Stunning Palomino Irish Cob

• Cob
• Palomino
• Mare
• 5 years
• 16 hands

• Super project for someone who has time to bring her on
• Very good to hack alone and in company
• Superb kind friendly temperament on the ground

Offered as project on behalf of owner.
Barbie is a 16h rising 5 year old palamino Irish cob mare. Shes a gorgeous girl who catches the eye with her unique desirable colour and gorgeous head. She is a lovely quality middle weight stamp with a nice depth of girth, substance to her body and good amount of bone. She has good conformation, clean limbs, is blemish free and straight moving. Shes a very friendly girl who loves people and has the most amazing temperament however she is a sensitive soul under saddle and would benefit from being restarted and forming a one to one bond with her rider in order to reach her potential.

Barbie was started in Ireland where she was walk, trot and cantering along with jumping a small course of jumps and hacking out. It appears that she has been rushed and missed a couple of steps along the way as she can be nervous of her rider and can rush forward if she becomes unsure. She was bought by the RDA but after assessment it was evident that she wasn’t going to be suitable for them as she was just too sensitive and didn’t like someone running next to her whilst trotting. She needs a quiet experienced rider to take her back to basics (ground work initially) and to bring her on. Im sure she will make a super horse in time but she just needs 6 months of education and to gain trust in her rider. She has been ridden for several weeks at mine where she has done a mixture of schooling and hacking, mainly just walk and trot as we didn’t feel that she was ready to start canter work as she was quite green. We have recently taken her back to just ground work as she is a little weak across her back and we feel she needs to strengthen up before restarting her ridden work. She has been booked in for a physio treatment also as her back is a bit sore (has been xrayed and all clear so just muscular soreness). Shes still only young and developing so I feel she was just asked to do a bit too much too soon and needs to step back and reset.

Barbie has been super to hack, very relaxed, good in traffic and happy to lead or follow. She was also good to hack out on her own. I feel she would make a super hacking/pleasure horse in time as well as being a good alrounder as she has lovely paces and was beginning to work in an outline, just wasn’t strong enough through her body to hold it consistently.

Barbie has a kind friendly temperament. She loves people and will make someone an amazing best friend. She is a good to handle in all ways. She is good to shoe, wash and load. She lives in and out and is very chilled out and easy to have around. She is the calming influence on the yard. She currently turns out over night and comes in during the day, where she has her daily lay down. She will make someone a dream horse and form such a strong bond with her person. She just needs someone who has the time to put into her and continue with her groundwork to build up her topline before continuing with her ridden work .I think when she strengthens up in her body the ridden work will come together very nicely. Shes very much a one to one horse too.

Finding the right home is very important to us. Strictly no nervous or novices riders. She is only offered for sale as she is too green for the RDA and would really need 6 months to a year before she would be suitable for them and they haven’t got the time or money to accommodate this. She would be £12k plus if she was up and riding as horses of Barbie's stamp, colour, type and temperament are very hard to come by. Based near Huntingdon Cambridgeshire. Sold as a non ridden project. More pics and videos available on request. £6,950.