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Leanda Stud would like to wish the purchasers of Leanda stock the best of luck in the upcoming show season, our youngsters have had a very successfull time in the show ring.... read on

MAY 2008
Our lovely broodmare Kirreway Etchings has been sold and has arrived in her new home in NSW. We wish the new owners well and look forward to hearing Etchings baby news at the end of August.  Our fingers are crossed for a black filly this time!
 
Leanda Hello-Darling has made her way to her new home in Victoria - we wish the new owners much success and enjoyment with 'Polly'.
 
 
MARCH 2008
For the first time in many years, and due to the Summer Royal being  moved to March, we took the opportunity to enter Angel and 2 babies for Sydney Royal.  Due to our business commitments, we are not often able to attend Sydney as it coincides directly with the Easter Holidays, and the busiest time of all for us with our Boarding Kennels for dogs and cats.

With the timetable for the show horses moved to the last 6 days of the Royal, it was the perfect time for us to go.  Usually our ponies are turned out in mid February, but again with the Summer Royal rescheduling to March, the ponies were in and ready to go.

Without taking Angel Wings, we would never have considered taking 'youngstock' up to Sydney.  It seemed logical to enter a couple of  babies, as we were heading up with a float - we thought we might as  well make it a full one!  Hello-There and All A Glitter also made the  trip with Angel Wings.

We had a lot of difficulty keeping Angel's coat, and can only put this  down to the EI vaccines required to attend.  She was clipped a number  of times between February and late March, and although she didn't have  her usual sparkle, she did us proud.  Ponies were judged by prominent  pony breeder Greg Gerry; our Angel Wings worked an absolute treat to  place 2nd in her open pony class, the winner of the class came up from  taking out 2nd place in the novice class the day prior.

She then competed in the child's pony class of approximately 40 ponies  (an open height child's class up to 14hh) to again work faultlessly to  take 2nd again.  No mean feat considering she was definitely the smallest in the final line up, if not the class.

The Saturday also saw the two youngsters compete in the Part-Welsh classes.  Leanda All A Glitter [pictured opposite] was sashed Reserve Champion Part Welsh  Mare or Filly, the Champion went on to be declared Supreme Part Welsh  In Hand Exhibit.  Leanda Hello-There won his led Gelding Part Welsh  class and was declared Best Part Welsh Gelding of the show.

Sunday brought the Riding Pony classes in which All A Glitter won her filly class and was sashed Reserve Champion led Mare or Filly.  Again, the mare that was Champion went on to be Supreme Champion Riding Pony.

Hello-There pictured on the right, also affectionately known as 'Walter Warde', was the winner of his gelding class and then declared Best Riding Pony Gelding in Hand.

The Melbourne Summer Royal was well attended by our Leanda Ponies.

Day 1, the mare and filly day saw us compete with 5 of our babies. I certainly under-estimated the number of helping hands and time needed  to get all of these ponies in the ring!

Leanda Fancy Pants 1st - led yearling Riding Pony filly n/e 11.3  1/2hh
Leanda Hello-Darling 3rd - led yearling Riding Pony filly n/e 12.3  1/2hh
Leanda All A Glitter (ET) 4th - led yearling Riding Pony filly n/e  12.3 1/2hh
Leanda Divine Miss 3rd - led 2yo Riding Pony filly
Leanda All That Glitters (ET) 1st ``-`led Riding Pony Foal

It was a thrill to have our two Fenwick Carmen girls attend the Summer Royal this year.  Tori (All That Glitters) behaved impeccably to take out the Riding Pony Foal Class.  Being an early August foal and having been weaned, she looked a little 'alone' in the foal class; as the  other foals had their mothers with them.  Thank you to David Warde for  handling her at the last moment for me, allowing me to prepare the  other ponies for their classes.

The second day of competition was for the boys, and two geldings did exceptionally well for the stud.  Congratulations to the Gorst Family  with Leanda Ace of Diamonds who won the yearling gelding class, a  great win on from his Champion Yearling Gelding at the 2008 Barastoc  show.

Leanda Hello-There, shown in conjunction with Kinloch Stables and handled by David Warde, won his led gelding 2yo class and stood  Reserve Champion led Youngstock Gelding.

The third day of competition saw two of our ponies compete in the  junior Part Welsh classes with Leanda All A Glitter being the winner  of the n/e 12.2hh colt, filly or gelding class and Leanda Hello-There  standing 3rd in the bigger class (n/e 13.3hh).
 
 
FEBRUARY 2008
 

Barastoc Horse of the Year Show

It is always such a long wait – when your first foal hits the ground to finally making it to the ring as a saddle pony, it seems like a lifetime of waiting.  We are delighted to say that our first Kirreway For All Occasions babies made their debut in the Victorian show ring with outstanding success!

In the Large Newcomer section at Barastoc 08, ‘Patrick’ (KFAO) was represented by two of his progeny – our own Leanda Hello-Dolly and Glyndebourne Monopoly, bred by John and the late Janet Petty, now owned by Tiffany Greenhill and Denise Burgoyne.  It was a huge thrill when Leanda Hello-Dolly was sashed Runner-Up Large Newcomer Pony of the year and it was topped off by Glyndebourne Monopoly taking out the Championship.  We couldn’t have been more thrilled!!

Gracie (Hello-Dolly) was beautifully ridden by Chanele Hunter, and we sincerely thank her for her dedication and enthusiasm.  We look forward to their future partnership in the up coming show season.

Our youngstock Leanda ponies also did us proud in the Riding Pony section.  Leanda Ace of Diamonds, owned by the Susan, Jean and Victoria Gorst was successful in taking out the Champion Yearling Gelding award.  Leanda Hello-There was sashed Champion 2yo Gelding, who is shown in conjunction with David Warde from Kinloch Stables.  Leanda In Favour (ET) was awarded Champion Show hunter Colt/Gelding and then Supreme Champion Show hunter.

We were delighted with our ‘girls’ who were placed in their filly classes.  Leanda Fancy Pants and Leanda Divine Miss were both placed 2nd in their filly classes, Leanda All A Glitter (ET) – the ‘original’ All A Glitter, placed 3rd in a very strong filly class with Leanda Hello-Darling placing 4th.  Photos of these fillies to be upload early next week.

We are looking forward to these babies competing at the Melbourne Summer Royal in a few weeks, with the addition of Leanda All That Glitters (ET), our 2007 Fenwick Carmen ET (filly) baby being shown in the Riding Pony Foal Class.

Our Barastoc team would not be complete without Angel Wings.  We are so honoured to have this pony and she delights us with everything she does. 

Angel was the winner for the second consecutive year of the Open Led Pony 12.2hh and under section held on the Thursday.

This year was to be Claudia’s special year, for her and Angel to compete in the Leading Rein Tiny Tots Class.  Unfortunately due to an accident, Claudia broke her arm in early January after falling out of the net on her ‘jumpoloene’ that Santa had delivered for Christmas.  We have now had to postpone her special Barastoc year to 2009!

So with Claudia on the sidelines, Angel competed in the Peter Boyle and Associates First Ridden Pony of the Year and was declared the winner.  This class was judged by highly regarded judge Jerome Harforth from Stanley Grange Stud UK.  Angel and Grace then competed under lights in the International Challenge Saddle Pony of the Year and were thrilled to be awarded the Small Pony Section and were also the winner of the Horse Deals Best Music award.  The International Challenge section was judged by Mr David Dixon from the UK.

On the final day, after Saturday’s early start and very late night, Angel Wings and Grace stepped out in the open saddle section to produce a polished performance and they were declared the 2008 Small Pony of the Year.  A truly magical moment for all of us involved with our dear Angel.  She is a truly wonderful pony who is just so special to us all.

We would like to thank everyone involved in making Barastoc 2008 so great – David, Brendan, Karen, Wendy, Chanele and particularly Grace Hill for her dedication and love for riding our precious Angel.  We couldn’t do it without Grace and we look forward to the partnership for season ahead, with the addition of Claudia for the Leading Rein events.
 

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