Pic of Robbie at last

[jackiedo]

My Daughter's Novice Hunter Robbie.... finally doing a job aged 8 with his lovely loaner...
www.klickonfotos.co.uk/photo_galleries/040109rh/pages/040109rh%20090.htm

not the best conformation in the world I know... but you have to love him

[jackiedo]

ps he is from 85 to 88....

[circusdancer]

Blimey, he looks a big lad and I got quite a surprise. I'd always imagined him to be bay.

[jackiedo]

He's been every colour under the rainbow....... He was such a struggle as a youngster Julie, I agreed to buy him on how he looked as a six week old, just after his mum died, but when I went to pick him up I was really dissapointed. He could NOT grasp the fact that he had to eat Grass and was ultra humanised. As a 2 year old he still tried to stand on his back legs and give us a hug... he was taught that by his groom at the stud where he was born, I know both his parents and he has sucessful competition full siblings, but his breeder refused to register him, despite me paying much more than I should have for him.

[circusdancer]

Ah bless him, thank goodness you stuck by him. Why wouldn't the breeder register him?

[sara]

He is lovely! I also thought for some reason he was bay!

[jackiedo]

He started off liver chestnut... darkened through bay to black and greyed out from there!!!!
His Sire is Spring Park Easy Breeze, dam a TB/ID named Rhodesmere

[Casper]

At the risk of jumping on the bandwagon I too thought he was bay for some reason. And had always visualised him at about 15.2! Great photos Jackie, and he looks like a smashing horse, he really does.

[yatva]

He is fabulous, I love the physical type !

[jackiedo]

He has some really good points. He has a nice short back and a good length of neck, He has a good shoulder placement and is a good galloping horse, he has a nice head, But he is still a bit narow and his hind legs are not the best in the world (although they did improve between 4 and 6) He needs to be kept busy or he forgets what he has learned. He is terrified of Zarello and is quite laid back with other horses, being easily bullied. It took me a long time to find him the right loan home.

[Diane D]

What a lovely big boy he is. Great pics.

[pinkpony]

I think he looks lovely!

[specialsparkle3]

He looks a really nice genuine little horse Jackie. The loanee is going to have great fun with him Does your daughter not ride him now??

[jakeandbarneysmum]

Very, very, handsome boy.

[jackiedo]

Well, I bought her Robbie thinking that Zarello would have been ready for retiring a couple of years back (Robbie is 8, we had him since a foal) but at 23 she is going from strength to strength and shows no sign of slowing down... Liz has not got a lot of time, certainly not enough to ride them both with a 3 year old child. So we had a sharer for a couple of years, but, earlier this year Liz had an accident (she plays for a ladies football team) when, as goalie, the ball hit her finger, and snapped it in two. She is under instruction from the orthopod not to risk even a "nod" until the bone has regenerated where the screws were in her hand, or she could lose her finger all together, so Robbie is out on 12 months loan, at least. Zarello can leg yeild and neck rein.. so she is really no problem, but Robbie is 16.1 (last time measured) and quite strong at times, but whilst ever Zarello is as fit as she is, she will always be Liz's first choice horse, because if they are out together, Zarello is the more "challenging ride" and it is easier to get someone to ride Robbie