Latest News

• Oaks Young Horse

  23rd July 2017

  

  Brooke had two Copabella horses at Camden for the weekend of competition. Yesterday Cypher (Cadiz-Vermont) was equal winner of the 5-year-old class, and today Camouflage (Cadiz-Venice) was equal winner of the 4-year-olds. Brooke, who owns Cam, was very pleased with his performance. Unfortunately the photo quality is rather poor as the show was held indoors and my camera doesn't do so well in those conditions.

• Riders' Series

  9th July 2017

  

  It's been another great weekend of jumping at SIEC, thanks to the tireless efforts of the organisers. Visage was once again very well represented, with Tallara Barwick and Verdi double-clear to take 2nd place in the Open 1.30 division after a short break. In the Young Rider 1.30 class, he had Choronic Dominant Visage with Kate Hinschen finish double-clear and 2nd, and Walaroo Carnival with Coco Dulhunty finish double-clear and 3rd. Meanwhile in the 1.05 class, Redleaf Lodge's rider Josh read more...

• Semen for New Zealand

  4th July 2017

  

  New Zealand breeders may be interested to know that we now have a small supply of Visage frozen semen available for export to New Zealand. Just get in touch with Lesley at lesley@copabella.com for more information. You can also call on +61417 663 027.

• Report from Kara Berry

  13th June 2017

  

  "I own Jellystone Park Allure purchased from Jellystone Park Performances horses in Tasmania. She is by Cooramin Virtuoso who is by the wonderful Copabella Visage. I purchased Ruby as a green broken 4yo 12 months ago. In that time she has started her competition career proving to be quite the talented young horse! She has had a very successful first season under saddle from dressage, show hunter, eventer and show jumper. Her temperament, trainability and talent is second to none. I have had read more...

• Grand Prix Win

  13th June 2017

  

  Jill Waddy has reported in with an exciting win in the Grand Prix at Camden riding Copabella Vindication, aka Adonis. Adonis performed faultless rounds all weekend. Well done Jill!

• Vegas is Back!

  5th June 2017

  

  This horse has had more comebacks than most, firstly from injury and now after Julia's break due to pregnancy. The pair had their first outing on the weekend at SenTower Park in Belgium. And it went very well, even winding up in the prize money in big classes. Julia is very pleased with how Vegas feels and is looking forward to getting back into regular competition. We have two full sister to Vegas currently in training at Redleaf with Dave Cameron.  

• Squiggle and Puzzle

  5th June 2017

  

  Sharon Ridgway has been in touch with a quick update on her boys.   "Squiggle is growing like a weed, weaned and in with his big brother and they are great mates. Look so cute together. They are both like fluffy teddy bears as getting wintery here."  

• Back in the Saddle

  30th April 2017

  

  The first day back in the saddle was an unqualified success. The sun was shining and Vegas was a complete gentleman as usual. Julia now has to get a bit more riding fit before she starts jumping, but she's on her way!

• AES Studbook Stallion

  27th April 2017

  

  Aurelie Guennoc has been in touch from Normandy in France to let us know that her 4-year-old stallion Dior Addict has been AES Studbook approved. He is by Visage of course, and out of Halfa de Ducey.

• Vegas makes a Comeback

  27th April 2017

  

  Vegas is due to make a comeback in a few weeks, once Julia is ready to get back in the saddle after giving birth on 22nd March to Nick Lynch. Meanwhile Nick's dad gave him a little practice jump at Eschweiler today to get things rolling.

• He's Home!

  11th March 2017

  

  It's been a long two months while Visage has been at Goulburn Valley Equine in Victoria being collected for Europe. But the stay was a successful one, and we now have a large store of frozen straws ready to be sent to France in good time for breeding season over there. We were able to have more collected and frozen for the Australian market while he was there, and are assured that his semen quality is still top-rank. His handlers were also very complimentary about his perfect manners read more...

• Sharon Ridgway Reports In

  2nd March 2017

  

  Quick updated pics of Squiggle. He is such a divine colour, far more like Dad, a lovely chocolate brown and white. He is very tall, way bigger than Puzzle or Willow were at 15 weeks.