Spirit
is
a 15.2hh chestnut thoroughbred mare by Current Winner (USA) out of Stunning
Girl (NZ). She was foaled on 10th November 1989 at Bracken Stud in the
Hunter Valley. Her sire Current Winner was also sired Waltzing Matilda,
the mare Krissy Harris hopes to ride in Showjumping in 2000 Olympics in
Sydney. Current Winner was Supreme Champion thoroughbred exhibit
at 1999 Brisbane Royal.
You can look up Spirit's pedigree here Australian Jockey Club . Her registered name is "Jumping High" Aust. id: 467571. Spirit has Nearco , the famous thoroughbred bred by Fredrico Tesio, three times in her pedigree in the fifth generation. All thoroughbreds can be traced in their pedigrees to three foundation Arabs Godolphin Arabian, Byerly Turk and the Darley Arabian. Follow the link to the Darley Arabian for Spirit's line.
My pride and joy, Spring
Festival by 1986 Melbourne Cup winner At Talaq, has his own page here
Misty
(Ballev Silver Mystique) is a 14hh grey registered Egyptian arabian mare.
She was foaled 20th December 1989, just four days after Josh's first birthday.
She has been trained using Natural Horsemanship techniques i.e. can be
ridden without bridle and saddle. Her sire was Killi Bin Bin Peregrine,
of the Ralvon line. Her dam was Chexox Silvery Moon. Both her great grandparents
on her dam's side, Ibn Mahran (great grand sire) and Ramses Malaka (great
grand dam) were imported from the USA. Misty has her own webpage
here.
Nikky,
Imogen's first horse, was sold in March 1998 at Glenn Innes, away from
the coast at Ourimbah and the environmental problems that were giving her
hives.
Ebony
is
a registered Riding Pony, who is black with a white star on his forehead
and 12.3hh. He was foaled on 6 December, 1990 and bred at Dresden
Stud, Kurrajong NSW by Mrs Rhonda McGovern. His sire was Heatherbrae
Master Alladin, a foundation stallion for the breed in Australia.
His dam Cubba Abercare is also a registered Australian
Pony. His pedigree
reveals the continuing development as an ideal child's mount of the Riding
Pony in Australia from ponies imported from the UK in the 1970's. He now lives with a lovely family in western NSW.
We attended a primary clinic in Parelli Natural Horsemanship in August
1997 and my kids enjoy playing the Seven Games with their horses and learning
the fundamentals of Natural Horsemanship. This photograph of Josh and Immy
with Pat was taken at the Savvy Day in Canberra November 1988. Follow
this link if you would like to know more about
Parelli
Natural Horsemanship.
Links to some of my favourite equine sites
I read a few mailing lists with horse related information and subscription details can be found here
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