Godot
Breed: Cleveland bay
Sex: gelding
Age: 2023
Height: 16.2h
Pedigree:
Price: $15000 subject to change
Link to lots of photos: Godot | Flickr
Link to videos:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt-dzmhstvn11ec74H2NRNjVM2Yg7eytS
Riverspring Godot https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/riverspring+godot is a lovely registered purebred cleveland bay 16.2 h 3yr gelding that should finish around 17h. Sired by frostyoak hampton out of olddominion sarai. There are horses that honestly I could write a book about to tell you why they are so great and he is just one of them. People talk about not wanting young horses but I personally just love them so much. The brain on this horse cannot be beat and I truly mean that. He is the kindest animal who just loves everyone/anyone and cuddling is his favorite thing. The walk and canter on this horse are so so special for a super gangly not quite 3yr. I mean if you know you know...just already this nice at this age is something special in my opinion. I mean not to say the trot isn't nice because it's so nice but really not even half of what it will be when he gets stronger in his body. He can curl up a little bit so just goes in a nice rubber bit and we focus on just going forward and straight at the moment.
When I look at all the ISO ads of people hoping to find the mythical unicorns I often smile knowing I have some of them in my barn. I honestly don't know how many youngsters you can pull out after not having ridden in weeks and just pop on for a ride in the field but this is one of them. I have told lots of friends if you are looking for a prospect with the absolute best brain this horse is all of that. When I got his papers, I realized he doesn't turn 3 until August! Obviously we do sales here but I don't plan on doing showings on this horse due to his age and really the fact that we do not have him in any sort of program. It's hey let's go for a hack and mess around but we won't be doing anything consistent. He has shown exactly how talented he is and what kind of brain he has for anyone wanting an incredibly nice horse to develop. Eventing, hunting, dressage, trails, etc he is going to be the best and trust me I do A LOT of young horses.
I don't know how much had been done with him prior to coming to us but he is just brilliant in every single way. He does not ever put a foot wrong. Sure, his steering is a bit undeveloped but well he isn't even a 3yr just yet. He is quite a late foals so we really just pull him out and do some super random light fun stuff with him. He is so perfect there isn't much to do at this stage. He was started in the ring, hacking out in the field, popped some logs and traveled off the farm to trail ride where he went through water, ditches, traffic, lead, followed and stood there taking pictures of the other horses on the buckle :)
He does all the proper groundwork. Lovely flatwork. He hacks aorund solo like it's no big deal. He rides around in the cross country field and happily pops over the logs about as cute as they come. He can handle a ring full of horses going everywhere like it's no big deal. He will stand all day in the middle of the ring on the buckle watching the action. Zero drama. No buddy issues.
Even at this age, you can pull him out once a month and go hack around on the buckle which is hard to find. I have no doubts he will be an incredible foxhunter/eventer/etc.
He does crib......but well I think he is nice enough that the right person won't care too much but likely why he is still here. That wasn't disclosed when I bought him. Right now he is turned out in the field not in work and does not crib in the field at all on lush grass but he does in his stall when at my home farm.
He will stand all day for grooming, tacking, farrier, vet, etc. Great for lunging, mounting and all the things. Happy in stall, turnout, sound. no vices, no quirks and barefoot with great feet.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt-dzmhstvn11ec74H2NRNjVM2Yg7eytS
www.benchmarksporthorses.com He is in the lower five figure carrot range starting with one and then five.