Ivahri Arabians

Ivahri Gold and Silver

Salah El Asaad x Lac La Biche Lady Rose

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Photos by Keiron Power

This little girl was bred by us and when she was approaching 5 a lady

contacted usregarding having a look at her to buy.

In came Laeli Hogan who had been doing very well with her gelding

Follydown Flinstone aka Fred in endurance and was looking for another

young horse .   She came to see Goldy and brought a vet for a full vet examination.

Goldy did some of her tricks including deciding to jump the dressage arena fence 

when free lunging to escape the new humans on the scene who wanted to probe her. 

We also warned Laeli about the Talisman Rose Bahri  aka Mannaquin influence on Goldy and

her relatives of sticking their noses in everything, breaking into sheds, being great at working

out escape plans.   Best of all being great horses to ride and befriend.  Laeli got to meet

Goldy's Sire and Dam plus the grand dam Woodlyn Caprice aka Lady and Goldy's siblings.  

She said she would get back to us. 

She did, then the partnership began. 

Goldy with her owner Laeli Hogan above  at the Bungendore ride where she completed her first 80km ride.

From CrabbetAustralia post by Laeli Hogan below:

OK I'm back from Shahzada...still smiling ...Friday at Shahzada has always been exciting, but with my own mare out there it was breathtaking....literally,.... I was holding my breath... waiting...hoping.........and then the thumbs up from the vets and...YAAHOOOO!!!!

I purchased Goldy from Jill and Richard as an unbroken 4 &1/2 yo and sent her to a local horse trainer who I know and trust (it is my preference to start with an unbroken horse). At 5yo Goldie was still a bit small and immature to bear a rider of my size (I am 6' tall and ride in the heavyweight division), so I started her with some trail riding over the hills, mostly walking, with progressively more trotting as the year went on. The hills are great for building strength , and conditioning the tendons. I finished her 2006 season with a 40km ride at Tumut. She had a spell in the paddock for the remainder of 2006.

January 2007 I started her with some more serious endurance training, gradually increasing either pace or distance until she was fit enough to attempt her first 80km ride. She completed the 80km Bungendore Bush Bash on 11th March 2007. She did this ride completely barefoot, but she was certainly tender-footed by the end, and a heart rate of 51 reflected her discomfort (this was unusually high for her).

I rested her 3 weeks after Bungendore before starting her preparation for The Rock Ride in May, but a paddock injury mid April put her out for a month. I brought her back into work and completed the Bush Capital 40km ride on 27th May 2007. She coped quite well barefoot over this distance but I decided to shoe her for the next big ride.

08 July 2007 she completed The Coolamon 80km ride. She breezed through this ride in 6hs 48 mins, with A's and B's on her vet card and heart rates in the low to mid 40s, placing 4th heavyweight.

Following a 4 week spell in the paddock I had started to work again on her fitness in preparation for the Tumut ride but then EI stopped all rides and she had to wait a full year for her next ride.

After nearly six months spell I brought her back into work and again completed an 80km ride at Coolamon. She finished Coolamon 2008 in 6hrs, the minimum time allowed a novice horse, and finished in 7th place. She actually did it in 5hrs but I spent a fair bit of time walking the last two km into base to lose time (wish I'd got that last novice ride done before EI). Her heart rates were low 40s throughout the ride.

This is her third year under saddle, and whist her logbook has her just out of novice, she has been built up gradually over three seasons. At 7yo she is mature enough to handle some pace and she is proving to be very sound, tough and resilient. Her average heart rate for Shahzada was 41.6, and she finished the week with all A's and B's on her vet card. An added bonus is that Louise is a lightweight rider, so whilst Goldie was unaccustomed to the distance, the pace was slow (Louise rode her very conservatively) and she was carrying 30kg less weight than she had trained with. Louise reported that Goldie was just as keen on Friday morning as she had been Monday morning.

Goldie's next big milestone will be the Victorian Tom Quilty, and her first 100 mile ride in 2009. For now, I have another youngster to start trail riding over the hills:-)

Cheers Laeli

 Ivahri Gold and Silver out on track at Shazada 2008 with rider Louise Stevens

This type of ownership of a horse you bred is something breeders dream of.  Laeli

has worked very hard to bring this young mare on, to being her owner and trainer her

which has built a partnership with her.  She gets the best care, lots of love and

attention and simply enjoys doing endurance and long rides in the bush.  The photos

show a horse who is bright, attentive and travelling well.   Laeli's training and getting

her through novice with no vet outs.    Then Lousie Steven's endurance riding

experience along with all the back up people involved have done a fantastic job.

We also appreciate the way Laeli has allowed us to share life after leaving Ivahri for

Goldy.   As breeders who only breed when we believe the time is right, so do not

produce a large number of foals.  Each foal becomes part of the family and we

basically spoil them rotten, know them as individuals and endeavour to give each and

everyone the best grounding in life.  If the right click comes along between horse and

human we are very happy to see them go to their new home.  Overtime we have had 

to learn the hardway, that this is the best way to find a home for one of our Ivahri

bred /owned horses.   We are lucky we have the ability  to retain horses until this

happens.  So we will continue to wait for  owners to find us and come to meet the

horses.   Then wait for the magic moment to see that click occur.

So to Laeli and Goldy - we hope there are many, many happy events in your shared

lifes.  Thank you for sharing.  This type of co-opertation is how it should be and we

have all learned so much and greatly appreciate everything.

Onwards and upward - Quilty 2009.

Regards

Jill and Richard.