- Irish Sports Horse
- Bay
- Gelding
- 11 years
- 16.2 hands
- 'Rathdown Star'
- Compact, attractive and flashy with all the movement
- Potential YR teams horse
Rathdown Star is a 16.2hh WB x TB 11yo. Compact, attractive and flashy with all the movement and super hindleg & quality canter.
Low mileage due to riders eventing injury followed by two babies Raff has had a gap in his education and albeit all my patience & desperation I have decided he will not become the showjumper I need him to be to carry through his very impressive dressage scores so it is time to let him shine at what he loves.
Raff is the most beautiful horse to work with he is so elegant and learns quickly, he has all basic lateral work and a change which just needs polishing up for pure dressage but he’s a complete natural, he’s sensitive but neat and flashy
He is a dream boat to handle, travel and go about competition life solo without any problems. He hacks individually and in company, lives in or out. Every coach falls in love with him and people stop to watch him everywhere he goes.
I would love to make the journey through the dressage grades but realistically time does not allow, my heart is in eventing and with that and a young family I just
Wouldn’t be able to achieve what he is capable of.
Eventing scores range between 22 and 28
We have done a small amount of BD over time in the winter months when training on top of a welsh hill is not all that easy so scores around 67% at novice but again that does not reflect what he can do, we did an Elementary earlier this year producing all moves well
This horse means the world to me and will only go to the best of homes where I feel he will thrive and progress, he has been with me since a 4yo and this really is not what I was expecting to be doing.
My 16yo daughter has recently started riding again after a year out and has been hacking & schooling Raff too, she is also very sad to be in this situation but we both want to be out eventing.
Balanced sympathetic riders only
Powys / Shropshire border