SPSS-graded Small Sport Horse filly

Linda Dykes in Leominster

Height: 15hh

Age: 2 years old

Colour: Appaloosa

Breed: Sports Pony

Gender: Mare

Type: Horse

Discipline: Youngstock , Riding Club and All-Rounder

Description: Widgeon Hill Ceilidh is a 2023 small Sport Horse filly to make 15/15.1hh. Home-bred to make a higher-end RC all-rounder, Ceilidh was awarded Gold at the recent British Breeding Futurity (Native section). She is also an SPSS graded mare, on top of the SPSS Youngstock Evaluation Premium awarded last year. Her breeding is unique: Ceilidh is by the Highland pony Balmoral Sport, out of ApHC registered and SPSS-graded American Appaloosa Chamfron Chipita, from very versatile Appaloosa and Quarter Horse bloodlines, including a good dose of TB. Her dam was never competed consistently or frequently, simply due to my lack of time and energy, but nevertheless evented up to 90cm, did SJ, arena eventing, hunter trials, County-level showing (spotted and Foreign breed classes), dressage (only to Novice but she would easily have gone further with a more competitive rider than I), was borrowed for PC dressage teams and was also approved for para riders to use in RDA dressage competitions. In a change of the plan I had when I bred Ceilidh, I have reluctantly come to realise that she will not be the right retirement pony for me: she is a quick-thinking, athletic and very intelligent small sports horse far more suited to an experienced amateur competitive rider (maybe a mother/teenager share?) to produce and later excel in RC competitions, than the laid-back more-whoa-than-go conveyance I need in the hope of riding into my 70s! The right home is very important. I am looking for a home experienced with youngsters and groundwork: Ceilidh needs a kind, consistent handler who can reinforce respectful boundaries. However, she is a friendly and affectionate filly who is good to do, loves being groomed and pampered, and once she feels secure in you as a leader she tries very hard, and learns very quickly. She needs a “doing” home, she will not be the kind of horse you can only ride once a week (another reason she isn’t right for me). Ceilidh could also be a versatile broodmare providing an outcross to produce either sports ponies (I’d love to see what she would produce crossed to a Welsh Section B), capable RC all-rounders similar to herself, or could be crossed to a TB or warmblood for a larger, higher-octane sports horse with a dash of hardy sensible native pony blood. With regard to colour genetics, Ceilidh is a bay dun appaloosa: any offspring would have a 50% chance of being spotted and a 50% chance of being dun (higher if bred to a dun and/or spotted stallion) and would be eligible for an SPSS passport. Please note, she has one blue eye and one brown eye so if you can't stand horses with blue eyes, swipe left! ◆ Registered and passported as a part-bred Highland pony ◆ Eligible for over-stamping by the UK ApHC as a part-bred ◆ SPSS graded in the main studbook ◆ Up to date with everything, good to trim feet, groom, bath, lead, tie, load, travel, catch (have I forgotten anything?) ◆ Happy to stand on the box at an event ◆ Been to several large county shows and behaved beautifully, including at the Royal Welsh as a yearling ◆ Has been for a few hacks in hand with a ridden horse and behaved very sensibly ◆ Used to dogs, cats, and poultry underfoot; has been turned out next to sheep and cattle ◆ Lives out 24/7 (rug optional), but stables happily prior to shows and events. ◆ Open to vet, and I have included her veterinary soundness mark sheet from the recent Futurity in the photos. ◆ Herefordshire ◆ Very strong preference for a home who will plan to compete in their chosen discipline(s) and I would also want a home that can offer her daily turnout. NB - I can't always reply to emails or WhatsApp until after office hours Futurity photos - Tanja Davis Photography

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£6,750

SPSS-graded Small Sport Horse filly

Linda Dykes

Leominster

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