Tarwin Grove Warmblood Stud

23/06/2024

Lifted from Stephanie’s page with her permission! The photos are by Vicki Tapper.
Marnus is by Danciano out of Mareille. I have his full brother Otto who is far too talented to be my horse I ride for fun but he doesn’t know that! His full Sisters are lovely too.
Mareille (Samarant / Florestan/Mon Amour . Imp) will be bred to Danciano for the 5th time this season after a well deserved rest for the last 2 seasons.

01/05/2024

Stephanie and Marnus had their first competition outing over the weekend. Stephanie said Marnus was understandably a bit tense but improved as the day went on. It was also the first competition for Stephanie in quite a while. She said she was a bit rusty. I wish I could ride as well as her rusty!😂
Great marks, great comments, many admirers and a nice rosette to start their collection!
(Marnus is by Danciano out of Mareille(Imp)-Samarant/Florestan/Mon Amour).

11/03/2024

18/01/2024

Pippa (Furstenball x Hollingrove Chantilly) and her two year old daughter Rue ( by Spörcken).

21/10/2023

Two cheeky young ladies think they should come into the human’s ‘stable’!
Rue (Spörcken x Furstenball) and Lola ( Danciano x Samarant/ Florestan/ Mon Amour). 2 year old fillies.

29/09/2023

‘Helping’ to bring in the washing!

26/09/2023

Clive’s first child! A gorgeous filly out of Pippa.
For those of you interested in breeding Clive- ( Dante Weltino x Samarant/ Florestan/ Mon Amour).
Pippa- ( Furstenball x Hollingrove Chantilly).
Pippa doesn’t do bling but passes on her lovely temperament with any stallion chosen. I may be slightly biased but this filly by an Australian bred stallion ( yes the mare was imported and frozen semen used) is pretty super!

05/09/2023

Henry being Henry!
When it comes to doing work stuff he’s in cruise control but if food is on it it’s way, that’s worth getting excited about!
Henry is with my friend Katherine Simpson who is making sure he has lots of different things to do. A few days of work and lots of fun experiences. Perfect for a 3 year old.

17/07/2023

Tarwin Grove ladies enjoying the sunshine in our new location in Loch, Victoria.
Feel free to visit. The only condition- wear old clothes, gumboots and bring a brush!

11/05/2023

The 18 month old fillies, Lola ( Danciano x Florestan/ Mon Amour) and Rue ( Spörcken x Furstenball) can’t understand why Otto ( Danciano x Florestan/ Mon Amour) thinks it’s swimming weather. They were happy to follow him into the dam but thought this splashing business was over the top. So much for learning from your elders!

14/01/2023

The lads are happy with their new swimming pool! Otto is a gelding by Danciano and Clive is a stallion by Dante Weltino. They are both out of Mareille (Imp)-Samarant /Florestan / Mon Amour.

11/01/2023

A friend’s mare I had the pleasure of meeting recently. If I wanted to increase my breeding program I would snap her up! DOB 25/11/2019. Aura Vale Dewhurst - De Niro x Weltmeyer/ Wunder. Chestnut mare, mature height will be approximately 16.2hh.
Her lovely temperament and extensive handling has made her easy to work with.
Video available on request. Please direct message Robyn White or myself for further information.
Located in Victoria -Kongwak area.

27/12/2022

Happy festive season from the Tarwin Grove ladies and gents!

21/12/2022

Tarwin Grove current home base.
Just when the horses have started to get used to the kangaroos the free range alpacas have made their presence known!
The upside is I managed to get some lovely photos of the horses. It’s hard as nothing usually grabs their attention but these aliens that squawk are worthy of a reaction! I’m not sure the alpacas are happy about the various extra animals in their space!

18/12/2022

We have made the move! An enormous thank you to all who helped and to my incredibly generous friend Anna Burggraaff for our current home base on her farm. 9 horses, 4 dogs, 1 cat and 1 human and lots of stuff! Her kindness has given me the time to work out where to from here. A special thank you to Jessica Finlay for dropping everything at the last minute to help me out.

24/11/2022

Spring time at Tarwin Grove!

20/11/2022

Orlando has gone to his wonderful new home. The fillies have joined the mare group. The boys are now seriously outnumbered!
Keeping Clive as a c**t is a new experience for me to learn about. So far so good. He has a date night and then goes back with Otto and Henry. A few submissive lip smacks to gelding boss Otto and then it’s just business as usual!

27/10/2022

I found some baby video of Clive and nothing much has changed. He’s still the laidback personality as a grown up!
In the arena videos he is just bouncing around but they give a good idea of his type and movement.
He’s going to need a fancy Tarwin Grove name now he has an important role here. It needs to start with D. Any suggestions will be welcome!

23/10/2022

Step 1 completed.
Clive is going to be a father!
I never thought I would keep one of the home bred c**ts for the Tarwin Grove breeding program.
There have been many steps prior to the official step 1.
Clive has passed every test with flying colours. His temperament has allowed me to follow this path.
The lovely Pippa was his first mare and is in foal.
There are many more steps to decide if I will continue down this path. His pedigree is outstanding and he is such a lovely ‘person’.
Step 2 will be the foals he produces with my mares. I feel pretty confident about this part but only time will tell.

30/09/2022

There are many reasons Otto is referred to as a pest! Here is one example. He is in charge and the oldest of the group but I am positive I will be calling him a pest forever!

27/09/2022

A new paddock always warrants a run around! #

18/09/2022

Georgina and George (Danciano x TG Pippa- Furstenball x Hollingrove Chantilly) are progressing well together. Georgina purchased George as a foal. He stayed at Tarwin Grove and was regularly visited by Georgina and her family. She and I started him together using my normal, gradual system which has worked well for the horses started here. Georgina made it a priority to be involved in the process and was the first person to have a sit on him. I am extremely proud of both of them!

09/09/2022

The weaning process has been completed. The 3 not so little ones are happy in the company of the boys.

28/08/2022

I was thinking how well the gradual weaning process has progressed with the foals now moved to a larger yard yesterday and the mares in the paddock next door. The foals are getting along well and even sharing food. ( photo 1). I went to check them and found Floriana had lined herself up to the fence and Orlando was having a drink! ( photo 2). Currently trying to find the short in the electric fence to put a stop to this and to stop the mares chewing on the fence!

31/07/2022

To cut or not to cut is the question! Pippa’s ‘fringe’ as my sister calls it will not see any scissors but should I trim her mane? It seems Rue, Pippa’s daughter might have the same hair genetics too!

29/07/2022

An amusing evening earlier this week. A quiet evening cleaning tack became much more interesting!

27/07/2022

A quiet evening cleaning tack suddenly became more interesting. Remember to shut the gates Catherine!

19/06/2022

Rue’s siblings. See previous post.

19/06/2022

Video of Rue. See previous post.