Last Show in 2016…..
Throughout the year, our young stock qualified for the “One, Two and three Year Old Championship Show” held at Onley Equestrian Centre.
Although the horses didn’t look too bad, their coats had turned. After a hot bath and a little trim they looked presentable but not to our usual high standard.
We decided to take DFR Patahas Redheart (Blu) and Redheart Royale (Ben). I ran Ben and Lisa Randle ran Blu, both colts gave a good show but today it’s simple….we were beaten by better horses. We had a really good fun day and delighted with both colts performance especially being stabled away from home for the first time, every day is a school day!
Blu took a third in colts, Ben fourth and then Ben took a third in the yearlings class with Blu fourth.
Pedigree’s and hypothetical mating’s…….
Redheart pedigree’s and hypothetical matings.
All Breed Database:
Broodmares:
Stallions:
HEVANS EV CATORRIUS / REDHEART CATORRIUS
2017 foals for sale
PRINCESSE PASCALE x HEVANS EV CATORRIUS
PEYRES CATORI CAT x KISS MY FINEST HEART
Hypothetical 2018 foals for sale
REDHEART PASCALIUS x DFR PATAHAS REDHEART *
CARICKS REDHEART x DFR PATAHAS REDHEART *
*Subject to Stallion Licensing
Keeping Calm, Nothing Stay’s The Same……
If you have moved house you know the stress levels, if you have moved farms, you know moving house is easy!
The Mares Paddock
Princesse Pascale and her daughter Redheart Pascalius
Peyres Catori Cat and her daughter Redheart Regal
The Colts Paddock
Redheart Royal 
The Stallion Paddock
Redheart Catorrius / Hevans EV Catorrius
along with the “lawn mowers”, Catkin & Evan
Back up….
Ruby & Grace, “the security”.
Ink, the “hunter”.
Each paddock has at least two sides if not three surrounded by mature hedging and trees for shelter, the land has a slight gradient which should allow for adequate drainage and hopefully minimize poaching? See what the winter brings?
Just need to Keep Calm as nothing stay’s the same….
Riding Reus….
Anyone who has bred their own horse will know the feeling when you’re eventually in the saddle!
PRICELESS……
Reus has a great range of motion.
Very much looking forward to Riding Reus in 2017.
A Dream Come True……
I try to keep the “News” updated with show reports and events at the stud that I think are relevant, along with each horse’s profile as their details change or occur.
We use the Social Media Facebook page “UK Appaloosa Horses” as our sponsored effort to promote the awareness of the rare purebred Appaloosas here in the UK.
The most relevant news, Redheart Appaloosa Stud has moved Counties, from Gloucestershire to Worcestershire. We have a quaint country cottage with enough land to cater for our expanding herd. We are starting with a blank canvas and applying for planning permission for an agricultural barn and stable barn, ensuring we can offer the mares, foals and stallions adequate facilities for breeding.
Until the paddocks are established, our stallion Reus is at a local livery yard, Areion Equestrian. We could not be happier and relieved because many livery yards do not take stallions, due to misunderstanding! The owner Jo, runs this professional livery yard, nothing was compromised during our stay. We would like to say a huge thank you to Jo and her team, what a delightful yard to be part of. Reus was a good boy and we made use of their fantastic facilities before bringing him home, his own paddock away from the mares.
I can now see the horses from my bedroom window, such a precious sight and a dream come true.
Show Season Highlight…….
One of the main highlights of the show season is the Appaloosa Horses Club UK National show. A two-day event that caters for every Appaloosa enthusiast.
This year we took our two GAP 5 horses, Redheart Pascalius and DFR Patahas Redheart. I participated with both horses in the Appaloosa Horse Club classes while Crystal participated both horses in the Appaloosa Horses Club UK classes. On this occasion, backed up by a young lady Amilie, who has caught the Appaloosa “bug”.
Another wonderful day showing, we both achieved a few awards and congratulate all the other competitors.
Already looking forward to the 2017 National Show……
Three Yearling’s, Three Events, Three Wins at Three Counties………
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 bum high and weedy looking!
You can do all the prep work at home but on the day it really can go either way? We try to travel to “local” events and take the day as it unfolds. We always attempt to arrive early enough to allow our yearlings to settle and adjust to their surroundings. So here we are….
DFR Patahas Redheart aka Blu had his début outing at the HOPE Show (Horse Owners and Pony Exhibitors) held at Three Counties Show ground on Sunday 26th June.
He was an absolute dream, all he wanted to do was eat the grass but make no mistake it was a nervous eating that we were fully aware of. So we let him eat, in the ring I believe he was so full he was quite lethargic but none the less he stood for the judge, trotted straight, balanced and generally an absolute star.
Our next début outing was Redheart Regal aka Blanc. This filly as you can imagine took a bit of elbow grease to get clean! Again we entered a local show at Three Counties Show Ground but this time it was an Open Gala Show on the 9th July. Blanc seemed bold and was a bit of a handful at first but as the other horses started to arrive she switched off and ate the grass. She, “honestly”, was adorable, never put a foot wrong although in one class we did struggle to trot past “our grazing area”, a mistake I will not make again! Luckily, our last class was in a different ring, she trotted with absolute perfection so we ended on a very happy note.
The highlight of our day was when Lisa Randle who owns Tamino Warrior the Appaloosa Horse Club UK Performance Champion 2014/15 asked me if I would like to compete Warrior in the Tiddler’s Challenge….it’s been a long time since I have ridden but I rose to the challenge without question! Great fun, thank you Lisa!
Redheart Royale meets Tamino Warrior!
The third début outing was with BEN! Redheart Royale. Throughout the day Ben never did anything wrong in his performance, he stood, trotted and did himself proud. The only thing he did was consistently shout and scream at the Spot Fest Festival held at Three Counties Show Ground on the 16th July. Doesn’t help when horses answer back but one thing we did realise, Ben can smell a filly in season already!
A good start to their showing campaign and a relief in getting our yearlings out, about and home safe.
Three Yearling’s, Three Events, Three Wins at Three Counties…………
Blu, Watching Over His Herd…..
Our future Stallion, watching over his girls as they sleep!
DRF Patahas Redheart