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• Connemara Part Bred
• Grey
• Gelding
• 6 years
• 15.1 hands

• Please read the full advert before contacting me, thank you.
• I genuinely believe he is a lovely horse and could make a lovely project for someone experienced who has the time and patience to continue his education.

Flex - Approx 15.1hh, 6yo, gelding. Believed to be Connemara x Irish Draught (breeding unrecorded).

Flex came to me 7 weeks ago to be restarted and I am now helping his owner find him a suitable new home.

A little background on him.
His current owner, Jodi, purchased him in July 2025 from a lady who had owned him since he was a 2yo. He was broken in by her and mainly used for hacking. Jodi had him 2 stage vetted at the time of purchase, which he passed with no issues.

Shortly after arriving home he did some schooling and hacking, however in October 2025 he became difficult and did rear when asked to hack alone. In November 2025 he went to the vets to be scoped where ulcers were found, and he was also diagnosed with acute RH PSD believed to have happened in the field. He was treated for the ulcers, had shockwave therapy, and had 8 weeks small paddock turnout.

He was rescoped on 13th January 2026 and confirmed clear of ulcers. The vets also confirmed he was sound and advised that he could be restarted.

Flex arrived with me on 14th January 2026 where I completely restarted him. I began with groundwork, progressing to long reining around the whole farm. He proved extremely brave and not spooky. Over the following 6 weeks he progressed to walk, trot and canter in the arena under saddle, worked over pole exercises which he really enjoyed, and was hacking out alone nicely. During this time he seemed a much happier horse. Jodi came to ride him weekly with me in the school and hacking alone and he was good for her each time.

After the 6 weeks he returned home but sadly reverted back to his previous behaviour and reared while hacking alone with Jodi. Because of this he has come back to me so we can hopefully find him the right home, rather than him being sold through a dealer without his full history being known and potentially ending up in the wrong hands and being passed around.

He has now been back with me for 10 days. He was unsettled for the first few days but is now back to the happy Flex I know.

I genuinely believe he is a lovely horse and could make a lovely project for someone experienced who has the time and patience to continue his education. He has a very loving personality and is easy to handle and have around.

If you wanted to hack in company all the time you would likely have no issues as he is foot perfect and not phased by machinery or road traffic. However if you wanted to hack alone you will need to be confident and prepared to work through any potential sticky moments.

He hasn’t reared with me. We’ve had two moments over the 7 weeks where he thought about it but he never actually did. I’ve only ever had positive experiences with him, videos below are us hacking alone recently around our village and out in fields. I have lots of long videos of Flex whilst he’s been with me so I can send them on WhatsApp.

He is up to date with teeth, physio, saddle checks, farrier, vaccinations and has wanted for nothing in his current home.. his owner is happy to speak to anyone interested.

£4,000 including saddle which has recently been fitted.
However open to offers as the home is more important, we’d rather see him happy in a home then being passed around.

Not my usual type of advert but I’ve spent a lot of time with Flex and I do believe he has the potential to be a lovely horse for someone and I really want to try and help him out and see him succeed in the future.

WhatsApp for videos
Chloé Cashmore -07857707481
Leamington Spa