• Riding Pony
• Bay
• Gelding
• 5 years
• 14.2hh / 148cm

• Family home since a foal, carefully, genuinely and lovingly produced
• Evented successfully at 70cm this season, completed training events at 70-80cm
• Kind, sweet and gentle temperament, ridden by 9-12 year old girls & mum

Bathleyhills Swift Stride - we bought 'Simon' as a foal directly from the breeder. He is beautifully bred with a German Riding Pony and SPSS Elite Stallion sire Bathleyhills Monet and grand-sire Casino Royale K. He won the top award at the Futurity as a foal. He was professionally backed and ridden away as a 3-4 year old and has been produced slowly and lovingly by our family team of a mother and petite, now 12 year old daughter since then. We have had a lot of fun taking him out as a late 4 and then 5 year old to several arena hires, group and individual lessons, grid and jumping clinics. He jumped clear around the training events we did this summer at Aston le Walls (80cm) and Osberton (70cm), and the cross-country event at Eland Lodge (70cm). He finished the season this year with his first ODE, at the Cotswold Cup in late August at Offchurch Bury, finishing 5th with a confident double clear in a large 70cm class.

Simon hacks alone and in a small group confidently on bridlepaths and roads. He is at ease with traffic around our local lanes, although we rarely meet bigger vehicles than vans and cars. We took him on a family stayaway holiday to Norfolk in the summer and he was impeccably behaved in a group of ponies cantering on the beach. He has been on hound exercise with our 12 year old daughter, where he was well behaved. He has been hacked out and ridden by our now 9 year old daughter over the last year and whilst he is not for a novice rider as he is young, she is very at ease on him.

He is a bright, sweet character, who likes his work and who takes confidence from his rider. He is understandably still a little green and inexperienced, and would benefit from further schooling and training to get the best from him. Our plan had been to produce him further as a dressage or event pony, but I work full time and my daughters have long days at school, other sporting interests, as well as older ponies of their own and another youngster to produce. We think Simon would be a good grassroots event or dressage or general riding pony and he has much to offer the right person or family. He is well mannered in the stable, ties up in our yard well, loads into our trailer and is good to shoe. He lives out at night currently and comes in during the day - he is happy with either. He has been clipped twice now and had his mane pulled using a thinning comb.

Simon has had two small sarcoids operated on at Rossdales early in 2026 that responded to treatment and healed well - not in the saddle or tack areas. This is the reason we are offering him for sale at a much reduced price from his actual value. He would excel as a smart competition pony and has naturally good paces and self-carriage. We think he would also enjoy hunting and be a fun pleasure pony for a small adult or child/mum team.

Can be tried at home in a 20x40m arena and hacking or happy to meet at an arena hire locally for show jump and cross-country. Rutland/Leics/Northants border - East Midlands.