Your next best friend

• Thoroughbred
• Fleabitten grey
• Gelding
• 10 years
• 15.3 hands

• Dressage prospect
• Unfazed hacking
• Always been in the ribbons

Mac (Grey Appeal) Rising 10-year-old grey thoroughbred
 
Due to my son finding his love for golf and working more hours we have made the extremely difficult decision to find Mac’s new family. Mac is a dude, no two ways about it. But unfortunately for me, i feel I am too heavy for him.
 
We feel he is being wasted with us and would be perfect for a competent lightweight young adult or experienced teenager. Don’t let the tb put you off as you can see, he looks more like a Connemara and acts more like a labrador, equine experts are always surprised when we tell them his breed. He is loved on the yard and is best friends with anyone who has food. He has only raced twice his whole life and would rather cuddles a snack and a nap. He is more woah than go but not to the point of exhaustion he will pick up the pace jumping but nothing silly at all he just loves it.
 
He needs a confident rider when jumping as when given the opportunity occasionally he will find away around the fence or just stop. He needs a fun calm, low key home that isn’t wanting to go round metre courses tomorrow. He is a mouldable horse and would love just hacking but equally would love a riding club home.
 
We have had Mac for 4 years now and over time we have worked to build his strength over his top line and he is turning into a proper little dressage diva, He moves in a beautiful outline and loves to learn. He enjoys his flatwork and can perform some lateral work, but dressage isnt really my thing, so I haven't properly gone down this route with him but he is willing and eager to learn. He is the easiest horse to do anything with he’s been to the beach and the gallops and he’s happy to gallop then stop and simply walk on the buckle no stress.
 
Taking him competing he is just as relaxed, brilliant in a busy warm up and unaffected by horses kicking of around him. He is brilliant out on a hack will go in front, behind through dodgy holes in hedges and over busy motorway bridges. He’s not the biggest fan of HGVs but our hacking doesn’t really involve main roads so has not been a problem for us.
 
He does not spin, rear, bolt or buck simply because that involves wasting precious calories. He is a brilliant horse but just needs someone with more time and confidence to make him shine.

We remained in touch with his old owner who had him from 3 to 6 so we know a lot abiut his history. He's totally clean limbed and vice free.