawn to Rasmus af Damgard's name, that I missed that in one of the two places he's in the pedigree, it is as sire to Rasmus af Hallundbaek, which, as I understand it, is one of Rasmus af Damgard's most important offspring.

 

[Roxylola]

Cor de la Bryere (Selle Français) was known, at least in Sweden, as the Reserve stallion of the century, because he was the second best after Landgraf.

I also recognised the name Rasmus af Damgard (sometimes spelled Damgaard), which I think is considered one of the key stallions in the Knabstrupper breed.

Oh wow, so he's quite nicely bred then ?

 

[ycbm]

A spotty can never be a bad colour!

He looks cute.
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[FinnishLapphund]

Oh wow, so he's quite nicely bred then ?

Since I think you replied to my post while I was adding an ETA, I want to point out there's another important Knabstrupper in the pedigree:

...
ETA: Just realised my eyes got so drawn to Rasmus af Damgard's name, that I missed that in one of the two places he's in the pedigree, it is as sire to Rasmus af Hallundbaek, which, as I understand it, is one of Rasmus af Damgard's most important offspring.

Now I'm no pro on horse breeding, but I'm guessing that if a just overly horse interested amateur like me recognises some names, your horse is indeed quite well bred.

 

[Tiddlypom]

He's lush ?.

Is this a loan? If it is, please can I suggest that, if you haven't already done so, that you get a formal written loan agreement in place. It will protect both parties.

 

[Roxylola]

I've just had a little nosey at the studs Facebook- he's actually only been backed about a year so it's no surprise he's like a 4 year old. He's a bit stalliony with other horses (he's gelded I checked) so I wonder if he might have been used for a but.

He's lush ?.

Is this a loan? If it is, please can I suggest that, if you haven't already done so, that you get a formal written loan agreement in place. It will protect both parties.

I'm not really sure what it is tbh. While she's said he can always go back to her if he needed to I think he's just sort of mine. Nobody has ever just handed over a horse to me before and it all happened a bit quick really. The mutual friend is my yard owner so she made a stable available for me (moved one of hers I've not had anyone evicted) on Wednesday, I messaged his owner to say he had a house available and she was coming up this way on Friday so dropped him off then. I didn't have so much as a headcollar for him ?