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Horses still available please check my mare page...... This website is dedicated to my late husband, George, without whose love, patience & generosity my dreams would not have come true. (31.5.1930 - 5.2.2003).
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Santara Park is now situated 1/2 hr
north from the historic little township of Nanango in
S.E. Qld after moving from Northern Rivers NSW 4 yrs ago where my
husband & I had bred & shown Arabian horses since 1984 .
My earliest memories are of the gentle Clydesdale horses that I use to sit on for hours, content to chat to them & give them hugs, watching the dirt turning over while they ploughed the paddocks, as they travelled up & down on their long monotonous journey each day, rather than go & play with the other kids. |
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That came to an abrupt end when we moved
to the city & I was sent off to boarding school for the remainder of
my school years, & then married soon after. It would be many years
before I was able to fulfil my childhood dreams. When in 1980 I
re-married a wonderful kind man & mentioned to him that I had always
wanted to have horses, he simply replied, "well, lets go & get some
horses then".
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| We started with two Appaloosa's & living in a duplex on Gold Coast, we kept them on agistment nearby for a short time where I would go & ride them, before we looked around & found a lovely 5acre property nestled in the hills in the shadow of Mt Warning. |
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| In 1984 I
began to get very interested in Arabians, & we began doing stud crawls, by this
time I had Arabitis quite severely & our family of Arabians grew as we
began breeding & showing them having considerable success with one
particular mare SP Sarah.
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In 1994 I also purchased a many times
Supreme Champion Palouse mare, Oak Hill Storm Echo, who out of 37
Shows was awarded 39 firsts, 30 Champions, 5 Grand Champions, 3
Supreme Halter Exhibits of Show (one of these being over 8
other different Breed Champions) 6 Res. Ch, 6 second place & her
lowest ever placing, 2 thirds.
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In 1993 I was diagnosed with a chronic
illness for which there is no cure, so we slowly sold the Arabians I
loved so much, & I bought a few Miniatures, as I could not cope with
the idea of not having horses in my life again, & then of course,
could not resist breeding them. At least I didn't have to break in &
ride them all anymore, & there wasn't as much manure to pick up each
day (lol) so the workload was not so heavy. But I miss riding my
15.2hh Arabian stallion (Sakkara) more than words can say.
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My husband died from cancer 3 yrs ago,
leaving me as sole minder, but my health is declining now & sadly
I can no longer look after my horses properly & need to start
looking for new homes for them all & give them up once again. My
fervent prayer is that they will find kind & knowledgeable homes
where they are much loved.
I hope you enjoy cruising through my
website & looking at my horses, if you see one you're genuinely
interested in or have any other enquiries please email or phone
me.....cheers!
Please ring (07) 41 635028 or email me
at
santara91@hotmail.com |
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