(Gossip abbv. "goss" noun - idle talk, especially about other people)
Proverb of the day :
'Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now'
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Abu dhabi
Allix Jones riding
CASTLEBAR MOONLIGHT
in preparation for the 120km FEI Young
Riders World Championships held in
Abu
Dhabi on the 10th December 2011
(Posted 29.11.2011)
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tom quilty 2011
Meg riding Actress and Ron Males riding
Castlebar Sensai completed the Celebrity Ride held at
this years Tom Quilty
Photo Credit : animalfocus.com.au
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15. 08. 2011
The staff on Monday pose with their beanies on for the start of
Brain Injury Awareness Week.
Jenny, Rob, Annabelle, Asher, Wendy, Meg - bike, Chris, Shandelle, Von, Kristie & Concorde (who was not impressed!)
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Congratulations
to Kristie Taprell currently leading the Australian Riders in the FEI Meydan Open Riders World Ranking and 11th overall.
Also to our other Castlebar team riders Wendy Dower & Linda Tanian in 135 & 186 respectively
(Posted 12.08.2011)
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16 & 17 july 2011
Skiing at Falls Creek with the
Disabled Wintersports Association.
Claire (Occupational Therapist) & Meg having a break during the day of skiing.
They stayed at Howmans Gap for the weekend.
This is the second skiing weekend since
Meg's accident in April 2009
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GOLD N' IRONBARK- VIC - 21.05.2011
There was a 5km ride held on this day which was to be Meg's first endurance ride since the accident.
Along the track there are drums with lollies on them, however Meg was committed to winning the ride and would not let the other
two girls stop to pick them up in case they were over taken - once a competitor always a competitor!
Linda Tanian riding Magic Glenn Oya
Kristie Taprell riding Kurrajong Concorde
Meg Wade riding Actress.
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Crossing the finish line - technically equal 1st!!!
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BREAK DOWN - QLD - 18.04.2011
Heading home from HH Sh. Majid Al Maktoum race in QLD we were 80km from Goondawindi.
Numerus calls for roadside assistance ended up with these results : they can't get there, no one here to send out to you and maybe might eventually get to you (next week!). So Wendy, Kristie & Von were once riders & strappers are now mechanics too!!
We were carting 9 horses - so a daunting task of unloading on a main highway.
We were hoping for just a flat tyre - not so lucky, we fixed something, got back onto the road and made it to Goondawindi on dark
JINGELLIC SHOW 06.03.2011
Left - Howards Macey ridden by Kristie Taprell
1st - Led ASH Mare or Filly
1st - Working Stock Horse - Mare
1st - Led Buckskin/Dun Mare or Filly
1st - Novice Ridden Coloured Exhibit
1st - District Ridden Coloured Exhibit
2nd - Ridden Stock Horse Mare
2nd - Ridden Buckskin/Dun (beaten by Cheetah)
3rd - Led Mare Hack
3rd - Maiden Hack 15 hh & over
CHAMPION LED STOCK HORSE
CHAMPION WORKING STOCK HORSE
CHAMPION BUCKSKIN/DUN
RESERVE CHAMPION RIDDEN COLOURED EXHIBIT
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Right - Jubane Cheetah ridden by Von Mitchell
Macey & Cheetah are both Australian Stock Horses.
Macey is the dam of both Cheetah & Nakeetah (further down on this page at another show), they are all owned by Von.
This was Cheetah's first ever show.
1st - Best Educated Stock Horse
1st - Ridden Buckskin/Dun
2nd - Pleasure Stock Horse
2nd - Led Mare or Filly Buckskin/Dun (beaten by Macey)
2nd - District Ridden Coloured Exhibit (beaten by Macey)
3rd - Led ASH Mare or Filly (beaten by Macey)
3rd - Ridden Stock Horse Mare (beaten by Macey)
3rd - Novice Ridden Coloured Exhibit (beaten by Macey) |
Macey competed in both Hack, Stock Horse & Coloured Sections of the Show in 16 classes - took home 13 ribbons
Cheetah competed in both Stock Horse & Coloured Sections of the show in 10 classes - took home 8 ribbons
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farewell castlebar tradition
On Saturday 12th February Castlebar lost one of it's foundation mares Castlebar Tradition. It appears she was trapped by a flooded creek and drowned. Luckily her foal was not caught in the waters and is now dry in a stable and is drinking milk out of a bucket. The foal Castlebar Top Gear (pd) is two and a half months old.
All at Castlebar have been affected by this tragic loss.
Tradition was a very successful endurance horse before joining the broodmares. She completed over 2,000 successful kilometers with highlights such as 1st MWT SA State Champs 2004, 12th place FEI New Zealand Championships 2004,
2nd Youth FEI Australian Youth Championships 2005, and was successful in the "short" Quilty in Tasmania 2005.
Tradition has been buried on the rise overlooking the stables alongside Lady Claire & Wagga Belmay |
CASTLEBAR TRADITION & CASTLEBAR TOP GEAR (pd)
photo on the 17.12.2010 - this is her last foal, a colt by
Castlebar Tempest |
CASTLEBAR KALAHARI
Winner over 80-160km rides - 2,674 km in competition.
1998 - Traditions 1st foal by Castlebar Khalifa
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CASTLEBAR TRADITION & CASTLEBAR TORNEDO
2001 - Traditions 2nd foal by Chip Chase Sadaqa
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CASTLEBAR TORNEDO (exp)
(Photo Credit - Gilly Wheeler)
Winner 120km Euston Park (UK) in 5hrs 15min
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CASTLEBAR TAHLIA
2007 - Traditions 4th foal by Castlebar Gulfstream
Sold to Stephanie Cornu WA
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CASTLEBAR TARKARRI
2009 - Traditions 5th foal by Arabian Park Batal
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CONGRATULATIONS
to Sarah Chakil off Elevage dar el Salam, Loire Atlantique, France on her 10th place in this years UAE Presidents Cup and 1st Internationally rider. Sarah and her family purchased Castlebar Chokito & Castlebar Romulus in 2010
FUTURE CHAMPIONS
Some of our favorite foals born in the 2010-11 season
The last foal out of Shira'mar Obsession x Kevisan Park Kentucky Blue - Born 29.10.2010.
This is a full sister to the champion endurance mare owned and campaigned by HE Sh. Abdullah bin Faisal al Qasimi's (UAE) Castlebar Sobia (registered name Castlebar Odessa).
Dual Silver Medalists at the 2009 FEI Open Endurance Championships, Assisi Italy & The World Youth Championships, Babolna Hungary |
China Doll x Castlebar Tempest
Colt - Born 24.01.2011
China Doll - Winner, BC & awarded the Pat Slater Cup of the 2008 Tom Quilty 160km Gold Cup.
Completed over 3,000km successful endurance competitions internationally as well. Completed 8 x 160km rides winning 4.
Winner of many rides over various distances
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Castlebar Omega (pd)
Last foal out of Shira'mar Obsession x Kevisan Park Kentucky Blue |
Castlebar Secret (pd)
Kurrajong Sequel x
Kevisan Park Kentucky Blue
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Castlebar Top Gear (pd)
Castlebar Tradition x Castlebar Tempest Born 03.12.2010
Dam of Castlebar Kalahari, Castlebar Tornedo -both very successful endurance horses nationally & internationally. Tradition - winner over 80-160km rides
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Karumba Nariel x Castlebar Gulfstream
Born 23.11.2010
Nariel - Owned by Sue Parsons of Karumba Stud and campaigned by Beverley Raynor-Mason in her endurance career.
Karumba Nariel is successful Quilty mare holding 3 buckles and this is her first foal to date
(Posted 15/02/2011) |
Kurrajong Sequel x Kevisan Park Kentucky Blue
Her first filly born to date. Born 25.11.2010
Sequel - completed 4,020 km in competition including many wins over 80-160km. Won 3 x 160km and 2nd twice.
Competed overseas and was a winning member of the Team Gold at the World Young Riders Championships in Bahrain 2005
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look out ! !
25.12.2010 - Meg's Christmas present - a Trike, riding on the Mansfield bike trail.
On the 28.12.2010 Meg rode 3km down the road on her new trike. |
congratulations
to CASTLEBAR PHITE & Tracey Brandon of South Australia.
On the 04.12.2010 - at the SAERA awards they received eight awards.
- 1000km Distance Sash,
- Glen Gillian Trophy (Rider distance, MWT or HWT, SA riders only),
- Mudge Trophy (Rider/Horse combination of management/improvement over a 3 yr period),
- 1st MWT Distance Horse (SA Rides only) - 569km,
- 1st One Horse, One Rider, All divisions (SA Rides only),
- 1st MWT One Horse, One Rider (SA Only),
- 2nd MWT Highpoint Horse (SA Rides Only) - beaten by 1 point,
- 2nd MWT Highpoint Rider (SA Rides Only),
- 2nd MWT Distance Rider (SA Rides Only).
Congratulations on such a successful season and good luck for next year |
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SAHARA's pUPpies
Born August 5th 2010.
Father : Staghound
Mother : Staghound x Greyhound
The two at right are been kept
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Dog - Now owned by Bill Harbison |
Dog
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Dog - Now owned by Danny Alberts |
Dog - Now owned by Danny Alberts
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Bitch
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murray river floods - SEPTEMBER 2010
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CONGRATULATIONS
to Carmen Romer of The Netherlands with the success on her homebred mare Luna.
Luna is out of the Australian mare Glenallan Sheida who Meg took to the World Equestrian Games held in The Netherlands at
The Hague in 1994. Following this event Sheida was purchased by Carmen's father and ridden successfully in competition in Europe by Carmen. Glenallan Sheida was originally owned by Roy Counsell and was sold to Meg on the Counsell family moving to Lightning Ridge.
Sheida was born in 1979 and is out of a non registered mare Sheila and is by the sire of many endurance winning horses, Diabolo.
Meg and Sheida had an extensive ride record including riding in the 1991 & 1992 Tom Quilty's for 2 x 2nd LWT.
Luna is following in her mothers footsteps with completing 10 from 11 rides including 2 x 2nd place & 1 x BC in FEI *** 160km rides in Germany this year.
Congratulations to Carmen on her selection for The Netherlands Endurance Team for this years WEG in Kentucky USA.
Carmen will be riding an American horse and we wish her the best of luck and safe riding. |
JUBANE NAKEETA
Stockhorse filly owned and shown by Vonstar at The Allbreeds Youngstock Show held at Holbrook on the 1st August 2010.
The only way I can get on the website - to have bragging rights!! (Remember I edit the website)
1st - Dun - Yearling
1st - Stockhorse - Yearling
1st - 14.2hh & under Open - Yearling
2nd - Dun - Best Presented
RESERVE CHAMPION - 14.2hh & under
RESERVE CHAMPION - Stockhorse
CHAMPION - Dun
CHAMPION - of Ring 2
SUPREME CHAMPION - LED DILUTE |
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south african championships helD AT fauersmith
3 DAY - 200kM
2010
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Kristie Taprell riding Farbro Darys owned by Jaco Pretorius finished 36th in the standard weight division.
Riding time of 11hrs 06min 30sec averaging 18km/hr
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The Aussie Team - Kristie Taprell, Jessica Dastani, Linda Tanian,
Talea Haskow, Jil Bourton & Alex Jones
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HAPPY Birthday to al lindsay 60 going on 18 ! ! ! |
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good-bye silk
SILK was put down two weeks ago due to her deteriorating health.
Her age - we are thinking 16yrs +
She would greet Meg or Chris at the back gate with her large smile and lean hard against the leg for the pat.
Silk regularly travelled down the road to the neighbors house for a hot meal and a overnight stay on the heated lounge floor.
Good-bye and we will miss you Silky
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aurevoir THIERRY & ANNE-SOPHIE LABORDE
Congratulations on receiving your first TOM QUILTY buckle aboard Magic Glenn Lucia in 10hrs for 2nd LWT.
Thank-you for your help while here in Australia and good luck for the upcoming races in France
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CASTLEBAR GULFSTREAM with his son CASTLEBAR STEALTH (ex. Wybalena Lodge Schuska) who will be going to Argentina to stand at stud later this year
(Posted 26/04/10) |
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CASTLEBAR SHEKO
D.O.B : 24.10.2006
Sire : Seraja
Dam : Castlebar Shiralee
CASTLEBAR SHEKO is one of our upcoming young stallions. He is a very athletic and we are pretty excited for his return from the breakers in the next few weeks.
CASTLEBAR SHEKO is by our foundation sire SERAJA. SERAJA himself was a very successful endurance horse in the period 1989-1992 winning regularly with excellent heart rate recoveries . His progeny have been excelling in endurance both nationally and internationally most notably CASTLEBAR MACLEOD - winner of the 2003 160km Tom Quilty Gold Cup, 14th -2002 160km World Championships held in Spain, winner of the 167km FEI 3* Burrowye 2003 and many other wins ranging from 80-160km.
SHEKO'S dam CASTLEBAR SHIRALEE herself was a competitive mare with an injury cutting her career short. Both her sire and dam are the foundation bloodlines of Castlebar making her a valuable asset as a broodmare
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CASTLEBAR STEALTH
D.O.B : 19.12.2007
Sire : Castlebar Gulfstream
Dam : Wybalena Lodge Schuska
CASTLEBAR STEALTH is another upcoming young sire. These two photos are of Stealth in paddock condition in January 2010. We only put a brush on him 5 minutes before these were taken.
His sire CASTLEBAR GULFSTREAM has completed 6 Open rides to date with ease. The last :
December 2009 - Upper Murray 120km FEI 2* - 4th Open.
He is a full brother to both CRYSTAL FLYER & KURRAJONG CONCORDE.
- CRYSTAL FLYER - winner of the 2000 Tom Quilty Gold Cup, the Australian FEI Championships - 2000, the QLD FEI Championships - 2002 + many more - she is still competing overseas.
- KURRAJONG CONCORDE - 2008 Tom Quilty - 6th MWT, 2009 Tom Quilty - 3rd MWT. She is the winner over many distances and is still campaigned by Castlebar.
STEALTH'S dam completed over 4,000km in endurance rides. She was the winner of many distances some with HWT riders. SCHUSKA also competed overseas.
- December 2005 - Young Riders 120km World Championships held in Bahrain - 11th.
- June 2006 - Monpazier 160km - 5th.
- August 2006 - 160km World Championships held in Aachen - 29th.
She was a very tough and competitive mare. This is her 1st foal
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HAPPY EASTER TO ALL OUR FRIENDS
from Meg, Chris, Cobar and all the staff at CASTLEBAR
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congratulations ! ! !
CASTLEBAR staff members Jess Bawden & Alam Dastani have announced their wedding plans.
Jess & Alam met at the Endurance World Championships in Malaysia 2008.
Alam was the Swedish Chef d' Equipe and Jess a groom for the Aussie team.
All CASTLEBAR wish them a happy and healthy future together.
Rumour has it that Alam believes in BIG families
(Posted 19/03/10)
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Some of the 2005 & 2006 home bred mares having a run around the paddock (Posted 17/03/10) |
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Our exciting new edition - in the sunshine!!
Just 3 weeks old and this bay colt by CASTLEBAR TEMPEST out of the 2008 Tom Quilty Gold Cup Winner - CHINA DOLL is simply outstanding
(Posted 11/03/10) |
aurevoir pierre
Thanks for you help over Summer.
Our best wishes for the 2010 French endurance season - kick butt!!
See you back in November
(Posted 03/03/10) |
welcome back to asher
After a great experience at Cedar Ridge and some time recovering from her shoulder injury,
Ash has decided to stay close to home in the Upper Murray
(Posted 03/03/10) |
Born this morning in the rain (22.02.2010) our latest edition out of Embryo Transfer.
A bay colt by CASTLEBAR TEMPEST out of the 2008 Tom Quilty Gold Cup Winner -
CHINA DOLL.
This is CHINA DOLL'S 3rd foal to date
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First trot with it's surrogate mother.
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CASTLEBAR CRACKLIN ROSIE foaled at midday today on Australia Day. A bay colt with very long strong legs by CHILLE. CHILLE is an unregistered Anglo stallion by CHIP CHASE SADAQA out of a Thoroughbred mare.
CHILLE recently competed in the Upper Murray FEI 1* in December 2009 and came 3rd OPEN. |
CASTLEBAR SHIRALEE foaled on the 28.12.2009 and had a stunning colt by ALOHA DELTA. SHIRALEE was a successful endurance mare placing in numerus rides in 1998-99. This is her 6th foal. |
ALOHA GOSSIP foaled on Christmas Day last year and had a colt by CASTLEBAR TEMPEST.
Her sire TALQUAH TALIK is the sire of a multitude of winning endurance horses with ATTITUDE. ALOHA GOSSIP herself was the 1999 FEI Endurance Ranked No 1 in the World Endurance Horse. She has 5 foals to date. |
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We had a fire two weeks ago during the Total Fire Ban with temperatures 40 degrees plus. This fire was 500 meters South of our boundary to The Glenn at Mt Alfred. With quick response from the neighbours and the local CFA they stopped it from almost reaching our boundary fence. The terrain was so steep that 2 helicopters, 3 bulldozers and 1 fixed wing airplane were used with assistance from the ground crew to get the fire under control. It took 4 days to black out the fire area with flare up's happening on a daily basis.
Horses closest to the fire were moved to the covered yards at The Glenn unharmed (Posted 22/01/2010)
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| Meg's first motorbike ride since the accident. Didn't just go for a little ride around the house yard, down the road and around the paddocks! |
Meg & Chris racing up the front road last night.
(Posted 03/01/10) |
Wishing all our friends a Merry Christmas and a
happy and prosperous New Year
from Meg & Chris and all the staff at CASTLEBAR.
In 2009 we have had accidents, drought, fires and now we're just waiting for the flood |
CASTLEBAR Foals for 2009 (we foal down roughly 30 mares).
2009 Hay season is well under way. 2,500 bales of pasture hay are in the shed already but as you can see a lot more to go along with another paddock to cut and bale. The girls are avoiding the hay truck like the plague! Little wonder it is over 30 deg C outside and no AC in the truck. The two guys carting the hay are 3rd year Vet students from Charles Sturt Uni at Wagga Wagga (Posted 14/12/09) |
Early last week our neighbours hay baler caught on fire which spread to the paddock. Luckily quick action brought it under control as it was only100 metres from CASTLEBAR'S property's western boundary. This may be the start of another bad fire season this Summer
(Posted 14/12/09) |
Meg is still at the Epworth Rehabilitation Hospital in Melbourne where they have attempted to improve her cooking skills amongst other things!!!
Cooking and singing were high on the to do list but however Meg was never much of a chef nor a singer, so she has gone into the work shop and is fine tuning her wood work skills.
In the past week Meg has also taken six huge steps by herself which is an amazing feat.
Meg can be contacted on her mobile phone +61 (0) 418 695 325 after 3:00 pm Aussie Time (EST) |
The photos where taken in the last week of November 2009
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CASTLEBAR ODYSSEY
(Posted Vonstar 30/11/09) |
This is CASTLEBAR ODYSSEY (AHSA pending), who I have just finished handling.
He is an intelligent colt who not only is stylish but also very correct. He is bred in the purple.
DOB : 18.12.2008
SIRE : CASTLEBAR TEMPEST
DAM : SHIRA'MAR OBSESSION
CB ODYSSEY'S is a half brother to CASTLEBAR SOBIA (ODESSA), who won Silver Medals at both the 160km FEI Open Endurance Championships in Assisi Italy, and the 120km FEI Young Riders World Endurance Championships in Babolna Hungary this year.
His sire CASTLEBAR TEMPEST is by Tom Quilty winner and sire of Tom Quilty winners
CHIP CHASE SADAQA out of LYNBROOK TAMSIN who is also the dam of CASTLEBAR TREATY - individual 4th at the Endurance World Championships 2002 |
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Shandelle did it again, she fell off in not so pretty a manner. The horse believed it was time to walk off and Shandelle was too slow getting on - an awkward situation ended up with Shandelle on the grass and the horse trotted off and waited to be caught.
It is a custom at Castlebar that if you hit the deck outside of the arena you use to owe a slab of beer but due to the risk of the girls nearly all riding heavyweight division it was decided that a chocolate cake and lollies be the deal.
Much appreciated Shandelle - tasted great!!
(Vonstar Posted 24/11/09)
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