Redheart Appaloosa Stud Wins Horse Breeding Specialists of the Year – Prestige Awards

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Redheart Appaloosa Stud Wins Horse Breeding Specialists of the Year – Prestige Awards 2020/21

Some will know I lost my mother Barbara Evans two years ago today… There are no words to describe the emptiness, I feel it most when I’m driving to and from the shows on my own, since I do everything myself at Redhearts and work full time there’s no other time to really think.

 

There was not a show that Barbara missed even leaving at 4am some mornings, she would be here with her bag full of goodies for the day including the most awesome egg mayo sandwiches.

Not long after she passed, we were notified via email our Stud name had been put forward for an award, don’t get me wrong we receive quite a few spam messages and they get binned but after a bit of research, we accepted it was real and replied with their completed application.

Time went by, I genuinely had forgotten or accepted we were not in the running, until I received another notification to confirm a convenient time to talk, well how excited was I.

 

 

For the occasion, I treated myself (I am not one to spend money on myself so a real treat), it arrived late and as requested but now rather urgent, Tracey Jordan at Equi-Blinguk (who deal with our merchandise) completed our logo on the dress within hours…Thank you so very much Tracey, exceeding all expectations as always.

 

The rest is history, a date was set to arrive at the Moor Hall Hotel & Spa, something exciting to look forward to. It so happened to be the weekend of my daughter’s birthday, so we decided to have family time away to celebrate.

 

And so, it began…

 

What a lovely hotel, excellent service, facilities and super food 5*

The day was very well organised, and it was lovely to celebrate with so many other winners, lots of SMILES and drinks had by a few!

Thank you, Prestige Awards, and everyone involved in the process of organising such huge events and congratulations to all the other WINNERS.

 

There are only a few days in your life that you will truly remember every second, this was one of those days and although I hadn’t prepared a speech, Um…. here’s a little speech 

 

Words cannot describe such an accolade; I thank you ALL who have made this possible.

First, and most of all, I wish to thank the past & present Vets at Three Counties Equine Hospital at Vet Partners for looking after ME & MY HORSES.

I wish to thank those who entrusted me with their own bred Appaloosa’s to get us started, Mireille Ducarme for Catori, Johann & Romana Derflinger for PP, Franz and Daniela Renggli for Blu, Come & Patricia Hugot for Ghost, The Wood family for Myka, Mel Banfield for Indi and Oskar Reis for Fire.

Thank you to Tracey Parker with Kiss My Finest Heart & Karen Paton with RDF Ti Kha Atta Rain for allowing me to breed forwards with your stallion’s semen.

The Redheart Owners, you keep me going 100%.  The Hugot family with Regal, Jenna with Reality, Charlotte with Regent, Denise with Ru, Alicia with Rookie, Lilly with Revelation, April with Reflection, Lian with Relentless, Naomi with Raven, Karen with River, Michele with Rain, Hayley with Rico, Cain with Remy, Ronnie with Really, Emma with Raphi, Andrea with Robyn and Sophie with Rosella.

 

A big thank you to these people / companies who have ensued we have stay on the right tracks:

Eleni Randle at Eldnar Consultancy for ensuring my dreams for the Stud were fulfilled.

The Appaloosa Horse Club, The Appaloosa Horse Club UK, The British Appaloosa Society and The Foundation Horse Registry for all the work you do ensuring we Appaloosa enthusiasts are able to keep the Pure Appaloosa Breed alive here in the UK.

Our Farrier, Tim Whittington at Priory Forge, our Veterinary Physician, Tim Bradford at Bradford’s Veterinary Physiotherapy.

Thank you to Pioneer Feed, Nuyard, The Partridge family & The Lovegrove family for the excellent service and quality you ensure for our forage, bedding & hard feed.

Thank you to Stallion AI for looking after my stallions and storing/distributing their semen and Twemlows Stud for the opportunity to allow me to obtain my AI certificate and further my education on your foaling course.

To Tracey, Jess & Mark at Equi-BlingUK for completely undertaking all responsibility for the Redheart merchandise and exceeding my expectations.

To my family, friends, work colleagues and those I have not personally mentioned I thank you for your continued support.

And, of course to everyone at The Prestige Awards, so very much appreciated.

Without you ALL, I at Redhearts would not be HORSE BREEDING SPECIALISTS OF THE YEAR…

I THANK YOU

Paula Cooper x

 

October Hunter’s Moon at Redheart Appaloosa Stud

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Our nightly checks are important before we sleep and when it’s a full moon, I’m sure even our night-blind horses see a little clearer.

The October Hunter’s Moon wasn’t that clear, but we couldn’t help capturing this image, it really was such a calm warm night and the three weanlings, Rosella, Really and Remy seemed to be sharing the same pile of hay.

The only thing stalking was I…

 

 

Redheart Raven – Debut Show

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Today we went to support Redheart Raven (Peyres Catori Cat x DRF Patahas Redheart) debut outing competing in a young stock class at Hulks Farm.

His performance was flawless…huge congratulations to his owner Naomi (who is too young to compete) but to her mother Emma who has never shown before…

A well deserved 2nd place, we are very proud of you ALL, certainly a proud Breeder day.

We are expecting his full sibling VERY SOON!!!!

Remy & Really Restrained via DuraCorral

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When mares give birth, their natural instinct is to protect their foals, we would never turn a mare and foal out within a herd from day one and what makes our situation worse in March 2022 is the wet weather and muddy ground. We dare not risk any infection via an umbilical chord with the mud, therefore we have decided to invest in yet more DuraCorral panels to split the ménage into two…

This means not only does our ménage serve as a riding arena (when the daylight hours permit after normal human working hours) and it also refrains our horses eating/chewing the wooden rails but the best benefit at the present time during this awful weather is, it has allowed us to turn the two mares and foals out each evening, whilst we clear out their stables.

We are so close to that extra hour of daylight and irrespective of daylight the mares and foals are turned out daily , providing their bodies and minds with what we consider only of a positive nature.

Here are some images when Remy met Really, well to be honest the mares didn’t allow them to meet but nearly…

Redheart Remembrance

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At 334 days Redheart Pascalius decided to give up her 2022 foal, the foaling was textbook and other than a 3am delivery everything went extremely well.

It just so happens the 19th February is my mother’s birthday (who has sadly passed away), hence the new-born name, Remembrance.

Mum lost her first Appaloosa in 2009, who sustained a tibia/fibula joint break with no conclusion to an accident or injury, very soon after we imported her. Mum was absolutely devastated and not as a replacement but to fulfil a void and continue our quest with Redhearts, Princesse Pascale (aka PP) joined us.

Mum showed PP but did struggle to run fast enough to show off the beautiful stride PP has, mum became the eye behind the camera for mainly all our Redheart images and our right hand lady as we travelled around the UK.

I can laugh now, but her navigation skills were disastrous and her delayed time keeping was expected for every journey (not matter what stupid o’clock we left), so I used to say we were leaving at least an hour before we were actually supposed to ;).

Anyone who knew my mum always knew egg mayo sandwiches, were on the cards as she was always so very  generous with her picnic’s for our days out, always so well prepared.

 

Later in 2012, Princesse Pascale gave birth to Redheart Pascalius (aka Evee), mums dream baby girl…

 

 

 

 

To date, Evee has given us three full siblings to our stallion DFR Patahas Redheart, Revelation, Ricochet and now Remembrance.

REDHEART REVELATION

REDHEART RICOCHET

 

REDHEART REMEMBRANCE

Today has been very emotional, we are extremely relieved to have a healthy mare and foal.

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM

1954 – 2020 (Far too young)

Miss you so much and Redheart’s is not the same without you xxx

Redheart Merchandise

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It’s been a long time in the making but with the support and encouragement of the “Redheart Family” we have now established our own branded merchandise, we are very proud of the embroidered design of our logo. Thank you Equi-BlingUK for your excellent customer care and attention to detail, the logo is perfect.

If you wish to purchase any merchandise, please follow the “CLICK HERE” link on the Merchandise page – HERE.

For us, the Redheart logo symbolises the feathered headdress of one Native Indian from the Nez Perce Indian Tribe called Jesse Redheart.

Each feather is a symbol of trust, honour, strength, wisdom, power, freedom and so much more to the Native American Tribes, it’s truly a very special gift.

If an Indian receives a feather, he earned it for each courageous act he accomplished, a symbol of high respect and a visible display of a warrior’s bravery, honour and standing within his tribe.

Only by completing enough deeds will there be enough feathers to make a headdress, Jesse Redheart certainly had a fabulous headdress with the coloured feathers of Red, Black, and White.

We are unsure what exact bird feathers were used to make his headdress, but the bird embodies the spiritual idea of souls and spirits, their presence believed to guide and help one see the path through life, whilst teaching and in some instances protecting.

The Eagle feathers indicated great strength, courage leadership and prestige, the Crow indicates skill, cunningness and release from past beliefs, the Hummingbird represents love, beauty, and intelligence – A Spirit Messenger and Stopper of Time. The Falcon feathers represent speed, movement and soul healing, the Owl feathers represent wisdom, the ability to see things normally, a creature of the night – silent and swift. The Hawk feathers indicate strength, vision, and guardianship whilst the Raven feathers represent knowledge and creativity. The Bluebird symbolises happiness and fulfilment, the Dove, love, gentleness, and kindness and the Heron’s feather symbolises patience, grace, and confidence. A Kingfisher’s feather symbolises luck, patience, speed, and agility, whilst a feather from a Swallow is recognised with peace and love and the feather of the Turkey symbolises abundance, pride, and fertility. Woodpeckers have the meaning of self-discovery whilst the little Wren’s feather is a symbol of protection.

The Native Americans view different colours as signs from the spirit.

Red usually connects to the root chakra relating to life, force, passion, courage, good fortune, and emotion.

 

Black can represent growth, protection, and closing a chapter, but a black feather is shimmering means ‘high mystical insight’.

 

White represents peace, purification, faith, and the heavens among many tribes.

Every bird feather is highly valued, every colour of bird feather has a representative meaning that is deep and meaningful and if you are one to purchase personalised Redheart merchandise, we hope you appreciated the meaning behind our feathered logo.

Paula Cooper

Special thanks to Tracey Jordan @ EQUI-BLINGUK

Redheart Mares – Counting down the foaling days 2022

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The 5 Redheart broodmares are looking great, feeling fine and totally relaxed in their routine as we start to count down the days to foaling and pray for the safe arrival of our 2022 foals.

We are expecting two foals from Reus and three foals from Blu, all have full siblings except Reus x Ghost, this will be our first ever Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry (FAHR) foal from our Catori line. It goes without saying, all we want is a healthy new-born but we would be blessed to see a filly delivered. A filly would be retained for our future breeding plan with Fire or Blu, continuing our path of the UK’s Foundation Appaloosa Stud.

Counting down the foaling days 2022