Halado Park

12/04/2025

~☆~ LESSONS AVAILABLE ~☆~
Historical dressage & mounted combat
With Katherine Evans

- Specialising in balance and symmetry of horse & rider
- Teaching dressage in its original context
- Lesson horses available
- Learn mounted fencing in a safe and friendly environment
- Fully insured for mounted combat
- Home of SA Rossfechten

Harrogate, SA

03/04/2025

Reserve Junior Champion at the
RPSBS SA All Breeds Summer Show.

Ildike (3yo)
Siglavy Bekescsaba x Ischia

Credit: Penny Heighes

03/04/2025

Supreme Lipizzaner Exhibit at the
RPSBS SA All Breeds Summer Show.

Gisella (3yo)
Siglavy Bekescsaba x Harmonia

Credit: Penny Heighes

22/03/2025

I've had this picture in my head for ages, and now it's come to fruition thanks to a local clearing sale. A lovely spot especially for lesson/clinic spectators and long suffering partners of students...enjoy! 😁

Naturally, the picture in my head was a little greener. 😏

(With the assistance of some rain, the stoic little tree next to it will grow and add more shade too)

07/02/2025

Please note that due to attending the Baroque Horse Festival, the following services will be unavailable until Wednesday 19th February:

- Faecal Egg Counts
- Lessons

We are still taking bookings for freeze branding, but please be advised there may be some delays due to current nitrogen supply.

12/01/2025

"Stupid rules..."

George is learning about compliance and it cramps his style. 😆

12/01/2025

☆☆~ ADD SOME LIPIZZANER MAGIC TO YOUR BAROQUE DREAMS ~☆☆

Breeders of quality purebred Lipizzaners in SA.

Youngstock and in-utero options available. Also standing at stud the beautiful multi-Supreme Champion Siglavy Bekescsaba (available fresh/chilled semen)

***Come and see us at the Baroque Horse Festival in Ballarat, February 15 & 16***

29/12/2024

There are lots of perks to owning Lipizzaners, but there are a couple that are not so well known that make life so much easier as a breeder!

1. They have shorter gestations. Several large studies in Europe have consistently found the gestation to be on average 333.5 days.

2. They consistently foal within a closer range to 333.5 days in producing that average than most other breeds.

Compare this to Thoroughbreds who average 342 days but could foal any time up to 3 weeks either side of that.

Don't believe me?

Here are my stats...
Gisella 329
Ildi 333
Henry 329
Max 327
Petey 330
George 331
Newbie 331

Definitely something to love about the breed! 😊

29/12/2024

At 2:30am this morning, we welcomed this cute little fellow into the world!

Introducing Favory Mirabella by 257 Favory Pallavicina (Merlin). Foaled down here for Phoenix Park Lipizzaner Stud to give Gidrane's c**t a friend to grow up with after the loss of Harmonia.

18/12/2024

We are proud to have bred a c**t by this top quality sire (owned by Georgiba Beard) and have enjoyed watching Pandur's progress from a young horse at Szilvasvarad through to everything he has achieved under Edit Kappel. What a photo!

His son, Pluto Harmonia (Petey) is now a yearling and will be re-offered to the Australian market after Christmas.

https://www.facebook.com/edit.kappel/posts/9451193788247464

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13/12/2024

Freeze branding? Yes, we are! 😉

02/12/2024

Siglavy Gidrane (born 16th November 2024) in HIS shelter.

By Siglavy Bekescsaba (Valour) who stamps his foals very consistently! There's a lot to like about this little c**t!

Aka George Sparklebum.

15/11/2024

By the light of a full moon, we welcomed Siglavy Gidrane into the world in the wee hours of the morning.

Everything looking good for mum and her c**t...he was on his feet in 15 minutes!

The mare is super foal proud so might look a bit grotty for a bit yet...

12/11/2024

For some reason, we can't seem to capture the "land whale" factor in photos, but Gidrane has entered the foaling paddock and in true Halado Park fashion, is on schedule to foal during a planned birthday get together on the weekend.

Gidrane is on loan from Phoenix Park Lipizzaner Stud and is in foal to Siglavy Bekescsaba.

Watch this space...

09/10/2024

Improved availability means that lessons can now be offered on weekday afternoons and most weekends!

Lesson horses available.

Focusing on establishing a secure, correct seat in the rider to allow the horse to develop using classical historical principles. Specialising in Rossfechten (mounted fencing) and historical reenactment.

30/09/2024

I got cuddles with Blinky today!!!! 😍

Blinky is Halado Warlock, by Halado Werdun (Titan) out of Alice Magic (TB) and I forgot just how much annoying blowfly factor was produced with those matings! 🤣🤣🤣 And it just...doesn't....stop....🤣🤣🤣

27/09/2024

Even though it doesn't happen often, I've always enjoyed being present for vet/farrier collaborations because there is so much information being shared. Farriers really appreciate the trust of both owners and vets when they get that extra information and support to help them do their jobs better for some of these extreme cases. And as mentioned in the video, there is only so much a vet can do before a farrier is needed for the speciality hoof work.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/J8B4eMHnyxo7M3cR/?mibextid=qDwCgo

24/09/2024

Dire... this is one of our hay paddocks. We NEED at least 10mm in the next couple of days to be able to cut this.

Can of spray paint for scale.