Potential new horse

[Emmadenise]

Would anyone here be able to help me? We are looking for a new horse, as both an Eventer and a mother daughter share. We fell in love by accident with another Irish Sports horse and have found a trainer, and yard. We will be forever home.
This gelding is sired by FARMHILL HIGHLANDER Class 1 Irish Draught Stallion… He is by WRS SUNSHINE, grand sire is GREY MACHA! Out of a mare called MIZEN LASS.
Out of Bahrain Lady she is an Irish Sport Horse by BAHRAIN CRUISE who is by CRUISING.
I know of the Cruise line, he’s a way down the family tree off now. Any advice?
Many thanks

 

[nagblagger]

What is the question?

If the horse suits and passes the vet go for it.

 

[Emmadenise]

What is the question?

If the horse suits and passes the vet go for it.

Thank you, just if they know the lines I suppose….

 

[Barton Bounty]

Would anyone here be able to help me? We are looking for a new horse, as both an Eventer and a mother daughter share. We fell in love by accident with another Irish Sports horse and have found a trainer, and yard. We will be forever home.
This gelding is sired by FARMHILL HIGHLANDER Class 1 Irish Draught Stallion… He is by WRS SUNSHINE, grand sire is GREY MACHA! Out of a mare called MIZEN LASS.
Out of Bahrain Lady she is an Irish Sport Horse by BAHRAIN CRUISE who is by CRUISING.
I know of the Cruise line, he’s a way down the family tree off now. Any advice?
Many thanks

My friend had a solway cruise, he was a lovely big boy..

 

[Emmadenise]

My friend had a solway cruise, he was a lovely big boy..

Thank you. Was he very sharp and spooky? Did he cope well riding out alone? I’m just enquiring as those are my only reservations as my daughter is not as experienced as me. We have found a fantastic trainer though

 

[Barton Bounty]

Thank you. Was he very sharp and spooky? Did he cope well riding out alone? I’m just enquiring as those are my only reservations as my daughter is not as experienced as me. We have found a fantastic trainer though

In all honesty.. no he was an absolute nightmare! He never hacked alone was really spooky and a bad napper. But… he was an eventer and my friend got him after that career just to have fun on. It ended up not being much fun and he was a field ornament, a handsome one

 

[Emmadenise]

In all honesty.. no he was an absolute nightmare! He never hacked alone was really spooky and a bad napper. But… he was an eventer and my friend got him after that career just to have fun on. It ended up not being much fun and he was a field ornament, a handsome one

 

[sarcasm_queen]

When you say eventer, are we talking pc type that could go unaff and maybe an 80, or a ‘proper’ serious eventer? Because one of those definitely doesn’t sound like the horse for your inexperienced daughter.

 

[ycbm]

I have owned two full brothers who were chalk and cheese in personality and to ride.

Unless you are aiming for the national teams, I think you'd be better off just judging the horse in front of you than thinking about blood lines.
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[Emmadenise]

When you say eventer, are we talking pc type that could go unaff and maybe an 80, or a ‘proper’ serious eventer? Because one of those definitely doesn’t sound like the horse for your inexperienced daughter.

More than likely unaffiliated

 

[Emmadenise]

I have owned two full brothers who were chalk and cheese in personality and to ride.

Unless you are aiming for the national teams, I think you'd be better off just judging the horse in front of you than thinking about blood lines.
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Thank you x

 

[Sherz85]

Would anyone here be able to help me? We are looking for a new horse, as both an Eventer and a mother daughter share. We fell in love by accident with another Irish Sports horse and have found a trainer, and yard. We will be forever home.
This gelding is sired by FARMHILL HIGHLANDER Class 1 Irish Draught Stallion… He is by WRS SUNSHINE, grand sire is GREY MACHA! Out of a mare called MIZEN LASS.
Out of Bahrain Lady she is an Irish Sport Horse by BAHRAIN CRUISE who is by CRUISING.
I know of the Cruise line, he’s a way down the family tree off now. Any advice?
Many thanks

Hi, just out of interest as I think I may be looking at the same horse! Was it a 3 year old bay gelding with 4 white socks and a blaze? The breeding is very specific and I have been googling the line. Thanks

 

[ycbm]

Hi, just out of interest as I think I may be looking at the same horse! Was it a 3 year old bay gelding with 4 white socks and a blaze? The breeding is very specific and I have been googling the line. Thanks

If the horse hasn't sold in 4 months or is back for sale already then I think I might give it a miss. Unless he was bought by a producer specifically to break and sell on at a profit.
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[KittenInTheTree]

If the horse hasn't sold in 4 months or is back for sale already then I think I might give it a miss. Unless he was bought by a producer specifically to break and sell on at a profit.
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A horse who is counted as being three years old now would only have been counted as being two years old in October 2023. I want to think that it's unlikely someone wanting a mother daughter share would have been looking at youngstock. Especially not if the daughter was inexperienced. Then again, if that was what happened, it would hardly be the horse's fault if he was now being sold on.

 

[Emmadenise]

If the horse hasn't sold in 4 months or is back for sale already then I think I might give it a miss. Unless he was bought by a producer specifically to break and sell on at a profit.
.

hmm

 

[Emmadenise]

A horse who is counted as being three years old now would only have been counted as being two years old in October 2023. I want to think that it's unlikely someone wanting a mother daughter share would have been looking at youngstock. Especially not if the daughter was inexperienced. Then again, if that was what happened, it would hardly be the horse's fault if he was now being sold on.

Neither. We have a horse for my daughter. It’s the same horse that hasn’t sold, for me to produce for down the line. We skipped and bought from a family friend as we felt safer.

 

[ycbm]

A horse who is counted as being three years old now would only have been counted as being two years old in October 2023. I want to think that it's unlikely someone wanting a mother daughter share would have been looking at youngstock. Especially not if the daughter was inexperienced. Then again, if that was what happened, it would hardly be the horse's fault if he was now being sold on.

The date of birth may well put him at 3, now that we have passports people don't routinely call their horses 4 just because of the year change. (And back when they did it was April 1st for ordinary horses, January 1st was for racehorses. )

Either that or the viewer had viewed him as a 4 year old and realises that would make him a 3 year old last October.
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[Emmadenise]

If the horse hasn't sold in 4 months or is back for sale already then I think I might give it a miss. Unless he was bought by a producer specifically to break and sell on at a profit.
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If the horse hasn't sold in 4 months or is back for sale already then I think I might give it a miss. Unless he was bought by a producer specifically to break and sell on at a profit.

Hi, just out of interest as I think I may be looking at the same horse! Was it a 3 year old bay gelding with 4 white socks and a blaze? The breeding is very specific and I have been googling the line. Thanks

hi there. Oh yes. In the end we didn’t go ahead. We have a horse each to ride and love now and a third to produce later.

 

[KittenInTheTree]

The date of birth may well put him at 3, now that we have passports people don't routinely call their horses 4 just because of the year change. (And back when they did it was April 1st for ordinary horses, January 1st was for racehorses. )

Either that or the viewer had viewed him as a 4 year old and realises that would make him a 3 year old last October.
.

Huh, never knew the April thing, thanks for that I was actually presuming that the horse's DOB must have been between October and now, in order for the new poster to think (correctly, apparently) that they were now looking at the same animal. Perhaps "could" would have made more sense than "would" in my original reply. (I could edit it now, but I'll leave it, just to see how many other people will tell me the same thing that you have before reading this reply.) I'm not going to engage with the OP about their subsequent drip feed regarding how they were actually wanting a young horse to produce in addition to a ridden horse to share with their less experienced daughter, other than to state that that's not what they put in their original post.

Anyhow, I wouldn't automatically be put off by a horse of that age not selling quickly at that time of year.

 

[Emmadenise]

Huh, never knew the April thing, thanks for that I was actually presuming that the horse's DOB must have been between October and now, in order for the new poster to think (correctly, apparently) that they were now looking at the same animal. Perhaps "could" would have made more sense than "would" in my original reply. (I could edit it now, but I'll leave it, just to see how many other people will tell me the same thing that you have before reading this reply.) I'm not going to engage with the OP about their subsequent drip feed regarding how they were actually wanting a young horse to produce in addition to a ridden horse to share with their less experienced daughter, other than to state that that's not what they put in their original post.

Anyhow, I wouldn't automatically be put off by a horse of that age not selling quickly at that time of year.

That’s true but I don’t want to ride my horses until they’re six so I suppose it goes without saying. Sorry if I wasn’t clear.