An imported Irish Thoroughbred, sound and bursting with eventing potential for … less than a grand?
Get. Out.
(Your. Checkbook.)
Meet Charlie’s Best and two other sporthorse prospect OTTBs we handpicked this week, just for you.
Photo via Second Stride.
Charlie’s Best (Myboycharlie (IRE) – Salorina, by A.P. Indy) is Ireland born, bred by Sheikh Almaddah. Her Ireland born sire by Danehill was a Highweight 2-year-old colt in France. Her dam is by A.P. Indy.
She sticks just under 15.3 hands at age 2. Retired sound but non-competitive after a brief career from August through October 2016. Fabulous shoulder and uphill build. Correct conformation, sculpted face and kind, large eye. A smart filly looking for a new vocation. She should excel at any sport horse use, but that shoulder and her turf pedigree hints strongly towards jumping and eventing!
Make your next imported sport horse a true purebred Thoroughbred. This is a true rare diamond of a find!
View Charlie’s Best on Second Stride.
Photo via New Vocations.
Val D’Isere (Cape Blanco (IRE) – Vadahilla (FR), by Danehill) is the picture of understated elegance. She is a classy lady with classy breeding. Val is three years old with plenty of maturing yet to do. She is the boss in her group but gets along with the five other mares. She is lovely to work around and stands very patiently for a youngster when it comes to shoeing and grooming. New Vocations reports that Val is the least vocal of their girls and loves visitors to shower her with attention. She will eat all the carrots she can get! Val does not have any stall vices.
Under saddle, she is forward-going and eager to work. Her trot is fluid and she swings through her shoulder. Her canter is green but rapidly developing style. Val feels like she is going to be an extremely athletic jumper. She was retired without any injuries after two starts when she did not show top level ability. Though she may not have had top level ability on the track, she has the makings of top level ability in the show ring. Val is best suited for an advanced rider to guide her training.
View Val D’Isere on New Vocations.
Photo via CANTER Michigan.
Amazing Kitten (Kitten’s Joy – Kazen, by Tale of the Cat) is a 15.2-hand 2010 gelding by multiple graded stakes winner Kitten’s Joy, who earned over $2 million in his career. Bloodlines also include Storm Cat, Forty Niner, Northern Dancer and Mr. Prospector. Last raced Aug. 23, 2015 at Belterra Park. Amazing Kitten won $63,842 in 29 starts, with six firsts, three seconds and five third-place finishes. Super sweet personality. Just look at that face! He has the same white hind socks as his sire along with that shining chestnut coat. He is fairly quiet, has filled out nicely and is doing well in his training on the flat.
