Loan home wanted for kindest 21 years young gelding

• Dutch Warmblood
• Bay
• Gelding
• 21 years
• 16.2 hands

• Safe but fun ride
• Saddle included
• Sweetest temperament

I have owned Spike since he was a four year old, he's been the best horse I have owned over the years and only thinking of finding him the perfect loan home as he moves into a quieter stage of his life and I have purchased another gelding who has a tendency to bully him and after all he has given me I would love him to find somewhere that has the time and facilities for him to enjoy life and to be enjoyed.

I have done some basic dressage tests on him and many sponsored rides, he is very sensible out at shows, he will turn out with any horse, mare or gelding, he loads well and is the perfect gentleman to handle on the ground.

I haven't had the time to ride him much for the last year so he would need a gradual fitness programme before being taken anywhere, or alternatively he would be perfect in a mother/daughter situation where you need a sensible lead horse or companion.

In the past he has suffered from sweet itch but that has gone now and he has had no other illnesses, he came to me with stiffness in his sacroilliac joint, he has had two injections which showed no improvement, this has never prevented him from doing anything, except perhaps better roundness and elevation in a dressage test in his younger days.

I am only mentioning it as I want to give full disclosure, I feel that he is now just showing the normal slight stiffness for a 21 year old who is not fit.