Top Quality Lead Rein / Performance / WHP
Springwater Dancing Breeze
- Well Bred Quality Dartmoor Pony Mare
- Huge Scope and Versatility
£4,500 ovno
- Dartmoor
- Bay
- Mare
- 10 years
- 12 hands
- Well Bred Quality Dartmoor Pony Mare
- Huge Scope and Versatility
Very sad sale of much loved pony. We have owned Bea for 4 years and in that time she has taught both our boys to ride. She is exceptionally well bred out of Shilstone Rocks Atlantic Wind by Springwater Nijinsky (Vean / Moortown bloodlines).
Bea goes on and off the lead and has four established paces. She is schooled professionally twice a week by a lightweight adult. She is the ultimate performance pony for a competent rider, is well schooled so would excel dressage and eats cross country for breakfast. I am certain she would love to hunt.
We have used her in moderation at county level (lead rein), only because we have boys and they won't stand all day in big classes waiting for their turn.
She qualified for the NPS champs this year (lead rein) and for two years in a row - Novice Ridden (we didn't take her).
She is always highly placed (top two) at local level and often in good company. I would put the smallest person on her on the lead, all day, every day. She knows her job and goes to the voice.
Bea loves to jump and we have introduced her to WHP. I feel sure that in the right hands, she would have huge potential in the HOYs WHP classes.
She has won WHP lead rein classes with the boys. She is fast against the clock and has done some show jumping but will require more schooling. She can jump a course of jumps at 70cm easily and with a more experienced rider she has jumped 90 (but needed helping round).
This year our games pony was out of action and Bea had to step in (lead rein) and loved it, she is not afraid of any of the equipment.
My eldest son has won prolifically with her in Young Handler classes and she has been a regular at pony club rallies and camp.
As an example of her versatility we took her to a show last year and she won M and M Small Breeds (In Hand) and went Champion M and M in hand. She won the ridden M and M small breeds. Went clear in the WHP clear round jumping, came second in a huge class (young handler), second in the lead rein, and then competed in the gymkhana and secured numerous wins.
She loves hacking and will go first or last. She will hack through water (we have a number of fords to navigate). She is super with traffic and I would put the smallest child on her on the lead to hack around the block and know she would look after them.
She is not moody and is a kind gentle soul to handle on the ground. She has never been fed by hand and has fabulous manners. She will stand all day on the yard to be groomed.
She has never had laminitis, EMS.
Bea is a big pony, she is forwards and responsive off the leg. She enjoys her work and thrives on it.
She is only for sale as we are overstocked and cannot give her the work she needs to maintain consistency for first ridden.
She can be sharp which is why I am advertising her as a lead rein / performance pony for a more confident rider. She can be strong in canter / coming into a jump.
Having said all this, you will see from the video that both my boys ride her off the lead, however I am careful what situations I put them in. She is more reliable the more work she does. As a lead rein, I cannot fault her - she has been amazing and deserves to be someone else's number one as she is wasted here.
So in summary - wonderful lead rein. Huge potential as a performance pony for a confident lightweight rider, but not a genuine first ridden.
Please no texts - if you are serious about this special pony, then please call. We are away in the UK for a couple of weeks so she can be seen and tried with a friend (Bedfordshire). We will require references and would like first refusal on her in the future. Her tack is available separately.
Please note that if she is not sold, we will do WHP HOYs classes next year so we have time to find this pony a very special home
VIDEO - https://youtu.be/fejG_uIXxkI