“Stevie” A Sense of Wonder

(Graaf Kelly X CM Hadara X Halyr Meia)

2022 Rose Grey Dutch Harness X Arab

(KWPN, ADHHA, AHA)

Rarely does a horse come along that checks all the boxes to the level that this horse does. Stevie sits firmly in the category of “super athlete,” exhibiting the natural ability to push and lift in all 3 phenomenal gaits to make him remarkably competitive as a perspective FEI dressage partner. At just 4 years old, he makes it obvious that his passage and expressive changes will come easily to him. He hangs in the air, spending more time above the ground each stride than on it. He also displays remarkable talent for jumping, in the arena and the cross country course. He is brave and tends to over-jump everything, but never bounces the rider out of the tack. Even during cross country schooling, he rarely looses his cool under saddle, presenting as an older and more experienced horse. He has generous freedom of the shoulder, his back is flexible, his mouth is soft, and he has a beautiful, playful expression on his face as he works, yet his eyes remain soft and kind.

Stevie is currently in a professional program and working on basic classical concepts - purity of the gaits, lightness, attention to the seat and leg, connection over the topline, stretching, core engagement, bending, geometry and transitions. He has also been ridden successfully by AAs and JR/YRs as a lesson horse. Stevie is incredibly proficient at long-lining/ground driving and lunging, pole patterns, and trail riding. He cruises around the cross country course at a reasonable rate in just a snaffle. Stevie has recently been successfully shown under saddle in a eventing dressage test for the first time, and has been shown in-hand as a two-year-old. His breeder, who showed him as a youngster, is still in-touch and loves him! He was started in an Arab program as a 3 year old, but his skill and potential as a sporthorse was quickly recognized and he was transitioned into a classical riding program.

One of Stevie’s impressive qualities is his breeding. He is by the Dutch Harness stallion Graaf Kelly (ADHHA, KWPN), who needs no introduction! ADHHA AND KWPN Champion year after year for both riding and driving disciplines, he is known for his happy, playful demeanor and his eye-popping gaits. Some of Stevie’s siblings are very successful FEI dressage horses, and others are competing successfully in the driving disciplines. His dam, CM Hadara, is a granddaughter of Thee Desperado on her dam’s side, who is known as nothing short of purely magical and again, needs no introduction. One of the leading Arab sires of the century, he produced typey, elegant, and striking examples of the breed, and even became a Breyer Horse!

Stevie stands in the cross ties, bathes, walks in and out from pasture, lives inside or outside, stands for the farrier, etc. He has no buck/rear/bolt or vices. Being a young and very talented athlete of high caliber breeding, he is still wiggly in the cross ties and has a cheeky streak, so he will require a program of some type to help steer his massive potential. He is the first one to greet you in the pasture and wants to come in to work! He has solid (and barefoot!) feet, cool, tight legs and joints, and clear lungs and eyes. He shows no sign of lameness, inconsistency of gait, limitations, or loss of function.

We believe Stevie will be either very successful as an FEI Dressage mount due to his superb natural talent for movement, or will have the agility and endurance to go far as a jumper/eventer. It’s hard to overstate just how talented this horse is. Suitable for a AA/JR/YR in a program, or as a pro’s personal mount to develop and take up the levels (he will finish out over 16hh with a wide barrel).

Located in Ann Arbor, MI

$15,000

FAQs

  • Stevie has no major vices. He is energetic and young, so he is wiggly and distractible on the ground at times. This is not an issue under saddle. He also doesn’t love needles, but will tolerate it.

    He travels well, loads, bathes, stands for the farrier, lunges, stands in the cross ties, leads in and out from turnout, etc.

  • He goes very well in a rubber-coated D-ring with a lozenge.

    He currently wears a Kentaur Artemis medium-wide dressage saddle.

  • He has free choice grass hay 24/7.

    He gets 1 scoop of Triple Crown Growth twice daily.

  • On the ground, he can be described as about a 7. He can be wiggly and distractible, sometimes pushy. However, under saddle he is more of a 5. He is very focused, and also very on the aids. He doesn’t require much leg.

  • He is Graaf Kelly X CM Hadara X Halyr Meia. (Dutch Harness X Arab)

  • He has intact feet, cool, tight legs and joints, an open chest, clear lungs, clear eyes. He has shown no signs of lameness or loss of function. He has recently flexed sound.

    He has some hives on his muzzle that have popped up since he arrived at the farm, but they don’t bother him.

  • Vax: eee/wee/tet/flu/rh/WNV

    Potomac/Rabies

    Streptococcus Equi (5/15/26)

    Coggins: 5/15/26

    Teeth: 5/26/26

    Feet: 5/26/26