- Irish Sports Horse
- Chestnut
- Gelding
- 7 years
- 16.1 hands
- Quality, honest horse showing great potential
- Bred to jump - sire eventing at 3* level
- Genuine reason for sale
We bought Lennie as a mother/daughter share 2 years ago. We chose him because of his fantastic temperament and his love of jumping, and he has exceeded our expectations in these and all other ways.
Lennie was bred to jump - his sire is eventing at 3* and other progeny of his grand-sire have show-jumped at 1.70m at the World Equestrian Games and evented at 5*.
He was started fairly late as a 5 year old and has been brought on by us slowly and carefully. Our plan was for him to be hacked by myself during term time and for my daughter to school and compete him in the long university holidays. However, over the last 12 months or so, my daughter has been abroad more often, and for longer, than we expected when we bought him.
This slow and steady start has been good for Lennie in many ways, allowing him time to mature physically and mentally without ever being pushed too hard, over-jumped or spoilt. He has been schooled by an experienced friend in my daughter's absence - all the basics are in place and he is showing a great natural jumping ability. He makes a great shape over a fence and is very clever with his legs. He doesn't want to touch a pole. He is currently SJ schooling up to 1.10m.
We have taken him to unaffiliated dressage and show jumping competitions, arena hire, cross country schooling and a hunter trial. He isn't spooked by fillers, jumped a water tray the first time of asking and is bold cross country including steps, ditches and water etc. He has taken on all new challenges easily, loves his work and never appears grumpy. He is always first to greet you at the gate, loves attention and visibly enjoys praise.
He is great to hack and has been taken out by riders of various ages, heights and abilities. He is happy ambling about with me but will step up his game when ridden by a more experienced and confident rider. He is good to hack alone or in company, in traffic, on open moorland, meeting other horses out hacking, sheep, cows, dogs etc. He hasn't napped, spun, bolted, bucked, reared or refused a fence but wouldn't be suitable solely for a novice rider as he has been bred to compete.
He is good to load and travel, to clip and with the farrier and vet.
He is now ready to go out and do a lot more than my daughter's commitments allow and, to use a well worn phrase, he is completely wasted just being hacked around by me when he has such fantastic talent, love of the sport and potential to succeed. Although this is a very sad sale, we look forward to seeing Lennie progressing in his career - whether as an eventer, a show jumper or a hunter.
He has had several small sarcoids which have received meticulous veterinary treatment as soon as possible after they were found. They were not on his face or in the saddle/girth area.
His quality tack is available by separate negotiation.
Located approx 10 mins from the A30 near Okehampton.
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