I usually only have one horse for sale at a time, but if mine doesn’t suit a prospective buyer I usually know of others that might, so it’s always worth getting in touch.
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Phil (Crosshill Cadillac) — £2500
9yo, approx 15.2hh Standardbred pacing gelding. Ride and drive. Raced from age 4 to 7 and has now started being reschooled for a new career. He is a brave, enthusiastic horse who has always been loved and well cared for (lots of history available from birth onwards) — and it shows, because Phil is great!
He was broken to ride in late 2024 and is loving his new job. Stands beautifully to mount (from a block or the ground), great in traffic, good at gates, goes through water and is confident with all the new sights and sounds he’s encountering.
Lots to like about his gaits: an easy, ground-covering Walk, a natural tendency to Tolt rather than pace, and a lovely Trot (huge when asked to go up a gear). He can also Canter/Gallop, in a fashion! That’s a work in progress… With the right work from somebody who understands gaited horses, he’s a five-gaited horse in the making. Or at a more basic level he’s shaping up to be a fun and reliable hack.
Whilst very straightforward and sensible to ride alone (and forward going in a nice way), he does go up a gear in company and needs a bit more guidance from his rider to direct his energy in the right way.
To drive he is easy on his own but in a group he thinks it’s a race and is strong!
As he was a racehorse until recently and is very new to being ridden, he would not suit a nervous or inexperienced rider / driver until he is more established in his new career.
Phil is an easy horse to keep: happy in a stable or field, accepts his position in the packing order, great to shoe, load, groom and wash and great with children. Catching can take a few minutes when he’s not in a regular routine (the longest it took was 12 minutes but in his defence the hunt were nearby and he was excited!) but you don’t need to do anything more drastic than follow him around for a few minutes (or just bribe him). No stable vices or special management required.
He retired sound with no lumps and bumps and is open to vetting. His racing career ended because he started to burst blood vessels in races so he’s no longer suited to such a high intensity job, but the vet says he will be absolutely fine for hacking, fun rides, hunting and even low level endurance.
If you are interested in Phil please contact me to tell you a bit about yourself and what you are looking for. If I don’t think you will suit each other, I won’t waste your time.
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Ted (Lyons Winkups) — SOLD
Ted is a sweet, good-looking gelding more like a giant Labrador than a racehorse! My 15-year-old helper took him to her (and his) first ever show and he was wonderful. He has found a very loving home in Ceredigion, and we later sent him JR (one of our retired ex racers) as a companion.
Gazelle de Pretot — SOLD
Gazelle is the most lovable mare. I sold her before I even had the chance to advertise her, to a local couple who I’d sourced a Standardbred for in 2023 and who now wanted another. They came to the races looking for a horse, were directed to my trailer because I like chatting (this was before I set up Collingwood Standardbreds) and were quickly matched up with a lovely horse belonging to some very old friends of mine.
‘Joseph’ (Droits de L’Homme) — SOLD
11yo French Trotter gelding, approximately 16hh, recently retired from racing and isproving to be a wonderfully fun and straightforward riding horse as well as an absolute pleasure to own and handle in every way. Has hacked extensively, and recently started jumping and hunting which he is taking to well.
He is:
◦ Easy and well mannered to catch, clip, shoe, load, travel, wash, tack up etc — a truly lovely person who will be greatly missed
◦ Forward-going, surefooted and sensible to ride, whether alone or in company, on the roads or in open spaces
◦ Brilliant in traffic as he used to be driven through a town every day
◦ An experienced driving horse BUT not quite as straightforward to drive as he is to ride, and can be strong
◦ Showing early promise with jumping. He loves it and is making rapid progress, so would be a very rewarding project for someone interested in taking his education further
◦ 5-gaited which means that as well as walk, trot, canter and gallop, he can also pace (this is unusual for a French Trotter). He has a lovely comfortable canter and gallop, a relaxed but purposeful and ground-covering walk, the biggest and most extravagant trot you can imagine, and a leisurely amble/pace for when you want to go at the speed of a normal horse’s trot. This quirk is the only reason for his low price but it is only really a disadvantage if you intend to do dressage!
◦ Brilliant at standing — at junctions and traffic lights, on the open hill, at the meet or on the hunting field (a rare talent for a racehorse)
◦ Intelligent, kind and a quick learner
◦ Used to living in or out, alone or in company, and gets on well with both mares and geldings
◦ Free from any vices or health conditions as far as I am aware, and open to vetting
◦ Up to date with shoeing, worming and vaccinations
He is not:
◦ A ready-made rosette machine as he has not long retired from racing and will need further schooling before he is competitive in other disciplines
◦ Suitable for a very nervous or unbalanced rider as his trot is huge and he can be momentarily strong (but never for long) when something exciting happens
◦ A bucker, biter, kicker, rearer or napper
◦ A plod, or ‘200% bombproof’. He is alert, athletic and fast (but also sensible and responsive) so if your comfort zone is slowly plodding he will not suit
£3500 Ono but home is more important than price!
Jr — REHOMED
15yo bay gelding, 15.3hh approx. Ithon JR is a sweet, eccentric Standardbred pacer that we have never tried very hard to rehome as he is a very quirky ride and not for the faint hearted! However, he is a fantastic companion as he is extremely hardy and low maintenance.
We raced him ourselves in 2018/2019 and during this time he was trained under saddle by my partner who was relatively new to riding (JR was his second horse). He always enjoyed riding him and found him perfectly manageable, but he is a farmer and is used to cattle so in comparison JR was no trouble.
Good points:
- Cheap and easy to keep: winters out on a Welsh hill farm with no rug and minimal extra forage
- Gets on well with mares and geldings
- Up to date with worming and hoof trimming
- Can be a lovely smooth, comfortable ride once he’s got to know you
- Surefooted and doesn’t pull
- Good to catch, shoe and handle (haven’t tried clipping) although he can be a bit tense initially in a new place or if his routine changes
- Great to load and travel (trailer or lorry)
Bad points:
- He only has one eye (the other one succumbed to a blackthorn hedge a few years ago) but copes very well
- TERRIBLE in traffic — he arrived with such a health warning in this respect that we decided not to risk it, and just trained him on the hill. He is fine with farm traffic (tractors, quads etc) but I think he has had a bad experience on the road
- He likes to try out new riders just to satisfy himself that they can actually ride. He doesn’t rear or try to put you on the floor, but the only way I can describe it is that he is very wiggly and evasive for the first few minutes and it doesn’t inspire much confidence!
- Sometimes he rotates 90 degrees and walks/trots/paces sideways like a crab. He can do this at astonishing speeds and there’s not a lot you can do about it (although losing an eye seemed to help…)
- After an extended period off work he behaves like he’s never been ridden before, just for the first few minutes
£900 only because it is slightly more than the meat man pays, but we’d be equally happy with a local LOAN or LWVTB. This horse owes us nothing and if nobody wants him he will continue to live out his days on the farm.
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