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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 ...
Wilga Park Golden Glory was born on 27 November 2008, 5 days early. Once again, Red Bluff Paprika waited until no-one was looking and had her filly foal in the paddock some time in the afternoon. She obviously did not want to foal down in the nice comfy stable in the middle of the night, as most other horses would. Glory is the most beautiful buckskin filly and has personality to burn!
Golden Glory - 4 weeks old with Greg and grand-daughter, Morgan
Glory believes we humans have been put on this earth simply to give her lots of pats and scratches. She has the sunniest nature and is happy frolicking in the paddock either by herself of with her best mate, Chase, the Border Collie. She has a super temperament and we can swing lead ropes around her body, legs and head and she doesn't blink an eye ... she thinks it's just another scratching tool.
Glory is already being led around with the halter and is happy to have our grandchildren sit on her back. She nickers to us and canters up to greet us. We couldn't have asked for more. This little girl is pretty near perfect in conformation and temperament.
Golden Glory (RanchBoss Cortez X Red Bluff Paprika) - 3 weeks old
Wilga Park Jalapeno was born just six days after Godlen Glory on 03 December, also 5 days early. He is just the classiest palomino colt!! Eagleview Skybeau lets me know early in the day that she will be foaling down that evening, and so we had time to invite Kate and Conor (our friends' children) to witness the birth.
What a momentous occassion! Conor was telling his Dad the following morning how very special this foal is. He said, "This is a very, very special foal as he is the very first 'jalapeno' Morgan colt to be born in Australia'. His Dad, of course, knew that he meant 'palomino'! It made us smile! In searching for a name for this colt we just couldn't go past 'Jalapeno' as it fits very neatly into our theme of naming foals with plant/tree names.
Jalapeno (Ragtime Oro Blanco X Eagleview Skybeau) - 3 weeks old
Jalapeno is a high caliber Morgan colt and is very uphill. He looks like a Dressage horse already. He is the perfect palomino colour with a lovely white blaze and one white sock. His personality is slightly more reserved than Glory, though there is no hesitation in coming up for his share of pats and scratches. He is a super sweet foal. Jalapeno loves yoghurt and walks up and opens his mouth as soon as he sees a syringe in our hand.
Jal seems to have the genes to go well over 15hh. He is beautiful to look at, tremendously photogenic, and we will watch with interest as he grows. He, like Glory, doesn't mind having the grandchilren on his back. Typically Morgan, he can't resist people! He loves to have his fair share of attention.
Gumbooya Kameko, owned by Peter and Bridget Cameron of Tui Morgans in New Zealand, is residing in our paddocks at the moment. She is pregnant with a coloured baby by Ragtime Oro Blanco and she will be shipped off to New Zealand in February 2009. This is the first season the 'Casper' (Ragtime Oro Blanco) frozen semen has been available to the public and Bridget is very excited about finally having a coloured Morgan, which will be a first for New Zealand.
Mt Tawonga Marrella is in foal to RanchBoss Cortez and we hope also that we will have positive pregnancy tests from Mt Tawonga Natasha (mother of the gorgeous Chambourcin) and Red Bluff Paprika (for another just like Golden Ash and Golden Glory!).
Eaglieview Skybeau is currently at the Breeding Centre to try for another like young Jalapeno from the 'Casper' frozen semen. That cross is magic and we would like to see if this mix is as consistent as the Cortez X Skybeau cross.
Haymeron Park Ruby Jane will also, hopefully, be in foal to RanchBoss Cortez to try for our Foundation Morgan foal. The little buckskin colt that she lost, when she foaled down 7 weeks early, was perfectly put together, so we can expect a lovely foal in 2009.
RJ with our 2 year old grandaughter, Morgan
Mt Tawonga Oscar had a fun time with Bernadette when she came to visit from Victoria. Bernadette loves to jump and so she gave Oscar some tuition over some small rails in our arena. She also had me doing the same. What fun!! Oscar is very steady and consistent and given the training would make a super horse to jump with. Bernadette also had some fun with the foals and Cortez. She swears if she could have fitted Glory into her suitcase, she would have gone home with her.
RanchBoss Cortez and Bernadette
MORE NEWS ITEMS IN OUR ARCHIVES:
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
August 2008
Wilga Park Malaynee, the very first foal we bred, is started under saddle ...
Mt Tawonga Oscar places in Elementary Dressage Competitions ...
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
July 2008
RanchBoss Cortez trys his style at Jumping.
Gill from Shibui Morgan Stud purchases Wilga Park Chambourcin.
Indigo Roc The Boat (Rocky), pure Morgan gelding, to join Wilga Park's Riding School ... Read More
May - June 2008
RanchBoss Cortez visits Gypsie Lodge Equestrian Centre
Nila & Andrew Visit Wilga Park Morgans
RanchBoss Cortez Supreme Champion Stallion at the Blackbutt Show.
Morgans at Toowoomba Regional Dressage Championships.
Mt Tawonga Nepean - delighting the kids with horse rides ... Read More
April 2008
Wilga Park Summer Beauty leaves for Western Australia.
Haymeron Park Ruby Jane to have a Foundation Morgan colt foal to Cortez.
Preparation for the Toowoomba Royal ... Read More
March 2008
The two black foals are growing superbly.
Wilga Park Summer Beauty and Mt Tawonga Oscar have fun with Tammy.
Wilga Park Madagascar leaves home.
Mt Tawonga Oscar excels himself at competition ... Read More
February 2008
Haymeron Park Ruby Jane (RJ), Foundation Morgan Mare, is in foal to RanchBoss Cortez, Foundation Morgan Stallion.
Wilga Park Chambourcin's colour genetics are complete.
Embryos have been sex tested ... Read More
January 2008
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
November/December 07
A Black colt is born ... RanchBoss Cortez, home from the Trainer ... and
Why I love Morgans! Read More
Sept - Oct 07
Cortez at the Reining Trainer & new For Sale page! Read More
June- August 07
Laidley Show, Foundation Morgan Stock, Make it Rein in August and Dressage! Read More
May 2007
CDI-W Stallion Parade, Foals Due, Blackbutt Show and Dressage!
CDI-W - International Level Dressage Event
RanchBoss Cortez Stole the Show at the Stallion Parade, May 26th! Read More
March 2007
Show News, Mares in Foal and Horses for Sale!
RanchBoss Cortez - Supreme Champion Dilute at the Toowoomba Royal! Read More
MORE NEWS ITEMS IN OUR ARCHIVES:
February 2007
RanchBoss Cortez - Supreme Champion Stallion.
February was the beginning of an exciting Show Season for us. Read More
January 2007
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 2006
December has been a wonderful month for us. Our first two RanchBoss Cortez foals have been born! Read More
October 2006
October sure was an exciting, if not hectic, month for us.
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
September 2006
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
August 2006
RanchBoss Cortez - Colour Genetics: EE Aa nCr
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
Preparation for the Breeding Season
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
May 2006
Toowoomba Regional Championships and the Stallion Parade
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
April 2006
RanchBoss Cortez and his start in Dressage
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