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So my beloved Boggle is off games now for the best part of a year from a ligament injury, and I have no intention of rushing him back so looking to purchase another project (but ideally less of a project than he was!!)

Can't help but want another connie and have a couple direct from Ireland that I'm eyeing up. I'm open to pretty much anything bar a just out of training ex racer. It needs to be pretty sellable because in theory I don't want to own two in work. That said if I fell in love with it I'd be happy to full loan it out when Boggle comes back!

I won't spend more than £3,500. £4,000 at an absolute push. Which is feasible as a budget for something from Ireland. And I am struggling even with the connies I'm seeing because frankly they don't look a patch on Boggle, and I can't afford the Boggle performance flashy type ones, so thinking I need to widen the net a bit.

So for those of you with eagle eyes who fancy a bit of shopping please do pop any suggestions here! I'm in Winchester, Hants but happy to travel 3 hours or so. Really needs to be 15hh upwards!
 
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Don't suppose you fancy backing one? Should grow another couple inches at least, and you would need to ask for a photo without a rug on (don't know why people do this) but apparently good bloodlines and a desirable colour.
https://www.horsemart.co.uk/registered-connemara-mare/Horses/597965#

Or this guy, 6yo Connie - I quite like the front end apart from the pastern length, but can't tell much about the back end as he's been stood up badly for the photo. Looks generally weak but sounds like a fairly easy project.
https://www.horsemart.co.uk/smart-young-connie/Horses/598682# - edited to day I cross posted with DabDab - more photos on preloved though, perhaps this is a sign ;)
 
Really like the Connie you both posted but the Pasterns...!? Aren’t they a bit disastrous?

think the mare is a bit small and young really!

I’m 10 stone and 5 foot 7 and sat here eating a cheesy pasta bake so probably need something a bit bigger ?
 
DabDab said:
Pictures are pretty rubbish so you'd have to see in the flesh, but looks like the sort of critter you could make into something nice:

https://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/119715224/smart-young-connie.html?link=/classifieds/horses-livestock/horses-ponies/for-sale/worcestershire?page=4
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Oh bless him. That rider looks very big on him - go and save him Michen! At least you know he'd ok with roadworks working around all that paraphernalia! But those pasterns do look long.
 
I have a project Connie in Essex - he's a performance flashy type - very scopey & athletic - needs a confident & capable rider - full vet history disclosure.
We will be restarting him in Spring
If youre interested I can PM you further details.
 
I do like the black one! He has the potential to be a stunner. He looks weak and anxious to me, I recognise the rolled back eye from early days BBP. I’d have a crack at him if I was looking for another. Not sure on the pasterns on the photos.
 
bubsqueaks said:
I have a project Connie in Essex - he's a performance flashy type - very scopey & athletic - needs a confident & capable rider - full vet history disclosure.
We will be restarting him in Spring
If youre interested I can PM you further details.
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Depends how capable and confident I guess, I did not enjoy Boggle's period of spinning, rearing and fly bucking and got a pro involved at that point. If just spicy and buzzy and a bit emotional then that's ok... please do PM me details if you think suitable.
 
AShetlandBitMeOnce said:
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Possibly this mare, again however - not sure on the hind end, and possibly less of a project than you are after. Should be a good sale opportunity though if you can get her out competing.


Or, still a 4yo but is backed and riding away, does't say what height though - https://www.ehorses.com/connemara-g...-showjumpers-eventinghorses-bath/1887769.html
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I saw that mare. It felt suspiciously cheap to me, sort of cheap enough to hope someone doesn't vet... I can't understand why she wouldn't be 5k plus.
 
Michen said:
Really like the Connie you both posted but the Pasterns...!? Aren’t they a bit disastrous?

think the mare is a bit small and young really!

I’m 10 stone and 5 foot 7 and sat here eating a cheesy pasta bake so probably need something a bit bigger ?
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I like him as well but agree about the pasterns! My mare had long pasterns and I vowed never again
 
Oh I love pretending to horse shop!

I'm not sure how you feel about coloureds - but this is lovely:
https://www.horsemart.co.uk/5-forever-home-only-/Horses/597156

Also Arabs, but she is v pretty and a beautiful colour. In Poland, but under budget so it could work:
https://www.horsemart.co.uk/5-years-old-arabian-mare-endurance-prospect/Horses/595568

Pretty mare, you'd need some body shots though:
https://www.horsemart.co.uk/full-registered-irish-draught-mare/Horses/597963

Could be lovely if you like greys:
https://www.horsemart.co.uk/lovely-15-2h-gelding-/Horses/598357
 
I am near you and have an over-sized connie with Templebready lines that I am tentatiely thinking of loaning out for a while. I have another youngster to back and don't have time to ride both. She's rising seven, about 15 hh, quite square in build. Won her first Prelim with 81%, now doing Novice scoring high 60s. I've started jumping her and she won her first two little courses. But she's got a big jump and I haven't the confidence to take her further. She needs someone to get her going jumping. She's quite strong jumping but not a nasty bone in her body.
 
A few of you saw the bay I posted on my other thread. There's some videos here. Watch him try his heart out over an oxer at the end. I know he's very green, looks very stuffy but I genuinely see *something* in him. Maybe just a bay connie that reminds me of Boggle...which is not the reason to buy.

Any thoughts anyone? Seller is testing for HWSD so waiting for that first but quite tempted.



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Marigold4 said:
I am near you and have an over-sized connie with Templebready lines that I am tentatiely thinking of loaning out for a while. I have another youngster to back and don't have time to ride both. She's rising seven, about 15 hh, quite square in build. Won her first Prelim with 81%, now doing Novice scoring high 60s. I've started jumping her and she won her first two little courses. But she's got a big jump and I haven't the confidence to take her further. She needs someone to get her going jumping. She's quite strong jumping but not a nasty bone in her body.
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Ah I'm a little hesitant to loan if I'm honest... as sort of feel there would be an end point having to give them back. But if you decide to sell please let me know albiet she prob isn't in budget!
 
Flash Gorden it could easily be young/crooked/unbalanced but there is something about the way he holds himself and moves behind that would make me wary.
ETA - under saddle rather than loose (where he looks fine)

The one Rowreach linked, whilst not quite so quality, would be quite marketable in 12 months time and possibly less risky of being landed with 2 mouths to feed long term
 
ihatework said:
Flash Gorden it could easily be young/crooked/unbalanced but there is something about the way he holds himself and moves behind that would make me wary.
ETA - under saddle rather than loose (where he looks fine)

The one Rowreach linked, whilst not quite so quality, would be quite marketable in 12 months time and possibly less risky of being landed with 2 mouths to feed long term
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I would have similar reservations about Flash, I was expecting him to move better when he was loose but he doesn't, and he's still doing the little skip behind too - there is a tension there that I'm not keen on.
 
ihatework said:
Flash Gorden it could easily be young/crooked/unbalanced but there is something about the way he holds himself and moves behind that would make me wary.
ETA - under saddle rather than loose (where he looks fine)

The one Rowreach linked, whilst not quite so quality, would be quite marketable in 12 months time and possibly less risky of being landed with 2 mouths to feed long term
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Oh no really, I thought it was just because he's tied down at his head, weak behind and just being made to kind of quietly shuffle along? There's another youtube video of him here, I think it's him anyway... make any diff? [video]
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Rowreach said:
I would have similar reservations about Flash, I was expecting him to move better when he was loose but he doesn't, and he's still doing the little skip behind too - there is a tension there that I'm not keen on.
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Thought that was just the tail up, excited sort of thing in that video, I wasn't seeing anything transferable between the two.

Last video I've found, rubbish quality though. [video]
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