Stunning Gelding For Sale

• Irish Sports Horse
• Grey
• Gelding
• 13 years
• 17.2 hands

• Beautiful Paces
• A Truly lovely horse for someone to love and enjoy
• Super dressage potential

Stan is a beautiful rising 13yo 17.2 grey ISH gelding. He has incredible Irish bloodlines out of Berkeley Cruise who’s by the legendary 1.60 jumper Cruising x cavalier Royale. On the dam side Kings Master who combines Master Imp x King of Diamonds X Ricardo Z and 1.60 jumper Furisto. His show name is Keif smooth cruising.

I have owned Stan for 3.5 years, before I purchased him he evented successfully up to BE100 with 22 foundation points and was schooling round novice. Showjumped up to foxhunter level with £260 and 170 points so is still eligible for discovery. He has an incredible BD record with 71 points, always placing in the top 3 with 46 novice points and 25 at elementary often scoring over 70%.

Stan's talent definitely lies in dressage, I lack dressage experience myself however took him out over the winter and he won both our classes. On the flat he oozes quality with rhythmical floaty paces, he knows lateral work and works correctly. I always get compliments on his way of going & he had many complements at the show about how lovely he was, he’d also do great showing for this reason too. He would easily do a lovely working hunter or purely dressage & go up the levels.

I have also taken Stan XC schooling a few times, this is something I’d never done before but he took me round, he was in his element and took me over some of the bigger intermediate fences, steps, ditches and in the water. Showjumping he has plenty of scope, I have taken him to county shows where he’s been great in the atmosphere and jumped up to 1m, he gave me my first win at this height. I haven’t been jumping him much recently after taking on a new job and struggling for time.
Stan enjoys hacking out across the fields and is great in open spaces, he’s gone out with a group of us and had a gallop not getting strong or silly.

On the ground stan’s good to shoe, he’s excellent at loading and standing on the lorry. I have taken him out in the lorry on my own in a 3.5 tonne and he travels perfectly and will stand on the box on his own. He does need sedating for clipping.

Stan is a classic cruising horse and can have his quirky moments and for this reason is not a novice ride. He needs a competent rider who understands he’s not being sold as a finished product but a quality project to go and enjoy any sphere with his new rider. Stan does require some veterinary maintenance which I am happy to discuss further and is reflected in his price. A good understanding home is important for me as this has been a tough decision and he is a much loved horse. He will only go to a 5* home I want him to go somewhere where he will be loved & spoiled as much as he is now.