Perfect horse...

Magicmillbrook

Magicmillbrook

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Found a horse today that made both me and daugther go wowwwww, phoned up, sounds perfect, even has a cool name, but.... she has already had 4 calls so will have to wait in the queue.

Humbug

Have looked at 7 so far an no boat floating has occured
 
ChristmasSparkles said:
What are you looking for :)
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4-8 years old, large cob or cob x or smaller ID, draft x type -15.1 would be the smallest we would go if it was chunky (our previous cob was a 15.1 percheron x type, built like a tank). Ideally no bigger than 16.1/16.2 as we may have lorry issues. Mare or gelding, any colour. Daughter is very very long from hip to knee so we have been having a job finding something that takes up her leg.

Greeness no problem as my daughter brought on her last cob from a yougster and has had the usual tricky ponies but must be straight forward and calm in traffic.

Budget - as cheap as possible! But I suppose around £3500, would go higher for the right horse.

Job of work would be for my daughter to do all RC activities, long hacks, stubble fielding and general good times and if possibe (bonus not essential) quiet enough for me to have occasional lessons and hacks on when my aged mare retires.

Idealy in East Anglia, I am 28 weeks pregnant and really cant be travelling all over the country!

Problem is that our last cob was her horse of a life time - sadly we lost her to colic in November so I think she is comparing everything to her.
 
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Damn....We have a lovely 15.1hh 6y/o coloured Irish Cob mare in that may fit that, if you don't mind a little green on the schooling front. She's forwards so I wouldn't say entirely perfect for a novice rider, but is not strong or silly in anyway - she doesn't buck, tank, rear, do anything naughty etc. She's just 'all there' and ready to work, and just not our typical armchair kick along novice-ride type we normally have in. She has beautiful paces and rides more like a horse than a cob, she's not spooky to hack [been used in a riding holiday/hunting centre for the last year] and hacks on her own or in company. She jumps like a stag over anything and has hunted a few times, I'm hoping to take her show jumping this weekend if the weather holds off. She hasn't ever really done any school work properly so that's the only aspect she's 'green' in. To hack, hunt and jump she's great fun! She's under the £2500 mark also..... :)

Bad news is...we're Wiltshire :(
 
ChristmasSparkles said:
Damn....We have a lovely 15.1hh 6y/o coloured Irish Cob mare in that may fit that, if you don't mind a little green on the schooling front. She's forwards so I wouldn't say entirely perfect for a novice rider, but is not strong or silly in anyway - she doesn't buck, tank, rear, do anything naughty etc. She's just 'all there' and ready to work, and just not our typical armchair kick along novice-ride type we normally have in. She has beautiful paces and rides more like a horse than a cob, she's not spooky to hack [been used in a riding holiday/hunting centre for the last year] and hacks on her own or in company. She jumps like a stag over anything and has hunted a few times, I'm hoping to take her show jumping this weekend if the weather holds off. She hasn't ever really done any school work properly so that's the only aspect she's 'green' in. To hack, hunt and jump she's great fun! She's under the £2500 mark also..... :)

Bad news is...we're Wiltshire :(
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Typical - that sounds like just the type we are after. I am not a novice rider, I have been riding since I was a child, I just prefer to ride for realxation rather than excitement nowadays. If we are still looking after the new baby comes we will widen our search area. We have done a few general cob searches and have seen a few corkers up North.
 
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