08/14/2026
SOLD
Black Friday event, 3ft hunter with 3’6 potential
Putting feelers out …
I have an amazing 8YO gelding at my farm who would be everybody’s dream horse.
Big (17H+), the most comfortable animal I have ever sat on. He gives you the feel to be seating on a squishy lazy boy recliner.
Auto changes, braver than brave over fences (zero stop). No spook, kick ride, auto change. Scope for days to do the 3’6, puppy dog personality on a ground. Easy to live with, good x-rays, will pass a PPE. Pretty much the horse everybody asks me for all day long.
He has earned top ribbons at shows like WEC in the 3ft adults. Trained by an amateur his entire life.
BUT
His mom is now pregnant and he sat a little bit on the back burner and now he is not thrilled to go back to the work force.
He enjoyed his maternity leave a tad too much and he is trying to see if he can have a stay at home/trophy horse type of lifestyle.
His current owner can not keep him with the new baby arriving (time wise and financially wise).
So now he has a little party trick. The first 10mn of the ride he is like a giant pony. You squeeze your leg and he stops, refuses to go. If you kick harder he shakes his head, and if you tap him he kicks out with one leg. Eventually he decides that it’s easier to just comply 2 or 3 laps into it, and then he is a gem and the easiest horse ever.
This is the extent of what he does.
He has been seen by vets and there is nothing wrong with him.
He doesn’t do it when you point him at a jump as he loves to jump.
Just on the flat.
And he gets over it every time.
So to all my savvy young pros, teenagers with a slight attitude, Gen X riders who learned to ride on naughty white ponies, ground work wizards and people who don’t have 6 figures to afford a very fancy hunters but want to compete against said fancy hunters on a budget this is your shot.
If needed I can make a video of his party trick in a few days. But it’s pretty much what I described (don’t expect to see anything very interesting, you will just see a horse politely stopping, me pony club kicking him and him going again… )
He rides in a halter, has a light mouth and again he is probably one of the easiest/most enjoyable ones we have had after you put your quarter in.
Maybe I should rename him, ESH Aldi Cart (stuck till you put a quarter in).
Mid 30s - located in Port Orange, FL (no paid trial period as he will do his party trick at my house, so there is no need to ship him to Iowa for 18 hours for you to tell me : I love him but he stops and kicks out so I think it’s not going to work).
PS : ESH Aldi’s Cart not only acts like a cart but he also moves like cart horse, his canter and jump are excellent but if you are into good movers with floaty trots, move on.
