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February 07
RanchBoss Cortez - Supreme Stallion of the Show!
February was the beginning of an exciting Show season for us. RanchBoss Cortez excelled himself yet again!!
Clifton Show
On 18 February, RanchBoss Cortez, after winning Champion Morgan over a stunning group of pure Morgans including 4 stallions, 2 mares and 4 geldings, won the prestigious award of Supreme Stallion of the Show!
RanchBoss Cortez - Supreme Stallion
Haymeron Park Ruby Jane
Our lovely 3 yr old mare, Haymeron Park Ruby Jane, after winning her pure Morgan mare class, brought home the Reserve Champion Morgan Sash. This was RJ's very first outing and she behaved as if she had done it twenty times over.
Haymeron Park Ruby Jane - Reserve Champion Pure Morgan
Mt Tawonga Oscar
My wonderful riding gelding, Mt Tawonga Oscar, also did us proud by gaining 1st place in the pure Gelding Class. Oscar had excelled himself just two weeks earlier at the Allora Show Dressage by achieving 1st place with a score of 75% in the Preliminary class. His nearest competitor was on 66.2%. Oscar began his Dressage career just last year with a Preparatory Test and he is now training at Elementary level.
Mt Tawonga Oscar - 1st Pure Morgan Gelding
Cooyar Show - RanchBoss Cortez - Champion Pure Morgan & Reserve Champion Colourama
Wilga Park were in luck yet again on 24 February, at Cooyar Show. RanchBoss Cortez scooped up Reserve Champion in the Colourama Classes and again, against that superb line-up of pure Morgans brought home Champion Morgan Stallion.
RanchBoss Cortez - Champion Pure Morgan & Reserve Champion Colourama
Our Pure Geldings
Mt Tawonga Nepean and Mt Tawonga Oscar each sported the Champion Gelding and Reserve Champion Gelding Sashes at Cooyar Show.
We were very fortunate to have Krystal, a Canadian girl who owns and shows Morgans back home in Canada, lead and ride Nepean at the Cooyar show for us - with excellent results. Thanks Krystal!
Mt Tawonga Nepean
Mt Tawonga Oscar
Reserve Champion Pure Morgan Gelding
Wilga Park Foals
Whilst we have been busy with Shows, the foals have continued to grow. Golden Ash and Summer Beauty are now 11 weeks old and Madagascar is just 6 weeks old.
Wilga Park Golden Ash - Buckskin colt by RanchBoss Cortez
Wilga Park Madagascar - Buckskin colt by Ragtime Oro Blanco
Wilga Park Summer Beauty - Filly by RanchBoss Cortez
MORE NEWS ITEMS IN OUR ARCHIVES:
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