- Dutch Warmblood
- Grey
- Mare
- 5 years
- 16.1hh / 166cm
- Cornet Oblensky Bloodlines
- Super Temperament
- Bred to jump
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Romy is a beautiful young mare with exceptional quality, outstanding breeding and all the attributes to make a top-class sport horse in the right hands.
I purchased her in November last year following a full five-stage vetting, including a full set of X-rays. She had been lightly backed and was ready to continue her education. She has a fabulous temperament, is highly intelligent, and her loose jump is truly exceptional.
Unfortunately, just two weeks after I bought her, she sustained an injury which required a joint flush and resulted in a minor superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT) injury. She has never been lame as a result of the tendon injury and has spent the past eight months turned away to recover.
She is now 100% sound, with the only remaining sign being a small, soft lump on her hock where the arthroscopy camera port was inserted. My vet expects this to reduce over time.
During her rehabilitation, I purchased a small Connemara mare to ride. Having had time to reflect, I’ve realised that Romy is simply more horse than I want at this stage. She deserves someone who can fulfil her enormous potential.
She will need bringing back into work gradually and sensibly, as you would expect after time off, but I recently tacked her up and rode her quietly up the lane without any issues. My vet has advised there is no reason she should not return to full competition work with a careful and progressive fitness programme.
Her breeding speaks for itself.
Her sire, Condios CC Z, is an outstanding grey Zangersheide stallion by the legendary Cornet Obolensky, renowned for his athleticism, careful technique and elegant movement. Condios CC Z is currently competing successfully at 1.35m level and has already established himself as an exciting sire of modern sport horses.
Her dam is by Emir R, the highly respected KWPN stallion who competes internationally at 1.60m level and is recognised for passing on exceptional scope, technique and rideability.
Romy has all the talent, athleticism and pedigree to develop into a serious competition horse with the right rider and production.
She doesn’t particularly suit my quiet smallholding in rural Cornwall. She forms strong attachments and becomes unsettled when my Connemara mare is taken away, although she is perfectly happy leaving the Connie herself to go out and work. I genuinely believe she would thrive on a busy competition or professional yard where there are plenty of horses and a consistent routine.
I’m approaching 50, lack the confidence to produce a horse of her calibre after her time off, and only have large grass fields with no arena or facilities. It simply isn’t the right environment for either of us.
Finding Romy the right home is far more important than the price. She owes me around £20,000, but her price is very negotiable to an experienced, knowledgeable and kind rider who can give her the future she deserves.
Serious enquiries only, please. I am happy to discuss her history openly with genuinely interested buyers.