Our own mares are both in foal to Fidertanz.
Tarwin Grove Wisteria Lane is due in early
December and her mother Hollingrove Alisa is due
in late January. We were going to use Rosentanz
for Alisa but due to the late timing in the
season we opted to go with the proven semen of
Fidertanz.
Alisa’s mother- Hollingrove Chandon owned and
bred by Bruce and Debbie Williams of Hollingrove
Warmblood Stud is also in foal to Fidertanz.
Three generations all in foal to the same
stallion! We are all excited to see how similar
they are.
We had a shocking blow this season losing our
Sandro Hit colt at 7 weeks old to snake bite. We
have left Santoro on our youngstock page as we
were so pleased with him. It always seems to
happen to the best. Hollingrove Alisa will
definitely be rebred to Sandro Hit at some stage
as he really was a superb foal. As a result of
this loss Tarwin Grove Spitfire and Tarwin Grove
Roslau are to be retained as future riding
horses at the stud and are currently off the
market.
Hollingrove Chantilly will be returned to the
broodmare band when these youngsters are of
riding age. We would like to have two of her-
one as a broodmare and one as a riding horse!
Maybe embryo transfer could be an option. After
a year and a half off due to motherhood she
returned to the competition arena and had a win,
then unfortunately sustained a soft tissue
injury so she is currently having some time off.
We may even be tempted to breed her again this
season as her colt Spitfire has certainly
generated a lot of interest.
Tarwin Grove Sydney has been sold to a lovely
family in NSW. Lauren, who will ride him is
currently on the eventing squad in NSW. He could
not have found a better home in every respect.
Our most exciting news has to be the safe
arrival of Mareille, our Samarant/Florestan/Mon
Amour filly from Germany. She has certainly been
worth the wait exceeding all our expectations.
She is a perfect example of modern dressage
breeding having magnificent athletic movement,
great conformation and a bright cooperative
temperament.
We feel very lucky to have her and excited about
breeding with her down the track. Photos will
follow shortly.
