Australian Fjord Horse Association
Pending
For Sale – Sleipner
greenfields nf Sleipner
2022 Gelding
$17,500.00 O.N.O
Australian Pony Stud Book
Eligible
Equestrian Australia
Pending
International
N / A
Breeder
Greenfields Stud
New South Wales
Date of Birth
17.09.2022
Current Height
138 cm
13.2 3/8 hh
About Greenfields NF Sleipner
Sleipner is out of Hiraeth Carys by Te Klein Ike and is the sweetest rising three year old gelding who is both inquisitive, courageous and cuddly. He is a laid back young man and looks to become an athletic horse with age and maturity, showing the foundation of some lovely paces. I’d not be surprised to find his mature height in the mid 14hh range, but at this point it is anyone’s guess. Being only almost three years old he is actively growing and has his moments of funky growth stages in his photos, but under the current shedding winter fluff and mud there’s a really quite pleasing horse coming through now. .
This young gelding is currently living with the other young boys in a bachelor herd, debating with the rising two year old colt which of them is the leader at any given point, but spent last summer in the combined youngster herd of 13 horses. He has proven himself good at making friends and is not a pushy horse in the herd. He is a clever horse who navigates the herd dynamics very well and shows a lot of sensibility for such a young horse. Despite his young age Sleipner acts well as a companion horse for other horses not as confident as himself, and I often describe him as an old soul in a young body.
Sleipner cross ties easily as well as hard ties. In the first year of his life he had frequent bouts of free faecal water syndrome and some scours, which has made him seasoned at getting baths and he enjoys them. The FFWS is mostly a thing of the past now, only making very rare occurrences with the common denominator seeming to be after significant changes in pasture (swapping paddocks, flooding rain) so is likely to not be a issue if predominantly hay fed.
Sleipner stands solidly for the farrier, whom he has seen every five weeks since birth. His feet are regularly trimmed using an angle grinder with no adverse reaction. Mane trims, vaccinations, oral administration of anthelmintic etc is a breeze, and he mostly leads like a grown up, although not always enthusiastically following if he’s being led away from the herd. He has been loaded on a float, but we’ve had no need to travel with him, so he’ll get that box ticked before anyone comes to collect him.
As he is relatively young Sleipner will only be sold to someone with experience with young horses and the buyer must be willing to wait until he is 4 years old before breaking to saddle or doing any hard work. Sleipner needs a home where he will be with other horses to continue to develop his skills as a horse. With patience and understanding I believe he will be someone’s super performance horse down the track and would love to see him find a home where his potential will be utilised in due time.
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We welcome vet checks on our horses, and are happy to assist in facilitating such checks. We would prefer vets selected for vet checks to be within an 80km radius of Upper Orara due to time allocation as most require us to travel the horse to them. Greenfield’s Stud has a pre-existing ongoing customer relationship with Kentaro Veterninary Services and Equine Veterinary and Dental Services (EVDS).