Rockie owned by Trudy Johnson is a 16.1 grey, 8 rising 9 Dutch warmblood gelding by Quality Time out of a Damiro mare so absolutely bred to jump!
He was bought from the Addington Elite Auctions in August 2018, I had told my husband no greys but when I saw him loose jumping and his cheeky character I fell in love!
He was un-broken at the time so I did this myself later in the summer with him before he was turned away until he was 4.
He has always loved his jumping from the start and has always been brave and quick! His natural stride is long so he finds taking strides out down a distance very easy but he has had to learn he can’t always do that.
Initially we had some fun in his early years competing at BE, and we completed the National 6 year old championship. Unfortunately earlier this year he had a fall Xc and this has scared him so we have made the switch to BS - quite successfully!
His most recent successes are a Foxhunter win at Addington in September and a few weeks prior to this he also won the 1.10m Sportjumping Final taking home £1000!! He finished the season having gained all his BS qualifications for next years 2nd rounds at Newcomers and Foxhunter.
Before his break he also won the British Riding Club Elementary DTM Championship. He has recently had a little break before we pick him up again and concentrate on getting our qualifications for BD Petplan Area Festivals for next year and then we will get out show jumping again as this is what he truly loves!
We are exciting to have Trudy and Rockie on board to showcase our brand and products!