Heavenwood Farm
Passion is Everything!
Tommy is ready to find a rider who shares a passion for fun and adventures!
He is a 11 y/o 14.3+ grade Appy gelding who is perfectly capable of filling up a rider’s leg. Tommy has a lovely way of going and rides nicely in front of the leg. If you appreciate sporty, uphill, and comfortable you will love him! He’s been in professional training for three months and we’ve found that he appreciates a rider who is confident, provides clear instruction, and has an independent seat and hand. His unique color and fun personality has generated quite the fan club at the barn, but he is not going to be your kid’s move up pony or take care of your husband who rides just twice a year, although he’s never done anything dangerous or naughty while with us.
He has lovely, light transitions and his lateral work is quite good. He works very well off of the rider’s seat and leg for both forward and half-halt. He has never balked or looked at a jump so I would say he’s quite brave in that respect. We’ve taken him cross-country schooling with no issue and he goes through water, up and down banks, and doesn’t care about ditches. He’s a little cross-country machine!
I don’t see him as a trail horse as he has a walk with purpose but he’s happy enough taking a nice walk around the farm or going down the road for a stroll. He’s definitely more of a Dressage, Show Jumping and/or Eventing type and he appreciates variety in his training. Tommy has been jumping 2’6” in the arena and the jump field and has shown that he is athletic.
He’s up to date on everything and though he came to us barefoot we decided to put front shoes on him since he was going to be in heavier work. He has really nice feet and I don’t see why he couldn’t go barefoot comfortably though. Tommy is super friendly and stands well for grooming, tacking, farrier, bathing, mounting and all of the other important things. He will also ground tie at the wash stall. He is rarely ever pushy and gets along amazingly with others in his field. Lives out 24/7 currently with no issues. No injuries or vices. We know his tail is needy but it has grown since we got him so we believe that it WILL come back!
$8,000
Price to increase with continued training
