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About Our Riders
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Gabi & Emma Hollows
Harriet
Hooke
Talbot Family
Keeley Walker Johnson
Nell
Evans
Will Evans
Melissa Melton
Ellie Nichols
Carlie
Lind Maddy
Hodgetts Janet Timmis
Lil Mills
Jared Ashbrooke
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on the following Pupils
Leanne Button Ben Maytom Jodi Maytom
Brook Higgins Ingrid (Bugsie) Darlington Sarah McMillan Jane Greentree
Nikki Melross Shilo Harvey Maeve Lawson Olivia Salt Kath Jones
Daniel Robb Dana Anderson Georgia Coffey Alexia Coffey
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The Hollows' Breezy
Street won second in Led ANSA Mare at Sydney Royal 2011.
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Gabi & Emma
Hollows
are enjoying their time at the shows with their chestnut
Thoroughbred mare, Breezy Street, by Dolphin Street, from
What a Twister (paddock name Lul) who is the
dam of successful racehorse, Don't Tell Pat.
They are also watching their foal from Lul who is in training
with Pam Webber at Warwick Farm.
What a Shifter (better known
as Zing) is by our successful thoroughbred stallion,
Shifting, who is now deceased. Shifting had a very successful
career as a racehorse winning 7 races and as a showhorse winning Champion TB & ANSA Stallions
at Sydney Royal and Supreme at Brisbane Royal.
At Nowra on 7th July 2011, Zing
came from the back of the pack, 8 wide on the turn to win by one &
half lengths - what an effort!
Marena
Starflower, one of the last mares by
Sun Puff (imp) is in foal to one of our new
stallions, Kolbeach Royal Print. Gabi & Emma are looking
forward to spring and their new foal.
At Left - Emma holding Breezy Street and
At Right - Zing winning at Nowra 2011.
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Left - L-R - Emma, Gabi, Keeley Walker Johnson & Lindy Walker - Four
generations of Maureen's pupils.
Centre - Emma on Flec at her first Three-Day School with Maureen.
Right - Emma with her Stockhorse mare, Sonny, with Maureen.. |
Gabi Hollows with Zing at his first race day.
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Harriet on Idol at Canberra Royal 2011
Idol -
Supreme Led of Show
Frenchs Forrest 2008
Harriet with Nell Evans
Harriet riding
Idol NSW HOY 2009
Picture by courtesy of Alicia Birch
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Harriet Hooke - The Hooke family has a very good show at Canberra
Royal 2011 with their two horses, Idol and Sandown
Musical Note, who are half sisters, winning a total of 12
ribbons. Musical Note won Best Novice Galloway,
Champion Led Galloway Mare, Novice and Open Galloway Hack and
more...
Harriet joined our team in April 2007. After a short
time Sandown Matinee Idol was purchased for Harriet to
continue her riding career. As Harriet lives in Canberra and boards at Frensham School at Mittagong, regular riding is not an option for
her. As Harriet wished to continue her riding , her parents,
Mitch and Sarah, decided to ask us to assist with professional
schooling and showing when Harriet was unavailable to ride.
Delayed by EI,
Idol's first outing with us was Sydney Royal 2008. As true
Champions do, she took it in her stride, placing in several her
classes as a four year old. Since then Harriet and Idol have
gone from strength to strength. Winning at top level as well
as at Agricultural Shows.
2009
- At Shows during '09 season Harriet and Idol won over 30
firsts and 17 Championships.
NSW HC HOY -
Top 10 Galloway of the Year (placed 3rd over all)
NSW Riding Pony
Show - Champion Ridden Show Pony, Champion Double Registered
Pony, Champion Rider 12-15 yrs.
Canberra Royal
- Champion Led ASP Exhibit, Reserve Champion Ridden ASP, 2nd Child's
Galloway, 1st Local Galloway.
Pacific Coast
- Top 10 Galloway,
NSW HC HOY - 1st Led Galloway mare.
Sydney Royal
- 2nd Arabian Derivative Mare, 3rd ASP Mare.
2008 -In the spring Sandown
Matinee Idol won 20 Champions from September to mid November.
Latest News: Sarah Hooke has bought a new TB mare
"Majestic" who is in training with us and will commence showing this
spring.
Majestic ridden by Lindy Walker at her first show,
won first in Novice Hack at Penrith August 2011. |
Sandown Musical Note
Best Novice Galloway Hack at Canberra 2011
Ridden by Lindy Walker
Sandown Matinee Idol - what a lovely head
Idol
at Morisset 2009
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Talbot Family
- Karren , Jay and their two girls, Bronte
(Left) and Alexa (Below right) moved to Wyong
Creek two years ago. They have been having lessons with us on
our horses since then and started to show in 2010 on our horses.
They have since bought horses to fill the new stable they built on their property - Galloway, Stillbrook Dashing
and a pony, Blandford Midnight Edition (Mr Darcy).
 At Canberra Royal 2011 they had their first Royal Show experience. Karren rode Marena Outback and Bronte
rode Marena Trade Winds. Together they they were placed 5th in the Parent & Child Pairs.
Bronte paired with Ellie Nichols for a 3rd in
the Pair of Riders. |
Karren with her beloved Marena Goldleaf |
Bronte Talbot riding Alexa's pony Mr Darcy
Morisset Show 2011 |
Bronte on Stillbrook Dashing practising for her first Dressage Test,
which she won in August '11.
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Karren & Bronte Talbot in the Pairs event
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Keeley joined the older riders in the Two-day
Clinic with Alan Wallen in Jan '11.
Keeley during her first first Riding Class win
Gosford Ag. Show 2009.
Keeley at 3 years, riding Marena Goldmark
at our Marena Show -
2008.
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 Keeley
Walker Johnson
Keeley is following in the tradition of her grandmother, Maureen
Walker, and mother, Lindy Walker. All three began riding at
three years. Lindy & Maureen won their first Riding ribbon at
Wyong Agricultural show, aged four years, whilst Keeley won her
first riding ribbon at the same age at Gosford Show.
Now Keeley has gone one better - winning her
first blue ribbon at a Royal Show aged only five years - At Canberra
Royal 2011 she won Rider under 7 years to be Led.
A new generation of Show Riders
Keeley Walker Johnson at the head of the line-up in her Riding
Class, Canberra Royal 2011.
2nd was Oscar Hallis with mother, Sally (nee McFadgen),
3rd to Coco Gunther, mother Tony (nee Crompton),
and 4th was Dale Plum's daughter, Poppi.
Keeley, who is now 6 years has ridden 9 different horses since
she first began to ride starting with Goldmark, then Gold Dust,
Victoria, Sun Star, Bindi, Merlin, Outback, Trade Winds, Twilights
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At Canberra Royal '11, in her Riding Class.
At Canberra Royal 2011, won her Riding
Class.
At Canberra Royal '11, on one of our new
Stallions Kolbeach Royal Print |
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Winner of ASH Junior Judging Competition
at Canberra 2009 & 2010.
Nell on her new hack,
Marena Macquarie at NSW Hack Council HOY 2008 where she won Rider of
the Year 17-21 years.
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 Nell
Evans - of Robertson, NSW
continues her love of showing horses with
her Thoroughbred
gelding, Marena Macquarie. Her two mares, Marena Memories and
Thompsons Destiny have been retired to stud.
Memories
produced a stunning brown filly by our Thoroughbred
stallion, Shifting.
Nell did her
Higher School Certificate in 2008 and was able to continue showing
throughout that year.
A gap-year in
2009 gave her time to indulge her love of horses and garden design
and do a run of the
Western NSW shows. Nell and her horses won several first
places and Champions during this run.
2010 - Nell started at University of Canberra to study a
double degree of Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture and
Bachelor of Environmental Science. Nell has a promising future
in this field as she was awarded the University of New South
Wales Faculty of the Built Environment Young Designers Award for her
HSC Major Project. Nell was also 2nd in the State of her
Design and Technology for exam placing and her award winning
project.
2010
- Morisset - Marena Macquarie
- 1st Open Hack and
Champion Hack & 1st Led ANSA.
2009 - Newcastle
- 1st and Res. Champion Lady Rider at one of her first outings as a Lady
Rider.
Canberra Royal - Won ASH Junior Judging
competition and so qualified for the National Final at Sydney Royal
2010.
Sydney
Royal - Macquarie won 2nd Led Thoroughbred Gelding
Macquarie won Champion Hack at St Ives
and Moss Vale.
Nell made Top 10 Rider at both Pacific
Coast and EFA HOY and also won many Firsts and Champions at Ag.
Shows.
2008 -
NSW HOY - Rider of the Year
17-21 yrs on Marena Macquarie.
Macquarie won seven firsts and five
Reserve Champion in his first year out.
2007 - Was Marena
Memories' last year of showing - she won 10 Championships, two 2nds
at Sydney Royal and two Champions and a Reserve at the ASH
National Championships at Camden.
Sydney Royal - Nell won 1st in
Mount, Rider & Equipment and 3rd in her Riding class 15 & U17.
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for more details and some history of Nell and her horses
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Marena Macquarie - Second in Led Thoroughbred
Gelding Sydney 2009 - Led by Lindy Walker.
Nell giving a cuddle to her Champion
Show Hunter, Thompson's Destiny
at Sydney Royal 2005
Photo by Sydney Morning Herald
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First in Gents Turnout - Sydney 2009
Will on Marena Heritage - NSW HOY 2008
Will on Heritage, 3rd
at Canberra 2009
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of Will and his horses
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 Will Evans - is a very unusual young man who likes the tough
sports of Water Skiing, Wakeboarding and Barefoot along with many
other interests including motorbike riding in Endurance Trials in
the Snowy Mountains.
Will is equally at home on his Australian
Stock Horse, Marena Heritage in working classes or dressed up in the
Gentleman Rider.
Will works in cabinet-making. He
enjoys making fine furniture and boutique water skis in his spare
time and was recently featured in the Highland Magazine (Dec-Jan).
2010 started off in fine style for Will at Morisset
Show with four places in Rider, ASH led & ridden and Show Hunter
classes.
2009 - Canberra
Royal - Won Pair of Riders with sister Nell and 4th in his Riding class.
Heritage
won 2nd Open Show Hunter
Sydney Royal
- First in Mount, Rider & Equipment and 3rd in Riding class.
Pacific Coast
- In Top 10 Riders. Heritage was in Top 10 Show Hunters.
Will won several
of his Riding classes at '09 Agricultural Shows whilst Heritage had
many wins in ASH & ANSA classes.
On the Western run of shows in September '09
he won many Champions with Marena Heritage in Gent Rider, Ridden Open Hacks,
Show Hunter and Stockhorse classes.
2008 - Top 10 EFA Rider of the Year.
Sydney Royal - 3rd in Mount, Rider &
Equipment and 5th in Gent Rider.
Betty Tupper - Heritage won First and
Champion Led ASH Gelding.
At Agricultural Shows during '08, Heritage won
several Firsts and many Seconds in Open Hack and Show Hunter classes.
2007 -
Canberra Royal - Won ASH Junior Judging competition and also 2nd
in ASH Associate Judging at ASH National Championships at Camden.
Will & Nell - Canberra 2009 - First Pair of
Riders |
Will working Marena Heritage in
Ridden ASH -
Canberra 2009
Will on Marena Heritage -
Champion Show Hunter
- Newcastle 2009
Working Marena Heritage at EFA HOY 2008
Photo by Lorelle Mercer
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Mel riding Marena Flare
at her first show in the Hack ring
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Melissa Melton
- Joined our team in July 2009 after replying to an Ad in the Local
Newspaper. Though not an experienced Show rider Melissa has
had a load of life's learning with horses and is very willing
to take on board as much as she can.
Melissa attended Tocal Agricultural Collage completing the course. Since July Melissa has ridden lots of
different horses and ponies here at Marena from the Breaker to the
well educated Show Horse.
In January this year Mel rode at
her first Show ever and won several firsts, then the following
weekend won her Novice Adult rider on Marena Goldleaf.
We are all very excited to
have Mel with us and think that she can make a name for herself in
the showing world.
Photos at Bottom:
- Right - Melissa Barrel Racing on Silver.
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Left -
Mel has an empathy with all horses
that she has contact with, as
shown here with her horse, Silver.
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read Melissa's story in our News
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Mel and
Sky filly both at their first catching
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She
commenced in the leading rein classes at Gosford Show 2002 and won
her first ribbon on Marena Windflower (pictured
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REACH FOR THE STARS, ELLIE
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Canberra Royal
2006
Ellie rode at her
first Royal Show in Canberra 2006.
The pocket rocket rode in the 7 & under 9
years Girls Riding class of 43 riders and she ended up in the final
ten. Well done Ellie!
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Ellie Nicholls
- Ellie's family had moved away and in 2010 returned to the
district to live. Ellie quickly returned to Marena Stud and
commenced show riding again. She accompanied us to Canberra
Royal in 2011 and won two fifth ribbons - one with Bronte Talbot in
Pair of Riders and one in the Pony Hack Class on Marena Trade Winds.
We call her the "Pocket Rocket" because she is so small and always
wants to go further, i.e. "Reach for the Stars".
Ellie started ridding
with us in 2001.
By 2005 she had
progressed to riding Marena Sweet Kiss and won Champion Beginner
Rider at her first outing as a sole rider. She is pictured at
centre right when she won Champion Ridden Australian Stud Pony on
Marena Sweet Kiss at Frenchs Forrest in October 2005.
2011 - Ellie Nicholls on Marena Trade Wind during a
recent School waiting her turn to jump cross country. Trade was Champion Ridden Show Hunter NSW RP
Show 2010. |
Ellie on Marena Trade Winds at the Alan Wallen
Clinic - Jan '11
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Ellie is riding Marena Moondust at Morisset Show 2005. |
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Carlie on Marena Sweet Kiss - 2006
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Carlie
Lind -
Carlie first came to us on one of our Sport and Rec. Days several
years ago. She is a devoted member of our team and can be depended
upon always to be there to help.
Carlie continues to show with us and is a great help on the Stud
during the School Holidays.
Carlie used to ride the faithful Marena Sweet
Kiss who has started so many children off in their show
careers.
Carlie has now graduated to riding our galloway,
Marena Outback.
Carlie
is pictured at left winning her Novice Girl Rider on Marena Sweet Kiss.
She went to Canberra Royal 2010 with us but was unable to go the
2011 event because of lack of stabling for her horse.
Carlie & Lindy at Singleton Show 2010,
Reserve and Champion Galloway Hack respectively |
Riding Marena Outback - Sept 2009
Carlie riding her new horse Glencoe Double Take
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Maddy Hodgetts -
Maddy's parents, John and Sharon, purchased Tocal Agile for
her in December 2009. Agile being a Stock horse also gives Maddy
the opportunity to not only compete in the Hacking but ASH
classes as well.
Maddy on Champion, Marena Outback at Gosford Show 2009 |
Maddy and her Mum, Sharon,
at Gosford 2009 |
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Maddy loves her new horse,
Tocal Agile |
Maddy riding Agile during our Allan Wallen
Clinic in April 2011
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Maddy on Agile at Singleton Show 2010 |
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Janet and Allengreen Delight
Marena Valour at Sydney Royal 2009
Photo by Lorelle Mercer |
Janet Timmis -
Janet first brought her son Chris and then her daughter Brooke for
Riding lessons. They are both grown up now and have successful
careers in the Racing industry - Chris a trainer and Brooke a lady
jockey.
It was then time for
Janet to commence her lessons. With increased interest she started
Ariel Stud and purchased a Cedar Lodge Konrad colt, Marena Valour,
and filly, Marena Karella at our "End of an Era Sale" in
2006. Lindy
trained and showed Marena Valour with success at Ag Shows including
placings at Sydney Royal in 2009.
Since then Janet has started her own show career riding her APSB
pony, Allengreen Delight. Winning and placing at several big
Ag Shows towards the end of last year. Janet has had a good
start to 2010, winning the Intermediate Show Hunter Pony and 2nd in
the Open at Morisset Ag. Well done Janet, that just proves you
are never to old to learn something new.
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Allengreen Delight
Marena Valour as a 2yo colt - mid winter |
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Lil at Canberra 2011, riding
Royal Appointment of Beckworth |
Lil
Mills
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At Canberra Royal 2011
Lil riding Marena Amber
Wish in her Pony Hack class at Canberra Royal 2001.
They were awarded second in the Open Pony Hack ne. 11.2hh
Canberra 2011 photos by
Julie Wilson |
Lil's mother, Catherine, on her palomino
Galloway Westlake Peter Pan,
again at Canberra 2011 |
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First in her Riding class - Canberra Royal
2009
Champion Junior Handler
All Welsh Show '09 |
Lil Mills has been riding since she was young and has had
lots of fun at Pony Club but then became ambitious to try the
Show world. We
expect big things from Lil in the future - Lil was Champion Girl Rider at
Gosford in 2008.
Her Dad, Garry Mills is a keen Show and Campdraft
rider from the Hunter Valley.
Gary worked for us years ago and her mother Catherine was taught
by us at Tall Timbers Pony Club. They live at Jerry's
Plains and bring Lil down here for lessons, which means they
are making a big effort on Lil’s part.
The
Mills bought Lil's new horse, Beckworth Royal Appointment June 2009
and with him she has continued her success .
Lil
has had a great year in 2009:-
Reserve
Champion Jnr Rider Morisset Show
Champion Jnr Rider Maitland Show
Canberra Royal - 1st girl rider 7 to 9 yrs
- 1st pony club
rider 7 to 9 yrs
- Ring Masters award
Sydney Royal - 2nd Girl Rider 7 to 9yrs
- 3rd Open
Pony n/e 11.2hh
Amongst Lil's other achievements:
Top Ten Rider Hack Council HOY 2008 & 09
NSW All Welsh Show 2008 - Champion Open Pony n/e 12.2hh
NSW All Welsh Show Champion - First Ridden Leading Rein 2008 & 09
NSW Riding Pony Show 2009- Champion rider & Champion Jnr Handler
Singleton Show 2009 - Reserve Champion Jnr. Rider
Dungog Show 2009 - Champion Pony Hack
Lil
rode Marena Amber Wish at Canberra '11 and was placed 2nd in the
Open Pony Hack not ex. 11.2hh.
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Champion Junior Handler & Champion Rider under 12
NSW Riding
Pony Show 2009 |
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Sydney Royal 2011
Jared Ashbrooke 3rd prize winner in
the Show Horse Junior Judging competition on
Marena
Outback
Jared's horse, Marena
Outback,
at his first show, Morisset 2005.
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Jared Ashbrooke - Sydney Royal 2006 - 1st in Riding Class and Reserve
Champion Boy Rider. Canberra Royal 2006 - Jared rode Marena Fanfare
(pictured right) and was placed second in his Boy Rider 15 &
under 17 years. A very keen rider and diligent worker, Jared
will accompany our team to Sydney Royal 2006.
2005 -
Jared won several Champion and Reserve Champion Boy riders during
the year.
Jared
commenced competing at shows with us and rode at Sydney Royal 2004
for the first time. He has a new horse Marena Outback,
that he will be competing on in the Spring (pictured). Jared
is very dedicated and should have a good career in the show
ring. So far he has won Champion Boy Rider at Frenchs Forrest
& Castle Hill and Reserve Champ. at Singleton
2004.
Jared
won his Rider class at Bathurst Royal in 2011.
 Bathurst
Royal 2011
The Ashbrooke Family's Royal was successful.
Jared won his rider class at
Bathurst Royal 2011 and Tailah pictured left won
Champion Small pony on her new pony Quail. This was very
exciting as this was her first show.
Tailah
won her rider class as well.
Their sister Tamikah and and her horse Harry are also showing
successfully
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Jared riding Marena Fanfare
at Canberra Royal
2006
Jared 3rd in his Ridding Class
at
Sydney Royal
2007 |
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