Freestyle is
a colt foal born October 2008 by Fishermans
Friend out of Ribbleton Weltango (by
Whisper).
He has
that look at me presence. He has very long legs (with 4
short socks), an elegant frame and beautiful face. When
he moves,
his front
just
lifts off the ground and he floats. This bloodline has
resulted in a horse that can easily have a future in jumping
or dressage.
This
is your chance to purchase you next young horse at an
affordable price. Mature 16.3-17hh
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Freestyle now lives with Samantha Farrar about 1 hour North
of Sydney, NSW. Read what Sam has to say about purchasing
a young
Warmblood and why she choose Ribbleton...
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Who is Samantha Farrar, tell us a little about yourself?
I've loved horses all my life, and have campdrafted, played polocrosse, learnt
dressage and then (and ever since) done Eventing. My husband & I have a 35
acre property on the Central Coast and own 7 horses currently, one on the way,
plus two agisted. We have 3 eventers in work and competing at the moment.
* When visiting Ribbleton how did you find the behaviour and trainability of
young horses?
All presented as extremely well mannered, respectful of humans and well handled.
I saw Freestyle in an un-weaned state. In only 4 weeks he was weaned, halter-broken,
could be lead up onto a platform (standing on it) and then walked straight up
into our truck without another horse there! Amazing.
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Samantha Farrar's Ribbleton
Freestyle by Fishermans Friend / Ribbleton Weltango
(Whisper)
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* Tell us a little about your Ribbleton Freestyle that you purchased from Ribbleton
as a weanling and your plans for his future?
This sound ridiculous but it's true - I was looking for a 'mate' for the foal
I had bred (by Sandrels - his name is Pablo) so they could grow up together.
Of course I thought that I may as well buy something nice, but my main criteria
was same age, same gender, and relatively quiet; but I had no massive expectations.
A good friend of mine suggested Ribbleton because she had purchased one the
year before, so I went, saw Freestyle and said "he'll do fine, sign me up".
Since getting him home and getting to know him, he puts my darling Pablo in
the shadows and him in the limelight - he is beautiful (and getting better
by the
day) and you should see him move - his natural trot {and not just the stirred-up
trot!} is breathtaking! My husband, seeing his obvious potential has labelled
him now as his future horse! Freestyle (pet name Walter) will either be an
eventer (if he can jump, which I'm sure he will) or a pure dressage horse.
If dressage
I will ride him and then my goal would be to get him to a competent medium
level, but lets wait and see. However, really my goal for him is already attained
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Walter and Pablo are the best of mates!
* What advice would you give other people looking to purchase a young warmblood?
Choose a stud with reputation and one as tidy, safe and well laid out as Ribbleton.
Look at breeding, confirmation, temperament. Be wary of the one-off advertised
ones, as for any horse purchase, you are far better off picking one from word
of mouth or solid reputation than the former.
* What advantages do you see in buying an young horse (weanling to 3 year old)
versus a horse under saddle?
It's swings and roundabouts. You'll obviously pay a LOT more for a horse under
saddle, but the benefit there is being able to ride before you buy. I wanted
a weanling specifically and not a grown horse, so this doesn't apply to me. However
the beauty for me is I have the time to wait for him to grow - I have others
to ride. I love handling the young horse, bonding with it, getting to know all
it's quirks and attributes, teaching them to tie up, be clipped, medicated, etc
- Freestyle / Walter is exceptionally trainable and it is SO great doing this
with his mate, they learn off one another and the teaching process is so much
easier with two. And I work full time during the week so I don't spend a lot
of time doing this but it doesn't take long. We have a Vivant foal due in November,
I suppose I better think quickly about grabbing another foal from Ribbleton before
anyone else snaps them up. The horrible part is you go there and you want to
buy all of them!
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