I was looking for:
gelding (though would consider a mare if she was right)
7-10 years old
15.2-16.2, probably nearer lower end as I prefer a leg at each corner type
been there, done that - if not a proper schoolmaster at least not new to it all
straightforward type
not grey
ideally IDx, much as I loved D's I knew anything with D in it would remind me too much of my old man & that would be too much too soon
aim was to sell on after 2/3 years
What I got:
gelding
2yo!!!
ended up a very generous 16.2 with a substantial leg at each widely spaced corner - would be big enough at 13.2 lol
will never, if he lives to be 100, be a schoolmaster though he's taught me an incredible amount
straightforward is not in his vocabulary, though he's honest & generous to a fault
chestnut
RID
had him just over 14 years now & he's never going anywhere, never was
What can I say, I saw him by chance & couldn't get him out of my head. All the others I saw, the sensible buys, just made me think of him. Saw him again a few months later, again unplanned, & said I'd have him - I didn't even ask the price! He's a long long way from what I should have bought, he's tested me past my limits & if I loved him even slightly less he'd have been sold a very long time ago & I'd have a lot less achey bits that don't move as well as they used to, but my life would be so much poorer & I wouldn't be the person I am now. A real horse of a lifetime.
The irony is a few years later I bought a 2yo D to keep his lordship company. This little lad has grown into almost everything my list asked for (14.2, so a bit smaller, but carries me) & yet, much as I love him, he's never won the place in my heart that Jim has
