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 May 2011
Maximus of Astral
sires
a Grand National Winner!
We are still on cloud nine
after the recent Grand Nationals. Melody Park Heavenly
Pearl who was Maximus's first foal ever born has done us
proud and Won the 2011 Grand National Show Hunter Pony
of the Year. Heavenly Pearl was expertly ridden by Jess
Stalling, the workout they produced was polished and
ultra unique to be declared the winner.
It was an amazing
achievement with over 30 of Australia's Best Show
Hunters in the line up. Heavenly Pearl has certainly
had an outstanding season and I am so proud of her. A
huge congratulations to the Parker Family who are ever
so attached of little Pearly!
Another
Sydney Royal has been and gone!
This year we showed the
ever so dainty Melody Park Dancing Queen. This little
filly has her dad's laid back way of going, she took the
whole Royal thing in her stride like a well seasoned
pony! Considering she had only been out to 2 shows 10
months ago, she was so well behaved and produced a
"Grown Up Workout" to be declared 4th in the Riding Pony
Filly class under 12.2h. This class was a strong class
with some very beautiful ponies, so we were delighted
that Queen received a bow.
Rothwell Mysterious Ways attended her second ever Royal
Show and produced some of the most outstanding work
yet. Her paces are improving every show and I was very
proud to say this pony was mine, comparing in the class
to the other ponies, she definitely out moved every
horse in the class! Mysterious Ways was also 4th in a
very strong 13.2-14.0h Novice Pony hack Class with over
30 ponies in the class. I feel this pony is only going
to go from strength to strength and we are very excited
what the next season will bring.
Melody Park Heavenly Pearl after her massive Grand
National win in the Large Pony Hunter class, Pearl had a
super Sydney Royal and has been named the Superstar
Pony! She is very versatile at that. I don't know many
ponies around that can go in 3 different breed classes
and be in the Top 3 placing's of each class. Her
success says a lot about her versatility. Heavenly
Pearl was 1st in the Led Arabian Derivative, 3rd Led
Riding Pony Mare and 1st in the Led Part Bred Welsh
Class. She then went on to win the Champion Ridden Part
Bred Welsh Broad Sash against a strong line of up of
well performed beautiful ponies. I would like to
congratulate the Parker Family for her outstanding
results, they would be on cloud nine at the moment I am
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September saw the start of Melody Park Dancing Queen's
Saddle Career and what a little superstar she is!
Piloted by Emma Adams, Dancing Queen has attended 5
shows for 4 broad sashes and 5 wins. She also attended
Horse of the Year and was Top 10 in the Newcomer
Section, won the Preliminary Pony under 13h and then
went on to the Open Pony Hack ne 12.2 to be scored 4th
behind some of NSW Top Small Ponies. The result of 4th
was outstanding for a pony that has been going for only
3 months and the line up of ponies she was ahead of her
have been going around for many years and have won many
Royal Show Titles, so this result for Dancing Queen
shows us a big future for this little girl. A huge
thank you to Sarah and Emma Adams for producing Dancing
Queen to perfection.
Melody Park Kings Command
really is on a roll. This time he adds a Reserve
Champion Riding Pony Gelding and a Champion Saddle Pony
Gelding at Melbourne Summer Royal to his name! Kings
Command has recently been gelded and is growing into a
beautiful cut of a horse and is proving this with the
consistent Broad Sashes at each Royal he has attended.