Garonne Park endurance arabians

05/10/2026

What a great weekend at Matar Bullio Cup.
Congratulations to all winners esp Tracey and Jaz on winning the cup.
It was a great presentation ,well done Bullio team and wonderfull to see so many riders achieving their first 160 km completion!
We have seen Chris ,Cath ,Andrew and Annette repeatedly produce a high quality event. Their extended families ,friends and volunteers who included Kim, Chris and Tom ensuring everything ran smooth in office and timing.You are very appreciated by us riders.
I love it when the last leg is the highlight of the ride for being so enjoyable. Both horses and riders were uplifted by that 5th leg , great memory cantering across those lush pastures.
GP Elmo and Anne were 2nd mwt & BC in 100km. Stu rode GP Silhouette 3rd hwt in 80km and her 3rd novice ride. He rode with Les Robinson in 80km who was 2nd MW, they had a great ride.
Big congrats to Rob Catlin on GP Eureka in 100km 1st HWT and BC.
Thanks so much to Di and Mick strapping for us!

11/09/2026

Good luck to everyone attending Woodstock ride. Stu and GP Silhouette will be competing in the 80km.
I am staying home babysitting our beautifull Tasmanian Smithfield puppies , 7 weeks old and ready to find their new homes. Both parents work cattle and sheep and they do love being companions , coming to endurance rides to socialise and have mega amount of pats. Spike had such a good time at Shahzada !
So a few puppy photos and beautiful riverina spring photos

28/08/2026

Shahzada mini was great fun as always. The committee and volunteers are outstanding the standard they set is an example for all ROCs to aspire to, thankyou.
4 Garonne Park horses were at Shahzada GP Zeeba and Fiona Meller GP Elmo and Anne and GP Silhouette and Stu all in the mini.
G P Eureka and Rob Caitlin are in the 400km about to do last leg as i write this wishing them all the best what a lovely combination they are !

30/07/2026

Wahgunyah Corowa ride was last weekend and what a fabulous job Jenny Berg and her committee did.We had water every 5km plus ground water from recent rains. Excellent marking and lovely flat vetting area. A special thanks to Jenny for meeting me on course to fix my loose shoe .
I rode GP Elmo who thoroughly enjoyed all the green grass that lined the country roads we rode along.Stu rode GP Silhouette , she is a standardbred arab her grandsire was the american standardbred Jet Lag and her sire was our original stallion Myrimbah Kahlil. We originally bred her as a shahzada horse .Hopefully she will do the mini this year.

16/06/2026

Thankyou Scenic city for a great ride .
It is definitely different for us riding on the edge of our capital city. Such a great exposure for our country horses.
Thankyou so much to all the volunteers working with Fia and Ian for helping this ride run.
Thanks Jo Arblaster for the lovely photos

02/06/2026

Chiltern Endurance Ride is a new Victorian and SMZ ride. It is a fabulous venue and the course rode great. Anne rode Elmo in 100km and Stu rode Aloha Jirigi in the 45 km .
Our first ride for this year and it was very enjoyable Thanks Di for the fun company and help.
Thankyou to Naomi McGaffin Brown and committee and congratulaions on also winning first Snowy Mountains Zone rider. Top effort riding and organising!

17/05/2026

Congratulations to everyone who completed the NSW State Champs esp Rowena and Irene we were trying to follow online and thrilled for you.
Kilkaven WOW NSW riders and horses were amazing . Congratulations what fabulous results.
Stu and i went bush before KNP closes for winter and had fabulous riding conditions

14/05/2026

14/04/2026

Apricity means the feeling of the warmth of the sun on a cold day.
Watching brumbies enjoying that feeling on a frosty morning in the mountains is a beautifull visual memory of ours.
This lovely word was suggested as a name for our 3 yr old Brumby stallion thankyou Lisa thats now his name.
Stu has been starting him under saddle nice and steady respecting the massive changes for a wild brumby stallion. The yearling c**t his nick name is Eeyore and they run together and are great laid back characters.

16/03/2026

We had a great oppotunity to join the family reunion group again and ride the iconic Harringtons track. Thankyou Charlie for organising our base on Bunroy station. The cooks excelled again such a luxury to be so well looked after and surrounded by friendly likeminded people.
I run out of adjectives to describe the beautifull scenery we rode through.
Sarah rode GP Serenity ,Anne rode GP Elmo and Stu rode GP Rani think they enjoyed the riding country too esp the green grass up there.