- Dark bay
- Gelding
- 10 years
- 16.1 hands
Super smart top end RC horse / hunter or grass roots eventer / show jumper could go showing. Oddie is a very lovely chap who would like to go to a home where he will have lots of fun and go and do things! He has been owned the past couple of years by a novice teenager who has now lost interest due to GCSE commitments. He’s a quiet ride and very well schooled so would be ideal for a rider who wants something flashy without the turbo button. You can safely put a novice on him and they won't die but he needs a decent rider inbeteween or he will take the mickey! Oddie has three very good paces and is very well schooled, he has basic lateral work, changes etc in place and would go and do a very good test.
He would be a super American hunter as has very easy changes and a very laid back way of going. If you press the right buttons he goes like a dream but you don't ask you don't get with him.He’s got a lovely mouth and isn’t strong or sharp. To jump Oddie is very reliable, jumps off any stride and wants to be careful. We have schooled him round 1.10 and he’s plenty scopey enough for a bit more once fitter. Been out jumping with us in the ring at 90-1m and has been Mr reliable. He’s brave both SJ and XC and will have lots of fun BE.
Due to his past owners lack of experience he hasn’t got a record but is ready to go straight out and register in any discipline. We have been hunting him with the Surrey Union and he’s been a good boy, mannerly and happy to go off, stand on point, hold horses etc. he’s a very quality model and wouldn’t look out of place with any big pack. Oddie hacks out alone or in company and is good in traffic.
He is very well mannered on the floor, excellent to box, catch, shoe, clip etc. He can have the odd look at things when hacking alone but certainly not enough to unseat anyone or do anything naughty. He would like to go to a keener home as he’s been criminally under used the past couple of years and he loves to have a job to do! He will do everything, perfect horse to go straight out on, BS, BD, BE, hunt or maybe even some showing. He is the perfect gent in and out the stable, good to catch, clip, box, shoe etc and always a friendly face.
Oddie was sold, passed full five stage vetting then has been sadly returned as was too much horse for novice teenage girl who thought that the best way to get him going was spurs and a big stick. Oddie thought otherwise and so has come back to us so is now looking for SOMEONE WHO CAN ACTUALLY RIDE and has a good seat and core. He is best with a sympathetic rider and as a schoolmaster has the correct buttons already installed but won’t respond well to bully tactics, he did nothing awful but had got spooky to evade her riding. We feel his ideal would be someone who wants something flashy and maybe a step down from a super sharp competition horse but still capable of doing everything well.
Seen at livery.