Fancy and Sweet, the Judges Love Him!

Skills / Disciplines

Dressage, Eventing, Field Hunter, Trail Riding

Additional Comments

I’m proud to present Captain, a 5 year old Shire/Thoroughbred cross gelding, for sale to a wonderful home! Captain has been under saddle and in professional training for about 6 months. He has taken really well to dressage and shows enormous potential in this discipline, having won both classes at his very first show and getting the high score of the day for all classes.

Captain has never met a person, horse, or animal of any type that he doesn’t want to be best friends with.... (read more) He is a big puppy dog and loves attention. He has been used lightly in my lesson program for advanced riders and is sensible and safe (no buck/rear/bolt), but forward thinking, a huge mover, and looks to his rider for confidence, so would do best with someone with experience bringing along young horses.

He has also been lightly started over small fences and has been brave and willing. He is 16.2 and still growing, so jumping has not been a focus of our training but I believe down the road he could also make a lovely low level eventer and/or foxhunter. He has been ridden all over the roads in Amish country, and hacks out well on trails with others. He will hack out solo as well but looks to his rider for confidence in this case. Captain also trailers well and has wonderful ground manners. He is clicker trained and responds well to positive reinforcement.

Video of Captain: Watch Youtube Video?si=ZJfIfRADjO8lM3JK

Empirical Equestrian

Horseback riding instructor and trainer Issy Cless is MA Licensed & ARIA Level 2 Eventing and Level 1 Hunt-seat Certified based out of Sherborn, MA. She specializes in horses with behavior problems, rescue horses, OTTBs, and giving horses a positive start in jumping & dressage, and enjoys sharing her unique approach to horsemanship both with horses and their humans. Her practical horse skills and knowledge have been acquired through 20 years of hands-on riding and handling of “difficult” and misunderstood horses, including work at several horse rescues, as well as a classical education under upper level eventers and dressage riders.... (read more) She has successfully shown through the Preliminary level (3’7) in eventing and has her Training (3’3) gold medal for top placings at nationally sanctioned events at that level, and has brought multiple horses through that level. Issy combines this traditional equestrian background with a Master’s Degree in animal behavior, which lends her a science-based/academic body of knowledge to compliment her hands-on experience. The horsemanship she shares with her students incorporates the most up-to-date findings by scientists and veterinarians on 1. Equine welfare and behavior, 2. Animal learning, and 3. The bio-mechanics of equine & rider movement. From Issy: “I am constantly learning, and every horse and rider I work with teaches me something and gives something back to me. I truly love what I do and would love to share this passion with you and include you in my journey!”

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