Past Stars

Full brother to Cyrano, born in 1996, Cassius was living in Tasmania when we discovered him in 2004. He had already displayed the family talent by being State Champion at both Preliminary and Novice in 2003, and he also had a serious jump.Cass has had limited outings since. He is a wonderful...

Dolly was foaled in 2001 and is Toddingham's first-born, now owned by Michael Zavattaro. Michael has chosen to concentrate on dressage, and he has already achieved a score in the 70s at his first outing.But Dolly could also jump. When she went to her first jump club on the Central Coast a few years...

This Celerity Park mare came to us from Bec Seckold as a green D Grader with lots of scope and a bit of a feisty attitude. The attitude softened over time, and the scope remained.Possum and Julia placed regularly in huge D Grade classes, and they won the D Grade at the State Championships in 2005...

Closely related to Cyrano, this mare is bred to excel as a dressage horse. Born in 2000, Honey was a late starter whom we bought green from her breeder, Eleanor Russell, in 2005.After a slow and careful start, the mare went out to achieve scores always in the 60s and win her first dressage test at...

Cryptic joined Copabella as a sacked 3-year-old racehorse, with just one start to his name. Very well bred, by Danzero, sadly for his racing career, Cryptic travels more like a warmblood than a Thoroughbred. But he can gallop, as we discovered when Gab Biland took him to an eventing clinic at SIEC...

Leo, a Percheron cross, came to us so chubby that we feared founder was imminent. After getting him fit (losing that first hundred kilos was critical), we were still worried about the way the ground trembled as he walked by, but he was showing some real talent in the dressage arena. And he was just...

Narelle Stillman took over the ownership of our very successful racing Thoroughbred Impreza a few years ago now, and has been having a great time learning the ropes with him. Now they are showing their stuff at SSJC in the novice ring, and look set for a long and happy career together....

Julia had her first big Young Rider win on Nutmeg at Elysian in 2006. We had bought the little chestnut from good friend Brooke Campbell, who had had huge success with him in her Young Rider years.When Julia started training with George Sanna, it was decided that she would learn more on an...

Remba had a slow start to his competitive career, and began eventing with Christopher Burton last year, just prior to EI shutting the country down.At that first start, he achieved 83 per cent in his dressage and went clear in the showjumping phase, to be leading the field. Then there were a few...

Owned by Michelle Laing-McMahon, Gilbert is an elegant black gelding with the talent required to go all the way in the eventing world. He has had frequent wins and places at 2-Star and is now starting 3-Star with great results. Gilbert is also a classy showjumper, and he usually picks up ribbons...

We purchased Blue from Alyssa Mathers a few years ago for client Jen Andersen. Julia had fallen in love with the mare during the Vic run, when Alyssa and Blue narrowly beat Julia's D Grader into the winning position in a class of 110.She had great technique and a very competitive attitude, so when...

We went to Queensland to buy Monte for Julia when she was 14 years old, and decided she wanted to focus at least as much on showjumping as dressage. Monte was no dressage horse, but he certainly had a careful jump.The pair took time to establish a partnership up at NEGS in Armidale, where Julia was...

The beautiful Giselle, by Argentille Gullit, was a mare Julia established a wonderful relationship with, while they were both quite young. Their first big outing was to the one-day event at Kibah in 2002, where Giselle was entered in the Futurity.The mare easily won that competitive class on her...

Panther was Julia's first serious showjumper, purchased from Janelle Waters in 2004. The talented and very careful A Grader taught Julia a great deal, and the pair became a very competitive force in the Young Rider rankings, as well as in Junior Equitation.It was a difficult decision for Julia when...

Owned by Amanda Young, Buzz began his eventing career with Simonne Kann and Sharmayne Spencer in Queensland, and was subsequently purchased by Hamish Cargill who took him to 2-Star and was listed with him on the Young Rider Squad in 2003.He moved onto easy street with Amanda in 2004, promptly going...

This Thoroughbred mare took teenage rider, Georgie Harvey, to several convincing wins and places during 2007, in dressage, eventing and showjumping. The pair qualified with one attempt for the prestigious Junior Equitation Final at Sydney Royal. Their results at the huge Interschools...

Julia wonderful competition partner, Anar, is being retired to stud by owner Amelia Hawthorne. And what a great note she finished on at Adelaide Royal 2009, where she placed in all classes of the competitive Part 2 series.A talented and careful Thoroughbred mare by Pride of Kellina, Anar had World...

Bred by Anne and Jen Andersen and born on 29-08-07. Vixen is out of the competitive Stockhorse mare Wun Gum Sexy Legs, and by Visage. Vixen is an outstanding big type of filly who is showing huge promise. Recently turned two and already 16.1+ hands, this filly is amazing through the...

Rocky (Avalonn-Visage) is full brother to Viva, Pinto, 16.1+ hands and born in 2005. In his relatively short time under saddle, this talented gelding has completed a few Intro events with Aaron Moyes in the saddle, as well as placed in showjumping classes at Gunnedah Showjumping Festival, Northside...

This very flash Thoroughbred bay gelding is on his way to live in the United Kingdom. He was jointly owned by Tina Stafford and Chris Burton, and had posted numerous wins before overseas buyers saw him at the Adelaide 4-Star event in October 2008. ...