Horses still available please check my mare page......

This website is dedicated to my late husband, George, without whose love, patience & generosity my dreams would not have come true. (31.5.1930 - 5.2.2003). 

 

Santara  Park is now situated 1/2 hr  north from the historic little township of Nanango in S.E. Qld after moving from Northern Rivers NSW 4 yrs ago where my husband & I had bred & shown Arabian horses since 1984 .

My earliest memories are of the gentle Clydesdale horses that I use to sit on for hours, content to chat to them & give them hugs, watching the dirt turning over  while they ploughed the paddocks, as they travelled up & down on their long monotonous journey each day, rather than go & play with the other kids. 

 

That came to an abrupt end when we moved to the city & I was sent off to boarding school for the remainder of my school years,  & then married soon after. It would be many years before I was able to fulfil my childhood dreams. When in 1980 I re-married a wonderful kind man & mentioned to him that I had always wanted to have horses, he simply replied, "well, lets go & get some horses then".
We started with two Appaloosa's & living in a duplex on Gold Coast, we kept them on agistment nearby for a short time where I would go & ride them, before we looked around & found a lovely 5acre  property nestled in the hills in the shadow of Mt Warning.
In 1984 I began to get very interested in Arabians, & we began doing stud crawls, by this time I had Arabitis quite severely & our family of Arabians grew as we began breeding & showing them having considerable success with one particular mare SP Sarah.

 

 

 
In 1994 I also purchased a many times Supreme Champion Palouse mare, Oak Hill Storm Echo, who out of 37 Shows was awarded 39 firsts, 30 Champions, 5 Grand Champions, 3 Supreme Halter Exhibits of Show (one of these being over 8 other different Breed Champions) 6 Res. Ch, 6 second place & her lowest ever placing, 2 thirds.

 

 

In 1993 I was diagnosed with a chronic illness for which there is no cure, so we slowly sold the Arabians I loved so much, & I bought a few Miniatures, as I could not cope with the idea of not having horses in my life again, & then of course, could not resist breeding them. At least I didn't have to break in & ride them all anymore, & there wasn't  as much manure to pick up each day (lol) so the workload was not so heavy. But I miss riding my 15.2hh Arabian stallion (Sakkara) more than words can say.

 

My husband died from cancer 3 yrs ago, leaving me as sole minder, but my health is declining now & sadly I can no  longer look after my horses properly  & need to start looking for new homes for them all & give them up once again.  My fervent prayer is that they will find kind & knowledgeable homes where they are much loved.
 
I hope you enjoy cruising through my website & looking at my horses, if you see one you're genuinely interested in or have any other enquiries please email or phone me.....cheers!

Please ring (07) 41 635028 

or email me at santara91@hotmail.com
 

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