Comanche Lodge - Pure Crabbet Arabian Horses in Australia

"......On the third day, we left our base in Toowoomba and headed west for Brisbane. First stop was Comanche Lodge owned by Janice and Bruce O’Connor. Janice had produced a wonderful catalogue for us all to use and the parade started with the leased mare, Saronett Dhehebi Zahra by Magic Myth out of Dancing Fay with an exquisite foal, Comanche Lodge Dream Dancer by Silver Wind van Nina who impressed us all.

Another Saronett mare, El Fakim Wahida also had a foal by Janice’s stallion. This mare is out of Indian Fair, an Indian King grand-daughter.

The mare Fenwick Sarina’s (Sindh x Salvina) pedigree is amazing in that after two generations you cite Silver Vanity, Silfina, Shalina so it was fascinating to see that her lovely daughter Comanche Lodge Rainbird by Silver Wind van Nina was so stunning.

Another amazing pedigree is that of Bundara Park Tria, now 26 years young by Bronzetone (Sindh x Badiyan) out of Ractria (Sharrak x Electria). This lovely mare looked well for her age.

The star of the stud, Silver Wind van Nina, had gone all the way to Victoria in 2000 for the Crabbet Convention in Melbourne. He is by Silver Conquest who we had hoped to see as he was a full brother to the outstanding Silver Somerio seen earlier on the trip. His dam, Ronina was by Grand Royal impressing on us again how quickly the Australian horses go back to the original Crabbet imports.

We were able to enjoy the remaining horses in the paddocks before moving on our busy schedule.  ..."

An excerpt from Caroline Sussex - report on the tours after the 2005 Crabbet Convention held in Toowoomba,  Australia. The full story may be found here.

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