River Range Calgary Sold

Congratulations to Kirra from Toowoomba on her purchase of River Range Calgary. Half brother to Rivers Anafantasia, by River Range Calcutta. Foaled December 2006

Fillies for 2007

We welcome our only 2 babies for 2007.

River Range Cattmandoo, chestnut filly, full sister to River Range Calcutta. This filly will be retained by the stud as a future brood mare but we do have her full sister, River Range Chicago, a 2 year old, for sale.

Pic at 4weeks old

Rivers Rosalina, bay filly by IHB Rio de Janero out of River Range Cattalina, a full sister to River Range Coppergate who is currently being competed by Bonnie Price at One Star Eventing. This filly is for sale

Pic at 1 week old

Property EI Resolved Status

River Range Stud has now been reassessed for it's Equine Influenza Status from "infected" to "resolved". This means that with permits we can now bring vaccinated or resolved mares to the stud and hopefully get our stallions to the vets for collection when needed.

All horses have come through the EI infection without any obvious side effects although we are working them again they are being taken very slowly to ensure we don't do any damage to lungs etc.

River Range is on the look out for a new potential stallion. We are looking for a stallion quality Hanoverian cross colt. If you have or know of any good stallion quality colts for sale please let us know.

EI arrives at River Range Stud

Well it obviously was our turn. On Sunday 14 October the first of our horses showed the signs of the Equine Influenza infection. Within 3-4 days it has spread to all the horses on the property.

As of Oct 31 the horses seem to be on the mend. Most symptoms have been relatively minor and all the horses have pulled through ok, including our pregnant mares the first of which is due to foal 21 November. The bonus from this is that all the new foals will now be born with an EI immunity.

Stallions available for breeding until end March 2008

With the current EI movement lockdown preventing mares from being able to visit the stud for breeding we will extend the availability of our stallions for service until end of March 2008. This will hopefully give plenty of opportunity for get mares in foal once the movement ban has been lifted in Queensland and NSW.

In the meantime we do still have a good supply of frozen semen for Northern Classic which can be transported at any time.

Congratulations to the Students of Linda Shore who placed so well at the 2007 Queensland and National Pony Club Championships held in Toowoomba during June/July 2007.

Including:

Courtney Hallinan and Nicole Clark who won gold for the dressage in the Queensland Pony Club Championships

Bonnie Price winning silver in the National Pony Club Horse Trials Junior section.

Courtney Hallinan wining gold in the Queensland Pony club Horse Trials division.

Nicole Clark placing 4th overall in the National Pony club dressage junior section.

And all Linda's other regular students who placed in their divisions many congratulations to you all on your fabulous results.

IHB Rio de Janero babies

We are very pleased to have our first Rio foal on the ground now. This foal is out of River Range Coralanne, a full sister to Qld Grand Prix horse, Liaison, ridden by Claire Wallace. Coralanne is by Northern Classic out of one of our original thoroughbred mares Rare Coral.

The foal is a beautiful bay filly, 'Rivers Rarity' (pic left), who is developing into quite the little powerhouse.

IHB Rio de Janero produced 4 foals for his first season, all are fillies, all are bay, and all have a white star on their face, and of course all are absolutely beautiful.

Northern Classic bred gelding wins Horse Magazine Dressage Leaderboard for 2006

River Range would like to congratulate "Hervey Bay" and his rider/owner Ruth Schneeberger on winning the 2006 Horse Magazine Dressage Leaderboard. They won it by a whopping 24 points. "Hervey Bay" is by Northern Classic out of a thoroughbred mare.

River Range Copenhagen

Sold to Japan in 2005, River Range Copenhagen has settled well into his new home. Recently being partnered with Australian rider, Kelly Layne, for a CDI event in Japan. Copenhagen and Kelly went on to win all of their Big Tour classes much to the delight to his rider and owners.

River Range Coppergate & Bonnie Price

Congratulations to Bonnie and Copper on their amazing results in their first 6 months of partnership. Bonnie and Copper have achieved the following awards in the last few months

PCAQ Showjumping Equitation Championships - Gold 13 - 26 age group
PCAQ Dressage Championships - Gold Preliminary 13 - 26 age group
PCAQ Combined Training Championships- Silver Preliminary 13 - 26 age group
PCAQ Eventing Championships - Gold Novice 13 - 26 age group

This combination also managed 3rd place in the Junior Preliminary of Warwick World Cup Eventing competition in May and have won several Central Queensland regional eventing, showjumping and dressage competitions this year already.

Bonnie is just 15 years old and River Range Coppergate is a 16.3hh gelding, 7 year old, by Northern Classic.

News update, Bonnie and Copper have been selected as part of the PCAQ team for ODE at NSW Pony Club Championships.

UPDATE - Bonnie and Copper do it again. Winning Junior Pre-Novice class at the recent Queensland Eventing Championships held at Kooralbyn in August 2006. Bonnie and Copper were the only ones in their class to finish on their dressage score.