Siblings

Both out of the bay mare Canyonleigh Memphis Belle.

Chestnut 10y.o Canyonleigh Victorious is by American Saddlebred stallion C. Big Shot

Brown/Black 7y.o.mare Bloomsbury's Maybellene is by the Warmblood Richmeed Medallion

Both have lovely, training attitudes and paces.

Victor started in Endurance at age 4 but has adjusted immediately to some dressage training with Jeremy Janjic.

Maybellene has had consistent classical schooling from Jeremy and is currently training Elementary/Medium movements.

Bloomsbury's Sir Galahad

At 3 years old, "Laddie" is filling into himself nicely. (currently 16:2hh and growing.) Ready to start serious training in dressage and refine his jumping technique.

A serious competition partner for a rider wanting to excel!

He's a very "serious" young man, very 'reflective'; considers carefully everything he's confronted with, and "masters" all that's asked of him.

Trainer, Jeremy Janjic, says he 'has lots of gears' to employ!!

A lovely "character".

Depth of breeding for the job: by Brae Galaxy (by Gullit, who was sold to Carl Hester of Britain for the Sydney Olympics, out of a Biathlon mare (dressage credentials)), out of Bloomsbury's Maybellene (by Richmeed Medallion (by International supersire Mai Sherif x Brit Jenny Loriston Clark's Dutch Gold) xCanyonleigh Memphis Belle..addiing ASB lightness, relatability and attitude!!)

Training update

The rain has played havoc with competition opportunities.
Singleton Dressage annual Championships were postponed twice because of wet weather in November/December 2011 and then the third attempt on February 5th was cancelled again after downpours during the preceding week! So Maybellene was "all dressed up with nowhere to go". Hopefully Hunter Valley DA and Alexander Park may get a dry run in the next month.

Brooke Piper has entered C.Paeon in a couple of Dressage events around the Central Coast only for both to be washed out. Delighted to see she's off to Lucinda (Prior-Palmer-)Green's eventing clinic at Quirindi with Max and Pan; re-scheduled from mid-week this week, to the weekend, apparently due to the wet weather. Love to hear how she goes! Lucinda was my eventing heroine in my youth!!

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Brought Maybellene home for a 10day break whilst Jeremy's away competing with the North Kaludah team at Boneo Park Dressage Festival.
She was keen to get on the float, but let me know very definitely that she was expecting a bit more excitement when I took her off the float at home and put her in the paddock with Cloud and Laddie. Sure she was pleased to see them...but kept coming up to the fence and calling out to me..for more!?? Must have been expecting to go to a competition!! (Hopefully Singleton championships mid February.)
Anyway..there was some excitement, which the dogs picked up on, as the horses galloped up to the front fence and stared fixedly at something 'over there'. The neighbour over the road had brought 2 llamas to crop his yard and they'd come up to the front fence.

Not sure who looked more alert/llama-esque?

Yard Tidying: A Treat!

Nice to be able to trust the mob to do a bit of tidying up around the place!They think it's quite a treat to be able to venture into My territory, and nibble the grasses they've removed from their own paddock. Victor was last to get the message today and you can see him rushing to catch up to the others.
Mind you..I can't leave them for long!! I reckon there's about a 20 minute window when they've all got their heads down and are doing the job I want them to do! After that, someone starts looking for mischief. Today it was Laddie who picked up the empty bucket and 'thought about' demolishing the hay stack!!
Time to go back to their own paddock! Which they did; about time for a drink at the dam!

A Momentus Life

Cloud gave birth to her first foal in the early hours of Friday morning. A strapping tall golden boy. She was not fussed about feeding him so I had to give her some Bute for pain relief, but he was very persistent and they both seemed to get the hang of it on the Friday. I was advised to lock her up in the stable so she could get used to the idea of staying around and waiting for him.
Didn't drink much overnight Friday, so I had to put her in the crush, restrain her and get some milk to get him started again.  Cloud was frantic to be with her boy, so eventually jumped out of the crush to get to him. Just as I was about to give up on her, she stood alongside a fence and he was allowed to get a proper drink. She needed reassurance that it wasn't going to hurt, so I supervised a few feeds over the next couple of hours and then checked that they were managing by themselves. So Saturday morning things were looking up again. He was lying down a bit in the afternoon, but I figured it was probably just the heat (38 degrees or so) but by 3pm he was obviously becoming unresponsive, and had wet himself substantially. The vet came (after dealing with a couple of dogs bitten by snakes!) and took blood tests, rehydrated him, gave him antibiotics and said it appeared to be a ruptured bladder from the birthing process, not uncommon in colt foals. Urine was leaking into the abdomen and he would test the blood in the lab overnight for the presence of urea, which would contibute to his septic state. A surgical repair could be done today..but he didn't make it through the night.
Poor little blighter!! He was truly beautiful.

I'd been waiting for him for the last three years as Gracie, Cloud's mum, had two full term "phantom pregnancies" to Brae Galaxy, before Cloud was sent for the return service. Di and Tony, (Brae's owners) are very disappointed as well as he appeared to be 'the real deal'. Caramel colour, full white blaze, 4 white stockings, very friendly, and tall! He was buried this morning in my front yard alongside my foundation mare Kalarama Penny (31y.o.) and riding partner, Sutton's Jean Pierre (lymphosarcoma at 25 y.o.)

Cloud is back with the mob, taking over the boss position, with Galahad at her side. (Wonder if she knows he 's Galatticus' brother.) It took some management to get Atticus out of her paddock and out of sight, this morning, but then she settled with Gracie and Laddie and is now relishing the frreedom of racing around and kicking her heels up like a young filly again! She was calling out a bit this morning, but the distraction of being with the mob again, rather than in isolation, has got her back in a familiar role.

Probably wonders what "that" was all about.
He was here but for a fleeting moment, but has made an impact.
RIP Galatticus!