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3/9/08 - Recently I had a visit from Julia and Mike Gauci and look at what they brought with them.
This is Rivendell Park Sharlamon, colonial colt (Hyksos Benjamin x Cudglebar Mujeor).
Shar's pedigree. Marjie has also come to stay. It's great to see her again!

24/8/08 - Splitters Creek Watch the Tempo achieves his yellow book at Byramoo QLD today.
Ridden again by Vern Berry. Heart rates 43 and 47 carrrying 107kg.
Trained by Yvonne Knight - well done Yvonne and Vern.

23/8/08 - Splitters Creek Rosie and Shannon McGill complete the 40k trainer at Newstead at Maldon VIC ride
also check out the 5km ride participants...
more pics here

17/8/08 - SC Bundy (SC Fortitude x SC Claire) completes his first 80k ride at Green Valley Tinga NSW.
My first part standie to do an endurance ride! Heart 37 / 38 / 44 - presenting in 10 minutes.
Trained by Splendacrest and ridden here by Angela Head.



	Now I think this pony is a very well balanced type, but I dunno, do you think he looks a bit like a mule? Maybe Jay we need to take off those feathers and bang his tail...or something...

9/8/08 - SC Fortitude 6th middleweight at Tonimbuck FEI 108km. Trained by Castlebar Endurance Arabians and on this day ridden
by my friend Zoe Gardner who started 'Ziggy' after he was first broken in. How the wheel turns!

People have been sending me some lovely pics of their horses


This lovely filly is Lisa Beckinsale's Tikki.	She is rising 2yo, by Hyksos Benjamin out of Jaymar M'Kaila

The two below are the oldest stock of Aloha Kazan, bred by Linda Penhall.	The chestnut is out of Rimatse Lady and the grey out of Hyksos Abbey. Impressive Linda!




And have a look how little SC Spin Doctor is growing! (Castlebar Gulfstream x Jirrima Ultra Minx)	Now rising 3yo colt living with Steph Shepherd near Walgett NSW. Looks very Minx.

Pics of Tempo from Charleville QLD 26/7/08 also with his Heavyweight Best Conditioned rug

26/7/08 SC Watch the Tempo (Watch the Duco x Aloha Minuet by Talquah Talik, owned Splitters Creek) completes his first 80k ride in fine form at Charleville QLD for 1st Heavyweight and Best Conditioned. Heart rates 38 and 48 carrying 106kg. Trained by Yvonne Knight.

20/7/08 SC Bundy (SC Fortitude x standardbred SC Claire, owned Splitters Creek) completes his first 40k training ride at Widgee in QLD, trained by Jay Randle and ridden by Renae Kuhn. The first of my standie crosses to make it to the endurance circuit. Jay writes: 'Gosh Catherine, he was so good. He really surprised me. His pre-ride heartrate was 36 and after the ride he vetted in at 42 after 14 minutes. All weekend he was totally relaxed and laid-back, and he ate and drank everything put in front of him. His trot is just awesome, and the vet at pre-ride said that he looked like he should be in a dressage arena because his hock action was so beautiful. She was very impressed!'

13/7/08 SC Fortitude (Cudglebar Manak x Omani Stylist, owned Splitters Creek) completes his novice ride for his first 80k at Stanley VIC back since horse flu ended. Now entering his third season and in training with Castlebar it will be very interesting to see how he does this year. Also at Stanley was Shannon McGill riding her 'rent-a-horse' (although I'm yet to see any money ;-) SC Rosie (Cudglebar Raksha x Aloha Royal Lady). Shannon reports that Rosie was much more handleable this time and riding in company was a big help. Shannon completed 40k with very respectable heart rates of 36 both pre and post. Well done Shan!

Helen Astell in TAS reports that SC Bustamove now has his yellow book and is out spelling. In his last 80k ride his heart rate recovery at the end was 35bpm.

22/6/08 After a lot of false starts... SC Watch the Tempo (Watch the Duco x Aloha Minuet by Talquah Talik, owned Splitters Creek) completes his first training ride at Kilkivan QLD (pic below).


11/5/08 - Shannon McGill takes SC Rosie to their first 20k ride at Newstead VIC. Apparently it was all very exciting with Rosie bolting the first 3km. Hmmmm. Well done Shan - get your husband the mechanic to install some breaks...

20/7/08 Karen Carter's daughter Paige rides SC Crystal (SC Fortitude x SC Rosie) at the Stockman's Challenge at Horsham VIC. This is to get
Crystal out and about more for her owner Anne. Crystal was 4th in the Stockman's Hunter and went in the barrel race. Not bad for a rising
4yo with 4 months work under belt - and Paige's first ride on her! Karen writes: 'this is the best young horse I have ever had the pleasure
of breaking in'.

25/5/08 Nikki Roach from Canberra comes to visit and has a play with colonial mare Princess Nari.

SC Mia (SC Sultan x Omani Stylist) has her first ride ever.
Pictured with Keith Carter at Watchem VIC.
Karen writes:

well Keith made me mad today by sneaking back inside to sit on his butt and watch TV......whilst i was driving Mia,,,,,
hmmm what is a good punishment you may ask......hmmmm i know..... Make him give Mia her first ride.
Of course i have sat on her twice but not gone anywhere so i led him for a few laps and before long he was trotting
around round yard by himself. She doesnt give a hoot.

29/4/08 What a day! No wonder I fell asleep in the bath on the phone...

Two trips down to Ritchies. Red Jewel comes home and Zemzem Aknoukh and
SC Cypress (Cudglebar Raksha x Aloha Kurils) left for breaking.



Arab stallion SC Centaur aka Bobby goes along for the ride (and free feed!).	This is my young colonial stallion Zemzem Aknoukh aka Big Ed (Cudglebar Ishmael x Zemzem Phoenix by Cairo) off to be broken to saddle.	Big Ed at Ritchies - very big eyes... Now 2 1/2 years and very pleased with how he is growing.

A very big surprise for you all on the video footage - a new bar is set for newly broken horse feats.	Back home at last and nothing's changed! At least we have a good look - they may have become mares in the last 2 months!!	Now happily in fine company. (Right SC Provocative by Cudglebar Raksha and centre, SC Limited Edition - double Raksha).

27/4/08 ......Rain! the winners and losers

21/4/08 SC Bundy is broken to saddle and leaves for Splendacrest for his first preparation.
(SC Fortitude x SC Claire, standardbred mare by National Cam [imp USA])
My first part standie to go into work!

Its seems to be the month for junior rider photos!!

Not such an amazing picture I hear you say - another kid on a pony - but beneath the very cool sunnies is
Aiden Beckinsale in his first pair of joddies, and his mount is 18month unbroken filly Tikki by Hyksos Benjamin.

And here's another! You loan a perfectly good arab stallion to a friend for breeding and look at the indignities he has to suffer... ;-)
Aloha Kazan and 3 yo Miss Penhall...

SC Fortitude heads back to Castlebar for his 3rd preparation - just in time for the cold weather...

7/4/08 Duncan McLaughlin visits on his way back from a podiotherapy course in VIC and takes this stunning pic of SC Sultan

31/3/08 Caught the 'foals' for the first time

March 08

Duncan and Ginge aka Cudglebar Tarquin aka the Red Terror aka the Chestnut Flyer...
Ha!! Like to see them try this at the start of an 80k ride in the dark...

24/3/08

SC Centaur aka Bobby (Cudglebar Manak x Cudglebar Piety) back in work and going well


	Now where are my mane hogging shears...	Jogging off the ute

We don't chase rainbows here...	Rear vision mirror cam

24/3/08
Turn Jazz out with the mob. Expect them to chase her relentlessly but she has a cunning plan - if I camaflague myself in this paddock
of chestnuts and bays they will not even notice me...who said standardbreds aren't smart!!


Jazz showing how it's done		You missed a bit...

22/3/08
Some things never change
Introducing my latest acquisition 'Jazz' - a 6yo standardbred mare
Below left supreme standardbred exhibit Hobart Royal, right just off the truck at Splitters Creek

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22/3/08
3 1/2 years, SC Crystal under saddle - soon to start her pony club career!

Pics sent by Stephanie Shepherd of how SC Spin Doctor (Castlebar Gulfstream x Jirrima Ultra Minx) is growing.
Looking very handsome Steph.

22/3/08
In my spare time I take up ... running (well if you could call the speed I go at running).
Today I did Beechworth 10k in 1:09.
I think running will help me feed horses faster when I'm late for work...

9/3/2008
Shannon McGill comes to steal Rosie

March 2008
SC Red Jewel (Cudglebar Raksha x Aloha Royal Lady) and SC Bundy (SC Fortitude x SBred SC Claire) go to be broken to saddle


All those women - they're for me - right?		come on over girls!!

	my first float trip - how exciting!

23/2/2008
Tina Camm and Linda Penhall visit.
Lots of pics including how last years foals are growing.

17/2/08
Ann Nyland visits - and we catch up on 10(?) years of email over our first face to face.
Remarkably we are a perfect match for consumption of food, red wine (2 bottles!), chocolate, coffee...
did we do ice cream? it's all a blur...
into the wee small hours...

13/2/08 - new colt - SC True Blue
Aloha Fascination x Kevisan Park Kentucky Blue
see pics 2007 Foal Gallery

It seems Red Jewel is the favourite photo subject of all visitors... (or maybe it's me??) ...;-)

10/2/08
10 days after the Equine Influenza movements into VIC are lifted, Karen Carter is up like a flash and purchases a few of my favourites. Lucky she caught me in a weak moment (who would have thought I'd sell Mia...) and lucky she has a triple float.
Left SC Crystal (SC Fortitude x SC Rosie), SC Saab (SC Fortitude x SC Vienna) and right SC Mia (SC Sultan x Omani Stylist)

Crystal and Mia are two of the sweetest tempered mares I have bred - good luck with them Karen.

9/2/08
Shannon McGill visits and starts making noises about borrowing SC Rosie. We plot how to get around her hubby.
Thank goodness I don't have those sort of problems!!

1/2/08
Equine Influenza horse travel restrictions are lifted, and like Tara in Gone with the Wind at the end of the civil war, the isolation both mental and physical ends.
A most welcome stream of visitors and friends come to see if I am still alive...at least none of them had lice.

23/1/08
Young stallions growing - now 2 1/2 years old


SC Limited Edition (SC Provocative x SC Rosie)	Zemzem Ahknouk (Cudglebar Ishmael x Zemzem Phoenix)

17/1/08
OMG they're taking my horses in the show ring now??
Piney Range Red Diamond (SC Red Jewel x SC Claire) at her first show aged 14mths.
Good reports of her behaviour and judges comments. Love those checkers!
Well done Shannon!