Yulgilbar Quarter Horse Stud

Yulgilbar Quarter Horse Stud Yulgilbar is one of Australia's oldest Quarter Horse Studs. It is situated at Elgee Park, a magnificent estate nestled amongst rolling green hills overlook

50 Years of Yulgilbar Horses

To the uninitiated, hearing the name 'Yulgilbar', little distinction is made between Yulgilbar Quarter Horse Stud and the historic Hordern/Myer family property, Yulgilbar Station. Today they are separate entities, yet essentially still a part of each other. Encompassing a vast area, situated on the banks of the beautiful Clarence River near Grafton in Northern New Sou

th Wales, Yulgilbar-thought to mean "Place of the Platypus"-is the subject of a book by Janet Cannon (Yulgilbar 1949-1999, published by Hardie Grant Publishing). Steeped in history, today it is a successful beef cattle operation breeding high quality Santa Gertrudis cattle. Yulgilbar Quarter Horse Stud as we know it today, began back in 1954 when the late Sam Hordern (Snr) together with King Ranch Australia, imported the first four registered Quarter Horse Stallions to Australia. The Horderns retained 'Mescal' one of the four-a gift from King Ranch-for their own stud at Retford Park in Bowral NSW. Mescal was a son of the great King Ranch stallion Wimpy, P-1 in the American Quarter Horse Stud Book. On the advice of the American Quarter Horse Association, the Horderns purchased a line of registered thoroughbred mares selected on their breeding, conformation and temperament to breed to Mescal. Their progeny were an instant success. These first cross Quarter horses went on to compete in all Equestrian and Western events with outstanding results. These horses underwrote the success of this breed from that time onwards. The Hordern Quarter Horse Stud, after the sale of Retford Park, moved to Cinnabar Station-adjoining Yulgilbar-then later down to Colony Stud at Scone in the New South Wales Hunter Valley. Sam Hordern Jnr., with the help of the late Jack Reilly, a foundation AQHA councilor and Breed Classifier, continued to import some of the top American blood lines to breed to these first cross Mescal mares. Such stallions as Alazan De Lela-another Wimpy bred stallion-Bill's Crocket, the first Dual registered Quarter Horse and Australian Stock Horse in Australia, Pars Music Bar, a grandson of Three Bars and a top performance horse in the US and Australia. All these stallions have been a contributing factor, as foundation lines for the outstanding success of the current Yulgilbar Stud progeny competing around Australia today. From this early beginning they continued to breed from an elite selection of the best imported bloodlines such as Lee Bars Boy, Jackeroo, Mr. Leotoe and Clover Drift. These horses were used over Yulgilbar's carefully bred station mares, which were from top thoroughbred and stock horse lines. One of Mescal's early progeny, the legendary Elgrando, set the standard when cutting competition was in its infancy in Australia. Today the stud is owned by Sarah (daughter of Sam Hordern Snr.) and Baillieu (Bails) Myer and those classic Quarter Horse bloodlines are still represented in the current broodmare band, together with outcrosses to later imported lines (Flappers Breeze, Pars Music Bars, Peppy Snake, Easter Chex, Buc Lena, Wagon Cook, 49'er Doc, Doc's Freckles Oak, Chickeramic, Doc's Spinifex and King's Phillip). The current senior sire is Playboy Roy, a grandson of the legendary Freckles Playboy. Imported from the USA in 1994 as a seven-year-old, Roy's lifetime earnings in cutting in the United States at the time, was in excess of US$74,000. "In 1976 the stud moved to Elgee Park, on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria where facilities for raising horses include a large stable complex with day yards, an 100 x 50 ft. indoor arena, 175 x 75 ft. outdoor arena and two round yards, the largest of which is 140ft across. Sarah and Bails have always believed in providing the best possible facilities and care for their horses. They continue to produce horses that cater for all the diverse activities of Quarter Horse enthusiasts across Australia. As a new generation of the Myer family emerges here at Elgee Park, their passion for this wonderful breed continues, ensuring that Yulgilbar horses will continue to lead the way in the future of the Quarter Horse in Australia, as they have done for the past forty years.

08/02/2025

YULGILBAR NIFTY LIL CHIC sells for $57,500!

This red roan beauty is not only a Multiple Open Futurity Finalist, but sheโ€™s also got brains and brawn to back up her gorgeous looks. Trained by Dean Holden, this 4-year-old mare is the full package.

From Meteles Cat to the great imported mare SVR Reys Smart Chicโ€”sheโ€™s got a pedigree thatโ€™s as top-tier as they come! ๐ŸŽฏ

Sold to Waterside Managementโ€”we canโ€™t wait to see what this powerhouse will achieve next. ๐ŸŒŸ

07/02/2025

Sells Tomorrow!!!! Lot 467

05/02/2025

Yulgilbar Nifty Lil Chic - 2024 NCHA Open Futurity Finalist (7th), NSW Open Futurity Finalist. This mare is a serious competitor ready to go. Impeccable breeding that is rarely available. Sells Saturday.

04/02/2025

This beautiful mare preworks today! Donโ€™t miss her!

31/01/2025
19/01/2025

Yulgilbar Nifty Lil Chic! Do not miss her at Nutrien - Lot 467! This mare has had the full cutting training program, she finished 7th in the NCHA Futurity and is a serious competitor! Lovely and quiet to have around, impeccable breeding, and would make a great addition to any barn!

Enquires - Dean Holden 0439819976.

06/01/2025

Yulgilbar proudly presents
๐’ด๐“Š๐“โ„Š๐’พ๐“๐’ท๐’ถ๐“‡ ๐’ฉ๐’พ๐’ป๐“‰๐“Ž โ„’๐’พ๐“ ๐’ž๐’ฝ๐’พ๐’ธ

2025 Nutrien Classic Sale Entrant - Lot 467

4 Yr Old Mare, multiple Futurity Finalist, 7th NCHA Futurity.

Sire - Meteles Cat
Dam - SVR Reyโ€™s Smart Chic (imp) dam of Yulgilbar Kinda Tuff and Yulgilbar Mister Hashtags. All SVR Reyโ€™s Smart Chic progeny have been NCHA money earners and aged event finalists.

Spice is a strong, athletic, cow smart mare. She has a proven record in the Cutting arena and would go onto any discipline. This is a once in a lifetime chance to buy a mare out of one of Australiaโ€™s most exclusive broodmares!

Check her out!

Enquires Dean Holden 0439819976

We are super proud to be joining team HiForm!
01/11/2024

We are super proud to be joining team HiForm!

28/10/2024

๐˜๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐›๐š๐ซ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‹๐ข๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐‚๐‡๐€ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ! ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐•๐‘ ๐‘๐ž๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐œ. ๐Ÿคฉ

We would like to give a big thank you to VIC Cutting Events and class sponsors Pony Equine for these amazing prizes that...
23/10/2024

We would like to give a big thank you to VIC Cutting Events and class sponsors Pony Equine for these amazing prizes that arrived today!

Open Futurity Reserve Champion
SD Smooth As Fletch and Dean Holden

Amateur Derby Reserve Champion
Yulgilbar Mister Hashtags and Sidney Myer

Amateur Classic Reserve Champion
Yulgilbar Limited Edition and Sidney Myer

Thanks to the Vic Cutting Club, cattle donors, sponsors and everyone that helped make the show possible!

Update!!! Yulgilbar One Sweet Cat has sold. We wish her new owners all the very best with Candy. Thanks to all who enqui...
22/10/2024

Update!!! Yulgilbar One Sweet Cat has sold. We wish her new owners all the very best with Candy. Thanks to all who enquired. Keep an eye on our page for future sale horses!

๐Ÿ“ธ Special thanks and credit to Lauren Clark Photography for fantastic advertisement.

2024 ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐€๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ซ๐›๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ...
11/10/2024

2024 ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐€๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ซ๐›๐ฒ
๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง!
๐’๐ข๐๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐˜๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐›๐š๐ซ ๐Œ๐š๐๐ž ๐“๐จ ๐‘๐จ๐œ
๐š๐ง๐
๐’๐ข๐๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐˜๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐›๐š๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‡๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ฌ!

๐™ฐ๐š•๐š• ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š– ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š ๐šˆ๐šž๐š•๐š๐š’๐š•๐š‹๐šŠ๐š› ๐šŽ๐šก๐š๐šŽ๐š—๐š ๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š ๐šŠ๐š›๐š– ๐™ฒ๐š˜๐š—๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐š๐šž๐š•๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š˜๐š—๐šœ ๐š๐š˜ ๐š‚๐š’๐š ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š‘๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ๐š‹๐š›๐šŽ๐š ๐š‘๐š˜๐š›๐šœ๐šŽ๐šœ! ๐š†๐šŽ๐š•๐š• ๐š๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐š‚๐š’๐š ๐š˜๐š— ๐šŠ ๐š๐šŠ๐š—๐š๐šŠ๐šœ๐š’๐šŒ ๐šœ๐š‘๐š˜๐š !

๐š‚๐š’๐š ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐šŠ๐š•๐šœ๐š˜ ๐™ฐ๐š–๐šŠ๐š๐šž๐šŽ๐š› ๐™ฒ๐š•๐šŠ๐šœ๐šœ๐š’๐šŒ ๐™ฒ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š•๐š•๐šŽ๐š—๐š๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽ๐šœ๐šŽ๐š›๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐™ฒ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š–๐š™๐š’๐š˜๐š— ๐š˜๐š— ๐š‹๐š˜๐šŠ๐š›๐š ๐šˆ๐šž๐š•๐š๐š’๐š•๐š‹๐šŠ๐š› ๐™ป๐š’๐š–๐š’๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐™ด๐š๐š’๐š๐š’๐š˜๐š—!

28/09/2024

CINCH Australia ๐‘จ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’–๐’“ ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’“๐’ƒ๐’š ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’ is Sidney Myer aboard Yulgilbar Made To Roc with a score of 223!! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ†

๐’€๐’–๐’๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’“ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’…๐’† ๐‘ป๐’ ๐‘น๐’๐’„ is by Hashtags out of Yulgilbar Roc N Roy & owned by Yulgilbar Quarter Horse Stud

๐Ÿ“ธ Liz Speed Photography

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Sells Tomorrow!!!! Lot 467

Yulgilbar Nifty Lil Chic - 2024 NCHA Open Futurity Finalist (7th), NSW Open Futurity Finalist. This mare is a serious competitor ready to go. Impeccable breeding that is rarely available. Sells Saturday.

This beautiful mare preworks today! Donโ€™t miss her!

Yulgilbar Nifty Lil Chic! Do not miss her at Nutrien - Lot 467! This mare has had the full cutting training program, she finished 7th in the NCHA Futurity and is a serious competitor! Lovely and quiet to have around, impeccable breeding, and would make a great addition to any barn! Enquires - Dean Holden 0439819976.

Yulgilbar proudly presents ๐’ด๐“Š๐“โ„Š๐’พ๐“๐’ท๐’ถ๐“‡ ๐’ฉ๐’พ๐’ป๐“‰๐“Ž โ„’๐’พ๐“ ๐’ž๐’ฝ๐’พ๐’ธ 2025 Nutrien Classic Sale Entrant - Lot 467 4 Yr Old Mare, multiple Futurity Finalist, 7th NCHA Futurity. Sire - Meteles Cat Dam - SVR Reyโ€™s Smart Chic (imp) dam of Yulgilbar Kinda Tuff and Yulgilbar Mister Hashtags. All SVR Reyโ€™s Smart Chic progeny have been NCHA money earners and aged event finalists. Spice is a strong, athletic, cow smart mare. She has a proven record in the Cutting arena and would go onto any discipline. This is a once in a lifetime chance to buy a mare out of one of Australiaโ€™s most exclusive broodmares! Check her out! Enquires Dean Holden 0439819976 #yulgilbarquarterhorses

๐˜๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐›๐š๐ซ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‹๐ข๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐‚๐‡๐€ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ! ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐•๐‘ ๐‘๐ž๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐œ. ๐Ÿคฉ

All of us here at Yulgilbar Quarter Horses and Dean Holden Cutting Horses would like to say a big thank you to everyone who made the 2024 NCHA Futurity one of the best yet. From the girls in office, the board members, sponsors, cattle donors and everyone in between your effort and contributions are what make these shows special. We would also like to thank our loyal clients who entrust us with the care and showing of their amazing animals. Stuart and Simone Laurie, Jamie Bartels, Chris Ware, Jodie Mearns and Fleur Philip, such a great vibe! Also our amazing team, Jorja Milverton, Kane Karayannis and MacKenzie Mearns. All of you are amazing and none of this happens without you! Our friends and peers in all of our help teams, thank you so much for your help and support in the arena. Thank you also Caitlin Lyddieth for all your hard work, dedication and care of the horses at home. We came away with some great results, ๐Ÿ”น Open Futurity Finalist (7th)- Yulgilbar Nifty Lil Chic and Dean Holden ๐Ÿ”น Open Derby Finalist (3rd) - Yulgilbar My Kinda Girl and Dean Holden ๐Ÿ† Amateur Derby Champions!!! - Yulgilbar Made To Roc and Sidney Myer ๐Ÿ”น Non Pro Derby Finalist - Yulgilbar Made To Roc and Sidney Myer ๐Ÿ”น Open Classic Finalist - Cuttabar Designed In Metal and Dean Holden ๐Ÿ”น Non Pro Classic Finalist - Cuttabar Designed N Metal and Stuart Laurie ๐Ÿ”น Amateur Classic Finalist - The Sixth Sense and Fleur Philip ๐Ÿ”น Open Pinnicle 4th - Stylish Player and Dean Holden The Yulgilbar brand was represented in every Open Final this year!!!! Congratulations to all owners and competitors of all Yulgilbar finalists for 2024. Lastly a big thank you to our sponsors, your support is so very appreciated! #DiamondWoolPads #wrangler #backontrackaus #ponyequine #4cyte ๐ŸŽฅ Rein and Shine

2024 NCHA Amateur Derby Champions!
2024 NCHA Amateur Derby Champions!

2024 NCHA Amateur Derby Champions!!! Yulgilbar Made To Roc and Sidney Myer What a team!

Cracking Yulgilbar Steers enjoying their pasture at Elgee Park!

How about this Yulgilbar baby! Kool N Hot out of the beautiful Yulgilbar Ima Black Catโ€ฆ Exciting times! Yulgilbar Quarter Horse Stud Big M Quarter Horse Stud

How about this Yulgilbar baby! Kool N Hot out the beautiful Yulgilbar Ima Black Cat. Exciting times!Yulgilbar Quarter Horse Stud Big M Quarter Horse Stud

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