Worried1
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16.1hh Selle Francais X TB
By Matinee du Madon out of More Wise, a decent TB who was placed under rules.
Bought by me as a foal. Have heard lots of things about Matinee horse being tricky but Maddie was, and still is, very easy. Lightly shown she was unbeaten as a Potential Sports Horse.
Easy and straight to break, she spent the winter hacking with a little light schooling. Safe and sensible - I hacked her out both alone and in company so she was practically bombproof as I am a total wuss!
Sweetie in the stable, never mareish, very polite and easy to do.
At 4 she did some BD novices on a ticket and scored 64%+, she also jumped BN on a ticket and got DC everytime. Then she did some BYEH classes, finished 11th and 13th in really strong fields.
But sadly she dislocated her pastern, she came sound and was never lame again but x-rays later revealed she had damaged her hock which resulted in bony changes. She was never lame even on a flexion test - all in all she is a tough little mare.
She has been on loan to a stud and has already had one foal, her second is due in May. As part of the terms I am allowed to choose a stallion and keep the subsequent foal.
She is a little long but other than that is nicely put together with very correct paces but they are not mega - to be fair I think I have got a little spoiled with Blitz and Diva.
Here are some photos to give you an idea
As a 2-y-o
As a 3-y-o
As a 4-y-o
So really she is an event stamp - but she has a lovely temperament and was very trainable. We have changed direction since we originally bought Maddie and I was considering putting her to a 'dressage' stallion as really that is where our interests lie.
I did think about putting her to a jumping stallion but ultimately we would end up selling it and I quite like the idea of keeping one of her offspring.
So would would you do and any stallion suggestions?
BTW the one thing I would change is her colour... she is ginger
By Matinee du Madon out of More Wise, a decent TB who was placed under rules.
Bought by me as a foal. Have heard lots of things about Matinee horse being tricky but Maddie was, and still is, very easy. Lightly shown she was unbeaten as a Potential Sports Horse.
Easy and straight to break, she spent the winter hacking with a little light schooling. Safe and sensible - I hacked her out both alone and in company so she was practically bombproof as I am a total wuss!
Sweetie in the stable, never mareish, very polite and easy to do.
At 4 she did some BD novices on a ticket and scored 64%+, she also jumped BN on a ticket and got DC everytime. Then she did some BYEH classes, finished 11th and 13th in really strong fields.
But sadly she dislocated her pastern, she came sound and was never lame again but x-rays later revealed she had damaged her hock which resulted in bony changes. She was never lame even on a flexion test - all in all she is a tough little mare.
She has been on loan to a stud and has already had one foal, her second is due in May. As part of the terms I am allowed to choose a stallion and keep the subsequent foal.
She is a little long but other than that is nicely put together with very correct paces but they are not mega - to be fair I think I have got a little spoiled with Blitz and Diva.
Here are some photos to give you an idea
As a 2-y-o
As a 3-y-o
As a 4-y-o
So really she is an event stamp - but she has a lovely temperament and was very trainable. We have changed direction since we originally bought Maddie and I was considering putting her to a 'dressage' stallion as really that is where our interests lie.
I did think about putting her to a jumping stallion but ultimately we would end up selling it and I quite like the idea of keeping one of her offspring.
So would would you do and any stallion suggestions?
BTW the one thing I would change is her colour... she is ginger
