We’re very proud to share the Appaloosa Horse Club Performance results from 2017.
Honoured to see our two young stock Appaloosa’s DFR Patahas Redheart and Caricks Redheart on the table.
Many congratulations to all who participated.
My last recollection of spring snow is March 2013 when Redheart Pascalius was not a month old, yet 5 years on here we are with another sprinkling of spring snow in March.
Redheart Reality and Redheart Regent have encountered the white stuff with pure excitement…it’s been very entertaining watching them dig, roll and eat it!
Its been a few months since our Redheart Yearlings were weaned and castrated, they are growing and looking very well. They have become independent and adapting to short education lessons without knowing.
The horses are still wintering in the barn and every day they’re turned out for short periods in an all-weather corral.
Today Redheart Regent and Redheart Reality our 11-month-old gelding’s were turned out within a spacious 10-acre paddock. They certainly needed each other, calling and running around looking for what they once knew – the herd.
The main advantage at this time is they want to come in, one call from me and they were waiting at the gate, a perfect opportunity to start educating the yearlings on a one to one basis.
Regent and Reality’s first turn out in 2018…
Best mates…
Redheart Appaloosa Stud specialises in the breeding, showing and promotion of purebred Appaloosas to achieve what our breed is known for – versatility, athleticism, stamina and the heart to compete in any equine discipline.
Redheart Appaloosas breed purebred Appaloosas (30/30) with a 5 generation pedigree and our horses are a “cocktail” of height, colour, stature and pedigree percentages.
We ensure our mating’s are created to complement each foal, aiming for the perfect Appaloosa.
Redheart Appaloosas provide all registration documents, pedigree, genetics and colour test certificates and all our horses are negative for the 5-panel test and the Grey Gene.
We shall not forget where we started, 14th February 2008 travelling to France and importing Peyres Catori Cat and a year later, travelling to Austria and importing another weanling, Princesse Pascale. Both fillies imported to become our “Foundation” broodmares.
Ten years on both mares have produced seven wonderful foals between them, creating a unique gene pool in the UK and enabling the Stud to expand, continuing on our journey, enhancing the Foundation Appaloosa bloodline.
We created a plan, we have implemented the plan and we have stuck to our plan. Ten years on, we have superior broodmares and an exceptional unrelated stallion.
The future Redheart foals can only exceed our high standards and expectations of breeding PURE Appaloosas.
Princesse Pascale
Princesse Pascal’s sire Akawaio Potawatomi
Peyres Catori Cat
Peyres Catori Cat’s sire – Sully Tomcat Peyres
Appy Redheart Valentines
The Winter With The Redheart Appaloosas
At 6 am the stable lights go on and at 6 pm I’ll straighten the bed
Without a doubt, come rain or snow, out in the corral they must go
Stretching their legs and keeping their head, it’s never long before they’re fed
Our stallion likes to smell the air and our broodmares like to stand and stare
The yearlings love to buck and run, they really have so much fun
The rest are easily pleased as we wait for spring it seems
There’s always one that loves to roll, the one by the gate see’s the feed bowel
The night-blind horses can see in the day but in the dark, only the light shows the way
They follow me with never a doubt, they trust me when they go out
The days are stolen and I want them back, never time for cleaning tack
I used the camera and as you can see, the horses are posers, just like thee
Peyres Catori Cat
Redheart Catorrius / Hevans EV Catorrius
Redheart Regal
Redheart Regent
Princesse Pascale
Redheart Pascalius
Redheart Reality
DFR Patahas Redheart
Caricks Redheart
I’m sure I am one of many equestrian women, whose childhood dream it was to have a pony! Building a “large shed” at the bottom of the garden is one thing, renting a stable or two on a yard is a totally different experience and then renting a private yard is an expensive but wonderful experience but it has never just been me and my horses.
Redheart Appaloosa’s formed in 2008 and a 10-year plan put in place. Nine years on, with only one more year to compete our breeding stock-in-hand (before we compete under saddle) I finally see my adult dream become a reality.
In April 2016 we found a cottage for sale with pasture land for sale next door. After secluding the sale and eventually moving in late September, we employed Eleni Randle from G Herbert Banks, an expert required to guide us through the planning and development stages. After gaining us planning for an agricultural barn under permitted development, Eleni soon engaged to apply for ‘a change of use’ on the land, from agricultural to equestrian with the proposal of an equestrian barn and ménage.
All planning was granted in April 2017 and we wasted no time, we fenced out the horses and set out the area. There is a slight gradient to this land and the excavation was rather large, the groundwork proved an easy process of “cutting and filling”. The foundations were dug and the concrete poured.
The next task was to retain the ground to the rear and sides using gabion baskets filled with stone. After much research sourcing the right materials to complete the build, the steel frame purchased from Browns of Wem based in Shropshire. With the help of family and friends to erect the steel frame, we were ready for the delivery of over 2000 blocks.
As soon as the external blockwork completed, we commenced the preparation and laying of the reinforced concrete floor with an acco channel running the length of the building. A huge (30 meters) concrete pump landed on site to make sure ease of pouring the floor in one day, we worked until the late hours to create a brushed finish for grip.
The following week the fibre cement roof arrived from Briarwood Roofing and was again laid with the help of family and friends.
With a dry shell, the block work painted and the cedar wood (Yorkshire boarding) fixed, purchased directly from Olli Gladstone at Gladstone Saw Mill, Gloucestershire.
Heading into autumn, we took delivery of the internal stable front partitions sourced from Stables Online. A huge push to create two stables as a priority to enable our colt’s to be weaned and castrated. It seemed to have taken forever to build the internal walls, paint them and build the grills between but with the daylight hours are very short now and it’s only the weekends are we able to make progress.
So here we are, a two weeks before Christmas, what an exciting dream to fulfil. This would not have been possible without the help of our wonderful friends and family who I truly thank. The professional people who have aided us through our venture have exceeded all expectations, the Redheart horses have a barn for Christmas!
So, we have created a foal by choosing a sire and mare that compliment each other.
Reus & PP have created Reality.
He was born alive and healthy so we are off to a good start.
The Vet completed the passport ID form and the microchip implanted.
Following a recently published veterinary paper, we have started a new worming protocol for our foals.
The passport photos submitted and the registration form completed.
From birth, Reality has encountered the farrier several times, socialized within the herd and humans.
He accepts his head collar and will lead and recently been weaned and undergone castration.
The vaccination course has started and yet in my book he is still not ready to sell!!!
How about loading and traveling?
Well, our lorry is being utilized for storage and until I can teach Reality to load and travel he’s not going anywhere!
Reality is registered with the British Appaloosa Society within their Main Stud Book. He is registered with the Appaloosa Horse Club UK within their main “A” register. He has 30/30 Appaloosa’s in his 5 generation pedigree which makes him 100% Foundation Pedigree Designated within the Appaloosa Horse Club.
A stunning, correct gelding that should make 16hh. Both Dam and Sire can be seen here at the Stud and Reality would sure welcome a visit…
FOR SALE. 
As we head into winter we are starting to plan our 2018 breeding plan with DFR Patahas Redheart. There is a lot to think about the covering season and the possible investment of a set of stocks and “dummy” to collect his semen.
At the present moment, he’s looking very well.
Although, he is quite smitten with our pony who’s a gelding!!!!!
Regent and Reality have now been successfully castrated.
We worked night and day to complete two of our ten box’s, the date made and the deed complete.
It is never taken for granted the complications that can occur after castration, thankfully Regent and Reality recovered very well from the procedure and hopefully will grow slightly taller as their growth plates will now take longer to close. One reason for castrating these boys early!
