*Update 30/4/24 Thank you everyone who took the time to send me such lovely emails, apologies if I did not get back to you I was utterly overwhelmed with the huge response! He is now going on trial*


Uley is a 14.1, just turned 16 year old Norwegian fjord X sports horse. I can honestly say he is the most perfect, genuine, kind pony you will meet.
Considering selling him is the most difficult decision I have ever had to make, so I will be very particular about the home that he goes too. If I do sell him it will only be if I am 100% convinced it is the right, forever home. Please don’t be offended if I don’t reply to your enquiry, it will simply be that it is not the home I want for him.

I have owned him 9 years, and in that time we have done everything. Fun rides, clinics, hacking alone and in company, schooling, dressage, cross country, beach rides, hunting, clear rounds. You can take him out anywhere and he never ‘hots up’ he is the exact same pony you have at home. Fun rides/ beach trips/ hunting etc and flat work / pole clinics are his favourite things to do. He is the perfect low level all-rounder.
He is very low mileage for his age, he has only been hunting twice in his life and has never done much jumping, never been used for pony club or hammered around on hard ground etc , he has been very well cared for.

He is incredibly safe and sane, truly anyone’s ride. He is not bothered by any traffic, will load into a lorry or trailer first time every time.
Always ridden in a snaffle, he can be ridden by children on or off lead rein and will not put a foot wrong. (I’ve put my friends 8 year old on him who has never ridden before, in the dark with just a head torch and given her a lesson off lead rein, he was the perfect gentleman) or he can step it up a gear and go nicely for experienced riders.
He has the sweetest temperament, loves baths in the summer, will stand on the yard for hours being pampered, which I do regularly! Everyone who meets him adores him, but he also has impeccable manners and a lovely character to go with it.

He is a good doer - only needs a balancer as a feed. He is shod in front only and manages fine on this but would be best fully shod for someone wanting to do lots of hacking. He is never tied up with a haynet and will stand perfectly still, doesn’t even need to be tied up for clipping or being shod, he knows what he needs to do!
I currently keep him turned out 24/7 all year on his own as he enjoys this and it is easy to manage his weight this way, however I have also had him stabled and turned out in a herd and he is more than happy with this, being polite and easy to manage in the stable. He did not enjoy being mixed with mares and geldings together so I would avoid this.

He will pop a round of jumps up to 70cm no problem, but it’s not his favourite thing to do so I am not looking for a jumping home for him.
I would love to find a mature adult who is looking for a pony to take to fun rides and clinics or similar, spoiling him rotten and loving him for the rest of his life.

He does get a bit stiff in his left hock when not in regular work, he has been this way since I bought him at 7, and it has remained unchanged. He has seen a vet for it twice and they did not think it was worth investigating. He always works through it once warned up, so I just spend a little longer doing so. He has physiotherapy 6 monthly is on a glucosamine and MSM joint supplement to manage it.