Once Don Dancier has arrived in Australia he will be available to a very small number of selected mares this season. Early bookings will be essential.
Cheval de Luxe-Darling Range Breed Show
Best Ridden stallion and Reserve Champion Ridden-All Breeds
Dressage With The Stars 2010
Bellario - photo Derrek O'leary
The Narbethong Team Heads East Again.
This year we headed off to Melbourne for Dressage and Jumping with the Stars 2010 with Royal Oak II and Bellario. We departed on Wed 10th Arriving in Werribee Fri 12th with the competition beginning the following Friday (19th). ROII travelled like a seasoned competitor. Bellario was a little
overwhelmed by the whole experience but ROII was an excellent big brother and gave him the confidence to settle once they arrived at Werribee.
Dressage and Jumping with the Stars hosts the Australian Young Dressage Horse championships. Just for those who aren’t familiar with the format, here is a brief run down.
The Competition works over 3 rounds. Test movements are not marked individually; instead scores are given out of 10 for walk, trot, canter, submission and general impression. After the first round which is a test done in pairs the top 10 move onto the second round which is a more difficult, individual test done in reverse order of the first round placing. The top 3 from the second round move to the final round where a guest rider rides the horses and awards them a mark out of 10 which is added to there 2nd round score to give a winner for the competition.
The classes are obviously split into age groups with ROII in the 6 yr old class and Bellario in the 5yr old class. We had to keep in mind that as the stallions were bred in the Northern Hemisphere, they are actually a few months younger then their Australian bred counterparts. Neither Bellario or ROII have actually had their respective 5th or 6th birthday just yet, but that certainly didn’t hold them back!
Royal Oak II photo-Derrek O'Leary
First up was Bellario. He did a pleasing, attentive test in the first round to be given a score of 7.94 which put him easily in the final 10 with a 2nd placing. In the second round Bellario really started to show the horse he is going to be! He did an amazing test with some really great work and was awarded 8.4. This left him a full mark ahead of the rest of the class. He was also very good for the test rider and was awarded a 9 for rideability. Bellario finished way out ahead of the field and he was crowned the Australian 5 yr old Young Dressage Horse Champion for 2010.
ROII returned to this competition after being named Runner up 5yr champion old last year. We were keen to have at least as good a show this year and he certainly didn’t let us down. He performed very well in the first round with a score of 8.6 to come 2nd to the Sandro Hit stallion San Jose ridden by Matthew Dowsley who wasn’t too far ahead on an 8.8. Thru to the second round on the Saturday, ROII did another super test to again get 8.6 and was placed equal 1st with San Jose. This meant the winner of was to be decided by the test rider – Ton de Ridder. ROII did some great work with Ton and Ton was very complementary on both the quality and training of the horse. ROII was awarded a 9 for rideability. This meant that San Jose had to get a 9 or better which made for an exciting final ride! San Jose was eventually awarded a 10 giving him the championship and ROII deemed Runner Up Australian 6yo Champion. Both horses did exceptionally well and it could easily have gone either way.
Congratulations must also go to Waterfords Rossini owned by Sue Goodman, ridden by Rodney Martin and bred by Kathleen Carrington from WA for coming 3rd in the 4yo Material Class. The quality of the horses presented from WA was certainly a talking point and it was awesome to see three top 3 finishes from three horses competing!
Bellario-Photo Derrek O'Leary
We would like to thank all the WA spectators for their full voiced support, Sara Price for all her work preparing the horses throughout the show and Glennis Barrey for her continued support with the training and preparation of both horses.
Thanks also to Swan Valley Dressage club for running additional YH Qualifying classes throughout the last 6 months.
Full results can be found at http://www.equestrianvictoriaevents.com.au/DJWTS/
Competition results January-February 2010
Cheval de Luxe photo-Redfoto
Summer Series
Cheval de Luxe 1st in the pony Elementary
Cornet Pilatus 1st in the Open Preliminary
Royal Oak II first in the Medium
12.02.10 Friday Night Dressage
Cheval de Luxe 1st in the Preliminary and the Novice
Cornet Pilatus 1st in the Preliminary Open
19.02.10 Friday Night Dressage
Cheval de Luxe 1st in the Preliminary and the Novice
Cornet Pilatus 1st in the Preliminary
21.02.10 Swan Valley Young Dressage Horse
Bellario 1st in the 5 year old Young Dressage Horse
Royal Oak II 1st in the 6 year old Dressage Horse
Bellario and Royal Oak II photo-Perfect Ponies Photographics
Gosnells Summer Show Offs
Cheval de Luxe Photos Perfect Pony Photographics
Please visit our 'Sales List' page for horses offered for sale
German Riding Pony stallion FB Gangster
142 cm Born 2006. By FS Golden Moonlight-Dressman I-Brillant.
Licensed Premium 2008 at Muenster for Westfalia.
Approved in 2008 for Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein as 2nd best of 80 stallions shown.
Licensing winner at the Danish pony licensing.
2009 participant at the Bundeschampionat with trot and canter judged at 9,0 at the qualification competition.
POA
Duino Frozen Semen available For Sale
$850 per dose
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Black, Oldenburg,
*2002, 16.2 hands,
fresh semen
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The highest priced horse at the Spring Elite Auction 2005 in Vechta, this shiny black jewel was the absolute sensation. In fall of that year in Warendorf he became Bundeschampion of all three-year old stallions in Germany. In the spring of 2006 he continued his victorious streak by becoming the best stallion at the 30-day test in Schlieckau– with an overall score of 8.76, a score of 8.26 in jumping and an absolutely sensational 9.33 in dressage! In 2007 Duino won elementary (L) level tests for young dressage horses with scores of 9.0, qualified for the Bundeschampionat in Warendorf and by the end of the season he had taken his first ribbons in medium (M) level at the age of five.
His sire Donnerschwee was also a premium stallion and price record auction horse before he became a dressage horse successful all the way up to Grand-Prix. Of his few first off-spring, D-Day was a high priced premium stallion, his State Premium daughter Weissera became State Champion and was later successful in advanced (S) level dressage, and our premium stallion Don Rubin was also a price record at the Oldenburg licensing and multiple winner of medium (M) level tests for young dressage stallions.
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Through the highly esteemed and versatile sire Sion (sire of the EC gold winning Sterntaler Unicef/A.-K. Linsenhoff) and Figaro (Figaro’s Boy/Ludger Beerbaum), Duino is a perfect example of being bred for rideability and willingness to perform. The dam has a licensed full brother named Skywalker who is successful in medium (M) level dressage so far.
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This line also produced the DLG mare Angela. His first foal crops have produced good looking and strong moving foals and many of them have brought top prices at auctions, including the Swiss Foal Auction in 2007 in Frauenfeld.
Licensed for Oldenburg, Hanover, Westphalia and Rhineland as well as all southern German and new German State Verbands
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The ACE, ASPR and Oldenburger Assessment day was held at Narbethong on the 2nd of February 2010.
NEP Bellarina
The day went smoothly with a wide variety of horses and ponies of all ages being presented for assessment. It was nice to see three Bellario foals, all from very different dams and how he improved each in both conformation and particularly movement.
'Bolle' colt by Bellario
As far as our own horses go we are proud to announce another Elite foal for Bellario! This time our Australian bred ‘NEP Bellarina’ Bellario-Farrington was awarded the title. Comments from the German assessor Gert Kust included ‘A very nice type, correct and compact with swinging, elastic movements’ Her movement scores were walk-9, trot-8 and canter 8.5! This filly is still for sale as our policy is not to keep anymore more mares! It’s a rare opportunity to acquire such a quality filly with exceptional bloodlines in WA. Her dam Carrington Park Fantasia won her first official test with a 71% and is a half sister to the Boldt’s Grand Prix star Konica Park Valentino!
Hollingrove Sasha did very well in her Oldenburger mare assessment scoring 8’s for each walk trot and canter and Florabel (-Farewell III / Sandro Hit -Don Ramiro) attained a total score of 76.5% and was branded Oldenburg. Florabel is also offered for sale and Sasha is confirmed in foal to Royal Oak II-lets hope for a colt this time!
NEP Florabel
We also presented our riding pony mare Applewood Fantasy (Weatherley Royal Illusion-Silkwood Puss N Boots) for assessment by the Australian Sports Pony Register (ASPR). Fantasy scored a very pleasing overall score of 73% and was awarded Premium status. Her bloodlines go back to BWL Valentino and Downlands Chevalier which are also dominant in German Riding Pony stallion Dressman I. Fantasy is in foal to Cheval de Luxe and due in September.
It was great to see two other German Riding Ponies presented, a very fancy colt by Don Philino owned by Katlin Hull and a pretty black Hilkens Black delight filly owned by Liz Benson. Both are offered for sale.
All in all it was a great opportunity for the breeders to watch how it’s all done and we hope to see a growth in the numbers of foals assessed each year!
A special thankyou to our photographer-
Brooke Benbow
Perfect Pony Photographics
ACE and Australian Sports Pony Tour comes to Narbethong on the 2nd Of February.
The Classification will start at 11am. Our Photographer 'Perfect Pony Photographics' will be here to take pictures. Public Spectators are welcome.
UPDATE-Draw now available. Please email us if you have are attending the classification and have not received the draw by email.
Hanoverian Tour-coming to Perth
12:00 noon Friday the 12th of February
Hollingrove Sunburst-SOLD
Photo-Perfect Pony Photographics
4 year old mare by Sunny Boy/Flemmingh
Qualified for Dressage With the Stars 2010
Cornet Pilatus (imp)
Cornet Obolensky/Portland L
photo-Perfect Pony Photographics
available for viewing at Narbethong
Foals For Sale
NEP Florabel filly by Farewell III/Sandro Hit $22,000 negotiable with terms available.
photos-Perfect Pony Photographics
NEP Bellarina by Bellario (imp)/Farrington Price $SOLD
We are happy to announce that Bellarina has found a wonderful new home with Kerri Edwards. We would like to wish this dressage combination of the future all the best!
Bellario (imp) WA State Champion Young Dressage Horse!
The 14th and 15th of November was a successful weekend for our young stallion Bellario (Belissimo M/Wolkenstein II). On Saturday Bellario was Preliminary Champion at the Prestigious Indoor Championships as well as winning the leaderboard for 2009. On the Sunday Bellario won the 5 year Old Young Dressage Horse Class with such convincing scores he was awarded the overall champion! following in the successful footsteps of stable mate Royal Oak II who was the 2007 and 2008 state champion.
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