Crystal

Crystal is a mustered in Kaimanawa, (feral horse from the North Island of New Zealand's central plateau), who has spent almost her entire life since muster in a trekking establishment packing tourists and occasional riders who often had barely seen, let alone ridden a horse before, through sand dunes, forrestry, and down an open beach. She is a nose-on-the-tail-of-the-horse-in-front type that carries cargo willingly, as opposed to actual riders. She is rather lazy, and more interested in getting her head down to eat than doing any real work.

She is naturally a pretty good doer, and for most of her life has been in good weight, however we had a drought last season, and her owners failed to ensure adequate supplementary feed, which meant when we bought her 3 months ago she was somewhat underweight, in fact there was almost a clear 2" between her upper hindlegs.

She is looking much better now but still seems hollow below her point of buttock, and her neck is still not as I remember it a few years back, but I suspect it will take work rather than feed to remedy them, as it is more to do with muscling than fat cover.

She is reasonably "over" people too unfortunately,(I think I would be too given her job description for the last 8 years), and I am contemplating breeding from her this season rather than using her under saddle, and bringing her back into work once the foal is weaned, hoping she may have a change of heart in that time.

Crystal was not a cheapy, in fact is the second most expensive horse I have ever purchased, however I believe given what she has done already, and how useful she still potentially is, that she deserves a good forever home where she is well looked after.

She is not likely to ever become available for sale, but will probably be used for lessons here, if not now, then certainly in the future.