- Bay
- Mare
- 12 years
- 15hh / 153cm
- Looking for a confident, competent new owner to enjoy hacking adventures and maybe endurance rides
- Group hacking is her forte, she’s an absolute delight
15hh, WB x TB, 12 year old bay mare for sale.
Looking for a confident, competent new owner to enjoy hacking adventures and maybe endurance rides. She doesn’t like schooling and isn't much of a jumper, she just really enjoys hacking out. I ride out on my own most of the time but on her own she can be a bit looky/twitchy (puddles, pigeons etc) and does occasionally whip round if something startles her. She looks to her rider for quiet confidence. Her rider must know when to give her a moment to process and when to encourage her forward.
If you want/need to hack out on your own and this is a problem, then she isn’t the horse for you. That said, she is fabulous in company. She won’t lead but will happily follow. She goes when you ask and stops when you ask (always in a snaffle) with the lightest of aids, isn’t lit up by other horses misbehaving, doesn’t nap if we see or pass other horses, will come away from the group if needed and doesn’t buck, rear or bolt. She is more contented in company, and I would say she would be suitable for more people if you plan to always ride in company as you don’t get most of the reactive moments, just all the fun. Group hacking is her forte, she’s an absolute delight.
She’s a sensitive, sweet, polite, cuddly mare. She’s good to catch and turn out, bath, good for the vet including jabs, farrier, physio etc. She’s up to date worm count, teeth, jabs. Lives in or out. Currently shod in front and enjoying it with the dry summer we’ve had (most of my hacking involves uneven stone tracks) but she has also been barefoot with me using hoof boots in front for hacking and that worked too in previous years. She’s ticklish to clip. I manage slowly with small, quiet clippers but others may prefer to simply sedate and crack on. She hasn’t been travelled much in the years I’ve had her, just a couple of yard moves and a farm ride. For those journeys she went in a trailer and a 3.5T and travelled well. She does like to take a few minutes on the ramp to check things out then she goes in.
For the reasons outlined above, no novices, please.
Call me old fashioned but I’m not up for hours of messaging. Please call, it saves confusion as I can give detailed answers plus I believe a call shows you are serious about finding a horse. I think a lot of this mare and I’m happy to answer all questions fully to ensure she ends up in the best of new homes with someone who will enjoy her as I have.
I’ve included a video of her lunging so you can see her move. I’m struggling to get help filming me riding but I did manage to capture some of our hack. It goes on a bit but I didn’t want to put forward a carefully edited brief clip so I just let it run on record so you could see a section of our ride.
Absolutely no payment plans, loans or LWVTB. Good fitting, comfy GP saddle available by separate negotiation.