- Connemara
- Bay
- Gelding
- 4 years
- 15 hands
- He is currently lightly backed
- Reuben is a very correct stamp of a Connemara
- A fabulous all round, great looking, friendly, willing package
Please feast your eyes on the delight that is Reuben!
Currently standing a smidge under 15h with growing and filling out to do, Reuben is a 4 year old, registered Connemara gelding. N/N
He is an incredibly happy chap, always smiling and pleased to be involved with anything going on, he has a kind, willing temperament with plenty of character without being bolshy with it.
Reuben arrived unbroken from Ireland in September, he was well handled and so we did a little bit of work starting him off on the groundwork pre backing, and then he went out in the field with me at home for a couple of months to relax and grow a bit.
He came back in onto the yard about a month ago like he had never left (I think he was glad to be back out in the field with his lad mates, those mares at home certainly kept him in his place) and he has been a joy and great fun to work with as we have progressed with him.
He is a very good boy to catch, in fact he’s always the first over and the one that gets right in the way when you are poo picking, he leads in from the field like a good ‘un (he leads in on his own or in a bunch), he ties up patiently on the yard and adores a brush and a fuss, he picks his feet up extremely politely and is great to tack up.
Reuben works very nicely on the long reins around the farm and has been mooching around on them in the school while others have been working, he doesn’t bat an eyelid at standing patiently while I am videoing someone else and stuff. He has been out on the XC in hand and has had a pop up and down the steps and through the water.
He is hacking out nicely, he’s very happy either leading the way, tootling along behind or riding upsides his pal, he does everything with a smile on his face. He is obviously green and wobbly at times as he has only just started his education under saddle, however he gives you a very safe feeling and is willing and forward without being sharp or too quick, you can get your leg on him and give him direction and he is very willing. He has been in the arena a handful of times as I don’t like to ‘school’ the babies too early in their careers, I feel they should be out hacking, learning and strengthening before they go round in endless circles, so the pictures of him in the arena are from the few times he has been in there.
At the start of your ride, Reuben stands like an absolute rock at the mounting block and doesn’t move off until you ask him to and he is good to get on after he has had a couple of days off, no need for lunging or anything before you ride him.
I have videos of him doing his first canters in the school and out hacking and he was a very good boy, no thoughts in his head of naughtiness.
Reuben is a very correct stamp of a Connemara, he has no lumps or bumps and is good enough to show either plaited or natural and would also be a super Working Hunter stamp.
A fabulous all round, great looking, friendly, willing package, Reubens ideal human would be a confident, experienced person looking for a fun, willing partner who hasn’t been rushed but has all the basics in place, to bring on for all BD/Cotswold Cup/PC/RC activities and in the future, once he has learnt a little more, I’d say he will be a fabulous mother/daughter share.
Added to all the fabulousness listed above, he is a dude to have around the yard with his cute face and outgoing person and he is, of course, a FABULOUS colour! Win win all round I say!
Based here at Rabson Manor, Wiltshire, SN4 9QF, please call or Whatsapp on 07888675300 for a chat about the boy
Please WhatsApp me for all videos of him grooming and tacking up, at the mounting block, out hacking and in the school right from the start of his education