Stud News

November 19th:   

Show results - We attended Noorat Ag Show on the weekend. The results were.

• 1st Shetland Stallion; Wandarra Pippen.

• 1st Shetland Colt: Balnagown Mcneil.

• Champion Male: Balnagown Mcneil

• Reserve Champion Male: Wandarra Pippen.

• 1st open Stallion under 14hh & Reserve Open Stallion or Colt - Wandarra Pippen

More foal photo have been added to the 2008 foals page.

November 2nd:   

More show results - We attended Port Fairy Ag Show. The results were.

• 1st Shetland Stallion; Wandarra Pippen.

• 1st Shetland Colt: Balnagown Mcneil.

• Champion Male: Wandarra Pippen

• 1st Shetland Filly: Pentland La Diva

• Champion Female : Pentland La Diva

This week also saw the arrival of our last foal for the season, a black filly by SG Scotchman out of Tara Park Lucinda.

October 30th:   

More success for our show team! We attended Warrnambool Show on the weekend. Wandarra Pippen was once again awarded Champion Stallion and Supreme Shetland Exhibit. Balnagown McNeil was also Reserve Junior Exhibit.

The breeding season has been in full swing. We have 8 foals now with one to go by Shady Glen Scotchman from Tara Park Lucinda. Our foals so far are:

• Balnagown Emerald had a black colt by Scotchman.

• Shady Glen Farrah had a black filly by SG Conrad.

• Balnagown Miss Muffett had a black colt by Wandarra Pippen.

• Balnagown Jezabeel a black filly by Wandarra Pippen.

• Woodview Amber a black colt by SG Conrad.

• Millbrae Kismet a Black filly by SG Scotchman.

• Yeo Lodge Carrie a black colt by Wandarra Pippen.

• Corinley Peggy a piebald filly by SG Conrad. (sold)

Most are for sale. All are excellent show prospects. All these foals come from prize winning parents, including Royal Supreme & Champion winners. All have good bone (medium to heavy). Some photos can be viewed on our foal page and more will be added shortly. Email or call for more information.

October 21st:   

Another fantastic show result for our resident stallion, Wandarra Pippen. Pippen was awarded Champion Shetland Stallion at the recent Geelong Royal Show. He then went on to be sashed Supreme Shetland Exhibit!

September 13th:   

Our breeding season has well and truly commenced with three foals arriving safely. Our latest foal is a black filly by Wandarra Pippen out of Balnagown Jezabeel. All three of our foals born so far are offered for sale and most can be viewed on our foal page. Please email for more information. Sadly we also lost a black colt by Balnagown Brodie (dec) out of Arapaho Little Squaw.

We want to wish Kylie, Gerard and the girls at Cleoranee Stud well with Balnagown Glisten (piebald mare) in foal to S. G. Conrad. Glisten is hopefully expecting a coloured foal for them this season.
 

We have had approx. 12 inches of rain since start of July until last weekend. The farm is very wet and muddy but at least we are expecting a good spring.

February 3rd:   

We had a good hay season here at Glen Ardan, and the cows and ponies are all lovely and fat. We have had two foals, the first a grey filly from Fenwick Molly by SG Conrad. We also had a chestnut filly out of Paluka Damselle by Fenwick Emmett. We are expecting a foal from Wandarra Pleasure and maybe a suprise arrival from old Corinley Rita as she looks like she is definitely in foal.

June 6th:    Glen Ardan Jazz has gone to a new home with Rebecca Hay and will be shown this coming season. We are expecting 4 foals this coming season. We do have a show quality colt for lease who is black. Excellent nature and good old breeding. We had over 6 inches of rain for May which was excellent but now need sun and warmth for the grass to grow.

We went to the foal show at Ballarat on Sunday with good results. We took Balnagown Lullaby and Macneil, and Glen Ardan Jazz was taken by her new owner Rebecca Hay.

Ring 1.  Champion Shetland: Glen Ardan Jazz      Reserve: Balnagown Macneil

Ring 2.  Champion Shetland: Balnagown Lullaby     Reserve: Balnagown Macneil

Ring 3.  Reserve Open pony under 12hh:  Balnagown Macneil

It was a great day for us and we are thankful to the Western Promotional group for putting the show on.

May 7th:     We have weaned most of our 2006 foals, only a couple of late foals remain on the mares. Glen Ardan Victoria was sold to a lovely home in NSW with Helen Luby and we wish her luck. We have a lovely colt Balnagown McNeil who has nice bone and will hopefully be attending some foal shows. We are very happy with him and he will remain a colt, one of only 5 in 30 odd years of breeding.

The filly Glen Ardan Jazz by Wandarra Pippen is perhaps the heaviest foal the stud has ever bred, and will mature about 9.2hh. Despite being just weaned a week ago, she goes into the dairy during milking without a care! Very quiet filly who will only be sold to a good show home.
Balnagown Macallister has not done as well, as his dam is unwell, and he has suffered from poor nutrition. We hope he will improve as he still has a great frame.

 
Balnagown Lullaby is Brodie's first foal, and we are happy with her. She is sweet and mum wont part with her!

As most places we are praying for rain. They keep saying it will, but it wont!!

December 1st:  It has been a busy time down in Western Victoria with harvesting of hay, and the arrival of new foals and calves. We now have 5 foals, 3 colts and 2 fillies. 

Recently Millbrae Shannon was sold to a lovely home at Cleoranee Stud. Kylie and family are happy with him and plan to show him at the shetland show. We wish them luck with him in the future. We would also like to thank Kylie for her assistance recently at the youngstock show, as without her we would not have coped! 

Our show team have been performing very well so far this season, especially our young stallion, Wandarra Pippen. Pippen was awarded Grand Champion Shetland at Colac Show, and was also The Supreme Shetland Exhibit at Warrnambool Show. The recent Ballarat Welsh Supporters Youngstock Show was particularly successful for our studs with several Championships being won by our ponies, and Millbrae Kismet being awarded Supreme Champion Shetland Exhibit. (Wandarra Pippen & Colvadale Show Girl pic below)

We look forward to seeing everyone at the shetland show on Dec 2 & 3rd.