Kind, quality Irish Draught yearling with exceptional breeding.

• Irish Draught
• Chestnut
• Colt
• 1 years

• Sensible, laid back young horse.
• Top show and dressage prospect.
• Bred at Silveroak Irish Draught Stud, a professional Stud where both parents can be seen.

Silveroak Farmers Gold, stable name Louis is a striking chestnut Irish Draught yearling colt with a blaze, white socks and a beautiful flaxen mane and tail. He is offered only to the very best of homes.

Louis is exceptionally people-oriented and a joy to have around. He is very well handled, but not over spoiled, he picks up all four feet happily, is calm and sensible to deal with, and is always the first to come to you in the field. He is super friendly, easy-going in a herd, and has a quiet, confident nature well beyond his years.

Louis has excellent conformation, very good bone, and a stunning, kind head. He carries himself with real presence, making him a fabulous future show horse, while his correct, balanced paces are more than good enough for both the show ring and dressage. He is a genuine all-round prospect with the versatility that Irish Draughts are renowned for.

Louis’ Sire is the beautiful Class 1 Stallion Macs Silver. Known for his quality both in the UK and Ireland, Macs is a first class stallion who has fantastic jumping ability, correctness and typiness with excellent conformation. He is a very good example of the breed. Both sire and dam are old-fashioned, traditional Irish Draughts with the temperament and substance the breed was originally valued for. His dam is also a very good mare, she is exceptionally sensible and easy mare — the sort you can do anything with — and his sire is very much the same. They are both proper, true Irish Draughts in type, mind and outlook. Both his Sire and Dam are 15.2hh. It looks like Louis may be bigger than his parents, but it is impossible to guarantee a height at this stage. I would say he would mature somwwhere between 15.2 and 16.2hh.

This colt has been bred at Silveroak Stud, where we are experienced breeders of Irish Draught horses, with a number of top-quality stallions and broodmares. Our focus is firmly on the traditional type of Draught — a safe, sane, sound horse with presence and quality, suitable for showing, competition, and as a genuine family horse to be enjoyed by all. We specialise in the smaller more traditional type of Irish Draught and strive to breed sensible, top quality horses.

Louis is up to date with worming and his feeding regime is carefully monitored to ensure healthy growth, but not a pushed over growth. He is currently looking very scruffy in his winter coat and it’s a job to keep him and his stable mate Jacks coats looking clean! So you would definitely be seeing Louis right now in his ‘work clothes’. However a true swan will appear from under the woolly exterior as his spring coat arrives. And if you are a first time foal owner don’t worry as we are always here for help and advice as our foals grow up.

Louis is only available because we cannot keep them all. This is a colt we truly adore, and he will only be sold to an exceptional, knowledgeable home where he will be cherished and kept for life. His future matters greatly to us, and finding the right person is far more important than a quick sale.

Viewings welcome from genuinely interested parties, and we are happy to answer any questions you have. We are also happy to support any new owner with help and advice as your yearling matures as I appreciate it can be a daunting prospect taking on a young horse.