- KWPN
- Gelding
- 11 years
- 16 hands
- Jumps 1.15 / 1.20 for fun - Pops 1.35 at home
- Would be fabulous for Children On Horses series
Jumps 1.15 / 1.20 for fun - Pops 1.35 at home
Would be fabulous for Children On Horses series
Igor KR, known to his friends as Tiger, is a 16h, 10yo KWPN gelding who is by Emilion out of a Heartbreaker mare.
Born and bred to jump fences and show off his fancy footwork Tiger has presence in abundance and as yet untapped scope over a fence.
He has been with me since he was an un backed, rising 4yo (and in that time, he’s never had even a single day lame, sick or sorry) and this is a very difficult sale through absolutely no fault of his own.
Tiger lives to jump coloured fences, he is scopey, agile, quick thinking, and genuine – you get him to a fence and he will do everything in his power to get you to the other side. I have never reached the pinnacle of the scope he has, he pings around 1.15m/1.20m courses like they are nothing and he pops 1.35m at home without batting an eyelid.
In his relatively limited BS outings he has qualified for National Amateur Second Rounds 1.05 m and although he has huge scope he is still eligible for British Novice due to me sometimes struggling to find the time to get out competing as often as I would like. He is therefore ideal for someone wanting a talented horse with the scope to go through the levels whilst still being able to get to know each other whilst the partnership is new.
Tiger is not one that you need to jump tons to keep his eye in, he will very happily go out competing without needing too much training, in fact, if you don’t jump for a few weeks, you can still just crack on and get out to shows without a bother. He is keen to a fence without rushing and not at all strong. Your job as a pilot is very much just put him on his line and leave him to get on with it. He does everything in a straight bar Trust bit, no more brakes are needed. He also goes extremely well in a bitless bridle, whether that is jumping, hacking or schooling.
Tiger is agile in jump offs, quick on turns, and he likes someone who is confident and trusts him enough to let him do what he does best!
While Tiger is a total jumping bean, the last couple of years him and I have dabbled in some proper British Dressage. Who knew we would turn into Dressage divas! Consistent wins and places at affiliated Prelim and Novice with some very impressive scores, he regularly qualified for and indeed won at Petplan Championships and Riding Club, again due to my work restrictions he has 44 Prelim and 77 Novice points, so although capable of moving up through the levels, you are still eligible to go out competing at Novice and or Prelim. We had our first play at two unaffiliated Medium tests recently and I was delighted to win both tests with good scores under top judges, He is working towards Advanced Medium at home and has the ability to continue through the grades with the right rider and training.
Active, rhythmical paces and a naturally uphill way of going make him an impressive sight in the dressage arena.
Tiger had a successful BE eventing career up to 1.05m, including two unaffiliated Novice events, with only one cross-country blip on his record (due to me stupidly attempting to ride at BE Area Qualifier with two broken ribs from a fall from another horse, the previous week).However, cross-country isn’t Tiger‘s favourite phase (coloured poles are definitely his forte) so although he always jumps any ditch/ water/skinny he is faced with, he didn’t massively enjoy it, and so I concentrated in the last couple of years on Dressage and Showjumping.
On the yard, Tiger is a much loved character, daft and lovable, he is a gentle soul who loves a cuddle. He lives happily in or out, goes out in the field, either on his own, with mares and geldings, leads in from the field in a big group of his friends and he doesn’t mind being left in the field or the yard on his own. If he has to stay in for any reason (weather etc) he is no different to ride, in fact, you can give him weeks/months off and safely get straight back on him without the need to lunge him or put him on the walker first!
Tiger has done a ton of hacking, both in groups and on his own with me. While out with his pals, his happy place is mooching along at the back. He is never strong, doesn’t get competitive, you can see from the videos that he doesn’t whatsoever mind his pals going on ahead, if we have to wait around for my dog to finish his sniffs, he will also pull up from canter and let his friends canter away from him without fussing one little bit.
Tiger has done various fun rides and has also drag hunted with me( he jumps all the big hedges!) and although he finds it wonderfully exciting, he still does it all in his very mild bit. In fact Tiger goes extremely well in a bit less bridle, both hacking and in the school/jumping.
Tiger is super to ride and lead out from another horse, just in a headcollar, no need for a bridle, you can even have a canter while you are riding and leading without fear of being towed about.
I do a lot of hacking out on my own, with a high vizzed up terrier whizzing around with us and he jollies along on the buckle. However, he is spooky when he has to take responsibility! He doesn’t look at a thing when he’s in the middle or at the back of a group, but if he’s in front he can look at things – never is he nasty, no whipping round at all, just that silly “oooo that leaf wasn’t there yesterday“ type thing. The best way to ride him is literally jolly along on a long rain and ignore it because I totally trust that his intention is never to drop me! Having said that he is spooky, Tiger is absolutely fabulous out in any weather, I have ridden him in the worst weather that this country throws at us, high winds, snow, rain and he really doesn’t mind whatsoever. His waterproof sheet can blow up like a hot air balloon all around him, and he doesn’t bat an eyelid.
For this reason, a confident, experienced, sympathetic rider is Tigers ideal partner, someone who will understand that meeting him head on with training is not the way to get the best out of him, my fabulous Dressage trainer knows exactly how much to ask without pushing too far!
Tiger is regularly ridden by a 17 year old (he can be seen jumping with him in the videos and flat work in some of the pictures) and he goes extremely well for him, this is the reason I think he would be fabulous for a confident, experienced Junior or Young Rider or indeed for the Children On Horses series.
I would absolutely love to see Tiger go on and achieve all that he is capable of in both Showjumping and Dressage and he will only be sold to his perfect partner, the right home is absolutely imperative.
Soppy, daft, talented, absolutely eye-catching and never boring, if the right person comes along, he will leave a very large, ginger, Tiger shaped hole on my yard.
*** Update 27/09/24 ***
In May 2023 my fabulous boy Tiger went off to his new home. He was sold from the above advert to the first family that came to see him, I knew from the very first message/phone call that they would give this talented, daft, quirky ginger boy the perfect home.
He has spent the last 18 months being a much loved family horse, taking his young jockey from jumping steadily round 90’s to a wonderfully confident partnership out winning 1.10m show jump outings each time out.
Heartbreakingly now, due to his young riders ill health, after lots of tears and soul searching, Tiger is here with me to find his next partner. I myself am so sad as I have hugely enjoyed getting the wonderful updates as he gelled with his owner, it was incredible watching her confidence grow as Tiger showed her the ropes at what he does best.
He has been back here in the fold for a couple of weeks now, he settled straight back into his old routine and being out in the field with his old pals, last week he had a BS outing where he absolutely skipped round the 1.05 and the Newcomers on a ticket with a ton of scope to spare.
Some of the pics/videos are from his time with me and some are from last week
Please call/ WhatsApp on 07888 675300 for about a million pics and videos. Tiger is based with me in Wiltshire SN4 9QF
£29,950