Grassbrook Walers

HI All-

If you go to our Links page (drop down under the Blog page) you can find all the relevant links for the info and news about the Waler Legacy Project, Waler horses, studs, reputable trainers etc.. :-)

Or follow this link!!

http://www.grassbrookequine.com/apps/links/

Well!!  What a year!  With four gorgeous filly foals on the gro...

I have had quite a few enquiries about accomodation in Manilla, for the coming weekend, so I have some detail following:

Ambleside B&B -  0267851517,

 Manilla Motel -  0267851306. 

There are also pubs who have accomodation and rooms available in the main st...

Some of you may already know, but it is Beersheba Day today : in memory of the charge of the Australian Lighthorse into occupied Beersheba, Beersheba Day commemorates that Charge at Beersheba, on Oct 31st, 1917, for  the gaining of the wells for the allied forces was a pivotal point of WW1;  the subsequent end to Turkish occupation of Israel, and the surrounding areas, named Palestine, by the British.   

Next month, on the 11/11/2011, is Remembrance Da...

It's Pony Camp time again, and at the risk of being a killjoy for all the older kids, I am a bit glad at the drenching we copped through the night and so far this morning..Pony Camp with Willa is going well, with her 4th birthday shared by lots of kids yesterday. I'm so glad the littlies only have the morning of classes and sessions; she is so exhausted through the afternoons, that she conks out on the lounge and sleeps for hours.  Since today is thoroughly wet, and there looks to be no ...

Well, it is steaming on into October- Pony Camp starts on Sunday afternoon, and I'm slowly getting more organised. Gear to check, bags to pack and all that!.. In the meantime, generally working hard towards the Open Day we have planned for the 5th of November.  I'm really looking forward to school holidays again, Camp with take up a lot of the first week, but the second week I'll be working on Walkabout a bit, and with Pia, as she will be for sale soon. We'll bring the both of them in an...

For those of you who don't know, Bruce and I are currently in Israel, on a business trip relating to the broiler farm we operate.

We are lucky enought to have some wonderfully hospitable hosts, and have been sightseeing in between the presentations, meetings and excursions.  One excursion took us to a Kibbutz, and since the host knew we were interested in ANZAC related things as well, took us nearby on a sightseeing expedition to the ANZAC memorial on the Israel-Gaza border, t...

Well, they tell me it was a great success and everyone had fun! 

The kids and I enjoyed watching the horses come all the way around the road, and then head up through the paddock out onto the back road as they filled their circuit throught the farm. The kids spent all their time hanging off the front fence and yelling "HELLLOOOO" to the riders (who I doubt would have heard the kids, being a bit too far...

Well, it all seems to be going quite well at the moment ~ 4 out of the 5 of last years bucket fed foals have gone off to new homes- the one left, being Pia, whom we are keeping as Josh likes to handle her- and she loves Josh.  The Walers are all fat and happy, and both Traveller and Midnight will be coming back in for some handling soon. At the moment I'm working on Katies' big foal, Stormy.  He looks big in the paddock...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skq5y0ebnac&feature=email

 Watch this- it is well worth watching and beautifully portrays  the reality that we do not see...

I LOVE it......I have watched this 3 times, and every time, it makes me cry; I know...