Cushavon Park Stud News

August 2009

There have been some good results for the Cushavon Team for the middle of the year competitions.

The Kooralbyn Event was a huge weekend as usual but everyone went really well. Sean and Precision Flight completed one of their best cross country rounds this year after a very nice dressage test and finished 6th overall after the showjumping.

Red Hugh with Amanda Park on board continued with his consistently good runs and finished 5th.

Unfortunately Sara had a fall off Conqueror King in the cross country and that was the end of our weekend. Luckily Sara had Cuchulain to ride and he was already third after the dressage and showjumping.

Cuchulain made a champion effort over the cross country fences and finished second overall.

Figtree Pocket event was held in July. Cuchulain did a very nice dressage test but hurt his front leg at the truck and had to be withdrawn.

Precision Flight and Conqueror King finished in the top ten in very competitive pre-novice and prelim classes.

Red Hugh led the way finishing fifth again in the prelim.

Brisbane Royal 2009 was a great occasion for the Cushavon Horses. Conqueror King represented the Irish Draught horse in the breed pavilion while Precision Flight and Cuchulain competed in the classes. Flight came second in a well contested mare class. Cuchulain won the stallion class and then went on to win the Supreme Exhibit. We are so proud of this little horse and his achievements so far this year.

There were a lot of Conqueror King horses at the Ekka this year with horses sired by him winning the filly class, coming second in the gelding class and second and third in the mare class. It was wonderful to see them all out there representing the lovely temperament of the Irish breed.

View Ekka photos here.

May 2009

Cushavon Cuchulain has made a clean sweep at the 2009 Toowoomba Royal show.

After winning the stallion class and Champion stallion he then went on to win the open ridden class and finally Supreme Champion for the second year in a row. We have high hopes for him at this years Brisbane Royal.

Cuchulain has also been very successful in eventing this year with a win at the Kooralbyn ODE in April and second at Warwick ODE in May finishing on his dressage score both times.

Conqueror King has also been doing well competing in his first advanced test at PRARG in April placing third. We were so proud of the “Big Fella”. He then went on to come third at Kooralbyn ODE in April and 5th at a very wet Mt Gravatt ODE at the end of May.

Precision Flight has had solid results eventing this year starting with a 2nd at the Toowoomba Hunter Trial. She will be defending her Supreme Champion Exhibit title at the Brisbane Royal in August.

Amamnda Park has had a successful run with Red Hugh this year winning the Figtree Pocket ODE in March and continuing with good scores at other events.