I owned (a very) small part in a racehorse some seven or eight years ago. He was of British origin, found in a pasture in a small rural village in Suffolk when he was still a big young horse. He had a nice pedigree, his dam being a black type. He did become too big for the racecourse though and his trainer (Jessica Long) being a wise horse-person saw his potential as a riding horse and took him off the track when he was four years old, having had raced decently but fairly lightly. Two wins on eleven tries.
His new owner (the skilled amateur-jockey Jessica Wadst) re-schooled him as a showjumper. He turned out super ambitious (to the point of almost being -too- ambitious) and very careful. Eventually competing over 130 centimeters show-jumping. By the end of 2017 he got sold to top level eventing-rider Victoria Carlebäck and he's now competing on international level eventing.
Here's pictures from an indoors competition by the end of 2018 where he was 2nd beaten only by seconds:
https://www.tidningenridsport.se/proffs ... a-flyinge/ (bay horse with Victoria Carlebäck in green/red)
A small video clip I found on facebook (public setting). It's from an indoors training session a year ago but I think one may easily spot his fire, will and intelligence taking on these challenging jumps.
https://www.facebook.com/AleDjurklinik/ ... 348057923/
I saw him compete in showjumping together with Jessica Wadst in my hometown some years ago, now there's a chance I may see him on national TV!
Best of luck to you Alyssa, it sounds really, really fun. Loved the video. I Think Reap is my favourite, but it was hard to choose only one. They all seem so sweet, and Harp is beautiful with his chestnut colour and blaze and socks too. Good luck! <3
