The old News!

Below are the old News updates from our website! Now that we have this blog spot, we thought it was better to list all the news here.

May 2009

Altair VIII has been purchased from Yeguada Aimaran in place of Ubeda! Altair is a very beautiful seven year old mare who has had three foals, and will come to Australia in foal to Quejio. She is currently undergoing her pre-export testing so we're keeping everything crossed that she passes these, and gets back into foal without ALTAIR VIII any difficulties.


April 2009

We have received the sad news that Ubeda has failed to conceive after five attempts so we are no longer proceeding with the purchase of her. The hunt is now on for another mare! Hopefully we'll have better luck this time.

February 2009

We are delighted to announce that on the 19th of February Anchorbar Forcilla gave birth to a lovely colt foal by Clasico MAC! We've named him Valeroso which means "valiant" or "brave" in Spanish. Valeroso is the only son of Clasico MAC, twice National Champion of Spain, in the southern hemisphere. Val is a lovely big foal with outstanding movement. We are absolutely delighted with him and plan to keep him as a stud stallion.

We also had the wonderful news that our old girl, Darnela, is back in foal! She is expecting her foal by Hispano on the 29th of December. We are hoping for a filly so that we can retain her for future breeding purposes. If she has a colt foal he will be available for sale upon weaning.

January 2009

In November last year we travelled to Spain to attend SICAB, the Cardenas auction and to visit some studs. While there we fell in love with a beautiful four year old mare from Yeguada Aimaran (http://www.yeguadaaimaran.com/). Her name is Ubeda XII and she is 85% Carthusian. She has passed all her blood tests and will be arriving in Australia mid to late this year. Last week she was covered by Quejio, a Calificado stallion who is pure Carthusian and absolutely stunning. Hopefully in a few weeks we’ll receive the news that she is pregnant! A big thank you to Aida and her father, Juan Huertas Montiel, for allowing us to purchase this beautiful girl and for their patience while we sorted out all the quarantine arrangements!

We are anxiously counting down the weeks until Cilla (Anchorbar Forcilla) has her foal. Early last year we imported some semen from Clasico-MAC from Spain. The semen became lost in transit in Bangkok, and at the same time we received news from Spain that Clasico-MAC had died and no further semen would be available! Thankfully our shipment was found and eventually ended up safely here in Australia. Cilla became pregnant on her second insemination attempt and we are very excited about this baby!

Bred and owned by the famous Cardenas stud (http://www.caballoscardenas.com/) in Spain, Clasico-MAC was a stunning stallion who passes on his beauty, size, movement and temperament to his offspring. This Qualified (Calificado) breeding stallion had an outstanding show record including being a two-time Champion of Spain. His impressive show record includes:

Sevilla 1999 – Champion of the Breed, Champion Functionality, Gold medallist
Piedrahita 2000 – Champion of Show, Gold medallist
Ecumad 2000 – Champion of Spain, Gold medallist
Sevilla 2001 – Champion of the Breed, Champion Functionality, Gold medallist
Piedrahita 2001 – Champion of the Breed, Gold medallist
Ecumad 2001 – Champion of Spain, Gold medallist

Clasico-MAC is by Gastador VIII who has produced two Champions of Spain – Clasico-MAC and Ungido IV. Gastador VIII is himself a twice Spanish Champion. Clasico-MAC is out of Lancera V 1979, a mare who produces very good foals and has had an enormous influence on the Cardenas stud. Daughters, grand-daughters and great-grandaughters from this mare are still used at the stud. Other influential and well known horses in the pedigree of Clasico-MAC include Valido, Vasallo and Bilbanio III. Miguel Angel Cardenas said that Clasico-MAC is the best horse he has ever bred. High praise indeed!

Clasico MAC