Marlie Draught Horse Stud in Exeter, New South Wales | Farm

Marlie Draught Horse Stud

Locality: Exeter, New South Wales

Phone: +61 457 954 447

Address: 50 Sallys Corner Rd 2579 Exeter, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.marliedraughthorsestud.com/

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27.01.2022 Marlie Draught Horse Stud was established in 1973 in Putty NSW by Pat and Sid Samuel. As a foundation member of the Australian Draught Horse Stud Book Society, Sid Samuel has spent numerous years breeding, competing and judging all around Australia. Together in 1982, Pat and Sid, imported the first American Belgian Stallion, Wondersprings Rubis Jim as an 18 month old Colt from Cortland N.Y State USA where he was the feature horse of the New York Sale. This added to the curren...t gene pool of horses available in Australia and Sid enjoyed great success from the Belgian influence. In 1984, Pat and Sid imported a Suffolk Punch Mare from England to add their Suffolk Punch gene pool, Laurel Annabel who at the time was the biggest horse to be imported by air. In 1983, Pat and Sid Samuel relocated the Stud to Exeter NSW where it is located still to this day. The influence of the Belgian and Suffolk Punch horses has been a major factor in the success of the stud’s horses in both the show ring and in a working environment. Sid Samuel’s passion for Draught Horses has rubbed off on his Grandson Aleks Berzins, who now runs the Stud with his wife Karina. Still breeding horses from the Suffolk and Belgian lines dating back to the original imports, Aleks is passionate about farming with horses and preserving the Australian Draught Horse breed. With over 40 horses currently on the Stud, Marlie Draught Horse Stud aims to breed superior working horses bred to the Australian Draught Horse Standard. You will still see our horses working on the farm and competing in numerous shows and field days.

25.01.2022 Breaking news: The MND Tribute to the teams Drive will go ahead this year. Designed to raise funds for Motor Neurone Disease, the Tribute to the Teams Drive wel...comes people with teams in harness on the four day trip leaving Barellan show ground at 10am on Saturday, October 3 and returning Tuesday October 6. Teams must BYO food, cooking utensils, sleeping gear and horse feed. They must also have their own insurance. The route is a mystery tour but will cover 25km a day. There is no cost but donations to the MND cause are welcome. There will be an auction at the half way point and donations of items are welcome. Please contact co-ordinator Bruce Bandy on 0427 630 188 to register. See more

25.01.2022 Hank and Will are back at it after a big winters break.

23.01.2022 Margaret with Chelsea having a quick ride this afternoon.

22.01.2022 An eventful night at Marlie Stud with Neddie having her foal.

22.01.2022 Stage two of preparing this particular paddock for seeding is scarifying. Here Aleks talks about how he sets his team of 6 horses up along with footage of the team working.

21.01.2022 With the rain and the Christmas period unfortunately the veggie patch was a little bit neglected. Margaret and Aleks with the scarifier are showing it some much needed love by weeding in between the rows. Now for a hand tidy up and some new pickets.

21.01.2022 Here Aleks demonstrates why ploughing is so important. In this video he uses a single furrow moldboard plough with the horses Hank and Will.

20.01.2022 Zappo and Zooka

20.01.2022 Getting everything ready for cutting hay.

20.01.2022 Early morning on the sled

18.01.2022 A gorgeous afternoon ploughing.

18.01.2022 Last year getting ready for the The Golden Plough. We better get these boys out of the paddocks soon to start ploughing all over again. The count down is on.

17.01.2022 Crushing quartz in the gold crusher at Cliftonwood in Yass for the National Agricultural Technology Museum. The horse used was Margret who is a registered Australian Draught Horse.

16.01.2022 The Tribute to the Teams Drive to raise funds for Motor Neurone Disease will leave from the Barellan showground at 9.30am this Saturday. Spectators are welcome ...to see the teams off. There are horse teams coming from as far as Maitland, Orange and Wagga for the drive, which finishes at Barellan on Tuesday. A fund raising auction will be held at the Weethalle Country Club on Sunday night. To make a donation for MND research please call Bruce Bandy on 0427 630 188. See more

16.01.2022 All done for the day.

15.01.2022 A close friend of ours, beautiful little boy Jacob was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in September and now an Online Auction - 'JACOB'S JOURNEY' ...will be held 27th November - 29th November on the Elite Livestock Auctions website to raise money for this young family going through a difficult time. To support them we have donated a day in the life of a movie horse trainer - you may have the opportunity to drive a harness horse (OR 4), work a liberty horse or learn how to start a liberty horse OR roman ride OR ride a rearing horse - The options are there!!!! All auction listings will be added to the website SOON! If you have any questions about this opportunity we are offering, feel free to send us a PM, or contact Renee on 0403 816 751 I will post more details soon!

15.01.2022 Sid and Margaret always were a great pair. Here they are (the horses) together for the first time getting ready for cutting chaff.

15.01.2022 Cutting the oats

14.01.2022 Neddie with her 2 and a half month old colt Digger

12.01.2022 Are you my mum? An abandoned lamb is the newest member of the Marlie Stud family.

12.01.2022 Some of the workers heading back to their paddock after a great day.

11.01.2022 Some of the ladies in waiting

11.01.2022 After an extremely hot day, blisters and many curses to myself for letting it get so bad, half the veggie patch is done. Here you can see our cucumbers, pumpkins, beans, peas, tomatoes and some of our corn. Still a lot of growing to do and fingers crossed for a good down pour!

08.01.2022 A great day for a sled ride.

08.01.2022 Marlie Jim checking everything out

08.01.2022 It’s hay time!

07.01.2022 Some of the workers coming to see what all the fuss is about.

06.01.2022 A few of the ladies with their man in the distance.

05.01.2022 Thankyou to the talented Jenny Hedges for these photos of Aleks with Hank, Will and Margaret on the weekend. Here we are cutting heritage wheat with the Yass Antique Farm Machinery Club.

05.01.2022 Another video of the set up of the gold crusher, crushing some quartz.

03.01.2022 Looking back on photos from last year and feeling grateful for the rain we have had and for the fires that missed us.

02.01.2022 Aleks teaching Senator Perin Davey how to drive a 4 horse team on the seeder at Cliftonwood in Yass today as part of the National Agricultural Technology Museum. A great day with the Yass Antique Machinery Club.

01.01.2022 The veggie patch is finally getting brought back to life. Sid hasn’t done anything for a fair few months and after a little dance got back into the swing of things. This is the first row.

27.12.2021 A busy weekend harvesting heritage wheat at Yass with the Yass Antique Farm Machinery Club.

12.12.2021 St Heliers is always one to not be missed. We also love the picture of Aleks and Will that they used.

10.12.2021 Going through Lyndhurst.

25.11.2021 A stepping stone in an exciting new project coming up this year. Thankyou to Janet Stephen Johnson for their hospitality and for their words of wisdom. We are excited for the next step of the team which is to include more horses. The Marlie horses used were Hank, Will, Margaret, Clyde and Lady.

10.11.2021 Who is excited for The Golden Plough on the 26th and 27th of March We spent New Years with a great bunch of people making sure the plough plot was in good condition.

24.10.2021 Our 2 year old mob coming back from Crookwell. Thankyou to Bev and Yvonne for keeping a watchful eye on them. Here we also have our two orphans - Julie and Clover. In this lot the oldest mare is Julie and she is 2 years and 2 months old. We are excited to watch these young ladies grow out. These horses are not for sale.

10.10.2021 We are pleased to have partnered with BDCU as part of their rural living campaign.

21.09.2021 We are thrilled to be part of the breeding program for Bluegum Suffolk Horses. https://suffolkpunchaustralia.com//bluegum-suffolk-horses/

06.09.2021 Our Oat Harvest December 2021. Over a few days we managed the massive task of cutting our oats with the Sunshine Reaper and Binder. The horses used, Hank, Will and Clyde, managed to eat on the job at times and were well rewarded with freshly cut oats. It was a very satisfying task and a great reminder of what a good season can do!

02.09.2021 Here we go again.. Will certainly seems impressed.

18.08.2021 Yesterday we harvested half of the oats. It was our best season we have ever had. The crop was extremely thick and the paddock was beaming with butterflies. With most traditional farming, there was plenty of sweat, breakages and big rewards. Our faithful horses used were Hank, Will and Clyde. Today we tackle the second half!

04.08.2021 Our chicken whisperer. Chelsea loves her chickens. Here we have Redgie going on a ride on Tinkerbell.