Wilga Park Morgans

The Breed Spectacular at the Toowoomba Royal Show was so successful and the resultant DVD so special we decided to make an 'Event' out of it and invited people to join us for the 'World Premier' of the DVD. We had a ton of fun, dressed in our glitzy gear and trod the red carpet with champagne. A truely wonderful event. Click HERE for a sneak peak at a slideshow of photos of the Display.

Blackbutt Show was once again a huge success for Morgans. Cortez was Champion Morgan, Reserve Champion Colourama and then to top off the day ... Supreme Led Stallion of the Show. Cortez takes every opportunity to have a doze in-between classes .. and doesn't give two hoots for anyone wanting to take a photo of him dressed in his Supreme Gala!

Imke shows our horses beautifully and they have a ton of fun together. Oscar was first in the Morgan Gelding class and Nepean second, however their roles were reversed in the ridden. Nepean was second to Cortez in the ridden Morgan and Oscar third. Cortez also won the ridden Colourama class.

Mt Tawonga Oscar & Imke in the Champion Gelding class; then Mt Tawonga Nepean in the ridden Morgan class

At home, both Nepean and Oscar entertain the grandchildren and teach other youngsters the real ropes of riding a horse. These horses are invaluable!!

Oscar doing his thing ... entertaining our grand-daughter, Morgan, and Chaser the Border Collie

A Western Clinic with Les Vogt from California USA, was held in Toowoomba recently, and the Organiser needed additional horses for riders coming to the clinic. Greg offered the use of some of our ridden Morgans to help out. Nepean, Rocky and Cortez along with Wilga Park Malaynee (Jane, her owner, felt it would be an excellent experience for her as well) went along to the clinic. Nepean was a busy boy, as he was a Dressage horse taking his rider to the ribbons in the morning and then became a cow horse for the afernoon and the next day.

The young fellow who rode Cortez was over the moon. He was overheard telling an old stockman what an awesome horse he is, and he said he was the luckiest fella in Australia to be riding such a horse. He told Greg that Cortez taught him more in one day than any of the horses he'd been riding with Les over the previous weeks. Now that's nice to hear!

Wilga Park Summer Beauty (Chance) and Wilga Park Golden Ash have made it to Broome! Tammy-Lee and Sue have reported that they have settled in well. From Tammy- Lee ... "Chance (aka HRH Princess Chance) arrived at her kingdom yesterday afternoon. Put her straight in with my two boys (she had already been in a paddock with Rev at Saltriver last year), and it was like she had been there and been in charge forever. Very funny to see the 35kg (well maybe a bit more) tiny Morgan Princess telling the 600kg 15.3hh stock horse what to do!! The look on his face when she moved into the hay area was hysterical!

So those two are now officially joined at the hip - for better or worse - went to check her during the night and they were laying down together with heads touching, very sweet."

Sue tells me that Ash has settled in beautifully and already has her in a routine! Ash thinks that he is allowed on the back verandah of their house and spends a lot of his time admiring the handsome dude in the window. He still hasn't worked out that it's his own reflection! Tammy and Sue have taken the kids out for bush walks as well, so I think these two Wilga Park babies are in horse heaven!!

March 2009

The Morgan Breed Spectacular and the Toowoomba Royal - our Morgans did us Proud!

Wilga Park Summer Beauty aka Chance is under saddle!!

Wilga Park Golden Ash and Wilga Park Madagascar are on their home ground for a weekend together ... Read More

February 2009

RanchBoss Cortez, with Imke Quast - 3 Times Champion at Oakey Show in Open Company!

Golden Glory and Jalapeno are still winning hearts.

Our expected Foals have been sex tested ...

Practicing for the Morgan Breed Display at the Toowoomba Royal ...

Wilga Park Serjania, Wilga Park Tippuhana and Wilga Park Golden Ash are making their new owners tremendously happy... Read More

January 2009

Wilga Park goes International!!

Golden Glory, buckskin filly and Jalapeno, the palomino colt are growing beautifully ...

Our 2009 crop of foals have been conceived!

Wilga Park Serjania and Wilga Park Tippuhana maturing into quality horses... Read More

December 2008

Buckskin Filly and Palomino Colt born ...

Gumbooya Kameko in foal to Ragtime Oro Blanco for a coloured foal - to be imported to New Zealand by Tui Morgans ...

Mt Tawonga Oscar having fun with Bernadette ... Read More

October - November 2008

RanchBoss Cortez on U-Tube ...

Catching up with Wilga Park Progeny ...

Mt Tawonga Nepean teaching the kids how it is done ...

See Cortez under saddle ... Read More

September 2008

Wilga Park Tippuhana - under saddle ...

Indigo Roc the Boat showing great promise under saddle ...

RanchBoss Cortez and Imke have some fun playing at cross country ....Read More

Wilga Park Morgans blitz the field at Gold Coast Show. RanchBoss Cortez is Supreme Champion three times over, Wilga Park Tippuhana Champion Morgan Mare and Mt Tawonga Oscar Champion Morgan Gelding ... Read More

Indigo Roc The Boat (Rocky), pure Morgan gelding, to join Wilga Park's Riding School ... Read More

Haymeron Park Ruby Jane (RJ), Foundation Morgan Mare, is in foal to RanchBoss Cortez, Foundation Morgan Stallion.

More breaking News for January .... Eagleview Skybeau (Calypso) in foal to Ragtime Oro Blanco (aka Casper); Mt Tawonga Natasha's filly foal is born: and colour genetics on Eagleview Skybeau, Wilga Park Serjania, Mt Tawonga Marrella and Red Bluff Paprika. Read More

Laidley Show, Foundation Morgan Stock, Make it Rein in August and Dressage! Read More

RanchBoss Cortez Stole the Show at the Stallion Parade, May 26th! Read More

RanchBoss Cortez - Supreme Champion Dilute at the Toowoomba Royal! Read More

January saw the birth of the very first Australian foal by the superb Morgan stallion, Ragtime Oro Blanco, here at Wilga Park.

It was also an eventful month for our 3 yr old filly, Haymeron Park Ruby Jane. Read More

December has been a wonderful month for us. Our first two RanchBoss Cortez foals have been born! Read More

The Sunshine Coast Dressage Championships, Queensland State Dressage Championships, South Queensland Dilute Championships and the Allora Championships, and maybe just one little trail ride! Read More

Gold Coast Centerary Show. Huge three-day event...what a milestone for RanchBoss Cortez!

We were invited by one of the Assistant Ring Masters of the Gold Coast Show to take Cortez to the Centenary Show. The invitation came after she had judged him at a Dressage Competition. We decided to take up the invitation and were so very pleased that we did. Read More

We felt it was important to have Cortez's colour genetics in certificate form, for those interested in colour. We sent hair samples to the States for testing for three factors - Red/Black, Agouti and Cream. Read More

With the breeding season soon upon us, we decided we should have Cortez collected for testing in differing extenders for shipping chilled semen. The results were impressive. Read More

We recently had the Regional Dressage Championships here in Toowoomba and...nah!!...no first ribbons or prizes, but what a great weekend we had. It was exhausting and exhilarating. We were running on adrenalin as we rushed from one deadline to the next. The highlights of the weekend for us were Mt Tawonga Natasha in her Novice Freestyle and RanchBoss Cortez's impact on the audience in the Stallion Parade. Read More

Since arriving in Australia and being released from Quarantine on 22 December 2005, RanchBoss Cortez has settled in well and has begun to make his mark in Dressage Circles. Read More