Sweet mare with lots of dressage potential

It is with a heavy heart that I am selling my sweet mare Kato due to lack of time.

General:

Kato is a super sweet 11-year-old mare. She has a good foundation with 3 impressive yet pleasant gaits. She is sweet to handle and has no mareish traits, but she is easily nervous and therefore certainly not always the easiest.

She is well-behaved when being groomed and truly enjoys it, saddling up is also no problem at all. I have never seen her bite or kick maliciously, she takes the bit easily.

She lunges well-behaved and can mostly respond to voice commands.

Under saddle, Kato is often enthusiastic and needs a clear and consistent rider. She has a sensitive back and does not tolerate riders who bounce in the saddle. With a height at withers of 1.72+ m, she is also a large horse with plenty of body, and for all these reasons certainly not suitable for a beginner rider.

However, she is responsive to the aids and very pleasant to ride by a somewhat more experienced rider, she easily goes on the contact and already knows some exercises from the higher levels. She has done less in recent years and will therefore need to be brought back into work.

I have achieved some points in the B level with her, but have never passionately competed, I do expect that she can go far in dressage with the right rider.

Kato really enjoys taking a little jump, but has little talent for it. I am not a showjumper myself so I have never really put time into it. With the right guidance, this could improve.

In a group, she is very pleasant to ride out hacking, on her own she finds this very exciting. She is used to tractors and lorries and actually never makes a problem of this on familiar terrain or in a group. She is also familiar with dogs, cats and small children and thinks all this is fine. Aeroplanes and birds are also no problem.

She is well-behaved with the farrier, osteopath, physiotherapist and vet, for the dentist she needs to be sedated. She has never been fully clipped but does not mind this at the vet or for her mane.

Loading into a horse trailer she finds very exciting and her reaction varies, unfamiliar terrain is also very exciting.

She is a real friend to everyone and loves being outside with other horses, in the stable she has no stable vices.

Remarks:

Kato has a substantial overbite and therefore needs to see the dentist every year. For this she needs to be sedated so it is important to find a specialised vet instead of a standard equine dentist. She is not bothered by this otherwise, she can simply take a bit and accepts it well, she can also eat and graze just fine, she only spills her hard feed.

Kato also has a stringhalt left hind due to an old trauma, this is different from Australian stringhalt. You only notice this while picking out the hooves and backing up. While riding, nothing of this can be seen. For this reason, it is important that she can move a lot and therefore can go outside daily (preferably even 24/7).

New home:

I am looking for a 5-star home for her where she can go outside a lot and is worked with frequently. She is ideal for a rider who has already built a good foundation and now wants to progress to the higher classes with a reliable horse. Due to her nervous character, she is not suitable for a beginner rider. Dealers and riding schools therefore do not need to apply.

A good sale is more important than a quick one, and I offer a 3-month trial period. There is also the option to first lease full time for a few months (450 euro/month) at the current location.

Asking price is in the mid-four figures, for the right place the price is negotiable. Tack can be taken over for a small additional price (excluding headcollar and fly mask, these are included)

Pre-purchase exam is possible at the buyer's expense, keep in mind that she will very likely fail the vetting for sport due to her stringhalt. She has a D-OC and prok predicate

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