Smart quality Irish Draught allrounder/hunter with an incredible quiet genuine temperament

• Irish Draught
• Bay
• Gelding
• 5 years
• 17 hands

• Proven hunter, hunted with the Quorn and South Notts
• Done riding club activities
• Done pleasure rides, beach rides and hacks in company

Smart Quality Irish Draught Alrounder/ Hunter with an incredible quiet genuine temperament! Topper is an absolutely gorgeous 17h 5 year old bay class one registered Irish Draught gelding.

For sale on behalf of his owner

Topper is one in a million who has so much quality and class combined with the most amazing genuine temperament. He is a very impressive hosre who stands out from the crowd and catches the eye. He is a well-bred fully registered Irish draught with 5 generations of pedigree recorded. He is a very good stamp of a horse with plenty of bone and substance and a real leg in each corner. He would easily carry a gentleman as well as more petite ladies and teenager, so appeals to a wide audience. He has excellent conformation and straight movement. He would excel in the show ring in hunter classes, did show at Equifest last year in the ridden hunter class where he came 3rd. He is the full package to excel across all riding disciplines which makes him the perfect alrounder. He has also hunted on several occasions last session with the Quorn and South Notts hunt making him an ideal hunter too.

Topper works well on the flat, he has a lovely relaxed way of going. He has three very good paces that are nicely balanced and comfortable. He is light and soft in the hand and works nicely up to the contact from between leg and hand. He works in a nice outline for a more competent rider and equally rides around with a level head carriage for a rider not interested in riding him into the contact. He is ridden in a snaffle for everything expect for hunting where he went in a 2 ring universal. He is on the steady side of medium to ride in the school where you need to use your leg to keep him going and push him up to the bridle. He is nice and straight forward to ride though and you haven’t got to be a technical quiet rider to ride him, he will take a kick and a wobble. He isn’t a novice ride though as he is big young horse so still needs producing further to reach his potential, but he has a lot to give and would go out and do a nice preliminary dressage test now with more to come.

Topper loves his jumping and makes a nice shape. He is nicely forward going into a fence and is very honest and genuine to jump. He is jumps all fillers and water trays first attempt confidently. He is very ridable around a course of fences. He has currently jumped around 80cm courses at arena hires. He has also attended some riding club clinics which he has really enjoyed. He isn’t always the most careful over coloured poles but he likes to have a go. He has also been xc schooling where he proved to be very genuine and jumped over a ditch and went straight through the water as well as jumping all the usually xc fences. He respects solid fences well. He jumped some big hedges and timbres when out hunting so does have the scope there.

Topper is lovely to hack out in company, he hasn’t gone out alone yet as both myself and his owner are based on busy roads and with him only being young we have been taking him out with another horse. He is good in traffic. If a lorry comes past we turn him into a gateway so he can stands well and watches it pass with a little space. He is very sensible in open spaces and not at all sharp or silly. He will go in any order within a group where he is very mannerly and will canter happily in any order. He has attended some pleasure rides where he has always been very well behaved. He has also been to the beach where he loved cantering along the beach and having a splash in the sea. He would be very ideal for someone wanting a straight forward fun horse to take on pleasure rides. He would also be very much suited to a hunting home. He has been hunted on several occasions by a man and also by a competent teenage girl. He stands very well at the meet and goes along well in the field.

Topper has a friendly and kind temperament. He is lovely to have around and very easy to handle. He puts a smile on your face every day. He loves people and will make soone an amazing best friend. He is always good to catch and lead in. He loves all the attention of being groomed and pampered. He lives in and out and is happy be turned out next to or in with other horses. He is great to shoe, wash and clip. He loads perfectly and travels well in a lorry or trailer. He is a very easy horse to load, travel and go off to an event on your own, he is also very straight forward to ride at new places. He really is such a genuine honest horse who deserves the best of homes.

Topper is a good fun allrounder that will have a go at everything. He would excel in a hunting home, he would also be ideal for pleasure rides and hacking and he would be a good riding club allrounder too. This is a sad sale for Toppers owner that has owned him since he was 6 months old so full history is known. He sadly doesn’t have the time for him anymore. He is very sound and healthy and open to vettings. He does have a small sarcoid under his groin which has stayed the same for a couple of years and doesn’t affect him. It's actually started to shrink recently since being fed radiant gold. This is reflected in his price and with no horse being perfect this is a small price to pay for a quality genuine horse. Lots more photos and videos available via WhatsApp. Based in Ramsey Peterborough. Please send me a message on WhatsApp or call Katherine on 07460820294 £13,500.