Description
If you are looking for a versatile, quiet, safe, and talented partner, Hidalgo is your match. He is a safe mount, and excels with a beginner, intermediate to advanced level rider with good use of their aids. This horse has the heart, soundness, mind and talent to make it to the upper limits of a competitive sport such as eventing or jumpers. He loves a challenge and having a job!
Hidalgo is a big bodied 16.1 hands with the size and substance of a warmblood or Irish Sport Horse. His breeding is selle francais (imported dam from jumping lineage) crossed with a percheron. He is unregistered. He has the athleticism of the selle francais and the reliable temperament of the percheron. Hidalgo has an impressive resume that featured exposure to many sports. He has an extensive background in dressage with recent scores at second level in the 60s. He knows shoulder in, haunches in, lengthening gaits, and is schooling half pass. He has 3 nice gaits for dressage, with a ground covering walk, lovely trot, and rhythmic, balanced canter.
Hidalgo is truly gifted over fences and possesses an impressive jump with plenty of scope. He tightly tucks his knees and is careful with his hind legs over a fence. He has been schooled up to 2 ft 9 in the arena and 2 ft 6 on the cross country course. He is safe and honest to the fences and easily gets his stride. He doesn’t look at the jumps and is very bold, yet adjustable, on the cross country field.
Hidalgo has plenty of trail miles both in large groups and solo. He was mannerly when partaking in a mock foxhunt, and he also enjoys hunter paces. He bravely and willingly hacks out alone and has no problem crossing water, ditches, and natural trail obstacles.
Hidalgo has the energy and temperament to excel in a competitive program for dressage, eventing, or hunter derbies. He would thrive with someone whose talent matches his own, to continue to improve one another. He is the same horse off the property, and he seems to enjoy showing. He is not a looky/spooky type, and at shows, I can just get on and ride; no lunging and minimal prep required.
Hidalgo is an easy keeper, and has been healthy and sound. He is not on any maintenance. He has always been barefoot and has solid, stone crushing feet. He gets along well with others in a group setting (even in a mixed herd).
Hidalgo has impeccable ground manners and is easy to catch, lead, tie, clip (even ears!), bathe and load. He has no vices, either in the stable or under saddle.