• Steven and Joe Whitaker International show jumping stable based near Sheffield
• Seeking someone experienced in producing young horses and ponies so ideally a light weight rider

Steven and Joe Whitaker International show jumping stable based near Sheffield is seeking an experienced home rider and groom 



This role will be primarily to help develop our young horses and Ponies and general yard duties, though there will occasionally be opportunity to jump some more established horses. 



We are seeking someone experienced in producing young horses and ponies so ideally a light weight rider  



There will be opportunities to jump the horses at national shows 



We are passionate about producing the horses and ponies correctly keeping them healthy and happy .



Though there will be help and training from Steven and Joe when available 



We need someone that has a good understanding of how to confidently and correctly produce a young horse so that they have positive experiences.



This role can be live in or out - small single accommodation is available on site. 5 or 5.5 day week. Salary will be competitive based on experience .

• Warmblood
• Chestnut
• Colt
• 2 years
• 15hh / 153cm

• Absolutely incredible Ahorn colt with the attributes expected from this exceptional breeding.
• He demonstrates power, agility, speed, style & balanced gaits with huge presence & a great brain
• Ideal prospect for top competetive endeavour and as a future breeding stallion over horses & ponies

This highly attractive young colt is bred with a tremendous, world class performance pedigree. He has a fantastic character and having been professionally handled from birth, he is exceptionally easy to handle and mannerly. His temperament is superb and he is very much a 'people' person.
He is compact, strong and powerful with incredible movement, balanced and expressive gaits. He has the gallop of an eventer and although 100% show jump breeding, his movement would definitely not be out of place seen between the white boards!
We believe this young colt offers a huge opportunity for someone in search of a future top competition prospect with the added benefits of potentially being a worthy and sought after stallion in the future, suitable for producing top jumping ponies or horses. He currently stands at 15hh, so there is some liklihoof that he will make height as a pony unless he has a massive growth spurt!
Astro is such a lovely character, he has the attitude and willingness to go far and will be a joy and a pleasure to work with.

GFS Astro Nova's sire Ahorn competed at top International level and consistently placed in World Cups and Grand Prix competitions representing the Netherlands in Nations Cup competitions and was short-listed for the Barcelona Olympics. This earned him the prefix 'Olympic'. Ahorn is descended from one of the famous Holstein Families, no. 242 and is related to Joost, Alcatraz and Locarno. Ahorn's offspring continue the success with a number of progeny competing at International level. In recognition of his outstanding contribution to Dutch Breeding, Ahorn, whose progeny have earned over $1,000,000 in prize money, has been awarded keur status by the KWPN. Ahorn's sire is none other than the world famous preferent stallion Nimmerdor.

Ahorn's dam produced 4 approved stallions and so far 3 international showjumpers. A fantastic producer of broodmares, Ahorn mares are highly valued for their ability to transmit the characteristics of this high-performance jumper (deceased) stallion.

Ahorn's sire Nimmerdor, KWPN Stallion of the Century, was the Netherland's top sire of showjumpers to 1993. He became a Preferant Stallion approved by almost every Sporthorse and Warmblood breed society. He himself was a very Successful International Show-Jumper and sire. Siring over 50 approved sons, numerous competition horses, exceptional broodmares and daughters with great conformation. In breeding has a heredity reliability of 94%.

Astro's dam Ark Angel CS is by the incredible Olympic show jumper Arko III and out of a mare who jumped to 1.40 by the incredible Selle Francais Keur stallion Calvados, who competed at 1.60. She had competed to Novice under the name of Double M Tarko with 124 points before being sold to an amateur home prior to coming to stud. Her jumping pedigree is impeccable with Grand Prix and 1.60 jumpers featuring on virtually every line of both her dam and sires pedigree. Arko III represented Great Britain at the 2004 Athens Olympics which tops the lengthy list of outstanding International wins including the richest competition in the world, the Calgary CN Grand Prix 2008.

Arko's earning to date are over 1 million pounds and he was number one horse in Europe for three consecutive years. His breeding is impeccable with both dam and sire being of prodigious talent and bred from a long line of incredible performance ancestry and progenitors of the same.

Angels dam sire Calvados was bred from the best French performance bloodlines. Renowned as a leading sire of show jumpers as well as eventers and dressage horses. A Grand Prix show jumper himself, his sire the Selle Francais Uriel was leading French sire for many years with a breeding index of 211 (the highest figure ever in France). Although he was bred on a limited scale, he has numerous international offspring jumping at Grand Prix level.

This is a mare with a very talented family tree and I can honestly say that not only are there some very big names for this foal to live up to, but this is quite possibly one of the two last horses sired by Ahorn whose semen was stored over thirty years ago. I am not even sure if there is any remaining!!
We actually have the other Ahorn youngster too! A filly out of a well bred mare who competed at the top, internationally and consistently at 1.40.

Website www.gfssporthorses.co.uk

• Warmblood
• Bay
• Filly
• 2 years
• 16.2hh / 168cm

• Superb filly with world class breeding and outstanding parental credentials for a serious SJ career.
• This filly exhibits pure power, amazing grace; she has both the physical attributes & brain to excel
• If you are looking for a tremendous attitude, fabulous temperament & exceptional brain - she has it!

This two year old represents a rare opportunity for someone to buy a genuinely exciting prospect for big classes and world class competition. She is only available due to retirement and looming emigration.GFS Olympia has the pedigree of a born champion with both a dam and sire who are proven in top performance, and it shows!
This filly has a fantastic attitude, lovely temperament and is an absolute professional to deal with in all ways. She is intelligent, willing to cooperate and she has a great brain.
She is pure power and built like an elite athlete; she has huge ground covering paces, tremendous balance and style with substance! Olympia has been bred to jump and with the right rider, opportunity to excel and correct training, she stands a very good chance of going to the top. This two year old is full of confidence, calm, relaxed and highly trainable. She has been professionally handled from day one and has impeccable manners in and out of the stable. She is a delight to work with and has a genuine, friendly nature that is always showing positive.

Her sire, Ahorn is descended from the famous Holstein family 242, and is related to Joost, Alcatraz and Locarno.
His sire Nimmerdor needs no introduction and his dam M.Hyazinthe by Ladykiller produced 4 approved stallions, and so far, 3 international showjumpers. Ahorn competed at the top international level, consistently placing in World Cups and Grand Prix competition. He represented the Netherlands in Nation's Cup competitions and was short-listed for the Barcelona Olympics, which earned him the prefix 'Olympic'.

Ahorn's offspring perpetuate their sire's success, with a large number competing at international level. Ian Millar's Grand Prix jumper, Promise Me's damsire is also Olympic Ahorn. Olympic Ahorn is also the sire of Feizal (Mario Deslauriers), Eurocommerce Geneve (10th at the 200d World Cup Final) and Iron, who represented Italy in the 2000 Olympic games.

Ahorn is a fantastic producer of broodmares. He is the sire of European Champion mare Helena, reserve European Champion Korenbloem, Dutch Champion mare Haciende, Firette who was a 5-time UTV qualifier, and Geminka keur who is the dam of Dutch dressage star Kelvin. At the 1996 World Championships for young horses at Lanaken, Ahorn was the only KWPN stallion to have two progeny placed. He is also the sire of Neckar, the top priced horse at the 1998 Equilibra Challenge auction.

As well as top competition horses, Ahorn has produced 8 graded sons. In recognition of his outstanding contribution to Dutch breeding, Ahorn has been awarded Preferent status by the KWPN.

Dolanda the dam of this foal is an eleven year old retired International Grade A show jumper with winnings in excess of £22,000 having jumped consistently up to 1.40. On the Sunshine Tour she won ten out of her twelve classes.
She was sired by Ultimo (Phin Phin/Burggraaf) and out of a Wellington - Nimmerdor dam. This is a sire who remains high on the index despite not having sired large numbers before being sold to China. He had great success at 1.45 and 1.50 in Austria.
His sire Phin Phin, son of Olympian Chin Chin was a GP stallion with numerous international wins at both 1.50 and 1.60.

Her dam is by Wellington, his dam Patty is by the famed thoroughbred Lucky Boy and competed up to Z level in dressage as well as having national success jumping at 1.30.

• Palomino
• Mare
• 6 years
• 15.2hh / 158cm

• Should excel showjumping/eventing.
• By Royal Rose.
• Had a late foal last year.

Approx 15-2hh

By Royal Rose 

Rising 7 year old

Lovley type 

She has been breeding 

Had a late foal last year so only just weaned foal 

Never been broken in 

But well handled

Bred in the purple !!

Never been lame or had any health problems 

Top showjumping breeding

She has a lovely jump

Very straight mover

Should excel showjumping/eventing 

Call Steven Whitaker

BARGAIN !! 

£7.500 for quick sale

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• We are looking for a person who takes pride in what they do and have high standards in care and turn out
• Reliable full time groom to help look after our show jumping horses and brood mares
• Handling young stock

The position is varied and will include all aspects of stud work and requires a hands on, hard working and committed individual

Previous experience essential

Must be able to drive a car and tractor

The successful applicant will be:

• Able to use their own initiative, be honest, and a good team player


• Our ideal candidate will be a person who takes pride in all that they do and have high standards in care and turn out


• Home groom with opportunity to go to shows if needed


• Must be able to take sole charge of yard


• Clip


• Handle young stock


• Good yard management

If this sounds what you’re looking for then message or call us

Wages on experience

• Chestnut
• Gelding
• 3 years
• 16hh / 163cm

• Should make around 16hh
• Lovely straight mover
• Big scopey jump

Well handled

Bred in the purple

Sire (Its a pleasure )

Grand Sire (Double Pleasure)

Out if a Voltaire mare

G Dam jumped 160 

• Warmblood
• Grey
• Gelding
• 3 years
• 15hh / 153cm

• 🩶 By Veni Vidi Vici (Heartbreaker)
• 🚀 Huge natural scope with an athletic canter
• ⭐ Show-ring looks with genuine all-round potential

Small Horse. Serious Scope.

Just look at that hind leg…

A striking 3-year-old grey gelding, currently measuring 152cm, with all the attributes to make a top-class competition horse.

By the outstanding Heartbreaker son Veni Vidi Vici, out of a Royal International qualifying Welsh B mare from the renowned Pennway bloodlines, he combines exceptional breeding with real presence.

An intelligent young horse with a kind eye and an excellent attitude. Naturally athletic, he has an expressive, flashy trot, a balanced uphill canter and a powerful jump that suggests an exciting future.

With the looks to stand out in the show ring, the movement to excel in dressage, and more than enough scope to make a serious jumping horse, he offers genuine versatility for an ambitious rider.

A quality young horse with all the raw materials—ready for someone to put their own stamp on and produce for the future.

• ISH / WB
• Bay
• Gelding
• 3 years
• 15.1hh / 155cm

• Elite international pedigree with proven 5★ and 1.60m relatives
• Blood, athletic type ideal for eventing or showjumping
• Easy to handle and ready to produce for next year’s age classes

A beautifully put together, blood athletic young gelding with an outstanding page and all the attributes to make a serious sport horse.

By Bravour VDL and out of a Stakkato Gold mare, Odyssey boasts exceptional breeding. His dam is a full sister to the 5★ eventers ESI Bethany Bay and ESI Phoenix, as well as the 1.60m showjumper ESI Toulouse, making this a pedigree packed with proven international performance.

Odyssey is a quality, compact type with plenty of blood, making him an exciting prospect for eventing or showjumping. He is well balanced, athletic and has all the ingredients to develop into a competitive horse in the right hands.

He is kind, easy to handle and good to do in every way, making him an uncomplicated youngster to produce. He is now ready for someone to continue his education with a view to producing him for the age classes next season.

Odyssey does have a couple of small sarcoids by his sheath, and this is reflected in his price. Message for pictures.

If he isn’t sold, he will simply stay with us to be produced, as we have every confidence in his future.

• Anglo European
• Bay
• Gelding
• 3 years
• 15.3hh / 161cm

• British Bred • Full History Known… Proven 1.30m Dam & Performance Pedigree
• Easy to Handle • Top Eventing/Showjumping Prospect

Ricky

3-year-old gelding

Approx. 160cm

£8000

A fantastic opportunity to purchase a quality British-bred young horse with proven performance bloodlines at an affordable price.

Ricky has been bred by a close friend using three generations of carefully selected homebred mares, with his pedigree tracing back to Calvados, Concorde and Wellington. His dam successfully competed up to 1.30m, giving him an excellent foundation for a future in sport.

He is a well-made, athletic type with a good brain, a genuine attitude and all the attributes to develop into a quality eventer or showjumper. He is a nice mover, shows a natural technique over a fence and has plenty of scope for someone to produce him further.

Ricky is a kind, straightforward young horse to have around. He is easy to catch, lead and handle, is good for the farrier, and has been given the time to mature naturally without being rushed.

Having recently been brought in from the field, he has just begun some light groundwork and is taking everything in his stride. He is offered for sale now before being turned away again, with plans to be backed later in the year. This gives someone the opportunity to secure him before his education progresses and his value increases.

Highlights:

* Quality British-bred 3-year-old with full history known

* Dam competed successfully up to 1.30m

* Athletic, genuine type with potential for eventing or showjumping

* Easy to handle and good for the farrier

* Nice movement and a natural jump

* Excellent value for a horse of this breeding and potential

• Connemara Part Bred
• Grey
• Mare
• 3 years
• 14.2hh / 148cm

• Top-quality Connemara × mare with exceptional breeding
• Stunning prospect for eventing, showing or a mother/daughter share
• Scopey, careful jump with three correct paces

3-year-old Connemara × mare

To make approx. 14.2

A super sweet, stunning, top-quality Connemara cross with all the attributes to make a serious competition horse.

She has endless potential in any sphere and would be equally suited as a top-class show horse, eventer or a quality mother/daughter share.

* Super scopey, genuine and careful jump

* Three correct, balanced paces

* Full history known – purchased directly from the breeder

* Recently imported from Ireland

Blue is by the outstanding Connemara stallion Glencroft Go For Gold, by the legendary I Love You Melody, giving her exceptional breeding to match her quality.

She has enjoyed some time in the field since arriving from Ireland and is now ready to begin a light education.

She is available at this stage before being backed and turned away for a break, giving someone the opportunity to secure a quality young horse before her value increases.

A rare opportunity to take on a small horse of this quality, temperament and breeding.