Jet Set Forest Knight (Dad of Jet Set Monarch - who ran the last 2 years on the forest)
Spanny is 13.2hh and our beloved friend - sadly outgrown. I want to keep him and drive him, but it's not the right time for us to do that yet. I want to find him a loan home for either a few years or an on-off share.
A solid little guy with a big shoulder, wonderful natural balance, super gentle and kind to handle. Many of you NF folkes will know his breeding and breeder Naomi Duell. Span is well known around Beaulieu where we ride extensively.
I started him very slowly in natural horsemanship (which I teach part-time) and he has done 2 years of extensive hacking (solo and in a group) with me, and then 2 years with my daughter (now 14).
He has done masses of long distance riding & camping on Exmoor, 5 x PC camps and numerous rallies, a few Mopley small shows & hunted with Wilton x 2 seasons. We always go in the jumping group and he has pinged around their rails country safely and consistently. We have done demonstrations in NH to Pony Club. He is regularly ridden bitless out hacking, & bridleless in the field jumping & playing about. We once did 12 miles on Exmoor with just a neck rope. He neck reins and does simple lateral work like a ninja... We also taught him loads of tricks. He'll jump around a 60cm SJ with an experienced person, or flop over very tiny fences on a lead with a novice.
FYI - Whilst he'll stand quietly at a hunt meet in the busyness, and can deal with PC camp multiple rides around him, he doesn't love shows (except Mopley!). As an ex working-stallion who was cut at 4,lots of horses moving around in different directions seems to stress him enough that he's a mild PITA and we're not competitive so didn't carry this on. He can be ridden through it but he's not the normal calm fella.
The right family/person will love their horses, enjoy hacking, have some Natural Horsemanship knowledge, live in the NF. He'll carry a small adult fine (Evie my daughter is 5'6 in the black and white pic). He is good for novices to ride and responsive - and I sometimes ride/lead with children on him.
Please note - we do not ride with tight contact on the reins and that's a no go for me. Ideally I don't want him bashed about over big fences or on hard ground. I'd rather he went to happy hacking-ville but some PC or RC is fine.
He is brilliant to load, tie, park and ride, great in traffic, leads off a bike, happy to live with other horses or on his own.
He's currently in Somerset, fully fit, shod, and coming back to the NF in mid Sept. We are not in a hurry to find him a home.
Fully vacc'd - obvs!
References and home check required.
