10/10/2024
New addition was touch and go there for abit as was born in the storm way earlier than the scan
Sire:Midnight Silver Saphire
Dam:Heartbreaker
Now for a Name for him 😊
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Midnight Appaloosa Stud
When I first thought about breeding Appaloosa’s, all I wanted to produce was coloured foals with quiet temperaments. When the stallion Silver Invader first came on the market, I talked with the owners about purchase, but it would appear the purchase was not meant to be at that time, so I went ahead and got another quiet stallion who was sired by the well known and highly regarded Princes Mighty Twist (quiet bloodline), to use in the hope that one day Silver Invader may become available in the future. I already had some very quiet mares from good Appaloosa breeding, but it was finding the right stallion that could do the job, putting colour on his foals and producing quiet minds.
Well eventually Silver Invader did become available again and I was lucky enough to become his owner. He was known to everyone as “Midnight” in the paddock, and he was nicely put together, threw colour 100% of the time and was a very quiet, calm stallion. The colour was a plus, because he was a Buckskin fewspot. I didn’t work that out until further down the track though. He was out of a loud buckskin leopard mare imported from Australia, who was by the well known Plaudit Twister, a loud smokey black leopard imported from the USA to Australia, who was very highly regarded and sought after.
Midnights sire was Casper McCue, whom I haven’t been able to find out much out about, but Casper McCue’s sire was Princes Mighty Twist, so there was that favoured bloodline known for calm temperaments. I was very pleased at getting Midnight and over the years he has sired many quiet loud coloured foals for the person, who loves their horses to stay underneath them and be very relaxed. His progeny have also proven to be very versatile being competed, in dressage, show jumping, eventing, jousting, trail riding, reining and pleasure. Silver Invader progeny will never be top Western horses, but that was never the aim. My aim was to produce a good all round horse, that anyone could ride and feel safe on, and I think I nailed it.
Silver Invader passed away in 2015, and I’ve gone on with his son Midnights Silver Saphire, who is known as Alfie in the paddock. Alfie is now siring versatile quiet-minded foals. Alfie is a Palomino fewspot.
