Johnny

• Irish Sports Horse
• Bay
• Gelding
• 6 years
• 16.1 hands

• Bold & Brave Hedge Hopper!
• Well Proven Hunter

Johnny - 6YO (2019) Irish Sports Horse 16.1h approx - Bold & Brave Hunter

Please read the full advert… we are tentatively offering Johnny for sale but it has to be the right person!

We’ve had some SERIOUS fun on this horse hunting! He has hunted two seasons with us, he has such a bold attitude and forward thinking brain - he is SO brave, he has jumped anything we have put in front of him! He gives you a lovely confident feeling going into a hedge and doesn’t look twice at a ditch - he’s good with the hounds and generally very mannerly to hunt. He isn’t a horse that likes to sit and chat at the meet or plod at the back - he wants a rider as game as him! He has hunted with a lady with The TVFH attending all their Vale Days and The EDH. He has also attended Vale days with various other packs. He hunted a handful of days as a young horse with The Galway Blazers. Johnny absolutely loves following hounds!

Johnny has competed in Hunter Trials to 1m with us always placing in large classes. He is XC schooling confidently and is regularly out offering a lead to our inexperienced horses. He has been showjumping unaffiliated with us and jumped some smart rounds. He has all the ability to have a successful summer job competing in the future he just needs someone that has the patience to bring out the best in him. He has attended the SWW hedge hopping day & was an absolute machine!

Johnny has been on beach and moorland rides & is regularly out and about. He is a solid and reliable hack alone & in company, regularly ridden in traffic and open space - you could ride him through the middle of a building site - he really isn’t phased by much. He travels in the lorry & trailer alone or in company. He’s a horse that loves to work!

Johnny can be a sensitive horse and needs to go to the right home where he is understood, he prefers a quiet and confident rider that has the patience to bond with him as once you have that bond he really will move the earth and jump the moon for you! We’ve owned Johnny for two years now and he is easily managed if things are done sympathetically. He will NOT tolerate an unbalanced or wimpy rider. We are in no rush to sell him as we’re having plenty of fun with him here but we do feel that he would thrive in a 1:1 environment and he deserves to be someone’s special horse…

Worldwide transport can be arranged

Imported from Ireland by us in May 2023
Passed a 5 stage vetting on purchase 

Up to date with teeth/wormer/vaccinations

Based in Exeter, 10 minutes from junction 29 (M5)

No loans, LWVTB, joyriders or trials