Looking at our expanding collection of horses (and finite number of stables) it is time to make a hard decision and let Dolly go out into the world - in short to offer her for sale. We feel the time we would put into her production really should go into Dani's stock.
Dolly is by the Thoroughbred Resplendent Cee
Resplendant Cee has now moved from Devon and is standing at New Hill Farm Stud, Worsley
A quiet dignified stallion that is ridden out every day and when I saw him was standing in a mixed barn of horses looking very happy indeed. After just taking a second look at his web page though I can see his attributes do not stop at his super temperament he is.............
- Winnings of over £95,000
- including the Ripon Championship Trophy, The Queens Stakes etc
- Graded Elite by the Sports Horse Breeding of Great Britain via his Timeform rating
- A European Breeder's Fund nominated Stallion
- "Racehorses of 2002" describd him as a Fluent mover, smart performer and acts on firm or soft going
- His Dam - Western Friend was sold through Tattersall's 2 year old sale for £250,000 - Western Friend (USA) is Dam of 7 winners from 7 Foals. She was by Gone West
- His sire Polar Falcon (USA)won 5 races to the value of £225,000 including the group 1 Haydock Park Sprint and is a leading sire of Group winners
...............In fact *** we shouldn't sell her at all!!
Out of Diver's Perk (IRE) foaled Apr 02, 1996
Divers perk with Guy Brewer up in her racing days
We bought the Irish TB Diva, aka Diver's perk, already in foal with Dolly for Danilon our Spanish stallion with the aim of producing Sports Horses.
Diva is a big great galloping mare with the chasers stamp, by Executive Perk (IRE) sire of 1210 foals of which 466 raced to produce 122 winners.
Divas was imported from Ireland and initially sold through Doncaster sales. She trained well beating winning horses on the gallops but failed to act on the race course and was retired to stud after a particularly bad fall. She is a quiet charming individual, a delight to handle with burning brown eyes that follow you around the yard. she will finish her days with us.
Dolly
Dolly was born at 1.30 much to Divas surprise and they spent an idyllic summer together and Dolly was naturally weaned just before Christmas by being put in the next box to Mum each night but still with a chatter box, when the time came to give Diva her own time to prepare for her next foal.
Dolly at Weaning last year
Dolly has always been corn fed and stabled over night with sympathetic daily handling. she has started to mature this year into a big scopy intelligent filly with lots of bone and should make a smart eventer to cross any country. She is at present running with the brood mares by day, including her half sister Amie.
Divers Perk with her 09 filly Amie by our Pre Stallion Danilon
Dolly's half sister the spanish sports horse Amie
To read more about Dolly scan back through the farm Diary
if i could afford her.. but i can't so there we go...
ReplyDeleteif we could all afford every horse we wanted we'd all be happy people, if tired!
I know as a friend said to me when i told her i didn't like the idea of selling "my babies" "They are all yours for the minute Christine" sigh ............We are expecting three more next year the first one in February!
ReplyDeleteOooh, lovely filly, i'd love to buy her too!!
ReplyDeleteBut... I have four horses in the barn already including 2 youngsters :-))