- Connemara
- Fleabitten grey
- Gelding
- 15 years
- 144 cm
- Won Team Gold for England WHPI 2023
- 8th HOYS Newcomer Final 2023
- POYS Grand Prix Winner 2024
Williams Lad - One of the best JC ponies in the country
This is the hardest thing I have ever had to write as Will has been the the most incredible pony I have ever had the pleasure of owning- sadly due to my daughters time on ponies coming to an end we are reluctantly offering Will for sale. He is THE most loving, loyal, brave, honest pony and he will only go to a 10* home and if we don’t find that he won’t go. As we do love him so much we would like to be guanranteed first refusal for his sale back to us in the next couple of years so he can enjoy his retirement at home if possible so if you are interested but aren’t prepared to offer that sadly he won’t go under any other terms. Ideally we are looking for someone who has a few years left on ponies and just wants a winning machine that they can spoil with the view of him going at the end of their journey, we would also like him to stay relatively close to us if possible.
Will is the dream pony- absolutely perfect to clip, shoe, catch. He needs a bit of persuasion to get on the lorry and is quite a nervous traveller, nothing nasty just tucks his head into the corner. Perfect to hack alone or in company and truly a dream to do in all ways, not hot headed at all, not strong or silly and completely trustworthy. He is the most loyal and loving pony meaning he looks after anyone who is around him and who rides him, he is also INCREDIBLY intelligent and brave and can fix any sticky situation you get him into unlike any pony I have ever seen. Has the potential to jump and win at any height but we don’t want him over jumped. Will came to our very novice family in early December 2023 for my daughter who hadn’t ridden for two years, never competeted BS or even jumped above 80cm before her final year on ponies and since took her from jumping 80 cm unaff in December to 1.15 Hickstead Quals at Pony Prems in early February, he has made all of her dreams come true jumping multiple clears in HOYS qualifiers, winning POYS GP, jumping and winning 1.15&1.20, qualifying for multiple classes at Bluechip & British Showjumping National Championships. He has amazing flat work flying changes ect and would excel in other disciplines aswell.
2023:
Will jumped triple clear at Bishop Burton Summer Pony Prem Newcomer SRS to take 3rd and qualify for HOYS where he jumped for a super unlucky pole round a testing course with only 5 clears taking 8th place out of 30+. On his first attempt he also jumped triple clear in the Discovery SRS to take 3rd and qualify for the National Championships. At WHPI he jumped a quick Double Clear in the Debut Teams Qual to earn his place on the England Team where he jumped another perfect clear to help England win GOLD. At the National Championships Will jumped another Double clear to take 2nd in an extremely competitive National Discovery Final.
2024:
At POYS Will jumped a perfect DC in the 1.10 Grand Prix to win being the top Novice Pony in the class. At my daughters first ever BS show he qualified for the Sapphire Final at Bluechip Championships, then shortly after he jumped two 1.10 double clears in the same day winning both classes and qualifying for not only the Coral Final at Bluechip Championships but also the winter JC Hickstead quals.
At Bluechip he jumped a perfect clear in the Sapphire Final but didn’t jump the Coral Final as my daughter was very poorly. At Southview Summer Pony Prem he jumped a lovely clear in the HOYS Qual just having an unlucky pole in the second round due to complete rider inexperience. He jumped our first 1.20 in April to jump a perfect clear and take the win in a competitive class after jumping clear and 2nd in the 1.15 beforehand , he then continued his perfect streak and in the following week jumped 2x DC in a full up 1.10 & 1.15 to take the win in both classes. He dominated the silver league 2024 standing at the top until his break in September.
His recent results in the last 2 years:
-8th HOYS newcomer final 2023
-Qualified England Debut Teams 2023
-England Team Gold WHPI 2023
-2nd Discovery Final Nationals 2023
-Winner 1.10 GP POYS 2024
-Winner first ever 1.20 2024
-Qualified Members Cup Final National championships 2024
-Qualified Silver League Final National Championships 2024
-Qualified HOYS Quals Newcomer 2024
-Qualified HOYS quals Foxhunter
2024
-Clear Southview HOYS qual (narrowly missing out)2024
-Clear Chard HOYS qual 2024
-Qualified Bluechip Saphirre 2024
-Qualified Bluechip Coral 2024
-Qualified Hickstead JC quals 2024
-Dominated the silver league 2024
-Top 5 placings every day in 50+ classes at recent Onley Show 2024
Minor blip in record towards the end of summer due to undetected ulcers that have been treated and all healed now. Happy to discuss this further but genuine reason for his tiny blip.
Never bucks, rears, bolts, bites- the kindest most genuine pony that I genuinely believe would die for the people around him, puts his rider before himself and tries his whole heart out. The most incredibly special pony one that only comes around once in a lifetime. I truly cannot speak highly enough of him he is just the most trustworthy pony and leaves everyone smiling inside and outside of the ring no matter what- he is clear round machine who wants to win just as much as his rider if not more. As parent it is so comforting and reassuring to know my child is being looked after no matter what in every situation. The things Will has been able to achieve with my very novice daughter are miraculous, he is the most special pony I have ever come across. He is so adjustable, changing himself to fit his rider and is an automatic pony that backs himself up on a short stride and lengthens himself on a long one. He is extremely honest and is more than happy to chip in to save his rider and is unfazed by mistakes- he doesn’t hold a grudge, you could get him wrong over and over again but he still won't stop, he knows his job and does it exceptionally well. Substantial price required for this one of a kind pony. Mid 5 figures. Dozens of videos available on request, please no timewasters or joy riders as this is a heartbreaking sale as it is. Tack is included. Please call or text 07535547702