A Promising Start with Kayreek Kiera (Kee)
- crawthathouse
- Aug 18
- 2 min read
There is nothing quite like bringing on a young horse, and this year Kayreek Kiera, affectionately known as Kee, has reminded me exactly why I love it so much.
Kee was purchased as an unbroken three-year-old from the Gorsebridge Sales. We backed her in the autumn before giving her some well-earned time off over the winter to mature and develop. She returned to work in late spring, and since then she has exceeded all expectations.
We have spent the season carefully schooling her and introducing her to competition life. Her first outings included unaffiliated dressage at Murray House Livery, where she impressed us all by winning her class. From the very beginning, Kee proved herself to be an extremely quick learner and a real little pocket rocket, taking everything in her stride and progressing faster than we could have hoped.
With her education still very much in its early stages, we lightly schooled her over fences and took her to two jumping competitions before stepping up to two British Eventing Young Horse (BYEH) four-year-old classes at Ryedale Show and Burgham International. It felt fantastic to be back competing at BE events after such a long time away, and the experience has certainly reignited my enthusiasm for eventing. Being back out there has given me a real taste for competition again and made me even more excited about what lies ahead.
Kee is one of four four-year-olds that I am currently producing, and all of them are exciting prospects for the future. While we may have to sell two of them, the plan is to keep competing seriously with two of the horses during 2026 as five-year-olds. Who knows, if all goes to plan, we might even have a go at the BYEH five-year-old classes next spring.
Away from riding and producing young horses, I have also recently started teaching, which is something I am thoroughly enjoying. It has been incredibly rewarding to share my experience with others and help riders develop both their confidence and skills.
For now, the focus remains on continuing the education of these talented young horses and seeing just how far they can go. If Kee's progress so far is anything to go by, the future looks very exciting indeed.
Jennifer Stead
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