Sporty, elegant and elastic dressage horse

• Irish Sports Horse
• Bay
• Gelding
• 12 years
• 16.2 hands

• Over 68% in both is Novice and Elementary tests at the weekend, first BD outing for his 25/26 season
• Qualified and entered for Novice silver winter National championships
• Potential YR teams horse

Rathdown Star is a 16.2hh WB x TB 12yo. 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 and 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 is s a complete natural, he is sensitive but neat and flashy

Raff competed at Winter regionals for Nationals at Novice and petplan at elementary performing brilliant at both, gaining a wildcard for nationals in April

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

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