Anything But Standard

23rd March 2010:

Tonto and Huey go to the Show!!! 

We are happy to say that both boys have attended their first show, and were very well behaved... For a young stallion, Tonto impressed us a great deal and has come a long long way from the skinny terrified mess we purchased over 12 months ago ...He led quietly for the most part, having a few "what on earth is that" moments, but was happy to trust our judgement and lead wherever we pointed him... We only walked his workout, but he was there for experience only .... We were very pleased with both boys, and they came home with two 1sts and two 3rds....

17th March 2010:

We're back on the air!!

The human side of ABS is now happil;y married, honeymooned, and unfortunately back to the reality of full-time work ... So to must all the ponies come back to work!! Updates on all of the available boys will be coming shortly, and please welcome Jimmy, the newest addition ... A Very nice bay stallion, with gorgeous looks and nature; looking forward to getting him started. 

8th Feb 2010:

The ponies are all home!! we spent the entire weekend shifting everyone, and picking up 2 new mares from 2 hours away .... Now all that's left to do is move the humans in the weekend coming .... The joys of moving...

For now, here's some piccies of one of the paddocks .... The front paddocks are pasture improved and green from the recent rains, all 7 dams are full, and life is pretty sweet for the ABS team!! We'll be working to improve the back paddocks soon, as well as section of some smaller paddocks, and put up some day yards ....

4th Feb 2010:

Exciting news indeed! We have exchanged contracts on our lovely new property, and settlement is towards mid-end Feb .....  The vendors have very kindly agreed to let us move the ABS monster herd in early, so that will start in the next week or so ....
Once settled, we have THREE bay geldings to pick up, and a bay stallion (an absolute doll mind you, still racing, won 65K) .... So that will take us to 5 in the Available Horses section!!!
Honestly, we may not have a lot of training progress this month, with the move and the fact that we fly overseas to get married at the END of Feb (we don't do anything by half measures round here!!), but we'll be back into full-swing by Mid-March....

Exciting times, but a VERY BUSY next few months for us!!

17th Jan 2010:

Well, with the withdrawal from the previous property we'd been looking at, we'd since been enjoying a stressful time looking for another suitable property. We are now extremely pleased to announce that we are under offer with another lovely property which will more than meet our needs, both horse and human .... The property has 140 acres fenced into 5 paddocks with 7 dams, and a very cute 3 bedroom home with a great outdoor BBQ area and fruit orchard! 

• The purchase of this property is exciting news for ABS, as it will allow us to reach out further to Standies in need of a life after racing!

Keep checking back for more news!