Sweetest, kindest, schoolmistress
- Bridget is the sweetest and safest little pony you could imagine
£7,500
- Cob
- Coloured
- Mare
- 16 years
- 13.2 hands
- Bridget is the sweetest and safest little pony you could imagine
Bridget - 13’2 coloured cob mare, just turned 16.
Bridget is the sweetest and safest little pony you could imagine. We have had Bridget for 18months, and bought her having only had 2 months of riding school lessons. I was very nervous when we first got her, having had a bad fall on a hack at the riding school. Thanks to Bridget I am now super confident and looking to start eventing.
She has taught me to canter and jump which I hadn’t done at all previously. We have had a weekly lesson with the same trainer for the whole time we have had her at various arena hires and been out to lots of clinics, farms rides, camps and XC. We have competed in dressage and showjumping mainly at 50 and 60cm and never been out of the ribbons. She did jump up to 1m in her previous home, and round courses of 70-80.
Bridget loves to jump and never says no to a fence, always finding a way to make stride and keep you safe. When I was first jumping she would slow and wait for me to regain my balance after a fence. She really looks after her rider and happily changes up or down depending on the riders level. My 74yo mother in law, 4yo niece and many others in between have ridden her and she has been prefect every time.
Bridget hacks happily alone or in company. When hacking alone and with a nervous rider she can sometimes call out which I did find initially quite unsettling but never ever does anything more and doesn’t do it if someone is on the ground. She is not the spooky type and nothing phases her. Often when hacking with others Bridget goes ahead to lead more nervous horses past “scary” items, through water etc.
Bridget is also perfect on the ground, you can remove all her tack or leave her stable door open and she won’t go anywhere. Good for and up to date with the farrier, jabs and dentist. She has always been barefoot. She is good to clip but needs sedating to do her ears. Never once kicked or bitten.
She would make an excellent first or second pony. We have kept in touch with her previous owners, in which home she taught an 11yo girl to ride and was then outgrown. As much as it breaks my heart to say, she is now ready to do the same for someone else.
Never had any heath issues or lameness. Vettings welcome. Lots of photos and videos available upon request.