The Redheart Stallions Receive Appaloosa Horse Club UK (ApHC UK) Accomplishments

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Our boys…

We have always believed in proving our stallions in hand and under saddle, this gives a great insight of what the professionals believe and having well-handled and well-mannered stallions make breeding so much easier for us.

This year they all received certificates from the Appaloosa Horse Club UK, acknowledge their accomplishments in 2021, thank you ApHC UK.

2023, DFR Patahas Redheart (Blu) will start his show jumping campaign.

DFR PATAHAS REDHEART

PAULA COOPER & DFR PATAHAS REDHEART

 

Hevans EV Catorrius (Reus) will continue the Western way!

PAULA COOPER & HEVANS EV CATORRIUS

HEVANS EV CATORRIUS

PAULA COOPER & HEVANS EV CATORRIUS

 

Eagles Fire Illusion (Fire) will finish his 3rd year showing in hand and hopefully pass his vetting to become a licensed stallion.

EAGLES FIRE ILLUSION

PAULA COOPER & EAGLES FIRE ILLUSION

 

The future is exciting with our next 10 year Breeding plan in place, we shall not take anything for granted but having a plan gives us something to aim for.

Having a plan in place helps us focus on the future and not get wrapped up in the sole destroying winter months!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Redheart Mares are carrying the 2023 Redheart Foals.

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Our four broodmares are in for the winter…

Talisman’s Redheart (Ghost) is confirmed in foal to Hevan’s EV Catorrius (Reus).

We store our stallion’s semen mainly as a backup, we are very realistic knowing anything can happen to horses within a blink of an eye.

It is an expensive way to breed and not always successful but using Hevans EV Catorrius frozen semen with Ghost will hopefully give us our Reus filly, one day!

Admitted to Three Counties Equine Hospital this year with her 2022 foal at foot she was as inseminated under the expert eye of Vicky Savage – BVSc MSc CertAVP DipECEIM MRCVS European Specialist in Equine Internal Medicine.

Ghosts first pregnancy scan was positive but showed a double ovulation had occurred, meaning she had twins, one embryo at 16mm and the other at 19mm. It’s not rare for a mare to double ovulated (we wouldn’t intentionally risk any mare to carry twins) but what is rare is she caught again 3 days after insemination. Frozen semen usually will only remain viable inside the mare for 6-12 (or perhaps even 18) hours.

 

Vicky “pinched” the smaller embryo and Ghost was re-scanned to ensure the embryo was still there, implanted into the uterus and developing, at 34 days another scan ensured a heartbeat was seen.

 

We are delighted Ghost has been confirmed with a healthy single pregnancy and carries the full sibling to Really.

 

We REALLY can’t wait to meet this foal!

 

 

 

 

 

Redheart Pascallius (Evee) crossed with DFR Patahas Redheart (Blu) can only produce black or smoky black foals, she is confirmed in foal for 2023.

We are very much looking forward to meeting the UK’s next GAP 6 foal.

Redheart Revelation 

Redheart Ricochet

Redheart Remembrance

Evee x Blu 2023 (Heartbeat Scan)

 

Peyres Catori Cat (Catori) is confirmed in foal to DFR Patahas Redheart for 2023.

 

Breeding Appaloosa’s is like choose a Random Revel, you just don’t know what you are going to get (although I can confidently say I can pick out the  chocolate buttons and Malteser’s but struggle with the orange cream, coffee cream, caramel and chocolate raisins).

This mare exceeds our expectations every delivery by what she produces, she is our least Foundation mare but her “get” will produce Foundation Appaloosa’s registered with FAHR if crossed to the right FAHR mare/stallion.

One of the most charismatic equines I have ever had the pleasure of owning.

 

Hevans EV Catorrius

Redheart Cateaster

Redheart Regal

Redheart Regent

Redheart Relentless

Redheart Raven

Redheart Raphiele

Catori x Blu 2023

 

Caricks Redheart (Myka) is confirmed in foal to DRF Patahas Redheart (Blu) for 2023.

The Appaloosa is a Breed not a colour and the non-Characteristic (lp/lp) horses like our Caricks Redheart is an absolute blessing for producing 100% characteristic Appaloosa foals (LP/lp) when mated with our homozygous (LP/LP) stallion Blu.

Here is Myka with her three foals by Blu, she can only produce spotted bay or buckskin foals.

We look forward to the safe arrival of her fourth full sibling in 2023.

 

 

Redheart Reflection 

Redheart River Run

Redheart Romance

2023 Myka x Blu

Everything crossed for the foal’s safe arrival – The Class of 2023.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redheart Reality – Debut Dressage

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Redheart Reality (aka Tally) is out of our very precious mare Princesse Pascale (aka PP), he is by our first homebred horse Hevans EV Cataorrius (aka Reus) who has just exceeded all our expectations in every way. We have only used this mating once because Reus is related to our other mares and you can’t cross two non-characteristic Appaloosas so that’s Myka out of the picture. but moving forwards, we now have more options due to our breeding plan.

We were hoping for  Tally to be a filly to retain, to enable us to carry forward the blood line but as Tally was a colt it was his destiny to be sold and it wasn’t long before Jenna found him or he found Jenna?

Jenna unfortunately had an accident (a very nasty break to the leg) which prevented her from continuing Tally’s education but the positive outcome was Tally was turned away after being broken in,  this is by far the best situation for any young horse, enabling them switch off mentally.

Jenna has worked extremely hard to get back into the swing of things (I for one totally understand the fear of riding after breaking your leg, learning to walk again is an achievement in it’s self never mind riding a horse), but she has DONE IT!

Today, we went to support Jenna & Tally in their first debut out competing at Glebe Farm Equestrian Centre competing in the G.F.E.C Dressage & Trailblazers 1st Round.
We have regular contact with Jenna via social media but to see them both in the flesh today was very emotional, Tally looks fabulous and their relationship is strong, we are so very proud of them both, they will and can only continue to go from strength to strength.

 

We are expecting a full sibling soon, we pray everything goes to plan as a REPLICATION of Tally would just be divine…

 

 

Remy & Really Restrained via DuraCorral

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When mares give birth, their natural instinct is to protect their foals, we would never turn a mare and foal out within a herd from day one and what makes our situation worse in March 2022 is the wet weather and muddy ground. We dare not risk any infection via an umbilical chord with the mud, therefore we have decided to invest in yet more DuraCorral panels to split the ménage into two…

This means not only does our ménage serve as a riding arena (when the daylight hours permit after normal human working hours) and it also refrains our horses eating/chewing the wooden rails but the best benefit at the present time during this awful weather is, it has allowed us to turn the two mares and foals out each evening, whilst we clear out their stables.

We are so close to that extra hour of daylight and irrespective of daylight the mares and foals are turned out daily , providing their bodies and minds with what we consider only of a positive nature.

Here are some images when Remy met Really, well to be honest the mares didn’t allow them to meet but nearly…

Redheart Mares – Counting down the foaling days 2022

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The 5 Redheart broodmares are looking great, feeling fine and totally relaxed in their routine as we start to count down the days to foaling and pray for the safe arrival of our 2022 foals.

We are expecting two foals from Reus and three foals from Blu, all have full siblings except Reus x Ghost, this will be our first ever Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry (FAHR) foal from our Catori line. It goes without saying, all we want is a healthy new-born but we would be blessed to see a filly delivered. A filly would be retained for our future breeding plan with Fire or Blu, continuing our path of the UK’s Foundation Appaloosa Stud.

Counting down the foaling days 2022 

 

 

Pure Appaloosa Breeding – Future Bloodlines

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Our Stallion – DFR Patahas Redheart certainly is a huge asset to our breeding plan.
Disregard the performance record, ignore the genetics reports, forget about conformation, and overlook the temperament and you are left with The Pedigree…

These horses in Blu’s pedigree are listed on The Appaloosa Horse Club Hall of Fame (established in 1986 to recognize the unique contributions and positive impact individual horses have made on the ApHC).

Thank you to Talisman Horses for this document – Ancestors

APACHE 1942 – ApHC Hall of Fame 1986 – Apache was known as “Performance Star Extraordinaire,” and his blood runs deep in some of today’s champions. 7 X Nat. Champ. named by The Horse Digest as 1 of the top 100 racehorses of all time, in any breed. Won either a Ch. or Res. Ch. Performance Horse title in each of the five National Shows he competed in. Won 16 of 19 race starts. 1948, 1949, & 1950 National Ch.
PRINCE PLAUDIT 1963 – ApHC Hall of Fame 1988 – Top sire with get winning in both halter and performance events. A two-time national Get-of-Sire Champion. Sired winners of one gold, three silver, and 19 bronze medallions. He sired 637 registered foals and 45 of his get also produced medallion winners. He won a bronze production plaque in 1976.
PATCHY 1939 – ApHC Hall of Fame 1986 – Bred in the ApHC’s first year and became known as the “picture horse” because of his vivid colour and correct conformation. Champion Stallion at the first National show. 1948 National Champion Aged Stallion & National Grand Champion Stallion, 1952 National Champion Performance Horse, 1953 National Champion Get of Sire 1955 & 1959 Res National Champion.
CHIEF OF FOURMILE 1952 – ApHC Hall of Fame 1988 – National Champion Performance Horse in 1955, 1956 & 1958, the only horse to win this title three times. National Race winner, Stakes Winner and World Champion Nez Perce Stake winner. A popular painting of this horse drew attention to the Appaloosa breed. He sired 107 registered foals.
JOKER B 1941 – ApHC Hall of Fame 1988 – The 1962 National Champion Get-of-Sire, and in the top three for Get-of-Sire in 1957, 1963, and 1966. World & National Champion Sire, Champion Running Sire X2, First place in the 220-yard race in 1956. Sire of 3 World Champions, 9 National Champions and 1 Running Champion. He was an influential sire, and during the 1960s this horse was greatly responsible for the promotion of the Appaloosa breed by way of his extensive campaigning and numerous public appearances. He sired 196 registered foals.
RED EAGLE 1946 – ApHC Hall of Fame 1988 – He was a charismatic horse and was the first National Champion Halter Horse. National Champion titles include Get-of-Sire and Aged Stallions, both in 1957. He greatly influenced West Coast activities during the 1940s and 1950s. He sired 74 registered foals.
SUNDANCE 500 1933 – ApHC Hall of Fame 1988 – He antedated the registry and was a popular sire. A participant in the U.S. Government’s remount program, he founded one of the more well-known leopard colour families, many of the leopard lines today may still be traced to him.
RED EAGLE’S PEACOCK 1953 – ApHC Hall of Fame 1996 – A two-time national halter champion, by earning a 1956 National Halter title. The stallion’s conformation was deemed so impressive that his image was frequently used as an ideal example of the Appaloosa horse.
PATCHY JR 1952 – ApHC Hall of Fame 2005 – Successful in the show ring and passed his talent along to his get, he sired 100 registered foals and had more than 30 halter and performance championships to his name when he retired from showing at age 12. The stallion won National titles in yearling stallions, 2-year-old stallions, 3-year-old stallions, trail, get of sire, National grand champion stallion, reserve champion stallion—twice, premier sire of performance horses and titles at the Colorado state fairs including grand champion stallion, English pleasure champion, western pleasure, trail, Camas Prairie stump race, Nez Perce stake race and heritage.
His descendants have competed in events from western pleasure to reining, gymkhana, racing and halter in the United States, Canada and Europe. Remembered as an athletic, versatile, and well-mannered champion and sire.
BAMBI E 1954 – ApHC Hall of Fame 2008 -. This stallion shaped much of South Dakota’s Appaloosa industry as his leopard colouring made him the first of his kind in the state, which drew much attention to the horse. The stallion’s sudden popularity caused a surging interest in Appaloosas. The stallion was named high-point performance and high-point halter stallion in South Dakota; he also won open reining classes in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and Rapid City, South Dakota. His show career was short, but he was quite prolific as a sire of performance and halter horses and sired National Champions.

Our mares will add the following ApHC Hall of Fame Appaloosas to their progeny by DFR Patahas Redheart.

PEYRES CATORI CAT 2008:
THE EXECUTIVE 1973 – ApHC Hall of Fame 1993 – Who won every class he entered but one (he was reserve) and became National Champion Two Year-Old Stallion, he has more than 40 medallion winning sons and daughters, diverse in their talents as winners in halter, pleasure, jumping, reining, roping, cattle classes, trail, side saddle, and racing.
GOER 1973 – ApHC Hall of Fame 1994 – The all-time leading sire of Appaloosa foals, with 703 on record to date, GOER made an immeasurable impact on the Appaloosa breed–setting a standard for conformation that will remain for generations. To date, sire of over 48 bronze and two silver medallions, as well as 46 Register of Merits. His get have earned 11,655 points in open, youth, and non-pro competition, with 6,974 of those points earned at halter.

PRINCESSE PASCALE 2009 & REDHEART PASCALIUS 2013:
DOUBLE SIX DOMINO 1943 – ApHC Hall of Fame 1988 – With limited showing, he was a National Champion Get-of-Sire in 1970 and placed in the top five in Get-of-Sire in 1960, 1962, and 1964. He sired many colourful winners in halter, performance, and racing–including 246 registered foals with a collective total of 23 performance points, one Register of Merit and one bronze medallion.
BRIGHT EYES BROTHER 1950 – ApHC Hall of Fame 1988 – Said to have charisma and style, lightly shown but greatly influenced the development of the breed. He sired 128 registered foals, and four bronze medallion winners–one of which accumulated 69 halter points.
MIGHTY BRIGHT 1960 – ApHC Hall of Fame 1988 – He impacted the breed substantially. Though injured as a youngster, he was an outstanding sire with offspring winning consistently. He sired 188 registered foals, including six bronze medallion winners in halter and performance and a total of 54 performance and 16 halter points.

CARICKS REDHEART 2014:
WAPITI 1955 – ApHC Hall of Fame 1988 – He became one of the breed’s most influential foundation sires. He placed in the top three in the Get-of-Sire class, 1968-1970, sired 218 registered foals with a total of 268 performance points (by four horses), 192 halter points (by eight horses), six bronze medallions, five Register of Merit winners, one Superior Halter and two Superior Performance winners.
BRIGHT EYES BROTHER 1950 – ApHC Hall of Fame 1988 – Said to have charisma and style, lightly shown but greatly influenced the development of the breed. He sired 128 registered foals, and four bronze medallion winners–one of which accumulated 69 halter points.
THE EXECUTIVE 1973 – ApHC Hall of Fame 1993 – Who won every class he entered but one (he was reserve) and became National Champion Two Year-Old Stallion, he has more than 40 medallion winning sons and daughters, diverse in their talents as winners in halter, pleasure, jumping, reining, roping, cattle classes, trail, side saddle, and racing.

RUSTLER BILL 1954 – ApHC Hall of Fame 1996 – 33 grand champion stallion titles and make his permanent mark on Appaloosa history as one of the earliest pace setters for show horse competition. Among his get were halter and performance champions.
These horses are well recognised within the Bloodlines of the Appaloosa World, noted for more than outstanding performance, they appear in ALL our Redheart Foals.
TOBY I 1936 – ApHC National Champion Get of Sire, 1948 ApHC National Champion Performance Horse,
1948 ApHC National Champion Men’s Western Pleasure, 1948 ApHC National Champion Ladies Western Pleasure,
1948 ApHC National Champion Matched Pairs with Son Toby II and Sire of ApHC National Halter and Performance Champions.
TOBY II 1939 – National Champion Most Colourful Mount and Rider, 1948 ApHC National Champion Matched Pairs with Sire Toby I, 1948 ApHC National Champion 330 Yard Race, 1948 ApHC National Champion 1/4 Mile Race
ApHC National Champion Sire.
TOBY III 1944 – Multiple ApHC National Champion & ApHC National Champion Sire
TOBY IV 1953 – Champion 1955 Two yr. old stallions
FREELS CHICO 1947 – 1950 National Grand Champion Stallion; 1951 Res National Grand Champion Stallion & National Champ Get of Sire; 1954 Nat Champ Wallowa Windfall Race & Nat Champ Color; 1959 Nat Champ Eng Pleasure.
CHIEF CHELSEA 1947 – Sire of National Champions.
DUN ROVEN CHELSEAS IMAGE 1968 – National & World Top 10 Producer Sire of 2 X CRHA National Champions – Multiple R.O.M. producer.

Other Appaloosas noted historically, KNOBBY 1918 – AKA The Lamb Horse, FIRE EYES 1840 – Nez Perce owned and
BLUE HAWK 1898 – Ghost Wind Stallion plus lots of Appaloosas owned from the Sam Fisher Herd.

His blood lines are traced back with the Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry at 92.9687%, he has a great history of Foundation horses behind him, from the first 8 Stud Books of the ApHC.

DREA Bluhawks Pataha FAHR #939 90.625%, DREA Fire Frangelica FAHR#938 95.3125%, DREA Comanchebluhawk FAHR#140 93.75, OaksPatchy Cloud FAHR #50 87.5%, Pratt Sully Fire FAHR #49 96.875%, DREA Blucomanchemaid FAHR #58 93.75%, KK’s Blu Phoenix FAHR #217 90.625%, Pratt Sul IM Tobena ApHC #522075 96.875%, Oakselah ApHC T346587 75%, SS Stillwater ApHC #266140 100%, Kemos Fire Shadow FAHR #18 100%, Pratts C Girls Im ApHC #422619 93.75%, KK’s Blu Phoenix FAHR #217 90.625%, Pratt Sul Im Tobena ApHC #522075 96.875%, Oklahomas Fly Boy ApHC #82099 100%, Kaniksus Karalea ApHC #498785 81.25%, KC Choc Chip “CC” ApHC #450182 93.75%, Pratts Sul Ima ApHC #448934 100%, Daymon ApHC T102655 75%, Lebars Kanina ApHC #452404 75%, XR’s War Bonnet ApHC #15048 100%, Running Water ApHC #162880 100%, Minindoka Snowy Britches ApHC #153025 100%, Kemo’s Kaprice ApHC #157145 100%, Pratts Sully Saska #167783 100%, Pratt Chelse Girl #331837 87.5%, Oklahomas Fly Boy ApHC #82099 100%, Kaniksus Karalea ApHC #498785 81.25%, KC Choc Chip “CC” ApHC #450182 93.75%, Pratts Sul Ima ApHC #448934 100%, Oklahoma F2398 100%, Shawnee City Sue #7171 100%, Kaniksus Spots #280805 87.5%,Kaniksus Krissie T304932 75%, KC Chipo Plaudit #376128 87.5%, Freckles Joker #377738 100%, Dun Roven Chelsea’s Image #191 100%, Pratts Sully Paty ApHC #298956 100%, Tumalo ApHC #46684 100%, Mona’s Daydream ApHC ID1675 50%, Wolf’s Tiny Bar ApHC #96409 50%, Wolf’s Bobby Socks ApHC T23648 100%, Surprise Patch F1677, Modock Ellie #5371, Warren’s Tribal Dance #48985, Radar’s Tonya #112601, Snake Rivers ApHC T220160 100%, Smokey Rock #42243, Thunder’s Kemosabe #52819, Centaur Ota Onspa #42688, Sully’s Chavelle #83964,Saska Chiquita #13049, Dun Roven Chelsea’s Image #191 100%, Pratts Sully To Geta #261150, Oklahoma F2398 100%, Shawnee City Sue #7171 100%, Kaniksus Spots #280805 87.5%, Kaniksus Krissie T304932 75%, KC Chipo Plaudit #376128 87.5%, Freckles Joker #377738 100%, Dun Roven Chelsea’s Image #191 100%, and Pratts Sully Paty ApHC #298956 100% in the first 6 generations.

Our breeding horses pedigrees can be seen here:

DFR PATAHAS REDHEART

HEVANS EV CATORRIUS

PEYRES CATORI CAT

PRINCESSE PASCALE

REDHEART PASCALIUS

CARICKS REDHEART

TALISMANS REDHEART

Appaloosa Stallion – Frozen Semen For Sale

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If you have a mare and want to breed, might we suggest you continue to read
Our semen is stored at Stallion AI, it’s available should you wish to apply
Their stable names are Reus and Blu, they are so diverse its untrue
Their breeding is pure Appaloosa Blood, one good reason why they’re at stud
Reus’s Grandsire is the famous Eagles Thundern Toby, there’s a book published in all his glory
Blu boasts the Nez Perce Tribe, Grandparents from the famous Decker line
Their natures are brave, intelligent and kind, maybe the type you have in mind
With County, National and International awards, they are most definitely treated like Lords
We believe in taking things calm and slow, now under saddle just like pros
Trotting poles, grid work we’ve started, training their minds we don’t take for granted
Their progeny’s have been seen about; we believe their education is paramount
We’ve seen them win their Championship too, the eldest is Reality, the youngest is Ru
Choose a stallion to compliment your mare, we feel it’s important to make you aware
They are registered with all that are mandatory, we’ll file the stallion report as statutory
The LP gene is what you need, for the characteristics to be seen
Don’t get confused with the colour, use the AG calculator to save you an error
What coat pattern you get will be a surprise, it depends on your mare as you’ll soon realise
Contact us with any questions, we’re always happy to make suggestions
We want to share your goal of producing a healthy quality foal.
Paula Cooper
We have a new Face Book page for our frozen semen that’s available for the UK & Europe.

Redheart Appaloosa Public Breeding Page

The ApHC UK National Show 2109

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The Appaloosa Horse Club UK National Show is one show we greatly look forward to each year. A place where the Club members meet and share a common passion – The Appaloosa Horse, whether it be Purebred, Registered, Part bred or on the Characteristic Register, we support, help and encourage one another and share the highs and lows of our Appaloosa lives.
A huge thank you to all the helpers on the day and the Directors Sue Feast, Auriol Thorne, Kim Tuscany Sands and Elisa Spivey for their continued hard work behind the scenes x
Here at the Stud we’ve been very occupied preparing the horses for this annual event. Regent and Reality our two-year-old gelding’s are experiencing a growth spurt, a time when they look very much out of proportion, so on this occasion we decided to leave Reality in the field and take Regent, Reus and Blu.
A very special thank you to Rachael Simmons, Katherine Pennels and Will Hunt for looking after the horses recently whilst we have been on our holidays!
Photography courtesy of Barbara Evans, Lian Wood, Virginia Rider and Simon & Anita Coates Simon Coates Photography xx

This was Redheart Regent second show and we eventually got him up to shower and braid and release him from his baby sitting task, we didn’t expect the day to unfold so well!


The first class was the “Most Colourful Other”, where he picked up a 2nd place, his next class, Part bred young stock on the triangle, we were absolutely delighted with our partnership, he moved very gracefully around the cones and won the class, later, he won his gender/age class and took Reserve Champion Part Bred. We couldn’t ask any more from this young man.

 

DFR Patahas Redheart first ridden show, anyone who follows us knows Blu was backed here at the stud late January this year, he was then ridden away by
a local friend Skye Houldsworth, at her premises for a few weeks before being turned away for 6 months. At the end of July we decided to bring Blu back into work, he was a total angel to get back on and continued to be ridden for two weeks by our very good friend Will Hunt whilst we were away on holiday, so, although only being in light work, we decided to see if Blu could replicate exactly what he was doing at home but under a “show” conditions.

Blu finished his in hand showing days last year, we decided to take part Saturday to “test the waters”, before contemplating riding him on the Sunday. He stood very quietly watching the world go by with a junior Amelie House. However he did persistently try to grab his chain in his Stallion Classes but the main aim was for him to ignore all those horses around him… he passed!

Sunday brought us pure joy, such a well-mannered boy, although very green he presented the Judge with his huge soft personality and filled the atmosphere with smiles, I will never forget the cheer we received when he won his Ridden Youngster Class, so proud of him. The next class was a Walk/Trot Equitation which he passed with flying colours in our book as he stood next to and walked passed two mares, a fantastic start to his ridden career as a stallion.

 

Working full-time doesn’t really allow you to run a stud and school the ridden horses but we do our best! Reus gets ridden as often as possible and occasionally schooled on a flat piece of common land on the Old Hills, so it’s not his fault he’s not as well schooled as he should be (we are desperate to get our manège constructed ASAP) but throughout the year we have made the most of any local clinics offering pole work and or flat work. It certainly has paid off, Reus is certainly starting to make a nice shape and gave us some nice moves.
Reus is in his second year, being ridden in English and Sunday was our first test in the ring over a jump, albeit only 2ft6 he certainly gave it some space! He won his class, executing a basic pattern before and after the jump. Happy Days!

  Very much looking forward to next year!