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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 ...
RanchBoss Cortez has been out to an official Dressage competition with Imke Metje and has obtained a qualifying score for the Queensland State Dressage Championships and also placed in the field of 24 entrants. Whilst Imke is away in Germany, Cortez is visiting Gypsie Lodge Equestrian Centre Gypsie Lodge Equestrian Centre to stay in training with Leasa Stephen.
We are very happy to have Cortez trained at Gypsie Lodge as we know the care and training is of the very best quality.
We have had the pleasure of a visit from new Morgan Owners, Nila and Andrew, and it was wonderful to introduce them to our little Morgan herd and for Nila to try out her Elementary level skills on Oscar, which they did superbly together. It was a joy to watch.
Eagleview Skybeau (aka Calypso) and her big boy Wilga Park Serjania (aka Jack)
RanchBoss Cortez, shown so successfully by our young German friend, Imke Metje, has claimed the prestigious Title of Supreme Champion Stallion of the Show for the second time in his short Showing Career. He earned the Title last year at a Regional Show, and again this year at Blackbutt. He was also Supreme Champion Dilute at the 2007 Toowoomba Royal, so he is certainly making his mark in the Show Ring.
Imke has taken Cortez under her wing and is having fun competing him in the Dressage Arena. He has had to forget all his Reining training (yet again) and learn how to go from canter to trot instead of canter to sliding stop! Imke has a wonderful background in both showing stallions and in Dressage training, from her home country of Germany, and we are fortunate to have her handling our horses. Imke is also, in her spare time, an Australian agent for Horses World Wide Business and you can check the web site here Horses World Wide Business
RanchBoss Cortez, 15'2hh buckskin Stallion - Supreme Champion Stallion, with Imke Metje.
Mt Tawonga Oscar, Wilga Park Malaynee and Wilga Park Tippuhana, also did well at the Blackbutt Show. Oscar won the pure gelding class, Malaynee, owned by Jane Warren, was first in the pure mare class and Tippuhana, was second in that same class. Both Malaynee and Tippuhana are just 2 1/2 years old.
Mt Tawonga Oscar - First, Pure Gelding and Wilga Park Tippuhana - Second, Pure Mare class
Wilga Park Malaynee, just 21/2 yrs old - First in the pure mare class
Cortez, along with Mt Tawonga Oscar, has been out to Allora and to the Toowoomba Dressage Championships in the last few weeks. Both scored nicely in their respective levels, Cortez at Novice and Oscar at Elementary. Oscar brought home the two blue ribbons from Allora.
Cortez, of course, had his very own Fan club waiting to cuddle him when he finished his tests. Imke and Cortez are enjoying their time together immensely and they have the makings of being a hugely successfull pair.
Cortez at Dressage Championships - with Kathy as Strapper and Imke up.
Mt Tawonga Nepean has been doing his job well and delighting all the visiting kids with fun rides. Chaser, the Border Collie has to join in as well and the kids love to ride around the arena with Chaser on the back. Nepean has been brought back into work and is having some more Dressage training with Imke. It keeps him fit. These photos were taken when he still very much out of condition.
Mt Tawonga Nepean having fun with the kids & Chase - Nepean is in fat paddock condition!
Don't forget to keep an eye on the Photo Album. I will update with some new photos very shorlty.
MORE NEWS ITEMS IN OUR ARCHIVES:
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