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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 ... see the photos and results at the bottom of the page!
Wilga Park Summer Beauty, (RanchBoss Cortez X Eagleview Skybeau) the yearling, full sister to Serjania (aka Jack), was purchased by a wonderful lady in Western Australia. We are very, very proud to have a Wilga Park baby going to such a fine horsewoman as Tammy.
Tam had admired Eagleview Skybeau on our web site and wanted to meet her progeny, so made a quick weekend trip all the way from Broome, WA. She fell in love with Summer (along with a few other Morgans, I suspect) and decided that Summer had to go share her life with her.
For the next year or so, Summer will live at a wonderful establishment at Salt River Performance Horses situated at Baker's Hill in WA. When Summer Beauty is old enough to be started Tammy will join Kellie Stewart in the process. This young filly will be given the absolute best opportunity to shine, given the talented people handling her, and we look forward to hearing lots about Tam and Summer's exploits together.
Oscar saying 'goodbye' to Wilga Park Summer Beauty.
Haymeron Park Ruby Jane, RJ, has been scanned, but we are not 100% certain of the sex of her RanchBoss Cortez foal. We suspect it is a colt, but as the embryo was not quite in the correct postion, it was a little hard to tell. Thus the term 'suspect'. Whatever the sex, this Foundation Morgan foal will be one that will suit any discipline. Both sire and dam have a gentle, people-loving personality along with an athletic ability to master anything asked of them.
We are so looking forward to all this year's foals. Each of the foals, except Paprika's, will be a blend we haven't tried before, so it will be exciting times when they begin to arrive. RJ's baby will be either bay or buckskin ... no other choice there.
Haymeron Park Ruby Jane - Beautiful even in paddock condition!
Chambourcin, at 2 months of age, is simply gorgeous. She has earned herself the name, 'Nugget', from the farrier. She is a ball of muscle, and beautiful with it. She has a broad chest and a broad back, huge hind end, along with a stunning head and is perfectly proportioned. She loves to entice Jack, her big half-brother, and Chase, the Border Collie, to race her around the paddock.
Chambourcin (pronounced Sham-ber-sin) - leading the race around the paddock
Wilga Park Serjania (Jack) - a little more laid back than Chambourcin
RanchBoss Cortez, along with Mt Tawonga Nepean, Mt Tawonga Oscar and Wilga Park Tippuhana are being prepared for the Toowooma Royal at present. We are very lucky to have a small group of enthusiastic ladies who are willing to put the time into getting them ready for us.
Nepean on the left and Tippuhana on the right
RanchBoss Cortez
Show results ...
The photos below are from the Toowoomba Royal where RanchBoss Cortez was again Champion Buckskin. He was also awarded Champion Morgan on Saturday 12th. Mt Tawonga Oscar scored the Reserve Champion Morgan whilst our other two representatives of the Morgan Breed, Mt Tawonga Nepean and Wilga Park Tippuhana came second in their respective classes. Tippuhana was beaten by another Wilga Park baby, Wilga Park Malaynee, owned by Jane & Kim Warren.
Cortez, Champion with Linda, Oscar Reserve Champion with Kirra, & Cortez, First in Ridden Morgan
Left & Centre: Tippuhana. Right is Nepean with Imke - second in their respective Morgan classes
We were very proud of our Wilga Park babies, Madagascar, shown by owners, Lisa & Tim Wong, and Malaynee, shown by owner, Jane Warren, at this event. Malaynee has proven her First class status a couple of times at shows now, and Madagascar epitomises the unflappable Morgan temperament. This huge show was his first outing and he handled it as if he had done it one hundred times before in his mere 15 months of life.
(L)Wilga Park Madagascar on his first outing, (C) Ridden Morgan line-up, (R) Wilga Park Malaynee, 1st Pure Mare
MORE NEWS ITEMS IN OUR ARCHIVES:
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