Beautiful Mary Lou! I especially love her eye…
Here is mine- she is a three year old that was named a Special Premium Candidate by the GOV after her inspection and Mare Performance Test this summer:
http://www.rollingstonefarm.com/listman/listings/l0295.shtml
She is fourth generation from my breeding program. Her great grandmother was my first Hanoverian riding horse.
Here is a nice Londonderry mare at the top of the page if you are looking for one for sale. I don’t know much about her. I saw her go under saddle at her MPT and she did not seem remotely complicated. I’m sure JW would answer any of your questions.
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Here is mine- she is a three year old that was named a Special Premium Candidate by the GOV after her inspection and Mare Performance Test this summer:
http://www.rollingstonefarm.com/listman/listings/l0295.shtml
She is fourth generation from my breeding program. Her great grandmother was my first Hanoverian riding horse.[/QUOTE]
I love this one
Just had to resurrect this thread to give an update on my Londonderry mare (from a “D” mareline).
She has now been under saddle for about 6 months and is really starting to get into some harder work. She is one of the most willing, rideable horses I have ever sat on and has never dreamed of setting a foot wrong. She is also unbelievably good in her mind - nothing I ask of her mentally stresses her at all. She is the type of horse that will give you whatever you ask for, even if she’s not physically ready to do it; so you have to be careful not to ask too much of her.
When I first broke her, I was not sure she would make a good horse for an amateur (too sensitive) but now I think anyone could easily ride her.
Her dam was not nearly this good (mentally) in the work, so I do think that some of this rideability came from Londonderry.
And I can add something to this thread: I just acquired a new mare (Don’t ask !!!).
She is by Londonderry out of a Florestan mare. Her Greatgranddam is the dam of Rubinstein. She seems to have had a bit of a rough time (sh shy away from fast movements etc.) but she really is easy and wants to please and settles more and more with normal decent handling. So even though she has obviously seen bad times, she is very confident and eager. She is four and we are breeding her and offer her for sale. We will take her to the mareshow and if she receives a 1A price (pretty hard with untested 4Yo) we will take her to the test. Lunging her is easy. There was nothing done like that with her before. She is just nice. (And a bay with a really active hindleg and a very nice free shoulder). And I think rideability seems to come with the L.
She is one of the most willing, rideable horses I have ever sat on and has never dreamed of setting a foot wrong. She is also unbelievably good in her mind - nothing I ask of her mentally stresses her at all. She is the type of horse that will give you whatever you ask for, even if she’s not physically ready to do it; so you have to be careful not to ask too much of her.
When I first broke her, I was not sure she would make a good horse for an amateur (too sensitive) but now I think anyone could easily ride her.
Your’s sounds exactly like my Londonderry filly. Every ride is a good one and always puts a smile on my face. She is so people oriented and charming, I just adore her.
Do you have pics of yours?
I recently acquired a Londontime mare and I love her temperament. She is very laid back and willing to do most anything I have asked on the ground. I personally haven’t ridden her so can’t speak for how she is under saddle (she was backed and ridden for a short period last year before being bred) but she is a very nice mover at liberty. Here she is with her first foal by Bugatti:
