• Irish Sports Horse
• Bay
• Gelding
• 9 years
• 15.3hh / 161cm

• Careful over a fence with loads of scope.
• Easy to do and a lovely person.
• Low mileage and ready for someone to take and put their own stamp on.

Joey is a 15.3hh, 9 year old Irish Sports Horse gelding. We bought Joey in September last year as a winter project to give my mum something to tinker about with while her youngster has been having a holiday. He is very low mileage for his age having not done much before we got him. 

He came to us in good condition but no muscle as had done very little apart from the odd hack. He had kissing spine surgery in January 2023 and was rehabbed then. We have worked him carefully and as accurately as his fitness would allow. He’s a people person and loves some fuss. He is working sweetly on the flat, does lateral work etc. 

He absolutely loves his jumping and is proving to be a brave and careful over showjumps (he has his 4 british novice double clears for next year) competed up to 1.05m and also loves cross country. He also loves to hack and is a very good hack. My mum is 66 now and would happily admit she’s getting old and creaky and doesn’t ride as well anymore, she has been the majority rider since we’ve had him doing all the schooling and hacking at home and I just do the jumping/competing on him. 

He’s a forward ride but has always looked after mum and she’s very much enjoyed him this past year. Good to load, shoe, dentist, clip etc and is up to date with everything. Happily stands on the lorry when left. Has been to 2 stayaway shows and behaved impeccably. 
Snaffle mouthed for everything. 
 

He is not the finished article yet but is well on his way to being a super little horse. Due to this he is not suitable for a novice, he needs someone who can continue his education. 
We will be very sad to see him go and if mum didn’t have the youngster we would keep him! But unfortunately we can’t keep both. 
We feel he has potential as a lower level eventer or showjumper (we believe he has scope for at least 1.10). He would also make a brilliant teenagers horse or mother/daughter share. Someone will be able to have an awful lot of fun with him.