opinion on this horse?

Not a lot to tell from that video .
A lot of basic flat work needs doing that much you can tell.
As AA says you need some decent stills of the horse standing.
 
rubyroo92 said:
He is only 5, unbalanced is common in a young horse...
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It is indeed, it is also common in aged, unschooled camels that people try to sell as the next Big Star.

To judge conformation, potential and longevity you need to post a stood up picture, forelimb and hinds visable. Sire and dam sire would also be useful information.

There are a few of us on the forum that can give you decent advice, but posting a tiny video of a horse bobbling around an indoor school is not the way to get advice.
 
Looking at the trotting right picture. He is common through his head, thick through the gullet, shallow and on the leg ( is he younger than advertised I wonder) and has poor hind quarter conformation.

He has done plenty for his age and, judging by his way of going on the clip is plenty of money.

I think there is a lot of maturing to do yet which could change the picture completely.
 
AdorableAlice said:
He is common through his head.
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I'm not disputing what you are saying, and I'm not an expert on conformation, but what does this expression mean? Purely out of interest more than anything else.

I think he is rather immature (as he is five!) and it appears that those trying to train/sell him have focused too much on the jumping rather than having the required balance in place; that can only be achieved through good flatwork training. He looks very sweet and eager, but if I were to buy him I wouldn't jump him for a while and work on establishing his flatwork properly.
 
Another of way of saying coarse headed, bucket headed or god dam ugly !

Handsome is as handsome does though. I assess horses through the eyes of a judge and show horse producer so would always look at conformation very critically. Having said that any horse needs to be reasonably well put together to allow it (hopefully) to stay sound and perform well regardless of it's job.

The grey is probably genuine and will make someone very happy. My comments were totally based on type and frame.
 
I think his head is actually quite pretty might be worth a look as he looks like a nice type but i would agree with the others and take him back to basics.
 
He looks generally a nice sort from what you can see of him. I'd go and have a look at him and have a friend who bought a similar mare for £3k this year.
 
I think he looks pretty common, but appears to be an honest sort. Would probably be a nice pony or riding club horse. Hard to tell without a confo pic :)
 
I'm going to be really honest here...

He's not perfect but I like him a lot... if I was looking for another I might take a look myself... he's going to be big tho!
 
Looks like he probably has a bit of ID in there so will change....a lot...

I agree with adorable Alice on the confirmation but what would actually put me off is, this horse has been shoddily produced. He is genuine and jumps, but rushes, hollows and is incredibly unbalanced. I don't accept that's an age "thing", that is a horse who has been rushed and that is a LOT of work to go back and reschool. Rider made no attempt to slow down, rebalance and put the horse on the correct leg.
 
Love him. Would like to see some good confo pics, and he's a tad pricey.

But with a decent rider and nicely schooled - well, what a cracker he could be.
 
Honey08 said:
I didn't think he rushed. It seemed quite placid and honest to me. I think it wouldn't take much at all to get him going very nicely.
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I thought he was horribly rushed in his trot - but that was the rider, I feel, pushing him on, rather than quietly re balancing him.
 
The jumping is a small part of it. He is using himself incorrectly and has started to muscle up badly. That is 6-12 months of proper work to undo that and as said previously, this horse has done a lot for a 5 year old and obviously done it in a manner which means the worst impact on his body. I have seen a lot of broken youngsters who invariably seemed to have started off poorly and 2 had to be PTS when the vets just could not get them sound even as field ornaments.... So I would be incredibly wary of a young horse whose limbs have already had these amount of stress on it.
 
Luci07 said:
The jumping is a small part of it. He is using himself incorrectly and has started to muscle up badly. That is 6-12 months of proper work to undo that and as said previously, this horse has done a lot for a 5 year old and obviously done it in a manner which means the worst impact on his body. I have seen a lot of broken youngsters who invariably seemed to have started off poorly and 2 had to be PTS when the vets just could not get them sound even as field ornaments.... So I would be incredibly wary of a young horse whose limbs have already had these amount of stress on it.
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This basically.
 
amymay said:
Love him. Would like to see some good confo pics, and he's a tad pricey.

But with a decent rider and nicely schooled - well, what a cracker he could be.
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I agree. Personally, I like him, although I'd be looking to pay nearer to the £2 K mark for him.
 
TBH he just looks........ordinary. And upside down, poorly/wrongly muscled, BADLY schooled, and the jump is wrong too: flat, no bascule. He's massively overpriced and a huge project to get even halfway right. I wouldn't even consider him I'm afraid; there are loads of nicer horses out there for half the price.
 
Normally I would really like his type but I'm just not a fan sorry

I agree he has been badly produced. His canter is terribly unbalanced tbh I wouldn't be jumping out of it. I agree with whoever said he seems younger than he is.

He doesn't really jump the fences as such, more canters over them

I think he is very over priced you could pick up something like him for about 1500 in ireland
 
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