The brand new hunting season is almost upon us, so get prepared and take a look at this selection of hunters for sale on the Horse & Hound website this week.
1. ‘A type very hard to find’
Height: 17.1hh
Gender: gelding
Age: five
Selling points: “Tom is a very quiet five-year-old Irish Sport Horse and a real old fashioned type horse — he is a proper weight carrier. He is a real sweetheart, everybody’s favourite. He is easy to ride, ridden here in a snaffle at all times by novice students. Tom is a big horse but easy to ride, he would be suitable for showing or working hunter. Tom has a lovely floating step and he is easy to ride on the bit. He has a comfortable canter and a good jump — he has jumped up to 1m here with a novice rider. Tom is very honest and he loves cross-country. He jumps water, banks, coffins, ditches etc. He is a type very hard to find! He hacks out alone and in company and he has hunted twice with the Laois Foxhounds and has done charity rides. He has no stable vices.”
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2. ‘Wonderful’
Height: 17.2hh
Gender: gelding
Age: six
Selling points: “This is a heavyweight show hunter with 10.5” bone. He is mannerly kind and good to do and has jumped in a novice workers — he won as a heavyweight and was placed second to a Royal Dublin Horse Show 2019 supreme hunter champion. He has a snaffle mouth, hacks alone and in company and hunted a few days last season. He will make a top class amateur or professional heavyweight hunter or a wonderful family friend and all-rounder.”
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3. ‘Cracking mare’
Height: 16.3hh
Gender: mare
Age: eight
Selling points: “This is a cracking hunting mare. She is straight forward, a serious jumper. She is beautifully bred, stunning to look at and has no vices.”
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4. ‘Brilliant’
Height: 16.3hh
Gender: gelding
Age: 10
Selling points: “This Irish Draught is an ideal gentleman’s middleweight hunter but is also ridden by a lady rider. He has huge presence and a fabulous way of going. He is a brilliant hunter having gone out regularly with the DSSH and the EFH throughout the spring and will be out again in the next few weeks. He has field mastered on several occasions and will go anywhere. He is a good jumper and has also shown. He would do a beautiful dressage test and is a gent to hack alone or in company and ride and lead etc. He is good to box, shoe and in traffic and has no vices. He is a really honest horse that would excel at anything.”
5. ‘Crosses any country’
Height: 17.1hh
Gender: gelding
Age: seven
Selling points: “Fred has hunted a full season (two days a week) with the Tynedale, both whipping in and in the field. He crosses any country and jumps everything — gates, rails, hedges, ditches etc. He is very well-mannered, stands perfectly and happy to go out on point. Fred is never strong, he has been hunted by a short lady rider and is always in a snaffle. He is more than good enough for a huntsman or field master. Fred has also competed on hunt relay teams, coming second at Belsay Horse Trials. Fred came 10th out of 42 at the Melton Hunt Ride in February, on his and my first attempt at a hunt ride. He would be a fantastic addition to any team chasing team; he would go first, middle or last. He is bold and honest but safe, always trusting and looking after his jockey. Fred has also evented at BE90 (where he has been placed) and BE100, he is honest, brave and always looks after his jockey. He competed in the RoR classes at Northumberland County show in 2018, where he was highly praised by the judges. Fred is great to hack out, alone or in company, riding or leading and is perfect in traffic — nothing fazes him. Fred is a very laid back and easy horse to deal with at home and away. I think a lot of Fred and a good home is a must for him.”
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