Baerlochan Australian Stock Horse Stud

Baerlochan Australian Stock Horse Stud We are a small family run Australian Stock Horse stud located near Esperance in Western Australia.

Our focus is on producing reliable horses that suit a wide range of activities.

Miss Ginny...all grown up!
16/01/2025

Miss Ginny...all grown up!

Despite the fact that Facebook and I are having some on and off relationship time (I think the technology recognise that...
12/01/2025

Despite the fact that Facebook and I are having some on and off relationship time (I think the technology recognise that I have issues with its tendency to spread misinformation), the horses are still here. As the New Year starts, there are new babies in paddocks, learning new things...growing up, growing old, eating and sleeping...

A moment of peace while they finish their morning hay; a brief interlude when Slingshot is not taking over Bella's pile,...
17/12/2024

A moment of peace while they finish their morning hay; a brief interlude when Slingshot is not taking over Bella's pile, and Bella is not taking Calibre's and Cuffy and Meg are just quietly eating, not taking evasive action and getting away from the chaos. Without being bossed around. Just a normal family meal time?

Some cracker pics here, taken through the magic lens of Anne Lasini at Rustic Pics. There are some that will need to be ...
15/12/2024

Some cracker pics here, taken through the magic lens of Anne Lasini at Rustic Pics. There are some that will need to be ordered after the Christmas dust settles!

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The lovely Bella. PTIF to Cuffy...trying hard not to count the chickens...
12/12/2024

The lovely Bella. PTIF to Cuffy...trying hard not to count the chickens...

Please do not disturb. Babies sleeping!
26/11/2024

Please do not disturb. Babies sleeping!

Formally introducing Eva's latest. A filly, first filly foal for Eva and a sister for Panda-Po, Sultan and Fawkes. By Cu...
16/11/2024

Formally introducing Eva's latest. A filly, first filly foal for Eva and a sister for Panda-Po, Sultan and Fawkes. By Cuffy, another treasure to behold. One week old taking life in her long legged strides...

Horse pasture November 2024, perennial and annual grasses.
11/11/2024

Horse pasture November 2024, perennial and annual grasses.

Interesting
07/11/2024

Interesting

Martin Stevens with the fascinating story of a 'commercially dead' stallion who overcame the odds to be a modern great

1938...
27/10/2024

1938...

No wonder people are captivated by the Light Horse when you see images like this one.

Four members of the Light Horse at the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society's Show in Adelaide, South Australia. They won the 'Best turned out Light Horse section', in 1938.

Lest We Forget.

Photograph came from the State Library of South Australia. Image file number B 7798/630.

Nap time in the nursery...
27/10/2024

Nap time in the nursery...

The Snowman story...never fails to make me feel warm and fuzzy inside.
25/10/2024

The Snowman story...never fails to make me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

Snowman (1949-1974) with the De Leyer Kids, Photo by Bill Ray

Snowman was a former plow horse, purchased on his way to the "meat market," who became a champion in show jumping in the United States during the 1950s.

Snowman originally was used for farm work and in 1956 was headed for the slaughterhouse at eight years of age. On that day, Harry de Leyer, a Long Island, New York riding instructor, attended a Pennsylvania horse auction looking for school horses. He arrived late, and the only remaining horses were the "rejects", loaded into trucks bound for the dog food and glue slaughter house.

De Leyer made eye contact with a large gray horse that he purchased for $80. He first used Snowman as a lesson horse for children. De Leyer recognized talent in the horse after he sold him to a neighbor and the horse jumped high fences to return "home." De Leyer then began training Snowman as a show jumper.

The horse began winning prestigious classes only two years after he was bought off the slaughter truck and his career lasted five years. He willingly jumped over other horses and his calm disposition made him a favorite: he once won a leadline class and an open jumper championship on the same day.

Snowman also appeared on television shows (Johnny Carson's for one, where Carson climbed on his back). He was the subject of two books, had his own fan club, and was flown abroad for "guest appearances."

De Leyer kept Snowman through his retirement until his humane euthanasia due to complications from kidney failure at the age of twenty-six.

Inducted into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame in 1992, Snowman has been made into a Breyer horse model, which apparently is no longer manufactured.
Snowman is the subject of the book Eighty Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation by Elizabeth Letts, published by Random House in 2011.

Guiness in the evening light....
24/10/2024

Guiness in the evening light....

Gingin Campdraft Club Inc. , Sunday results for Pete and Smokie
22/10/2024

Gingin Campdraft Club Inc. , Sunday results for Pete and Smokie

The Esperance and Districts Agricultural Show is always a bit of an emotional roller coaster...provoking memories of wha...
20/10/2024

The Esperance and Districts Agricultural Show is always a bit of an emotional roller coaster...provoking memories of what was, and thoughts about what could have been. But it is also a special time. Watching horses we have bred making people smile!

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While some of Cuffy's babies played at the Esperance and Districts Agricultural Show, Pete Smith and Smokie were kicking...
20/10/2024

While some of Cuffy's babies played at the Esperance and Districts Agricultural Show, Pete Smith and Smokie were kicking up dust at Gingin Campdraft Club Inc.

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Fence testing 101 with Alex...just because it is orange, doesn't mean it is a carrot.

...and good evening!

Good morning everyone!

Velocity...excited by a bucket in the wind!

Fawkes... Nothing bashful about this young man!

Em's mum Karly Elliott has given us permission to share this video of Em at pony club with Taj (Baerlochan Connection), left to their own devices as Mum had her hands full with a lead-rein rider (and we can relate to that!). Karly reports that he looked after her beautifully, and we love to see the round the world being performed so safely! 🥰🤣 #welovestockhorses #thebreedforeveryneed #ponyclub

...and Alex reminding us that she is the daughter of a racehorse...

Yesterday's cool evening air brought out the spring in the step! Fawkes strutting his stuff.

Mother (Ally-Derrogate) and daughter (Alex - Over the Moon) enjoying breakfast together.

Nothing particularly remarkable here...except that nobody gets to eat with Moo normally. Young Alex has her Dad under control...

Hot Toddy hogging the limelight...little Velocity hardly gets a look in!

Young Freya (Baerlochan Alexandrite) stepping out...early stages still...

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Our horses are a part of our life. We are a small family run Australian Stock Horse stud located near Esperance in the south east of Western Australia. Our focus is on producing reliable horses that suit a wide range of activities. In addition to breeding our stock horses, we run cattle and sheep on our small farm, which is being developed as sustainably as possible: greywater used on plants, a composting toilet, Land for Wildlife Listing, veggie gardens: you get the picture! The horses are an important part of the system and provide us with a small income, a lot of work, tonnes of horse manure for the garden...and a lot of pleasure as we watch other people playing with the babies we have bred.