Got one!
Five years old. Has been out on treks with the riding school who bred him from a TB mare and their shire stallion, but he is too sharp for the school and needs a private home. He has 9.5 inches of bone and is currently 16.3 measured yesterday. I am travelling for three hours to go and see him, so I just hope to goodness that he matches up to his photos! And for the Americans, three hours with a long journey on English roads through the Lake District is no joke! His name is TETLEY - that would have to go!!
Do you think he's worth the journey??????
posted by cptrayes @ 11:48 AM
15 comments
15 Comments:
Tetley!!!!! No way...sounds like an omen to me.
looks like he's got abit of growing to do yet.
oh i like him much more than the last one. what a pretty head he has! i'd agree that he looks like he has some growing on to do.
Yes he name would definitely have to go. Not only is there only one Tetley, but he doesnt even look like a Tetley. Looks like a Murphy to me! :-D
Wow, that is some hunk! Indeed, I do like him.
Gotcha about the roads. Here in the US, 3 hours on the highway is nothing.
I DO like that fact that he is "too sharp." That is a good omen...although nothing like the Tetley omen. He also seems to be well balanced in front. The one picture makes him look rump high, but that one is downhill unlike the other pic.
I also like that fact that he has been out and about, trekking. Has he done any jumping?
Nice expression. Interested in the world, yet kind.
Can't wait to hear the details of your adventure!
Lovely boy, definately worth the trip. Fingers crossed x
Anne
but there aren't any teas called Murphy, are there?
He will definitely have to have a name change, though.
and i hope the weather improves for your journey! the lakes on a dry calm day is one thing - in this weather, i wouldn't do it, i don't think. But at least there'll be minimal tourists.
Hmm, other teas! How about Celestial Seasonings, call him Sky for short. Actually, if I had a chance to name a horse I think I would choose Orion, just love that name and it's celestial.
Great that he has been out and about. I think that is so important for a young horse but the question is... does he want to jump?
I think the front end looks terrific, with a wonderful neck. The back will come with work on the hills here. The expression in his face is so perfect for what I wanted to see.
He's never done any jumping but if I get the chance I'll pop him over a little one to check his attitude. But if everything else is OK about him and I can't jump him then I'll take the chance, because I've never known a horse with a body like that and an expression like that fail to be excited by learning to jump.
The people who own him are very fond of him. I have been made to promise that he will never be sold to a meatman before they will even let me see him! He's only 5, I hope that's a long way off yet :-)))) !!
C
Earl (Grey) my favorite tea. He looks adorable. Treking's great training for watching where he puts his feet.
Good Luck
Been there ER! My second eventer was Earl Grey and I was forever getting told he was a bay, not a grey! My favourite tea too :-)
C
Nambarrie...lurvey tea!
never 'eard of it!!
C
The name of a tea is MILES - it is served in the famous tea rooms in Ludlow, foodie capital of England.
Worth the journey from the photos - the front end looks OK, rather rump high, but that means he is still going to grow - glup, how will you get on?
This cross is quite popular around here. A young friend had a mare bred like this and it did really well in dressage and in one-day events, qualifying for some national championships and getting him quite well known, as in being in Horse and Hound and being closely questioned by the dressage judges (They will want to know your life history I told him!).
Then at a Lucinda Green clinic she clipped the edge of a ditch and damaged its foot pretty seriously.
She was put in foal, and had a nice foal. By that time the mare was sound, so she was sold for not to too much work, but then about 6 weeks later she died of colic. At least she had the consideration to die AFTER she was sold and not before, but I don't think that cheered up her old owner much because she had been his first horse and he did love her. He still has the foal, who is a little baggage at the moment.
The mare has some pretty successful siblings around. She was quite firey though, and could be a handful (think snorting dragon being towed by a steam engine) so I can quite see why this one would be "too sharp" for a riding school.
Shock change of plans! Read my new post :-)))
C
ps Judith there are a pair of Shire crosses that compete Grand Prix, aren't there? They can move, and they really jump!
feel sad for this guy now, missing out on such a fun home. poor Tetley Too!
I'd buy them all if I could!
C
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