- Connemara
- Fleabitten grey
- Gelding
- 10 years
- 15 hands
- Very safe pc/rc pony
- 75% at last dressage competition
- Great allrounder
Cloudy is a gorgeous grey Connemara gelding who wants to please and is a genuine safe horse.
We have owned him for 4 years and have a great bond so this is a very sad sale.
Would suit a confident and experienced adult or older teen wanting to do dressage (as he excels at this), hacking, schooling, low level jumping and fun rides.
Cloudy is talented at dressage and from the age of 6 has never had a score lower than 66%, with his scores in the last year being in the 70’s.
He came 8th at pony club area dressage and qualified for Bicton last year, always producing a calm rhythmical test. He has been working at prelim but is more than ready to step up to novice.
Cloudy loves hacking around the countryside. Through no fault of his own he is not as confident hacking solo as he has mainly been ridden out with other horses or someone on foot due to rider age. Would develop more confidence with more experience. He is not dangerous in any way however, sometimes he needs rider encouragement to go forwards when hacking alone. Would hack all day on the buckle when with others.
Brilliant with all traffic and farm machinery as he lives on a busy lane.
He is great to school and a very easy enjoyable ride. He has a lovely floaty trot and knows rein-back, turn on the forehand etc. He is a quick thinker and learner and enjoys polework. He is very good to ride in open spaces, never feeling out of control. The kind of horse you can trust to stop easily when going for a gallop. His first fun ride was Badminton and he was a dream.
Good to clip, shoe and will stand all day at a show. The kind of horse that pony club DCs pick for bandaging practice at rallies! Happily turns out with mares or geldings. He is great travelling in a trailer without a partition as he prefers more space; we haven’t travelled him in a box before but we’re sure he would be fine. Good to load. Up to date with worming, back, teeth and vaccinations.
We have had a brilliant 4 years with him doing loads of competitions including showjumping, eventing, pony club, area and pony camps with him being super throughout. We recently discovered he has arthritis in his hocks, and he has been treated for this. We therefore don’t want him to go to a purely jumping home as we think this would be unfair on him. My daughter’s passion is eventing, and unfortunately he is not suitable for this due to his hocks, hence the reluctant sale.
He has previously been treated for ulcers, which we now know was caused by discomfort from his arthritis. It shows what a genuine and honest horse he is that he never bucked or reared even when in a high level of work. Can be sensitive to groom in stomach/flank area due to previous ulcers. Price reflects his health problems.
5* home only for this superstar.
Available to view from 19th June.
New saddle by separate negotiation.