Showjumping

Julia found Jay for Suzannah Willis in June 09, with a view to getting her out and competitive in the bigger Junior classes. They had their first outing at the beginning of July when they competed in the Juniors at Gunnedah Showjumping Festival. The plan obviously worked, with the pair winning...

Our great flagship jumping stallion celebrated his 10th birthday on 9th June, 2008. For more information about Visage, visit the Stallion section. There are also loads of photos in the visage file in the Gallery....

Having missed out on the ride of The Fosse Way, Rachael Sutherland wound up doing quite well for herself in any case. Electrocute is an elegant brown Thoroughbred who has been a successful 1-Star eventer with his previous owner, and is now proving very competitive at Junior level showjumping,...

By Grand Kavalier, this well-bred warmblood gelding is rising-6, 16.2 hands and very well schooled, having started his dressage training with Nicholas Fyffe, before moving across to Redleaf for jump and cross-country schooling. He has had a few starts and places at Pre-Novice eventing with...

Archie is Tom Sutherland's young showjumping prospect, bought as a 6-year-old, and going well. He is a New Zealand bred Thoroughbred with a scopy jump who is starting to progress up through the height classes with success....

Woogsie's successes with Georgie Harvey are legendary. He blitzed 2010 Sydney Royal, finishing Reserve Champion in the Young Rider section. The pair had their first outing and win in Young Riders at Gunnedah Showjumping Festival in July 09. And they followed this up with creat results at the...

Although Paddy is amongst the smallest and youngest of our residents at Copabella, he appears entirely unaware of it. A six-year-old Connemarra, he and his owner Elayne Verner have brought home ribbons from their few dressage outings to date, and the pair tried their hand at eventing in 2009 as...

Haymen's latest win was in the Grand Prix at Gunnedah Showjumping Festival in July 09. Prior to this, he collected several ribbons in Part 1 at Sydney Royal as well as the Grand Prix at the Copabella Classic in April.Julia went to Europe with George Sanna to find her first experienced Grand Prix...

Gabrielle Kuna owns this talented Thoroughbred gelding, although her younger sister may beg to differ. Jimmy Choo was purchased for her from the Chuggs a few years back, but when Gab returned from Europe, Gab managed to get the ride.And the pair have cemented a strong partnership in the past year,...

Janet Walk bred this beautiful big warmblood mare, born in 2004. She is by Topaz (Hol) whose breeding goes back to Lander and Falkland. Her dam, Enya, is by Dutchman (Imp). Tattiana is still a very large baby in many respects, but shows a huge amount of promise with her scopy jump, and regularly...

The Sutherland family purchased the experienced chestnut Thoroughbred gelding Fosse with a view to Thomas riding him first then passing him onto younger sister Rachael. But the pair clicked immediately, and have continued to do so, with regular wins and places in Junior and Young Rider...

Known better as Paris, this imported warmblood gelding is a powerhouse. He joined Georgie Harvey's team in July, having been sourced by Julia in New Zealand while she was there earlier in the year for the Horse of the Year Show. Julia thought he was a stand-out. Paris is a Dutch...

The latest addition to Julia's team is Vedor, an exciting 7-year-old Indoctro gelding out of a Darko mare, imported late in 2009. Vedor was World Champion Six-Year-Old in Europe prior to being tried by Julia at Stal Topps, where the pair instantly clicked. A small syndicate was put together to buy...