Trainable sweet TB gelding

Lovely 5yo 15.3hh Thoroughbred gelding. (Race name: “Red Hot George”, by Fiorente). Loads of videos available.

Phillip has been with us since February. Being offered while in work before he has a spell over Christmas holidays. Though we have treated him as a baby and brought him on quietly, Phillip has a lovely trainable brain and is pretty quiet for a thoroughbred.

Most of the hard work has been done in terms of knowing you have a nice minded, trainable young TB to work with that will turn a hoof to most things with a bit of time.

He has done lots of outings, dressage and showjumping lessons, cross country schooling, clinics and low level comps while with us, and while he needs more exposure to be competitive, he has taken many different atmospheres in his stride.

Phillip works in a frame with above average paces - he can be a bit inconsistent, but the more he works correctly, the more he is building new muscles, top line etc and getting stronger every day, and just needs time to find his new shape and way of going.

Phillip has also done lots of low level jumping - he has scope but will need more grid work and exercises to help him work out where his legs are jumping. The better and stronger his canter is getting, the better his jump.Phillip is a sweet, friendly chap who only wants to please, great to handle, likes his food, and holds his weight pretty well (with hay and two basic feeds a day). Good to shoe and float.

Phillip is great in cross-ties, but he can pull back if tied up (fine in cross ties) if he gets a fright- so we only loosely tie him if we have to, or put him in a yard when taking him out. A bit nervous to clip, but fine if you take your time and getting better.

Phillip likely will not make a high level eventer, although so far very happy at 80cm! which is why he’s offered for sale (happy to be proven wrong- this is only a gut feeling rather than anything he has shown or not shown). He has a nice brain and is more woah than go and he could excel in most disciplines quite happily.