If you just love this colour, take a look at our selection of bay horses and ponies for sale on the Horse & Hound website this week.
1. ‘A superstar of the future’
Height: 148cm
Age: six
Gender: gelding
Selling points: “This is a really talented pony that has a great future in eventing or would also excel in other spheres. He is consistently jumping double clears at BE100 level. He is snaffle mouthed in all three phases and is easy to do.”
2. ‘Fantastic’
Height: 16.3hh
Age: 12
Gender: mare
Selling points: “This mare has been on fabulous form this season. She is very experienced, previously having evented at novice level (she has four BE points) and has showjumped to Foxhunter level. She is established on the flat with three correct paces and is an extremely careful showjumper. She is a natural across the country being very brave and bold, but safe and sensible. She has an excellent gallop and covers the ground easily. Not ‘mareish’, she has an affectionate temperament and has a good attitude to her work. She hacks alone or in company and is 100% in traffic.”
3. ‘Talent and temperament in abundance’
Height: 16.1hh
Age: four
Gender: mare
Selling points: “This is a super stamp of a horse that is well put together, is bred for sport and is ready to be produced. She has three active paces and has a strong, adjustable canter. She is athletic and bold over a fence with a super technique. She has been cross-country schooling, proving to be very bold. No vices and good in all ways. This horse has the ability to be a serious competition horse.”
4. ‘Wonderful, kind nature’
Height: 16.3hh
Age: 13
Gender: gelding
Selling points: “This horse has evented up to three-star level and has done affiliated showjumping. He is easy to do in every way — he hacks alone, travels well, is great to handle and lives in or out. He will often be the ‘safe’ horse for friends or family to go hacking on. He would be an ideal ladies’ hunter as he is very light and doesn’t get strong. He has bags of stamina and a great jump. He would also suit a rider wanting to do a little bit of everything. Ideally he would step down from high level competition and bring someone years of enjoyment at the lower levels.”
5. ‘Lovely person’
Height: 15.1hh
Age: six
Gender: gelding
Selling points: “This heavyweight cob has fantastic potential as a show cob or as a top class hunting cob. He is currently doing hound exercise proving to be very sensible, even leading a pony on the lead rein. He has an amazing scopey jump and could go far in the right hands.”
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6. ‘An absolute joy’
Height: 16.2hh
Age: eight
Gender: gelding
Selling points: “This stunning Zangersheide gelding can be ridden competitively up to 1.30m level by either an amateur or even bigger by a professional. He is super careful and scopey and loves his job so will jump off any stride. He has jumped up to Foxhunter level in the UK and up to 1.30m in Belgium. He is wonderful on the flat and has also cross-country schooled, jumping everything with a great gallop. He is perfect to hack and is an angel in all respects.”
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