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March 07
Show News, Mares in Foal and Horses for Sale!
Toowoomba Royal Show
RanchBoss Cortez - Supreme Champion Dilute at the Toowoomba Royal!
This horse should not surprise us anymore ... but he continues to amaze us with his ability to bring home the top awards.
On March 22nd Cortez won Champion Buckskin Stallion, Supreme Champion Buckskin and then, to top the day off, he won Supreme Champion Dilute. At the Royal! He had about 40 competitors for that title and we are so proud that it was his magnificent neck that carried the coveted Sash at the end of the day.
RanchBoss Cortez - Supreme Champion Dilute
Mares in Foal
Eagleview Skybeau
Skybeau, our beautiful black mare, is carrying a Cortez foal, due December 07. The ultrasound shows it is a colt foal ... and the Vet is very sure of that. He will be black, bay or buckskin and should be a stunning foal. He will be for sale and will become someone's future lifetime buddy. With just half the talent of his parents who, between them, have shown potential in dressage, reining, jumping, cow/horse work, hacking and just plain old trail riding, he will be a winner in any arena, or very happy to be just a regular family horse.
Eagleview Skybeau - who won Supreme Champion Morgan at 3 months of age
Mt Tawonga Natasha (Elegance)
Elegance has hung up her competition saddle for the last time and will now join the broodmare paddock. Elle was training at Elementary level Dressage, with a little Medium thrown in, prior to being put to Cortez. She and Cortez should produce a performance horse of quality. Elle is due to foal down in January 2008 and as it is her first foal, we are really looking forward to this one. By the end of April 07 we will know the sex of the foal she will deliver, and then we only have to wait to see what colour it will be.
Mt Tawonga Natasha - a Champion Morgan
Mt Tawonga Marrella
Mt Tawonga Marrella will foal in February 08. The quality of her first two foals is unquestionable, so a Cortez X Marrella baby should be exceptional. Again, by the end of April, we should know the sex of her foal. Marrella was purchased in foal, so never started. However, her movement is free flowing and ground covering. Her previous two babies have lovely paces and gentle, sweet natures, so this combination should be pure quality.
Mt Tawonga Marrella & her first foal Wilga Park Tippuhana
Horses for Sale
Mt Tawonga Dusky
We purchased Mt Tawonga Dusky, a lovely, quiet, black part-bred Morgan mare, as a riding horse and she has proven to have excellent potential as a Dressage horse. We suspect she may have some jumping ability as well, but we have not yet tried that with her.
Dusky was taken to her first Dressage competiton just this weekend and she scored 64.5% and placed 4th in her class. She certainly has huge potential.
As I already have two Morgans to train in Dressage, we have made the decision to sell Dusky and give her the chance to find her full potential with a dedicated rider. It would also relieve the feed bill just a little in this time of drought. Enquiries are most welcome.
Mt Tawonga Dusky - first Dressage test 64.5%
Our Foals for Sale
With three more on the way, we look forward to any enquiries on our 2006 foals.
Wilga Park Golden Ash - 'Buckskin Colt' - SOLD
Wilga Park Golden Ash, the first buckskin colt to be born in Australia (RanchBoss Cortez X Red Bluff Paprika), was sold at 5 days of age. Ash has captured both his Dam's laid back nature and his Sire's good looks and willingness to please. He will make a stunning performance horse for his proud new owner.
Wilga Park Summer Beauty - 'Bay Filly'
Wilga Park Summer Beauty, bay filly by Cortez out of Eagleview Skybeau, is available for sale. Summer will be as pretty as her Dam, but will be a little taller, finishing 15+hh. Her breeding is superb and, apart from being an exceptional asset to any breeder, she should make an awesome competition horse.
Wilga Park Madagascar - 'Buckskin Colt'
Madagascar is by Ragtime Oro Blanco ('Casper'), the perlino Morgan stallion from the USA, who is owned by a closed syndicate. Marrella and 'Casper' have produced this stunning colt, who, we believe, is stallion material. We would love to keep him and have him as a junior stallion one day, but as we have his Sire's frozen semen, we will sell this boy as a stunning gelding to the right home. He should finish around 15'2hh and he is superbly put together, with the sweetest, most 'willing to please' temperament one could ask for.
Enquiries on our foals are most welcome.
Wilga Park Madagascar, buckskin colt, by Ragtime Oro Blanco, at 6 weeks of age
Wilga Park Madagascar - buckskin colt by Ragtime Oro Blanco
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