14 1" - 19 years old - Experienced all rounder.

Heartbreaking sale – absolutely no time wasters please.

If you are looking for a fun, kind, experienced older pony who has been there, done it and still has plenty to offer, Izzy could be the perfect match.

Izzy is a 19-year-old, 14.1hh Connemara mare with a lovely, varied history.

With her previous owners, Izzy gave two young 12-year-old riders some wonderful experiences, including competing at the Pony Club Championships at Hickstead, qualifying for Bicton, winning dressage series, attending clinics, trying arena eventing, and competing at the Lucinda Green XC Academy at Tweseldown, where she finished 2nd.

Since coming to me, she has enjoyed a much quieter life of hacking, agility and liberty work.

Izzy has previously competed in showjumping and is happiest around 70–80cm. Please don’t ask for jumping videos, as I bought her specifically to forest hack and enjoy quieter activities rather than to compete. Her previous owner is very happy to speak to serious enquirers about her jumping history, and I also have a full history from her last two homes.

Izzy hacks out and is forward-going but sensible. She does appreciates reassurance around tractors, so she is not suitable for a novice rider. She loves having a job to do and is happiest when kept active, involved and given plenty of attention, although in addition, with us she has also been very happy to chill. She is great with dogs, children, farrier, vet, we did sedate her to clip her. She is great to load and travels quietly.

She is a beautiful, characterful mare who likes a routine. She prefers not to be left completely alone in the field, although she is perfectly settled standing at shows all day with a haynet when other horses are around. She is also happy to be stabled during the wetter winter months, as turnout is restricted here. She has no stable vices.

Izzy has recently had both hocks medicated with Arthramid and is now ready to continue a comfortable ridden career in whichever sphere suits her new person.

This is an absolutely heartbreaking decision. I bought Izzy with dreams of enjoying beautiful rides together around the New Forest, but sadly she is extremely unsettled by the New Forest crab flies and for this reason, I feel she would be much happier living outside the Forest environment.

She is therefore being rehomed through absolutely no fault of her own, I can not express how upsetting a sale this is, and she will only go to a knowledgeable home outside the New Forest.

Izzy would best suit a competent older child, teenager, small adult or mother/daughter share looking for a genuine all-round pony to enjoy hacking, clinics, schooling, jumping and having fun with. She is currently being ridden by a competent 14 year old who adores her, she is a much-loved pony looking for her next very special person.

No beginners please.


Home will be vetted.
£3,500 – price reflects age, no offers.