Narrawin Stud

11/12/2024

Brana's filly is growing. I have decided to name her Miska, which means dark and misty.

Esmeralda is the aunt on duty, she is expecting her foal in January.

27/11/2024

Another one grown up, learning the ropes getting ready for the fun stuff.

Paso Fino mare Malena NS, by Reverende de United (Imp. USA), out of Emperatriz de CC (Imp.USA).

27/11/2024

Brana had a nice big filly early this morning. Sire is Kulur fra Haholti (imp), who stands at Litli Stadur Icelandic Stud in Garvoc, Vic.

26/11/2024

The view from the back of Capricho, Paso Fino.

26/11/2024

Darien

04/11/2024

Sunset ride with Romeo.

04/11/2024

Things you find when out riding :-)

With Romeo a.k.a. Cockatoo Park Pl***oy.

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19/10/2024

Ladies with foal bellies. Esmeralda (bred to Darien) and Furahi (bred to Romeo). Both are due early next year.

19/10/2024

Rev.

Paso Fino stallion Reverende de United (Imp.USA).

16/10/2024

Romeo and Marcelo. Oh, hello, we haven't met!

24/09/2024

Marcelo learning the ropes from Phoebus. Ponying is great prep for riding. Having a handy horse like Phoebus makes everything so much easier.

09/09/2024

I haven't posted too many updates here recently. That has two reasons. The lesser one being that I'm busy with horses, work and other stuff. The more important one being that I have decided to spend more time on adding content to my website. So instead of posting my pearls of wisdom related to horses here, I've turned them into blog posts and put them on my websites. I have a list of more topics to write about, which I'll add over time.

I have also refreshed the other content, added a lot of new pictures, updated the sales and horse listings and updated the overall theme for a different look.

Anyway, if you are so inclined, have a look at www.narrawin.com

18/08/2024

Mares at sunset with fog coming in.

25/07/2024

Romeo learning some new stuff. After an intro to a quiver full of arrows and a bow, I let him watch me shoot a few from the ground. He needed to investigate the target. Then we shot a couple from the saddle at standstill, before proceeding to walk laps around the arena and shooting at the target from three sides. Here he is admiring our handywork when finished.

07/07/2024

Romeo dressed Southern or plantation style. A walking horse bit on a show bridle with patent leather browband (bridle left from my days of breeding American Saddlebreds), paired with a Buena Vista saddle. This one was custom made by Hillcrest Saddlery in Indiana a few years ago. Timber tree, linen canvas panels and underside and oxbows with tapaderos. The seat is suspended (like a military saddle), and the seat leather has trapunto quilting. It is a lovely saddle for trail and endurance and I should get it out more often.

03/06/2024

Little Saturday afternoon riding session with the furry dudes. We (the King's Horses group) usually meet on Saturdays for riding, skill at arms and other training. We were doing a bit of practice with swords and then Melanie arrived and joined us. She rode her youngster Eldur (from Narrawin, by Gneisti out of Brana), Craig had fun with Keldan (from Haldane Icelandics) and I teamed up with Sparky (Gneisti von Roetgen). Photo thanks to Cherilyn.

25/05/2024

Another birthday, this time a 22nd! Rev, a.k.a. Reverende de United (Imp.USA), my fiery and funny Paso Fino stallion has been with me since June 2013. Born in Florida, he was started under saddle and shown there before travelling to NZ, where he was the herd sire at Soho Paso Finos until he came to Australia.

I bought Rev primarily as a breeding stallion to give the Paso Fino gene pool a bit of a boost, and he has certainly produced some very fine horses. Shout out to owners of Rev kids to post a comment and pictures! I have some of his daughters here and a promising young son.

Once I started riding Rev, I discovered he is a fine horse (disregarding some of the issues due to his early show career), and he and I have done a lot of fun stuff together. Initially just trail rides, we also tried out Extreme Cowboy stuff and we even went to a competition, and we did a display at an expo. Then I got involved with the reenactment crowd and Military Equitation Australia and next thing... we won a few skill at arms comps and had a play with horse archery and he ended up being my first jousting horse. With a brand new harness (armour) and a hot horse, I was thrown in at the deep end at times, but I could never fault his bravery and will to work and I have fond memories of this time. Aside from that, I had started to "reprogram" him to let go of some of his tension and bad posture by working on the ground, introducing lateral work and making him aware that aids can come from the seat and legs, not just the reins. It was a lot of trial and error, especially since I was also "reprogramming" myself at the time, with the help of the odd lesson from a couple of good teachers. The long and short of it was that we are a much better team now. He is still a cheeky bu**er and his brio is undiminished, but he is much happier in himself and so much more fun to ride than early on. And he has taught me so much! Sadly, he hurt a pastern in an accident (stallions...!), and there is arthritis in it. So when he feels good, we do little trail rides or little sessions in the arena to refine further what he have already achieved, and I get a chance to laugh with him and at him for his little antics.

Some photos from various sources including Yvonne, Amber and others I can't recall. Some are watermarked.

Also: his real birthday was yesterday, but I didn't have time to write this :-) So happy belated birthday, Rev. And the carrots are coming today.

23/05/2024

Happy 20th Birthday to the big guy! Sparky (Gneisti von Roetgen, Imp.GER) came to Narrawin in 2015 after spending the previous 10 years or so in NZ (at Vindholar stud). Since coming to Australia, he has had a few girlfriends and some some lucky people own horses by him. If you have one, leave a picture and a birthday message in the comments :-)

Aside from stud duties (he thinks that's the best part, and a "duty" he'll be up for any time), he has also had lots of other fun. In the nine years he's been here, he has done heaps of trail rides and been a reliable riding lesson mount. But he has done more exciting stuff, like skill at arms, horse archery and lately also jousting. He actually competed in skill at arms and horse archery competitions and did well. He has been ridden and enjoyed by friends, visitors, family and myself of course and he really seems to enjoy the attention and the action. And the treats!

Here is to many more years with the little big guy!

Some photos taken over the last few years. Some of these are mine, others credit to Yvonne, Greg, Amber, Margaret, Inquisitive Images.