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Sallys winning ways

We competed Ballytruckle Sally Gap (Welsh cob X tb) {Mill Creek Valiant X Star [Indian Ore]} at her first registered Showhunter Hack classes, she won three first places and a second from 2 judges over 2 days of four Low Hunter classes at the Northland 2* Showjumping/Showhunter Show in Oct 2011. She was ridden very beautifully by 13yo Katherine Martin.

Ballytruckle Shamrock and Katherine Martin are our new Showhunter combination

Katherine Martin, a 13 yo from Bombay, has taken the catch ride we offered her on Shamrock and going places with it. At their first Showhunter Show together they came 2nd and 3rd in the registered Cat C classes at Woodhill Sands on Labour Monday with scores of 83 and 80% under judge Sue Widdett.


Fun for all the family




Below is photo of 7yo Ballytruckle Sally Gap jumping her first wire spar in her life at the Maramarua Opening Hunt April 2011 ridden by Conor West.
Photo courtesy of Rising Photography




Fun for the family last weekend on our cobs

The weekend started at Tuakau Adult Riding Club grounds with Conor riding 7 yo Welsh cob X tb B. Shamrock and Steve on the full sister 6 yo B. Sally Gap. The lads did a round of showjumping at 60cm, I know that is small but they never jump SJ courses so its a challenge not to have a ground line and to have bright vibrant jumps. The course was very inviting and the horses and riders really enjoyed it. Then they went on to the Cross country course and enjoyed many of the jumps on offer, palisades, water, tyres, tiger traps, roll tops and coops.

Stonedale Magician first place in unregistered Dressage at Woodhill Sands.

Stonedale Magician is by the deceased Welsh cob stallion Mill Creek Valiant and out of the elegant grey Thoroughbred mare Cautious Leigh who is by Cautious Style. Bred by Catherine Gooch "Magic" has recently been bought by Judith Hayes of Kumeu who has backed him and sent him to a couple of clinics one jumping and the other dressage.

Judith writes "He went out this weekend for 2 days of dressage for a 3rd and 6th on the first day and today a 3rd and a 1st. The classes today were combined registered and unregistered and he beat all the registered CN/C1 in both classes.

Welsh cob X at National Equestrian Centre- Taupo

Rocky aka "Portmeirion" is by Mill Creek Valiant out of Sabrina ( a black pony mare) as a 4 yo ridden by 12 yo Katherine.

Janet wrote, "This was Rocket’s first cross country schooling and what a STAR! We went with no expectations except to give him some new experiences and came away having had a fabulously successful time.

The first photo of Katherine riding him bareback was the first afternoon we arrived – he took the new environment in his stride.

Shamrock and Conor at HOY 2010- Showhunter and Saddle Hunter

Showhunter
Conor and Shamrock were placed 12th out of 48 in their first Category C Showhunter class, 21st out of 51 in the third and we werent in the callback for the first 10 placings for the Title Class although they went clear, despite Conor dropping a stirrup before the first jump and riding the whole course with only one stirrup.

Red Rupert - Champion at Kaikohe A&P


Red Rupert is a 4yo 15.2hh chestnut Welsh cob X Standard bred owned by Emma Wiggins from his first breath to this Championship. Emma has worked hard to get him to this level with many hours spent trotting him harnessed in her gorgeous large wheeled gig, around the picturesque rural roads of Waimate North.

He is by Mill Creek Valiant and is out of bay trotter mare Sasha

Emma and Rupert won 3 firsts, 3 seconds and went Overall Champion Driven. Congratulations from us all.

Horse of the Year 2010- here we come!

Recently Conor West and Ballytruckle Shamrock qualified for Horse of the Year to be held in Hastings in March 2010. Shammy is a homebred Welsh cob X tb mare, 7yo, 146cm. She is a brilliant schoolmaster for our 13 yo son who took the ride on her in March 2009. Shammy is by our elderly Welsh cob stallion MillCreek Valiant and is out of an unregistered Thoroughbred mare "Star" by Indian Ore (US) out of Blazing Star (Blazing Keel (US).

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