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Kelseys Sports Horses

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About Kelseys Sports Horses

We bought Annie in April 2021. Her owner was unable to look after her any more and we were very happy to give her a permanent home. She is a beautiful mare who has had a difficult start in her early life, before her previous owner rescued her. She is by the great eventing and showjumping sire OBOS Quality 004 who competed at Grand Prix and Nations Cup showjumping. His offspring include showjumping Olympian Castlefield Eclipse and Nations Cup mare Lisona. In eventing his progeny are renowned for massive paces and being super brave. They include Pippa Funnell's MGH Grafton Street and Piggy March's Brookfield Quality, with numerous others also.
Annie's dam is by the great thoroughbred Mister Lord who has produced top event horses worldwide. Annie has enough TB blood (65%) to breed some super eventers and show jumpers.  We haven't seen her jump, but know she can clear at least 1.2m over an electric fence without touching it!
Her foals are Bobby (by the connemara Glencarrig Tempest) and Ziggy (by the prolific showjumping sire and Nations Cup winner, Billy Congo). She is having a break in 2024.

Kelseys Star Quality (Annie)

Mavis is another of our lockdown foals, born in May 2020. She is a very elegant and beautiful filly with a lovely nature, touched with a bit of sassy spirit, just like her mum (Holly). She has 3 floating paces and a big jump! We know this as once walking out to the field with her mum, she decided to pop a 90cm dry stone wall with a 1.10m drop on the other side!

Kelseys Song Thrush (Mavis)

Ruby is a talented young mare who has shown her abilities in dressage and showjumping. However she was not happy going off the yard and lost her confidence. So we have given her a new job as a recipient mare, which she has definitely taken to!  Ruby is carrying a very precious package for 2024, an embryo taken from Wilma (Kelseys Skylark) by the exciting young showjumping stallion, Chacco Bay.


Kelseys Ballyhoe Lass (Ruby)

Freddie was our first foal,  born in lockdown in May 2020. He is by the multiple 5* eventing stallion, LePrince des Bois and inherits his wonderful temperament. His mum is Alice, our lovely broodmare by the great British sire Mill Law, out of a Coevers Diamond Boy mare. He is growing to be a very strong and sturdy boy and is great at babysitting the younger horses.

Kelseys Prince (Freddie)

Kelseys Red Kite

Buzz is a big gentle giant. He has a positive attitude to his work and is showing lots of potential in flat and pole work. He has a fantastic jump that he gets from his parents. He is being produced for sale and Richard would love to invite owners to buy shares in him to keep the ride.

Boleybawn Apollo (Buzz)

We bought Annie, Bobby's mum in foal in April 2021 from June Hunter who was looking for a good home for Annie. In July 2021, Bobby came along and what a stunning foal he is. Bold and brave from the outset, he is a very straight foal with excellent conformation. His breeding is exceptional, his sire being the young connemara stallion, Glencarrig Tempest, who is full brother to Glencarrig Dolphin, who is represented GB in the European Eventing Championships in 2022. Their pedigree boasts the legend, Ashfield Bobby Sparrow, who Bobby is named after. 
His mum,  Annie, is by the great and brave top eventing sire OBOS Quality 004 out of a thoroughbred mare by Mister Lord. He has a willing, kind nature and a fantastic bold jump. 

Kelseys Stardust (Bobby)

Archie is our very handsome but leggy rising 5 year old, out of Holly (Future Dark Art) by the award winning  and life graded stallion, Future Guilty Pleasure. Archie has a wonderful temperament, 3 correct paces and a superb jump. He is going to be a big chap so we will take him slowly in his education. He was awarded a Gold in his Futurity Assessment in 2020.  We are now backing him and are also looking for syndicate owners for him who would like to be part of his journey right from the very start! His sire is now competing at Intermediate level Eventing so we have high hopes for Archie.

Future Dark Pleasure (Archie)

Alice is a broodmare. She is a super stamp of a horse, “leg at each corner”, correct conformation and a tough constitution, but with enough blood and kind temperament is an excellent broodmare. She has had 3 foals with us, all by LePrince des Bois (Freddie, Flynn and Felix). These boys are all proving to be trainable and have a kind, willing temperament. Alice in foal for 2024 to the promising young stallion, Jacondrik. He combines the blood lines of Jaguar Mail, Contendro and Heraldik and together with Alice's lines of Mill Law and Coever's Diamond Boy, the foal should be a top prospect!

Alice, "Wonderland Alice"

Percy is an honest, leg at each corner Irish Sports Horses, Richard has bought to produce for sale. He has a wonderful calm temperament, is very trainable, hacks out on his own etc. He is also very talented, and whilst the dressage is work in progress while he grows and strengthens, he has a correct and bold jump and loves his cross country. He would make a wonderful event/all rounder horse for a competitive amateur of young rider.

Casanova Lad (Percy)

Ridden by Bruce Haskell to 4* level. Long listed for Tokyo olympics. Kind nature and lovely attitude.

Amiro Sky

We are very excited about our broodmare, Holly. She has produced 3 stunning, quality foals, all with a trainable and kind temperament (Archie, Mavis and Mabille). She passes on floating paces combined with a natural ability to jump and is descended from some of the best thoroughbred lines in the world. In 2023, she has had a proper supermodel, Mae, by Chacco Bay, born on the day Tina Turner died. She is having a break in 2024.

Future Dark Art (Holly)

Very excited to announce the arrival of a new broodmare Amiro Sky.
Tiggi competed at 4* level very successfully by the New Zealand rider Bruce Haskell. We are looking forward to what the future holds for her as one of our broodmares as she has excellent breeding and the temperament and attitude to match.

We are so pleased to welcome Helen as an owner of our exciting rising 5 Year old Archie (Future Dark Pleasure). Archie has 3 fabulous paces and huge scope over a jump. he also has a affable temperament and is very trainable. We still have a couple of shares in Archie available. 2024 will be very exciting!

Delighted to welcome Helen Pearson as an owner to our team

My name is Emma Hallam. I have been involved with horses for the last 20 years. I spent several years working for a national saddle supplier where I  gained a huge amount of knowledge about saddles and saddle fitting. I have since branched out on my own so that I can extend the service I offer by supplying several different makes of saddles to suit all budgets. My main focus is customer service and 98% of my work comes from recommendations from existing clients. I offer a full money back guarantee and no obligation saddle consultations. I am a fully qualified SMS saddle fitter and a qualified SMS saddler. 

Calton Saddlery

Hilary Vernon has, over the last 20 years, worked as a full time Bitting Clinician travelling over the U.K and parts of Europe lecturing and demonstrating the art of Bits and Bitting. She works closely with Richard both with the horses and training Richard in her craft.

Hilary Vernon - Informed Designs

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Tamsyn Lafferty BSc(Hons), MSc Vet Phys, MCSP, HCPC, ACPAT Cat A. Chartered Physiotherapist and Veterinary Physiotherapist. FEI Permitted Therapist

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