- Cob
- Black
- Mare
- 11 years
- 14.1 hands
- Perfect PC / Competitions / Allrounder
- Happy Hacker / Family Pony / Bombproof
- Confidence Giver / Super Steady Paces
Ebony
Cracking All-Rounder / Happy Hacker / Pony Club / Competitions / Family Friend
Ebony is a kind, calm, safe, and steady Irish Cob with a wealth of experience. She is a fantastic all-rounder, suited to a wide range of riders, whether you’re looking for a confidence-giver, a happy hacker, or a horse to enjoy fun rides, beach outings, and low-level competitions.
She has a gentle, easy-going personality, low maintenance. She will stand quietly at the mounting block without being held, waits patiently in her stable even with the door open, and is never pushy or strong. Ebony is ideal for solo riders, competent novice, or someone wanting a calm and reliable ride.
Ebony has three balanced paces and rides beautifully on the flat. She is calm and relaxed but responsive to the leg if asked – very sensible and never spooky, silly, or sharp or strong.
Ebony has spent the last 2 years in a professional riding school setting where she has been ridden by all levels of children and adults, from complete beginners on the lead rein, competent novice off the lead rein, holding the handle on the saddle if required in trot and canter and advanced level riders, she absolutely loves jumping, and will happily jump a course of coloured and rustic fences, she has a lovely scopey technique and always helps out her riders if you come in on a bad stride, she is perfect for building up your confidence if you are inexperienced, nervous or need a horse to teach you the ropes, she participates in our in-house fun rides, jumping, cross country and low level dressage competitions.
She works in a lovely outline with three naturally balanced paces, she is schooled well on the flat, including lateral work and basic dressage movements. She has a bold, confident jump and would easily progress to a higher level with a competent rider. Ebony has the perfect balance of “go” when asked, but is equally happy to relax on a loose rein for a calm more whoa kind of ride. We are a very busy establishment with a lot go on, she takes everything in her stride working independently and within large group lessons, she is responsive to the leg when asked whilst remaining super sensible and calm.
She hacks out alone or in company. She is 100% safe in open spaces, doesn’t rush home, and doesn’t pull or get strong – even after a canter or gallop, she will come straight back to walk on a loose rein. She is extremely confident in traffic, riding boldly and completely unfazed by extremely busy fast moving traffic including double decker buses, articulated lorries, motorcycles, push bikes, prams, dogs, large farm machinery, she is not clingy with other horses, and will ride away from the herd without a second thought.
Ebony is excellent with the farrier (currently barefoot) equally happy to be shod, great to catch, load, travel, dentist and has no vices in the stable or field. She is happy to live in or out and is equally settled in a herd or on her own. She is currently turned out at night and stabled during the day but would adapt easily to full turnout or full stabling.
She doesn’t need riding every day and can be left for weeks or months without changing – no lunging needed, just tack up and go.
She has never had laminitis, sweet itch, sarcoids, or any lumps or bumps, not marish or clingy, no vices, she passes our annual licence inspection, which is equivalent to a Stage 2 vetting.
Only for sale as we regularly rotate our horses giving them the chance to enjoy one-to-one attention in a private home. They undertake a lot of arena work within the riding school setting which can become repetitive and mentally uninteresting over time.
We are looking for a forever loving home where she can continue to thrive.
Ebony is being sold on behalf of a working livery.
We have a few other horses and ponies also available.
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Stockport, Cheshire