what do we think of this horse?

He looks ok but a little on the lean side and as a school master I would expect the flat work pic to be better. My hesitation would be, why so cheap?
 
It reads a bit like a dealer advert to me. Hacked by Mum, well what sort of Mum, if it were my Mum I'd be impressed however not so much if Mum is a professional rider. He looks very lean for the type he is supposed to be as well.
 
He's a hunter, not a schoolmaster.

Contact the hunt and ask about him.

ETA- that down bank pic could be of any horse. It's so fuzzy who could tell?!
 
the video shows him forward going in open spaces & he is very lean. he's not that nicely put together but looks worth a look for a hacking horse. it is a dealer after googlinh mobile number.
 
He is a hunting schoolmaster - would probably go all day and jump what ever you wanted since he was master of Kildare which is a serious hunt!!
 
He probably would follow - master horses have to jump whatever they are put at without a lead, so he is probably a brave horse. They also have to have good manners and be sane enough to gallop and then stand quietly so I would imagine will follow but would be impossible to tell without seeing him and sitting on him! :)
 
Im pretty sure the video of him jumping the hedge is from a dealers in Kent ... They rarely put a price on a horse on that website but may be mistaken!
 
ant - because im viewing him tomz & wondered about conformation ect. looking for a sane non spooky hacking horse & kissing alot of frogs atm ;-)
 
For hacking i wouldn't worry about conformation too much - if horse is fit for purpose and for hacking priority would be sensible and sane imho :)
 
Less than perfect confo and not well ridden. Not sure that he would be the kind of safe horse that you are looking for, if he is used to leading the field out hunting.
 
He looks nice but far too skinny for a ID! Looks more like a TB to me... but could be an old photo..?
Also a little cheap but see how you go tomorrow.
 
coralwings20 said:
ant - because im viewing him tomz & wondered about conformation ect. looking for a sane non spooky hacking horse & kissing alot of frogs atm ;-)
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I like him .. Im a happy hacker (horse isn't but that's my bad) so can only say what I see and he looks nice.

coralwings20 said:
horse is in notts area ant but could have been passed from dealer to dealer?!
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True, still looks nice but would want a 5* vetting with your own vet and you present.

alainax said:
Irish draught?

Looks more TBx
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Agreed .. nowt wrong with a TB :p
 
Horse could be IDxTB! Mine is IDxTB and looks more tb than draught.

Not all horses have perfect confo and can still do a job, for hacking the biggest thing I would be looking at would be the quality of the feet and how comfortable the ride is. Why would having less than perfect confo write this horse off from hacking? PSG dressage maybe, or HOYs Definately but it depends on what the OP wants to do.
 
I agree that for his age and what he's done he's rather cheap but on the other hand in this climate who knows :confused:

I also agree that if I had to guess breed I'd have said some sort of TBx or full TB, I love irish draughts but I would have expected him to be stockier in build but he looks in far better condition in the video.

Was it just me or did something happen at the end of the SJ segment? Also he looked to be getting a little strong over the XC jumps?

Best thing to do at the end of the day is go out and see him though and get him vetted if you like him :)
 
coralwings20 said:
why ant?! lol
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He doesn't look strong in xc vid, he looks like he is being asked something and he is delivering. I like him. Good size, good type (I do think he is a id maybe tbx tho!)

How confident are you? Could you give this courage if he needed it or do you need a push button?
 
Have to say after looking at pics & video, don't think it is the same horse in all of them?! Might just be me but doesn't look same horse in all of the video as the pics...
 
Hadn't watched the vid before, is it even the same horse, looks totally different than the ridden pic!:eek: it also seems to call him Wiley at the start?!

And the show jumping part of the vid he appears to be bright bay?!
 
coralwings20 said:
thanx guys - wouldnt pay 2k for a tb though lol
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No, in fairness you wouldn't pay £2k for the TBs I know.
(you'd probably pay at least double!)

He looks like a sweet sort who'll be worth a look for that price. I'd vet, but only 2 stage and have bloods taken as well, for a happy hacker.
 
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