RPSI Broodmare for Free Lease - Georgia
I have a 7 year old, 15.3hh bay registered RPSI mare, named Carmella, that is available to a good home for a free breeding lease. She suffered a career ending injury so she needs a new purpose in life. She is currently pastured, unshod with other mares in a retirement facility at a show barn near Athens, Georgia. I can easily arrange transportation to the east coast or midwest.
Her pedigree can be found here: http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/carmella19
Carmella was a Gold Start Filly in the 2009 RPSI inspections, scoring an 8.1 overall.
She was shown successfully as a 5 year old and qualified for the USEA 5 year old eventing championships, jumping 1.2M, but never competed because we bought her right before the competition for our daughter who had just turned 12 at the time. We would not normally have bought such a young horse for our young daughter, but Carmella has an incredibly sweet disposition. In their first Dressage show after only 3 weeks together, my 12 year old and Carmella scored a 67% in the FEI Preliminary test, earning 2nd place, under two international FEI judges (one a 4* and the other a 3*). Our dressage trainer felt Carmella had FEI potential all the way up to PSG because of her incredible “sit”. On the other hand, Carmella loved to jump, and once jumped a four foot fence from one turnout area into another (perhaps the grass was greener?). Carmella was injured before making it to the hunter/jumper show ring with my daughter, but she had the temperament to do either. She could be steady like a hunter, or quick and dynamic like a jumper. You just had to ask for what you wanted. This mare could do it all which is why we bought her
I do not want to breed Carmella myself as I do not have the expertise nor time for that route. However, we would love to buy one of her foals as a started 4 year old in about 5 to 7 years, as at that time we will be in the market for something new since our two horses will be in there mid-to-late teens by then.
If you have any interest in a free broodmare lease for our lovely Carmella, please PM me for more details. I have her USEA show record, and lots of photographs, as well as some video of my then 11 year old daughter riding Carmella for the first time before purchase.