Irish draughts - what do you do with yours and pics please :)

Mine's IDxTB - half and half...

The best bond I've ever had with a horse: just adore him.

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Some gorgeous horses on this thread, especially Magic and Troy (which one of you is closest to Surrey in a horsebox? ;)).

How much is a good RID roughly? Don't mind a youngster!
 
Mine has done absolutely everything I have ever asked of him - competing very successfully at Amateur SJ - up to 1.20m (my limit, not his), working hunter, hunter trials, show hunter, dressage - he can turn his hoof to anything. Temperament to die for (feisty enough to be interesting and challenging if pushed but sensible enough to be a fab minder for novice or child rider). The house is full of his prizes but the nicest thing about him is - he is a character with lots of personality and manners to burn (albeit he was taught manners - could push it a bit when younger).

Very bad at adding pics, but I'll try.

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Simply the best pleasure horse in the world. I lost both of mine in 2004 and can still easily cry when I think about them.

An unreg gelding bought in 1980 as a 3yr old, (passport in the post -yeah),
16.2, I was 20 yrs old and knew everything there was to know about horses !

He taught me so much, nothing fazed him but he has a sparkle about him so was never boring to ride. My ignorance in the earlier years left him on his forehand but that got rectified and he was much nicer to ride. He hunted, showjumped at local level, hunter trialled, pleasure rides, inter hunt jumped, paraded hounds, did RDA work with the larger riders. Dressage was not his favourite and he did a fair imitation of a camel, but he always had a smile on his face. He talked non stop and if he considered I had not spent enough time with him he used to very gently bite my sleeve and not let me walk away.

He taught 2 nervous adults to ride and within the year he took them cubbing.
If you wobbled on him he would simply put his shoulders over to catch the wobble. He would 'wait' for me in front of a fence - in other words he made sure I had my eyes shut, both hands in his mane and was maintaining a reasonable chance of being in the right place in the saddle. He was not a world beater but god I loved that horse.

My 2nd ID was a huge gelding Embla George x Embla Daisy - Colman. Bought at 6 months of age in 1994 and thankfully, I did know a bit more by then.

He was successful in hand and as a ridden ID and show hunter. He was never 'broken' we just rode him. Looking back I didn't really teach him anything, he was just 'wise' regardless of his age. Despite being 18hh he was the most balanced horse in all paces. He won many dressage competitions and was working medium aged 13 when colic took him.

He did a few mornings with hounds, loved it, but was not the most practical in the hunting field. I couldn't reach gates, low branches swept me off and there was more than one hunting gate that was too narrow to get through. handy pony he was not !

Then suddenly in the space of a week in October 2004 they were gone. Words cannot describe that moment in my life.

Eventually I returned to horses and I have a very successful show horse that is not a ID. But I longed for another and last year bred a foal from a irish/vanner cob mare.

I am very proud to have a lovely part bred filly by Avanti Amorous Archie, she looks pure RID and her temperament, well, she is already being called Miss Sensible. She is destined to keep me riding into my retirement and who know's she might just be a HOYS maxi cob champion.

Find your RID you won't ever regret it. Good luck in your search.
 
Lovely Horses everyone!

I have an IDXTBXWB, but luckily for me, she has the ID temprement!

Shes fab, very sensible on the ground, not alot phases her (although she is still young, so has a little wobble every now and then :p) hacks out alone and in company. No vices. Lives in or out. Very hardy. Loves to jump and very sensible with it. Young head on wise shoulders (99.9% of the time :p)

Here she is

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After our bareback hack :)

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I'm another with one of those 4 yo part bred IDs (3/4) that does almost everything already. I am having to deliberately hold him back because I don't want to end up with a horse thats exceptional at 4 and 5 but thats his peak. In his first showjumping show, he got 8 faults in the 80cm and then went clear HC, despite never having jumped a course, seen fillers or been in an indoor school before, in his second he got 3rd place. He hacks out and remains calm when other horses spook or get worked up over something, and for some reason, he's come out as being completely traffic proof already. But he's got a little bit of competitiveness in him that makes me hopeful he will be more than ordinary. He's the one my novice rider husband rides as he's so safe!
 
Depends what its done, how its bred, 15 years ago our just backed ones were going for £5k and for a nice one the price certainly hasnt gone down.
 
marmalade76 said:
This is what I've been trying to find out for a while now but no-one will give me an answer, either on here or via PM on Facebook.

Anyone know any ID breeders who sell broken youngsters in Glos/Three counties area?
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Not many when I was looking but agree that 5k is a starting price for a good young ID. I consider myself very lucky to have found a 6yo pure bred with such good breeding for the price I did..which I of course will not disclose!!
 
marmalade76 said:
This is what I've been trying to find out for a while now but no-one will give me an answer, either on here or via PM on Facebook.

Anyone know any ID breeders who sell broken youngsters in Glos/Three counties area?
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I paid 7k for my 3/4 bred 4 yo, and he had been placed at county level showing as a novice hunter already. There was a full ID at the same place there for 5.5k, a 5yo, which jumped really well and which I was seriously tempted by. But I could not have both. I got mine in Yorkshire, which was quite a trip for me.
 
We think out girl is largely ID, prob with a bit of TB and she's a darling. We've had her about 16 years now and i love her to peices. We've done a bit of eveything. She's been off 4 years but i'm hoping if i get my back sorted to bring her back into work later in the year as i'm desperate to ride her trot again - it's beautiful.

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I bred my own RID mare having been a convert to the breed since 1999. I've had children and 3 spinal ops during that time but the IDs have always fitted in well. My current home bred rising 6yr old RID mare spent last year hacking out and doing pleasure rides. This year we are going to up the anti and have weekly lessons so we can start low level dressage and ridden classes. I'm taking things slowly with her as I'm in no rush with her. My youngster is brill in traffic giving confidence to much older horses, she's good to handle, snaffle mouthed no martingale at all times (can be a bit strong willed at times but usually after a break when we need to set boundaries again). Flapping bags or bins at the side of the road never cause spooks as let's face it they may have food in them!
People often associate the word draught with a carty type but that couldn't be further from the truth. IDs are handsome beasts with presence of body and mind and are the ideal horse for anyone wishing to compete up to a decent level with a sane, easy temperament.

 
I thought I'd post again here if only to show what a difference a few weeks and consistency makes. I posted how my new boy was one of the worried ones..I wouldn't be posting that now! What a chap he is becoming, learns so quickly, not bothered by any traffic, and although he has clearly seen very little in a hacking sense he is taking everything in his stride and will go past anything with a bit of persuasion. In the school he is at last beginning to go beautifully for my instructor becoming light, supple and responsive, he then puts up with my attempts to sit his mahooooosive trot ( I'm nearly there with my balance) with no fuss or reaction. He is generally fairly non reactive to the cows mooing at the end of the school and the funny noises he can't see, it's a busy yard/farm which he is getting used to very quickly.
I now can't wait to get out to my first local comp with him and to jump him. I am amazed by him and how quickly he is learning, he seems to really appreciate a one to one owner. He is a very loving horse but I do need to instill the boundaries consistently as he is a big chap, but there isnt a bad bone in his body.
So pleased with him and what a fab breed
 
xxMozlarxx said:
Grandsire Flagmount King, his dams sire Windgap Blue. Very traditional ID breeding..no ISH or TB in 3 generations
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Feel myself going slighty green with envy !

I had an Embla George, huge great gelding (18hh) from a 6 month old foal. Fantastic horse, showed him, dressage, he jumped too but was so powerful he catapulted me off rather alot. Only 13 when colic claimed him in 2004 and I can still cry when I think about him. He was like a giant labrador.

I have started again and now have a 10 month old Avanti Amorous Archie filly, who already has a golden temperament and is very quick to learn.

Good luck with your lovely horse.
 
Awww that's so sad for you. :-(.
I hope I don't get catapulted off but I can see it happening if his pop over the gate of the outdoor school is anything to go by. That's one from Janet George is it? She gave me some good advice when I asked, I'm sure yours will be a stunner.
 
Irish draught story of the week.
Our lovely ID who is my OH's hunter and is a great favourite with everyone blotted his copy book last week .
I was at a clinic last week when the groom who was at home rang the one who was with me . I was handed the phone and this is what had happened , she was rinsing the boy after a bath he was tied to one of those Velcro loopy things ( using a heated shower ) when the boy decided he had had enough pulled the tie so it came loose and pissed off jumped the rails into the bottom paddock ran into the wet bit which up the spectic tank soakaway and rolled and rolled she was weeping with anger and frustration it took forty minutes to catch him she was so cross and has only just forgiven him.
It was very funny but I had to,try not to laugh as she was so frustrated with him.
Off thread I know but I just had to share .
 
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