Goresbridge Irish Draught Sale

[Moon]

Hi All,

I am new here so a big hello

I have booked some plane tickets to go to the November 26th Irish Draught Sale at Goresbridge, I apologise if there is already a post about this! I have noticed a few but none specifically about the Irish Draught Sale.

Does anyone have an idea of the prices they sell for here? Any good/bad experiences ?

Thanks

 

[Moon]

In fact if anyone has any comments on the Irish Draught as a breed as this will be my first horse! (Ridden for many years and currently Chair of a University Equestrian Team, loaned a few in the past but never an ID, i just love the look of them and from what i have heard their temperaments too! ) x

 

[Luci07]

Have a look on the breeding part of this forum (sep section), there are plenty of comments about ID. If you search for JanetGeorge - she breeds really nice IDs in the UK and is a wealth of knowledge.

Must be really exciting to go to Gorsbridge - however just a thought but if you don't know much about ID's or their breeding what made you decide to kick off with going to buy one from a sale? The times of finding a really really nice cheap youngster in Ireland are long gone if that was the thinking (which would make sense). A well bred ID will fetc good money nowadays as they are actually not that easy to find. I would check with the auctioneers to see what the fine print is - ie. warranty, horse passported? DNA? microchipped? what come back do you have? is there a vet on site? I would love to go and have a look and am a huge fan of the traditionial cross of ID x TB and have had a few.

In terms of the breed, tend to be good doers, lovely hunter types with good characters. Also can be the most amazing jumpers.

 

[Moon]

Hi,

thanks for the info, I'm not buying this time from Goresbridge im still saving up! lol. Just wanting to go for the experience and to have a look around, its just for future reference. Its not that I know nothing of the breed, but i am gathering as much info as possible as it being my first i want to get it right

I will no doubt in the future get in touch with Janet, thanks! I have seen the other forums, I think there were a few on here 6 months or so ago that first made me think about the ID as a possible breed...Im torn between ID's and Friesians. Love them both x lol.