Kilnhanger Stables

21/06/2026

Sadly the time has come to find our lovely shadow her next 🏠
I have kept putting it off as have grown very fond of her ,but I feel our work here is done and she is now ready to find that someone special who can carry on from where we have left off
Have put as much info in this ad so please no time wasters or video collectors she is a 4 year old so obviously green

15.1 ( think will make 15.2 maybe a bit more )
4 year old conni x ID chocolate brown mare ,sire dun and dusted
Shadow has been with us since a 2 year old so we have done absolutely everything with her , all has been documented on this page so please just scroll back to see all her videos
She is very straight forward has a super jump and works nicely on the fiat
Loves her hacking and does plenty of it
Happy to go alone /company with or with out dogs in tow
We have produced her slowly and correctly with her future in mind she has never been rushed or pushed

Will lead behind the quad and not bothered by what traffic we have seen
Shod in front ,teeth jabs up to date
Brilliant to load ,actually loads herself
Can be a bit bossy in the field ,but is currently turned out with a very bossy gelding and has been put well and truely in her place 😜
No vices or health issues only seen the vet for jabs
But she she is still only 4 so will not be sold to novices or first time buyers ,she has to go to an experienced knowledgeable Home who will bring out the best in her

So if your looking for a super smart youngsters to have lots of fun with please get in touch , thinking grass roots eventing ,showing SH or Just a quality fun alrounder
Based Surrey gu5
9850🥕
If she’s not in budget keep scrolling
If you don’t have a stable /field keep scrolling
I don’t really want a 4 year old keep
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If you don’t want a mare keep scrolling
If she’s not big enough /to big keep scrolling 🙏🙏
Thank you Britta Stent for the lovely pics had to share them all as they all looked fab
As always fantastic riding by Giselle Stent who has done a fabulous job producing her

20/06/2026

Another stunning youngster has joined our team
Moonie is the most beautiful looking horse with fantastic breeding ,she would easily make a show horse if not a smart eventer
She’s just been broken so we are taking it slowly with her
Watch this space and follow her progress
Will be available once we have done a bit more with her

19/06/2026

Just going to leave this here 🥰🥰🥰
No words needed
Can’t believe how well young shadow is coming along all thanks to Giselle Stent patience and understanding only a few months ago she couldn’t even canter ,now she’s ready to take on the world
Mustn’t forget Lauren Underhill who started her off at the beginning ,it’s been a real team effort
She is now ready for her next adventure
Full advert will be posted soon

16/06/2026

Ooh look at her young shadow doing grown up stuff and loving it
She is going to be a very special horse for someone
Basics
15.1 ( still growing )
4 year old chocolate IDx Connie Mare
Super easy little horse who has a very bright future with the right person

16/06/2026

Very excited to introduce Katherine Marshall gorgeous and her very talented youngster lucky 🥰
Simonas Lucky star ( lucky )is by the up and coming show jumping stallion lucky luck out of Katherine’s now retired mare simonia who herself was a very talented competition horse ,both at show jumping and eventing in Ireland ,her other offspring are doing very well in the uk and USA
Giselle Stent has taken on the ride for the time being and we all feel very privileged to be part of luckys journey
This is her very first time xc schooling and already looking like a class act
And a star ⭐️in the making
NOT FOR SALE

15/06/2026

15/06/2026

Posting for a friend please contact her direct
Kirsten +44 7881 936094

15/06/2026

Oh dear ,Merlin gets to join us in the garden for extra cuddles 🥰
Oliver Luke Penfold

15/06/2026

I wish more people /vets were this sensible very well written
There’s no such thing as a perfect horse

*** Why we must stop looking for the perfect horse ***

From a veterinary point of view, no horse is perfect. We must stop thinking that if we look hard enough, we’ll find the perfect horse. He/she doesn’t exist. All that happens is that we miss out on the “not so perfect” horse that actually would have been the perfect horse.

If we look hard enough, especially with our X-ray machines, we can find something wrong with every single horse. We will find some kind of change in a joint of most horses over the age of six or seven. Before anyone starts, that’s not because they have been started too young. I spend some of my spare time looking at the radiographs provided publicly for auctions, and I can always find something wrong. These are often unbacked 3 year olds.

I have posted before that X-ray changes often don’t correlate with pain, or even future pain/lameness.

In my opinion, X-rays should be used to plan what help the horse *may* require in the future, and not to write a perfectly sound horse off. And for the record, I’d never medicate the joint of a sound horse, based on radiographic changes alone.

I often hear people say that they’ve had 5 horses fail a vetting, and that the “perfect” horse must be out there. Actually, you’ve probably just missed that perfect horse. Obviously a horse that is lame at PPE (the vetting) is an absolute no. But a horse with some hock arthritis, or some close DSPs (“kissing spines”) that is currently out competing and has an uninterrupted competition record, may well have been your perfect horse. Likewise, that horse with the sarcoid (that can be lasered off) may well provide you with years of fun.

I bought Johnnie as a 9 year old with significant hock arthritis. I took a chance, as his X-rays were very bad. He went on to be the most exceptional Event horse I have ever sat on, going from Novice to Advanced in two seasons, and then subsequently popping around 4*s like they were 90cm. His back X-rays were just as bad. He was the perfect horse.

X-rays are useful, but we must be incredibly careful with their interpretation. We must also be incredibly cautious when deciding if a horse’s behaviour is due to that pathology found on the X-ray, or whether it is just a sharp, fit horse. I am a vet, so will always question if a certain behaviour is due to pain, but I am also a horsewoman, so I don’t agree that every buck, rear, spook and nap is due to pain.

So if your PPE/vetting picks up a few manageable issues, that horse hasn’t “failed” his vetting, and may very well still be the perfect horse. I’m praying the green, tense little chap that I’ve just bought, with several sarcoids on his ears, turns out to be just that 🤞