Taz aka Leo Chocolat, Anita's "Flying Dressage Pony" cruising around the 1m35 class at Kihikihi
November 2012.

Sam Taylor (Swannanoa) and Leo Degas were in a class of their own in the action-filled BetaVet Intermediate, taking the honours and with it the Dusky Bay Cup for Open Intermediate Champion.

A smart dressage performance gave Taylor an early advantage, and he matched it with a splendid show across country adding just 1.2 time penalties, and a clear show jumping, to finish on 33.8, almost 20 penalties ahead of Susie Stewart on Cowboy and Eve Hawes on Hurlingham Lansong, second and third respectively. Only three of the seven starters finished.

Cracker aka Leo Legacy working in for his 2nd ever outing. A few handstands in his first test when he argued with Fi but much better in the second for 68% and a win.Still very much a baby but it's all there.

A great weekend for my Leo offspring with Degas coming 3rd in the Open Intermediate HT at McLean's Island and Chocolat winning the 1m15 Showjumping at Woodhill Sands, full brother Distinction had a run in the Pre Nov at Taupo, rider James Jackson was really pleased with him so it's off to Woodhill in a couple of weeks.
What's even more exciting is that a freind is going to use one of my mares to breed another Leo Baby!!
Watch this space.

It's a long time since I've been on here!  Meanwhile we've had some super results, Leo Chocolat started life as a Show Jumper last October and finished the season with 5th in the HOY 1m 25 Title class at HOY. That's him with Laine Cameron on the left. He's taken to it like the proverbial "duck to water" and I'm expecting to hear more good news this coming season.

His full brother Leo Distinction has also had a change of focus and started his eventing career in late February, very green to start but finished 4th ot of 54 in the Pre Novice Championship at the Taupo 3DE!! He now needs to learn some manners Show Jumping.

LeoLegacy is the next "cab off the rank" and has gone to Fiona hopefully as her dressage horse, but he also can jump having cleared a full wire fence plus outriggers when sent to be started, so time will tell what his forte will be.

And then there is Leo Deedee, a beautiful young mare who is destined to be an eventer,

In order to make sense of my horses pedigrees I have laid them out here. All I have bred carry the Leo prefix.

My Foundation Mares were Golden Legacy xx Leader of the Band/ Rosica and Tabago Winnebago/Raincheckxx

Tabago produced Leo Godonov by the Canadian hanoverian Gouverneur and
Leo Foxfire by the TB Foxvalley

Golden Legacy ( Milly) produced Leo Fanfare

Leo Merry Dance both by Leo Godonov

Leo Zanzibar by Washington DC

LeoTolstoy (Clifton Leo) by Babaroom tb

Leo Dreams of Gold

Leo Degas both by Dreamboy

Leo Godonov was the Reichenbach winner in '97 and won all 5 med tests at the Nationals in '98.He was then injured and never reached his full potential.

Leo Foxfire was my own competition horse and we competed succesfully up to Open Med and trained to Advanced.

Milly competed to Elementary and had a great talent for jumping but she went through a fence in a thunder storm so retired to the broodmare paddock. She is 1/2 sister to Diplomat, ch hunter ch hack A grade SJ sold to Japan, Miss Irish Rose 5yo SJ and SH of the year, Dela Rose dam of Kate Lambie's Alibi, Bounty Hunter futurity winner amongst others.

Her progeny Fanfare did not compete,Dam of 5 named foals

Merry Dance succesful to Med level ch saddle hunter, dam of 2 named foals

Zanzibar Champion Sport Horse dam of 3 foals

Tolstoy ( Clifton Leo) Winner YEH Taupo 2002 exported to USA

Dreams of Gold multi dressage ch now competing advanced.

Degas Winner YEH at Puhinui 2008, 3rd YEH Taupo 2009, 2nd 1* Kihikihi '10 1st Canterbury 1* autumn '10 winner open int Canterbury spring'10 etc.

Fanfare has produced 5 live foals Chocolat, dressage and now eventing, Aphrodite as yet untried,Distinction showing a tremendous talent for dressage and jumping.Legacy and Lucullian by Limonit who show great presence and natural elevated paces.

Merry Dance has produced Deedee by Dreamboy and Donna by Don Quattro two very pretty young fillies.

Zanzibar is also a producer for her owner Leanne.

Above left bay yearling gelding Leo Lucullian, Limonot/Leo Fanfare and above right Leo Donna bay yearling filly Don Quattro/ Leo Merry Dance.

Left Luke and Donna's pretty faces. And they aren't going to be small!