Two’s Company, Three’s A Crowd…….
Even in the equine world! No room for a third-party! Evan and Katkin are very fond of each other, Reus can only eavesdrop from a distance! Bless him…
As a child I was brought up on a working farm in Cwmbran, South Wales. I used to spend my days pulling up docks in the fields, creosoting the fences, white washing the stables and washing out the water tanks in order to have a pony.
I obtained many other rides in my early teenage days and learnt a little from each one. Every horse was different in size, nature, ability and scope. I very quickly learnt how to achieve the very best from that individual in whatever discipline.
At the age of eighteen I headed off to West Oxfordshire carrying on my education in land management and business studies in the Thoroughbred world. During this time many doors opened,
In 1997 a vacancy at a National Hunt Trainer in Gloucestershire opened a new chapter in my life with the availability of stables and land located nearby. Confidently starting training and competing point to pointers as a hobby.
2007 I started working at The Three Counties Equine Hospital LLP. This has been the most enjoyable and rewarding place of work. I am proud to be part of a dedicated team moving forward in the Veterinary world, full of new and exciting technology to aid the equine industry.
With no horses in my life during my “brood mare” days, I can honestly say it must be a disease in the blood! It wasn’t long before I longed for some kind of “equine interest” and challenge .
Off to France to import Peyres Catori Cat in 2008 and off to Austria to collect and import Princesse Pascale in 2009!
My foundation stock to build upon, Redheart Appaloosas today.
Even in the equine world! No room for a third-party! Evan and Katkin are very fond of each other, Reus can only eavesdrop from a distance! Bless him…
Since we have concentrated on our yearlings over the past few weeks we decided to give Redheart Pascalius a few weeks break. She been grazing 24 / 7 and certainly looks like she has come up in the withers as she slowly grows into her head….Not to mention the “roundness” of her body! To get back […]
The three B’s…. Blu, Ben and Blanc, our 2016 yearlings experiencing their first shows! Since weaning, our three yearlings have been under gentle education without knowing it….There is never a right time to take a yearling to its first show, their growth spurts can change over night. One minute they look fantastic and the next […]
Our future Stallion, watching over his girls as they sleep! DRF Patahas Redheart
From birth, it is a continuous effort to educate the foal’s, as they develop into weaning’s and yearlings they develop their own character and become stronger both mentally and physically. We try very hard to keep on top of their education without them knowing it! As we prepare for their “outings” as yearlings there is […]
Knowing the gender of a foal before it is born will help us manage several different aspects of our breeding program. In particular, we would like two non-characteristic (NC negative for the LP (Leopard Complex gene)) fillies to continue our breeding programme. NC fillies will be perfect for our recent imported Stallion DFR Patahas Redheart […]
There is nothing I need to add here…. Except, Redheart Pascalius and I were proud to be part of the British Appaloosa Society‘s 40th Anniversary. A clear run on the M1 heading Oop North 5th in a tough class of 13 “Best Conditioned” 3rd in the Most Colourful “Other” 2nd in “two & three-year-old fillies” Proud to […]
The FOREIGN BREED SOCIETY is a showing society for all Foreign Breeds in the UK. Their shows cater for many different breeds such as Morgan’s, Percheron, Comtois, Lipizzaner, Fjords, Arab’s, Saddlebred’s, Paso Fino, Andalucian’s, Lusitano’s, Friesian’s, Falabella’s, American Miniatures and Shetlands, Icelandic, Haflinger and of course the Appaloosa etc. The Society also include part bred’s so in […]
13th June 2012 Reus was born, the shock of a non characteristic foal took a while to sink in! As a late weanling he proved to have an enormous amount of intelligence and was very bold and independent. As a yearling he proved that confirmation over ruled “colour” as he won his first Appaloosa Horse […]
Due to unforeseen circumstances we could not attend our show today at the Derbyshire Festival, despite Redheart Pascalius ready to go, she had a relaxed day in the paddock……I don’t think she minded!!!! There’s always next week…….