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- Been proffessional schooled
- Fun cheeky personality
- Stunning boy
£5,500 ono
- Cob
- Blue and white
- Gelding
- 8 years
- 15 hands
- Been proffessional schooled
- Fun cheeky personality
- Stunning boy
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- 15h blue and white heavy cob but to be honest looks white.
- Cheeky, loveable cob with alot of character.
- I have him hogged and clipped out but does have alot of hair when grown out.
- 8 this year
- Fully vacc and wormed
- Good to clip all over but can be a fidget with legs, needs more work with them, not scared of clippers at all.
- Good to bath
- Good with farrier and shod all 4
- Good to catch
- Doesnt need any hard feed - he actually wont be bothered about it.
- Fed hay or Haylage
- He goes on my wagon (7.5t) does need a little more work in this area, he travels well.
- He is not strong at all to be ridden and only has a loose ring peanut snaffle.
More about him
I bought Joey unseen, unvetted from a dealer last April. When he came he was super fat and green in school . We hacked out odd day a week and prob went in school once or twice a week. He had kids and teenagers sit on him no issues at all . We had a little yard show and we dressed up for charity and he was happy to comply
Out hacking
Fantastic in traffic, we do meet tractors, bin lorries, quads, bikes, vans and cars and never had a issue with traffic but can be unsure about smaller things i.e signs, gate ways etc doesnt really do anything but this said i personally think he needs a confident rider to kick him on. Hacks on his own with a confident rider, hacks with others and happy to follow a confident horse. But i have also attached a video taken with my friend and he had the bale plastic round his legs and he didnt bother one bit. Shows he really is not bothered . He mainly just walks very very slow and unsure if your unsure but he has flinched and spooked if something took him by surprise.
Last summer I took him to local xc/ country ride twice and although i wasnt jumping we had a canter in open fields with no issues, he went in and out of water and lead the more nervous ponies in to the water.
We also did a couple of pole work clinics with Kath Pinnington and Ashley Ward, he travelled to them in the wagon on his own and with another horse.
He has a cheeky personality and is always in your face, nothing can be left out round him as he will find it funny to chuck it around.
He is a hot horse and doesnt need many rugs even though fully clipped. He has not been in anything thicker then 100g this winter and thats just when it was super cold.
He likes been out playing (and he does play ) with his pals. Only had him with geldings and he loves ponies. He has been out in winter but not every day and some times just for a hour and he has not been any different.
Unfortunately bangs his door when he thinks you need to give him attention.
A few issues we have ironed out now.
He is not brilliant to lunge although I can do it now with no issues, I think he was trying it on a little as he finds lunging boring. He does not put any effort in at all and if he can he will stop and turn in . He is better when doing poles to get him to think but still prefers to be ridden.
Although he has never been brilliant with canter transitions (i thought its cos he was green) Aug he started to buck in to canter and by sept i decided to have it checked. I got physio and vet out ( physio has seem him regular). Plenty of tests got done but the main thing that came up was getting weight off him. So come oct i started the weight loss. And he has had a week swimming where he did really well. In total up to date i think he has lost about 65kilo but not had him weighed since nov.
It was thought he may of had stifle changes but nothing major showed up on xrays ( no more then any horse xrayed) . I opted to have them medicated anyway and we went back in to work/rehab. He was improving with work and weight loss. Come december my vet was concerned over his hinds and the way he moved, although said some of it his his way of going. So we scanned his lower hock area . Nothing showed up at all, yet again i opted to medicate and a month later the vet said she thinks its all down to weakness of the hind as never been taught to use them correctly. He is back in full work and has been since jan 21 and is getting stronger by the day. He is loving his schooling sessions and out hacking he seems happier. He is currently been schooled by a professional twice a week and hacked another 3/4 times a week.
I have had the vet see him regular and i intend to carry on doing that until he is sold. He has improved so much from his schooling sessions, so can only see him getting stronger and fitter and more educated . Also he has only done the odd buck since he has been schooled, we think he bucks when he is confused or hasnt got correct balance/strength (only ever done it on canter transition) and only ever in school. Making most of the lockdown and getting him as fit and strong as he can be . He is in work 5/6 days a week and when i mean work he is hacked out for up to 1.5hrs or schooled for 30mins. I also lunge him and long rein him . This doesnt mean he needs all that work but we felt this was a way of seeing if he can cope with the work. Vet said just treat him as a normal horse now as his improvement is amazing. A couple of vets he met when having various tests have since seen videos and in person of him working etc and have said how amazing he looks in every way. They are so proud of what we have achieved with corrective schooling work.
We loose jumped him and he loved it but soon became lazy . He can jump though but this is a area that needs work on. He wont make a show jumper but will pop a jump out hacking or off fence in school.
In my honest opinion i feel he needs to go to a confident rider who will get the best out of him who wants to have fun . I wont be selling him to a novice. I feel he needs the education, confidence and time from a more exeperienced rider.
I paid alot of money for him but my main priority is him and finding him the best of homes comes with with a bridle and rugs . His saddle i feel does not fit the best since he lost the weight so dont want to sell him with that. I am open to offers on price to the best of homes only
I am only selling as my demons are letting him down and i also have 2 young children. I am open to questions but please dont waste my time i am super busy. Genuine sale, honest advert so please dont waste my time . My vet is happy to speak to people if they are interested but only if they are super interested (i dont want her messed about)
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