Stunning 14.2hh dressage/ working hunter
Extremely talented and safe all rounder. Excels in dressage.
- Top class dressage pony, rarely out of the top 3. Would excel at BD Youth.
- Perfect all rounder, safe and sensible
- Bold, stylish jump, potential HOYS working hunter pony
- Connemara
- Dapple grey
- Gelding
- 9 years
- 14.2 hands
- Top class dressage pony, rarely out of the top 3. Would excel at BD Youth.
- Perfect all rounder, safe and sensible
- Bold, stylish jump, potential HOYS working hunter pony
Sadly my beautiful boy is now looking for his next long term home as I move on to horses. Beach Rua (Quilty) is extremely eye catching with 3 beautiful paces and a huge, scopey jump. He is exceptionally talented at dressage, with a proven record, and would make a super HOYS working hunter pony. A member of BD, NSEA, PC, and BE, Quilty can turn his hand to anything.
Never fizzy, strong or silly, Quilty is snaffle mouthed at all times. He happily hacks alone or in company and is safe and sensible with all types of traffic- tractors, motorbikes, lorries etc. He has done numerous beach rides, PC rallies, and stay away shows and was impeccably behaved at all times. He looks after my mum and brother who are quite nervous when they fancy hopping on for a ride, but equally can step his game up in competition.
Quilty is a pleasure to have on the yard, perfect to shoe, clip, load, catch, hack etc. On the ground he is a true gentleman; my 8 year old sister regularly handles him as he is just so polite and easy to do in all ways. He is up to date with teeth, vaccinations, worming etc. and has never been sick or sorry. He has no vices.
Due to COVID he has missed out on opportunities to showcase his full talent throughout 2020, however he has still achieved great results:
Dressage- Quilty excels at dressage with his extravagant and rhythmic paces, and has competed extremely successfully at BD Prelim and Novice consistently scoring 70%+ and having several wins at both levels. He has won nearly every BD competition he has attempted this year, is rarely out of the top 3, and is more than ready to step up to elementary. He has all the attributes to make a top BD youth/PC/RC dressage pony. Quilty qualified for the BD Petplan Area Festival Prelim Championships (winter) at Hartpury in 2021 after coming 2nd in the qualifier. At the Championships he placed 4th out of 40 with a score of 70%. He has just qualified a second time for the BD Petplan Area Festival Championships (summer) after coming a close 2nd in the qualifier. He has qualified for the NSEA Championships for dressage in 2019, 2020 (cancelled) and 2021 in both Prelim and Novice, winning the qualifiers. At the NSEA Championships 2019 he won his arena in the Prelim class with a score of 82%. Quilty has competed in several Pony Club teams at Novice, Intermediate, and Open, recently winning both the Novice and Intermediate classes with 74% and coming 2nd in the Open (which included movements such as simple changes through walk, leg yield, stretching in canter, walk pirouettes and medium paces). This means that he has qualified for the PC Area Festival of dressage next Easter. Quilty enjoys dressage and has a willing attitude when learning new movements. Training at home at Elementary/Medium level, Quilty is well established in both medium and collected paces, walk to canter, canter to walk, leg yield, shoulder in, traver, pirouettes and turn on the forehand. Recently he has been developing half pass. If not sold beforehand, Quilty is available to view at both the NSEA and BD National championships. Quilty would thrive in a dressage home.
Jumping- Quilty has a huge, powerful jump and a knack for getting the rider out of sticky situations. He is a careful and confident show jumper, easily clearing 1m+. Most recently he has qualified for the NSEA Championships in showjumping at both 85cm and 95cm after jumping 2 clears and helping the team to 2nd each time. He is ready to step up to 1m showjumping and has scope to burn even higher than this. In his first and only WH competition (this is not my passion) he placed 3rd in a big class after jumping a lovely clear around a big track. He has all the attributes to make a top Working Hunter pony in the right hands. Quilty has evented, achieving several wins at UA90, for example at Northallerton, Breckenbrough, and Epworth, and several top 10 placings in affiliated classes including a 1st at Skipton BE and a 3rd at Epworth BE. He has recently won the Pony Club Area Eventing qualifier on a score of 20.8, qualifying for the PC championships where we made the decision not to run him. He has also qualified for the NSEA Northern Eventing Championships after winning the qualifier. He consistently scores low to mid 20s in the dressage phase, and even scored a 12.8 last year. Whilst Quilty loves jumping and is not spooky at jumps, his heart doesn’t lie in eventing as he lacks confidence when out xc by himself at a new venue, and he would be more happy in a dressage or working hunter home.
Quilty has given me the best fun over the last 3 years and quickly became a family favourite. He will only go to a 5 star knowledgeable home to help him to reach his full potential. Please no complete novices as whilst he is very safe, he deserves a rider that can take him up the levels.