• Shetland
• Black
• Gelding
• 11 years
• 10.2 hands (LHC)

• Qualified for Royal International 2024
• Hoys as an Open and LR
• Absolute Rosette Machine

Truly gut wrenching sale of this pony of a lifetime. He has given us so much but with our need changing the time is right to find him his next family.

Tortoise is a big moving, scopey Shetland. He has been a HOYS finalist as an open and on the Lead Rein (home produced) and the Royal International on the lead and first ridden.

He has the most fantastic walk and is well schooled in all paces.

He has great ability over fences and really loves the challenge of jumping. He did a season of junior workers and performed well with some near misses. He has also been lightly contested in junior flat HOYS classes being placed second on a couple of occasions- he would be perfect for this job.

Tortoise is a performance pony, he love to use his body and would excel in Workers, Opens and Juniors - he is also a fabulous first ridden for an established confident jockey that wants to do more than trot round in the arena and give him a varied lifestyle.

He qualified for the Royal International this year in the First Ridden with a nervous jockey in her first season of showing at this level

He has just given us the most brilliant week at NPS summer champs, featuring in the concours, pairs and LR evening performances with a 3rd, 2nd and 8th. He also won the Showing Classics LR Final.

We have a house full of rosette, trophies and sashes from him, he really has made all our dreams come true.

He is very easy to have at home and is always handled by little children, he is perfect to hack/feet/jabs/teeth/load/travel.

Genuine enquiries only please, this is a very tough decision.