Gooseberryhill Gallahad - Fabulous Established Event Pony

• Irish Sports Pony
• Dark bay
• Gelding
• 10 years
• 14.2 hands (LHC)

• 90 Foundation points with wins and placings u18 and 6th Badminton Grassroots Final 2026
• Easy and talented in all phases
• Polite and well schooled will step back for a smaller younger jockey

Dude is a 10 year old dark bay Irish sports pony (LHC 148). His mum was a 13.2 jumping pony and his dad a thoroughbred - sired by the great Galileo.

Dude enjoys the adjustability and cleverness of a pony with the quality and stride of his father. With a willing can do attitude he is straightforward to ride, nicely forward and sensitive to the aids but not strong or fizzy, competing all three phases in snaffle and cavesson. He is well schooled and polite and will step back and look after a small but able rider (my son was tiny when he started riding him). He is a generous pony who has learned alongside my son. As a result he now expects the unexpected and will dig his rider out of a hole without bearing a grudge - he will look for the flags when his rider has forgotten to! Dude excels in all three phases, he is a true all rounder.

With my son he has progressed from their first BE 80 to BE100 in 18 months. They have tackled the toughest of tracks with ease and scope to burn and achieved many double clears and top placings along the way. He certainly has the quality, scope and attitude for pony trials - sadly GCSE’s prevented us from taking that next step last year.

To make up for that they qualified for and competed in the Badminton Grassroots Championships this year and placed 6th with a fabulous double clear, earning themselves a ridden prize giving at Badminton House.

Dude is also a family pony, he loves his people and a varied life with his friends. He has done all things pony club from rallies and camp to winning rugs at Hickstead and rosettes at spring and summer champs. He is a team stalwart sure to bring enormous success to his next family.

As a six year old Dude competed BS for seven months gaining all his double clears in british novice, discovery and newcomers . He can pop around a foxhunter and trains over 120/130 at home.

Overall Dude is a talented and experienced competition pony who would suit a knowledgeable family home and a talented young jockey looking for an established pony to take them to the next level.

He could also continue to excel at Badminton Grassroots and would happily take a small adult around - or a 5ft 11 child as he did this year!

Serious enquiries only by telephone please. Many videos and references available. In return, references will be requested from prospective new homes.

We are in Kent. Tel: 07908 548003.


Video - https://vimeo.com/1191739018/3bc02c85a5