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11 January 2012

Things to do with your ponies when its just too hot to ride :)

Some lovely photos sent in by Rosie of her two John Brodie yearlings out of her standardbred mares. This is a super cross as you can see by the pictures.

The last few John Brodie foals for the season have arrived.

Just born and standing is Georgie Girl's little filly.

Gina has a gorgeous colt.

The beautiful gypsy cob mare Clononeen Blossom has a very sweet filly, born 5 weeks early, this little girl is just divine.

13 December 2011

The South Island Premier Show was held on 9 November 2011, and the gypsy cobs had their own section again. We were delighted with Westfield Sapphire taking out Champion Purebred Gypsy and Supreme Champion Gypsy, Westfield Ricardo taking out Champion Partbred Gypsy and Westfield Lily getting Reserve Champion Partbred. Well done to their owners for their successes.

Westfield Sapphire, purebred yearling filly.

Westfield Ricardo, 3yo gelding.

Westfield Lilly, 3/4 gypsy yearling filly.

Another group of foals arrived over the last week.

Cherry has a lovely leggy filly.

Meg's first foal, a sweet filly.

Chloe leaves her fourth John Brodie baby, a really attractive colt.

Sabrina leaves her fourth John Brodie colt in a row, Westfield Salem.

30 November 2011

More lovely babies have arrived over the past few weeks.

Minnie has a lovely filly.

Lady in Western Australia has the first John Brodie filly.

A smart colt for first time mum Almo.

Sundance has her first foal, a gorgeous colt.

Missy delivers a sweet little filly.

Minnie produced a very fine looking colt.

Saffy leaves a very striking filly.

Blue Gables mare Abby puts the overo gene to the fore with her newly born colt, superb colouring!

Halo's pretty colt, what a sweet head he has.

9th November 2011

Canterbury A&P Show was great with the South Island's very first gypsy cob section, there was an excellent turnout and everyone had a marvellous time.

Clononeen Annabelle took out Supreme Champion Gypsy Cob

Westfield Sapphire, Reserve Champion Purebred Gypsy, just beaten by her mum!

Westfield Lily on her way to winning the Partbred Youngstock Class.

Westfield Ricardo took out Champion Partbred Gypsy Cob

Westfield Magician trotting out in the Partbred Youngstock Class

4 November 2011

Some fun photos of some John Brodie's getting out and about. Deb Goodman on Leanda Rose, a 3yo John Brodie filly.

Then Westfield Cosmo, a 2yo John Brodie colt, learning the natural way :)

And Westfield Nelson with Kirstie McDonald enjoying the three day South Coast cavalcade at Jedbrough station.

JC Delta's Echo, a 3yo John Brodie filly, Reserve Champion Partbred Gypsy Cob at the Waikato A&P Show

Some more new arrivals, the first a 3/4 gypsy cob filly by Gypsy Star of Brackenhill out of our John Brodie mare Westfield Diamante. This filly, named Westfield Jasmine, is a lovely tall filly.

Kelly has thrown another very smart filly by John Brodie

And a lovely piebald filly out of a Kaha Warrior mare.

Georgia on Annabelle and Kelsie on Luti enjoying their rides.

Georgia and Sophie on Annabelle, being flower girls for their big brother.

20th October 2011

The stud season has started well with four purebred gypsy cob mares having positive scans :)

Three more foals have also made their arrivals, this colt out of an appaloosa mare, makes him John's first pintoloosa foal.

Karamea John Samuel, a colt out of the Irish draft/stationbred mare Karamea Kinalea

And a very tall filly out of Providence, a 16.3 Irish draft mare

29th September 2011

The first John Brodie foals of the season have arrived, the first a big drum filly out of Bonny, a purebred clydesdale mare, and the second a purebred gypsy cob filly owned by Chatto Creek Gypsy Cobs.

This beautiful John Brodie yearling filly, Aramea, out of a purebred section D welsh mare had a very successful first outing at the Winter Woollies Show in Auckland last weekend. Well done Karen for a great effort.

John Brodie 2yo, Windsor Park Gypsy King and Duncan Norrie, before the start of the breaking in process!

13 September 2011

Two years ago we bought in England a yearling filly by a stallion I have adored 15 years and out of a mare that twice we just missed out on buying, so we were delighted to have the opportunity to buy their daughter Tess. She has stayed in England with a very good friend of ours, Jacqui Bland who has Paintball Gypsy Cobs. Tess has just been put in foal to Paintball Umpire, a beautifully bred black son of Billy Gaskin, and is due to arrive out in NZ in late December.

We have also been extremely lucky to be able to purchase a gorgeous yearling filly, Gypsy Elite Pride's Dream Catcher, by the world reknown Pride and Joy (a stallion that I have wanted for many years and enquired to buy some 8 or so years ago but was well outside our budget!). Dreamer is out of Ebony who is by The Producer who in turn is by The Roadsweeper so again some very nice bloodlines for NZ. Dreamer arrives in NZ in November.

7th September 2011

In early February this year we contacted Debi and Jeff Gakstatter from Gypsy Elite Horses in the States to ask about the possibility of getting frozen semen to New Zealand from their glorious stallion Pride and Joy. They were particularly helpful and obliging and much to our delight we now have Pride's frozen semen available in New Zealand.

For full information about Pride, go to http://gypsyelite.com/pride.html

6 August 2011

John Brodie has headed back into quarantine to collect and freeze more semen for Australian clients. He will be down there till mid October so anyone requiring fresh/chilled semen during this time is able to order through us. For the month of September to mid October we will also be able to provide chilled semen to Australia for those wanting this rather than frozen. Please contact us for more details.

24 June 2011

A couple of months of very wet, cold and muddy weather has passed and still no sign of winter, or frosts or clear sunny days! But still we go on, foals have been weaned, young ones doing some training, and a couple of new mares added to our broodmare paddock.

Below, Westfield Cosmo, a yearling colt now owned by Karen Graves, having his first driving lesson. Well done Karen, he is looking fantastic.

Westfield Merlin, a yearling John Brodie colt, growing up good and strong.

Shylo, a lovely 2yo gelding out of a TB mare, look at the strength of this boy.

Westfield Lily, a 3/4 gypsy cob filly, by Gypsy Star of Brackenhill out of Westfield Diamante, by John Brodie. Taking out Champion Pinto Pony Foal at the Invercargill Foal Show with her proud owner Mikayla.

Westfield King George and Rosie's Prince Charming, enjoying life at their new home in Winton.

3 April 2011

Yesterday we took John Brodie out to Oxford A&P Show and competed in the cob ring. His first outing for two years, he was beautifully behaved and came home with Champion Novice Cob. We were delighted with his performance.

Clononeen Annabelle went to Malvern A&P Show and placed well in all her classes, taking out reserve champion novice cob, champion novice cob going to Westfield Comet at his first show.

Clononeen Annabelle headed out to her first ODE at Hororata and had a great time, performing really well in all three disciplines.

Photos of the last two John babies are attached, a colt out of Izzy, a stationbred pony, and a filly out of Westfield Jazz.

2 February 2011

A well overdue update! The last few John Brodie foals have arrived, a couple I still have to get photos of, but below some more babies! The stud season is going well, 25 mares now scanned in foal, our first Australian mare +ve and still more mares to scan and serve.

A colt out of Georgie Girl, a little welsh/ERP mare.

A filly out of Queenie, a stationbred pony. Amazingly strong for being 5 weeks early!

23 January 2011

South Island Pinto Nationals were held today, really well attended and lots of lovely pintos out. A very successful day with us with my daughter Georgia getting Champion Ridden pony on her coloured gelding My Winter Winds, and my son Henry taking the ride on Annabelle and winning Best Registered Pony, Reserve Champion Ridden Pony, Best Junior Handler and Murray did the inhand classes with her and got Reserve Champion Pony. Also doing well were three John Brodie youngsters, photos below.