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Rhiannon Park

Locality: Congupna Road, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 400 648 710

Address: 105 Knights Rd 3633 Congupna Road, VIC, Australia

Website: http://rhiannonpark.com.au

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25.01.2022 This guy is being sold through APG Online Sale, make sure you dont miss him. #APG

23.01.2022 Foal # 34 Village Witch - American Ideal filly. Born 12 Nov at 2am. Nice correct little girl.

23.01.2022 What an exciting year 2021 will be for Rhiannon Park who are offering 9 of their own bred yearlings at the inaugural Nutrien Standardbred Sale in April. This wi...ll in fact be the largest consignment of homebred yearlings offered for sale at public auction by the stud. With a variety of genetics to be offered, we are sure there will be something for every buyer to consider, with a one of their star lots no doubt to be the half brother to the great Jilliby Kung Fu (Four Starzzz Shark). This colt is by the great Somebeachsomewhere and out of the great mare Slip Slop Slap. Kung Fu (now standing at stud) won over $529,000, including the Chariots of Fire as a 4year old in the blistering time of 1:48.8. He also ran 2nd to My Feild Marshall NZ in The Miracle Mile in a field that included greats such as Soho Tribeca, Tiger Tara NZ, Lennytheshark and Lazarus NZ in a time 1:46.9. As a 2year old Kung Fu also won the Consolation Final APG and as 3yr old won VicBred Super Series Colts/Gelds Final. The dam Slip Slop Slap has left eight winners from nine foals of racing age including six in 2:00 or better with progeny earnings of $840,000. By Perfect Art, Slip Slop Slap is a half-sister to the Victoria Gold Chalice winner Lombo Mondoluce ($145,675), and out of the top race mare and Oaks winner Slaps ($142,344). With these powerful mare families proven performance we are looking forward to watching this SBSW colt mature up until the sale. The stud will also offer a bay colt by Rocknroll Hanover out of the mare Molly Pitcher making it the half brother to The Sportz Star 3 wins and Ayejayem with 8 to date for these current horses (both with wins under 2:00) Rhiannon Park will also be presenting a lovely trotting filly by Creatine who is out of Gypsy Flair a daughter of the great Fionas Flair who has had 3 progeny race in the USA, with one also invited to compete in Swedens Elitloppet. Fionas Flair has now produced progeny amassing 173 wins with progeny earnings of over $1.1 Million, making this mare line no doubt one of the best trotting families in the country. We are looking forward to showcasing more of the exciting entries in the Nutrien yearling catalogue in the coming weeks and as always please contact us at any time if you require any more information. Nominations Open Now Mark Barton | 0419 488 256 Joel Fleming | 04677 725 195 https://www.nutrienequine.com.au//rhiannon-park-offering-/

22.01.2022 NUTRIEN EQUINE READY TO RUN SALE UPDATE Exciting online sale which will be conducted online from Friday 20th through until Sunday 22nd November 2020. Thank you ...to all the people that have enquired about our forthcoming Ready to Run sale. We can now confirm the details for this sale which will go live online from Friday 20th through until Sunday 22nd November 2020. The sale has been planned to be active and promoted throughout the Victorian Breeders Crown period with heats for this series commencing Saturday 7th November and their Grand Final Saturday 21st November 2021. NSW based horses will be breezed up at Tabcorp Park Menangle on Sunday 1st November, allowing adequate time for these trainers to head to Melbourne for the heats of the Victorian Breeders Crown where required. We have also received a good number of entries located in country Victoria and we are now in discussions with the Shepparton club to confirm a suitable date to breeze up these horses during the first week of November. We are excited to complement this sale with a select offering of New Zealand based horses, that will be also breezed up during the first week of November. Full catalogue details and pedigrees will be available online from Monday 7th October with breezed up track footage to be finalised and uploaded for viewing by Friday 13th November. We look forward to offering this select catalogue of around 25 2yo horses Ready to Run and believe they will offer a great opportunity for people interested in horses ready to race in early 2021. Entries will be still accepted throughout next week, with entry fees $300 (plus GST), along with a commission rate of 7% on horses sold through the sale. As usual if we can be any assistance please contact us. Nutrien Equine Mark Barton | 0419 488 256 Em Yeo | 0418 923 355

21.01.2022 2nd part of 3rd day, being handled while tied up, and we gave this one a walk afterwards, because she was a little nervous about being tied up, so just had to reassure her everything was OK.

21.01.2022 Foal # 30 Valsue-Muscle Mass colt. Born 5 Nov at 2:30 am. Very handsome foal, lovely markings and well put together.

20.01.2022 Lots of hoof abscesses this time of year, so here are some thoughts on treating abscesses (and why the old practice of soaking may not be a good idea!) from The... Essential Hoof Book: Treatment of an abscess is initially aimed at getting it to drain, which is usually fairly easy for a vet to accomplish if they have located the spot where the abscess got started. If the tract is in the white line, the vet can open it using a tool such as a thin, narrow loop knife, or a surgical bone curette. Once the tool gets up into the pocket of the abscess, drainage will start and the horse usually feels quite a bit better right away. If the opening is in the sole, your vet or hoof care professional will pare out a small hole to allow the abscess to drain. It is not necessary to make a large hole, as the continual pressure and release of the horse walking on the foot will help to expel the exudate. Keeping the hole as small as possible is the best way to preserve sole integrity and minimize the chance of further damage. Flushing of the wound, a process known as lavage, can help remove pus and speed heeling in some cases, but where damage is more extensive, surgery may be required to remove infected or necrotic tissue. Once drainage is established, it is important to keep the opening clean, so wrapping the foot in a medicated poultice is recommended. There are commercially available poultice products such as Animalintex , which is moistened in hot water, applied, and then left on for approximately 48 hours. Poultices can also be made at home out of cotton bandage materials saturated with a drawing agent such as a combination of Epsom salts and Betadine . Any poultice will need to be covered and held in place with a bandage. As for soaking of the foot, this time-honored practice has fallen out of favor with many hoof experts. The traditional soak of warm water and Epsom salts was supposed to be done for at least 15 minutes, 2-3 times a day, for as many days as it took for the abscess to rupture. The purpose of the Epsom soaks was to soften the hoof and draw out the abscess, which would supposedly allow the abscess to mature and break out faster. Unfortunately, there is no evidence that abscesses resolve any faster than they would have otherwise as a result of soaking, and in fact, some equine podiatry experts say it can actually slow the healing process and prolong the horses pain. What happens is that horn material expands as it absorbs water, which can choke off the draining tract of an abscess, trapping the exudate inside the abscess. As an abscess needs to drain and dry out to heal, anything that keeps it wet and prevents drainage would be detrimental. In addition, repeated soaking is known to be damaging to both hoof and sole horn, and may cause widening of the white line, allowing more harmful organisms to invade the sole-wall juncture. Critics of repeated soaking only recommend it as a short-term application to soften a very hard foot in order to make it possible to pare the sole or frog to create a drainage channel. They also emphasize that the fastest way to relieve the often excruciating pain caused by an abscess is to open it up and drain it, which can usually be accomplished very quickly by a skilled veterinarian or hoof care professional. Leaving the horse in pain for days and doing nothing but soaking the foot is, in their opinion, allowing unnecessary suffering. Finally, they argue that abscesses not drained therapeutically are more likely to migrate up under the hoof wall and exit at the coronary band, which can potentially cause a permanent disorganization of the horn tubules that grow from that area. While most abscesses that pop out at the coronet dont cause a permanent problem, it does happen and can leave the horse with a weakened hoof wall more vulnerable to cracking or splitting in the future. Even worse, a migrating abscess can move deep into the foot where it may damage the internal structures, possibly leading to permanent lameness. Of course, there will always be people telling you that they soaked their horses foot and the abscess popped out the very same day without issues, but as they have no way of knowing whether or not the abscess would have ruptured that day on its own, they cannot say that the maturing of the abscess was the result of the soaking. Every horse owner has to decide who to listen to when it comes to treating their horses ailments, but it is always wise to at least consider the science or lack thereof before choosing a course of action. One adjunct to treatment that almost everyone agrees on is giving a horse with an abscess a tetanus shot. Even if your horse has had a regular tetanus shot within the last year or so, your vet will likely recommend a booster to maximize your horses resistance to the potentially fatal Clostridium tetanii bacteria, which is widespread in the soil of just about every environment your horse is likely to be in. Secondary tetanus infection is a real risk when your horse has an opening in the foot, so best not to take any chances with this easily preventable problem.

20.01.2022 Foal # 28 Morton Plains - American Ideal filly. Born 4th Nov 2020 at 5:30am. Pretty girl, good type.

20.01.2022 We are really excited to see the quality of the entries that have come in over the past week and great to dig into some of these fantastic pedigrees particula...rly the strength of the mare lines for many of these yearlings, for both Trotters and Pacers. Galthorn Farm will be presenting a lovely Art Major colt out of a Bettors Delight mare Im Twice the Delight (Winner of 10 for $68,000, running 1.52.3). A beautifully bred New Zealand mare, from the current winning family of Flaming Flutter, Duplicated NZ, St Bartz NZ & Mark Dennis NZ. Galthorn will also be presenting a brother to the exciting 2 yr old Captain Oh Captain (1 win 1 place from 2 starts running 1.56.9). This colt is by the well credentialed first season sire Huntsville (by SBSW) earnings of $1.8m and a race record of 1.47.8. The colts dam is Artistic Gal won 3 races and hails from a strong Australian family of multiple winners including the exciting Soho Lanikai 1.54. Great to receive two very interesting trotting yearlings from Northern Rivers Equine, with a Centurion ATM filly from dam All Finesse.This is a half sister and bred on a very similar cross to the classy race mare Claudys Princess (Winner of 5 G1s and over $400,000)! Their other entry a Trotting colt by Pegasus Spur is from Claudys Queen who is also a half sister to Claudys Princess! Also being prepared by Northern Rivers Equine two horses on behalf of the Roger Bazley Syndicate is a striking Bettors Delight colt out of the champion race mare Make Mine Cullen (multiple G1 winner, with 40 wins retiring with just under $1 Million in winnings)! A Christian Cullen Bettors Delight cross you can only dream about. Their other entry is a Captaintreacherous Colt from an Art Major / Fake Left dam Rogers Passion (Winner of 10 for $136,000) that is sure to also attract plenty of interest. Thank you also for the feedback regarding some sale entries with multiple ownership. Our IT team are now working to modify this section of our entries for next sale and we will have our account sales system updated well before sale time to assist with the distribution of proceeds. As usual thank you all for your support and valued feedback and we look forward to updating you more in the coming week. The Nutrien Team Mark Barton 0419 488 256 Joel Fleming 04677 725 195 Photo Credit Ashlea Brennan Photography PDF >>https://www.nutrienequine.com.au//sales-update-press-relea Nominations Open : https://www.nutrienequine.com.au/login

18.01.2022 Ok so foal spam starts again, our first foal (Gretels Clydesdale filly) seems so long ago. Here is our 2nd foal but 1st Standardbred for the season. Bianca Tang - Vincent colt, born 1:30am this morn, and what a handsome boy he is.

17.01.2022 Thank you Paul Campbell (Campbells Comments) for coming to promote 2 of the yearlings we are preparing for Dennis and Brenda Bice "Yorkshire Park Standardbreds" 2 lovely fillies that are being sold on Sunday 2nd Feb APG Melbourne. Get there nice and early sale starts at 10am sharp.

17.01.2022 Foal # 36 Thats Reality - For a Reason filly. Born 16th Nov 20 at 5am, nice up standing type, correct and well balanced.

17.01.2022 Dear Old Motoring Sassy, finally age caught up with her and in her 35th year on this earth she had to be PTS yesterday. What an amazing mare she was born in 1985, she had numerous winners and her daughters have left some lovely winners too. We have her last daughter Mustang Sassy whom she had when she was 25yrs old, and she has already produced 3 lovely foals. RIP old lady, we will miss your kind nature and funny ways.

17.01.2022 Nominations Now Open! The Nutrien Equine Team are pleased to receive in principal support from Harness Racing Victoria today, to enter into a 3-year race-series... yearling sales agreement. The first Victorian based Race series to be held in 2023. Entries are now open for our inaugural sale which will be held at the Inglis Oaklands Junction Complex in April 2021. Sale entries are now open and will remain open until Friday 17th July 2020. You can enter online by clicking the link below or you can also download a hard copy on our website www.nutrienequine.com.au https://www.nutrienequine.com.au/login If we can be of any further assistance please contact one of the Nutrien Equine team. Contact Mark Barton 0419 488 256 Joel Fleming 0467 725 195 Maree Rogan 0428 658 395 Mark Witherdin 0409 330 129 Emma Yeo 0418 923 355 Fiona Telfer 02 6765 5211 Photo Credit: Ashlea Brennan Photography

16.01.2022 Ok so here is TimeWarp of day 3. Just a quick run through,Today is first tie up day, so we do a bit of walking first, then tie them up and rub all over, then untie and that's it. Sometimes they might get another walk after tie up too, just for extra.

16.01.2022 Very nice filly we have for sale in Nutrien Online Ready to Run sale. Lot 9 Well Said-Bettor Abs, don't forget to register to bid, bidding starts 20th Nov and ends 22nd Nov.

16.01.2022 Ok so foal spam starts again, our first foal (Gretel's Clydesdale filly) seems so long ago. Here is our 2nd foal but 1st Standardbred for the season. Bianca Tang - Vincent colt, born 1:30am this morn, and what a handsome boy he is.

15.01.2022 Thanks, nice to have all the hard work breeding to be recognized.

15.01.2022 Had a bit of fun today with my GoPro using Timewarp, this was 2nd day handling of one of the weanlings we are doing. Not so bad working from home. Keeping up with social distancing.

15.01.2022 Foal #31 Icantremember - Muscle Mass filly. Born 5 Nov at 5:30am. Love the bling on this girl, nice for the sales.

15.01.2022 Foal #3 Alta Calypso - American Ideal filly, born 3:45am this morning, what a cutie pie.

15.01.2022 So yet another time warp video, this time its of day 4 of handling, tie up and pick up feet day. All babies are doing really well with this next step, we will continue next week with the same and then they will be ready to be weaned. Hopefully stress free and happy.

14.01.2022 Just another time warp video of the first group of weanlings being led from stable to yard and back, such good babies. This gets done each day they in the stables (weather permitting) while we clean their stables. This helps them get used to being caught somewhere other than just in the stable. It also gives them some fresh air and time to play.

14.01.2022 Happy pregnant mares, now in fresh green paddocks, not long now before we get some new baby foals.

13.01.2022 So here is one of the groups today, first time tied up, and happy to stand with Mums.

13.01.2022 OK so the next step for the weanlings in the stables is being handled every day while they are in, they have had their feet picked up while they where with Mum but its a whole new ball game when Mums not around. If you saw our previous video they are led to the yards and back and handled in the afternoons. Some of the days we handle them first and they may not go into the yards, this was one of those days (it was raining so they couldn't go into the yards). So we caught each one, tied them up, cleaned their stable, then handled their feet. We do this for the whole week, then the farrier comes to trim their feet, we check their brands, then they go back to the farm in the horse float and out into the paddocks with their buddies. DONE!!

13.01.2022 Foal #5 American Dreamer - American Ideal filly born 3am this morn. Lovely big upstanding girl, lets hope she is as good as her sister "Amelias Courage".

12.01.2022 Foal #29 Gypsy Flair - Father Patrick filly. Born 5 Nov at 2am. Might have to keep this one aswell to race and breed from, special girl.

12.01.2022 Very excited for Breeders Crown Final, we have 2 baby trotters both bred-born-raised and sold as yearlings from Rhiannon Park. Good luck to all the connections of Bromwich and Banglez. Hope you both win, but we are very proud to just have you there. Happy breeders!Very excited for Breeders Crown Final, we have 2 baby trotters both bred-born-raised and sold as yearlings from Rhiannon Park. Good luck to all the connections of Bromwich and Banglez. Hope you both win, but we are very proud to just have you there. Happy breeders!

12.01.2022 Just worked out how to add music to the videos (woops facebook has informed me that I dont have permission to use the music in some countries, oh well maybe next time if you cant here it) here is another weanling during day 4 of handling, she is a really nice Sportswriter filly, very smart and sensible.

11.01.2022 Check out "Hugo" what a lovely big boy he is, don't forget to register to bid, bidding starts 20th Nov and ends 22nd Nov. Nutrien Online Ready to Run sale.

11.01.2022 For those not sure how to register to bid for the Nutrien Online Ready to Run Sale, follow the link below.

11.01.2022 Foal #4 Diamond in the Dust - Rocknroll Heaven filly born 1am this morn, such a sweet little girl, we have put he in a stable for a couple days, just a little wobbly on her feet.

10.01.2022 Thank you Craig from MLT, we have now arrived at Sales Complex Melbourne, all safe and sound. Once again a very safe and professional job done.

10.01.2022 Foal # 32 Kateeshar- Sportswriter colt. Born 6th Nov 2020 at 2:30am. Love his nice dark colour, he will shine up nice come yearling time.

09.01.2022 FAILED VETTING ??? Flexion Tests??? 100% worth a read! Youve decided to sell your horse and the potential buyer has sent a veterinarian to your stables to pe...rform a pre-purchase exam. Or, youre the buyer, and youre excited to complete your purchase. As you stand, beaming with satisfaction, the veterinarian picks up the horses left front leg. Bending it at the fetlock, he or she holds it in the air for 60 seconds or so, releases the limb, and asks that the horse be immediately jogged down the drive. In astonishment, you watch as the horse that youve known or hoped to be sound moves off with an obvious bob of the head. Hes most decidedly lame after the test. What happened? What does it mean? What you have witnessed is a phenomenon not necessarily of the veterinarians creation, but something that can sometimes occur following a procedure called a forelimb flexion test. In a forelimb flexion test, various joints and soft tissue structures of the lower limb are stretched and/or compressed for a brief period of time by bending the limb. Afterward, the horse is immediately trotted off and observed for signs of lameness. Simple, really. But it gets messy. Forelimb flexion tests were described in Swedish veterinary literature as early as 1923. And, since then, theyve become something of an integral part of the evaluation of the lame horse. But not only that, forelimb flexion tests are generally routinely included in prepurchase evaluations of horses intended for sale. The test is not unlike what you might experience if someone asked you to sit in a crouch for sixty seconds and then run right off. Usually and especially if youve never had knee problems you can run off just fine, particularly after a couple of steps. If youve never had a problem, chances are that youre fine, no matter what happens in those first couple of steps. But very occasionally, that stiffness and soreness that you might feel could signal a problem (such as a bad knee). This test used to make me nuts, and to some extent, it still does. Thats because Im often not to sure what to make of the state of things when a horse takes some bad steps after a flexion test. I mean, I know I might not pass such a test. So whos to say that every horse should? Because of that question, back in 1997, I did I study. Its still timely. In my study, I looked at fifty horses (100 legs) of various breeds, ages, sex, and occupation. The owners were gracious enough to let me explore my curiosity about forelimb flexion tests. The horses were from my practice, an included a wide variety of pleasure and performance horses including some world class jumping horses but overall, they were a representative sampling of all of the horses that were in my practice. Heres what I found. I found that forelimb flexion tests couldnt tell me anything about the future of a sound horse. I could make every single horse lame with a hard enough flexion test, with the exception of one particularly annoying Arabian gelding who was always trying to bite me (no Arabian jokes, please). Horses that had something on their X-rays werent any more likely to be lame after a normal flexion test than horses that had clean X-rays. Horses that had positive normal flexion tests werent any more likely to be lame 60 days out, either (those horses that were lame mostly had things like hoof abscesses, which nobody could have predicted anyway). If you follow a groups of horses for 60 days, theres a decent chance that a few of them might experience an episode of lameness. Who knew? So what did I conclude? Well, I said right there in front of an entire meeting of the American Association of Equine Practitioners that I didnt think that it was a good idea to rely on forelimb flexion tests to make a diagnosis of some current or future problem without some other supporting sign. I said I didnt think that they were very sensitive, or that they were very specific. And I said that I didnt think it was a good idea to turn a horse down base solely on a response to a forelimb flexion test, either. Which caused a bit of a kerfuffle. Whats the Bottom Line? If youre a seller, I dont think that you need to be overly concerned if your otherwise sound horse takes a few lame steps after a forelimb flexion test. There are just too many variables. For example: Older horses are more likely to be positive to flexion that are younger horses The longer you hold a limb in flexion, the more likely the horse is to take a few lame steps afterwards Men tend to flex more firmly than do women The same horse may have different responses to flexion tests on different days If youre a buyer, dont be too eager to walk away from a horse that you otherwise like just because he takes a few lame steps after a flexion test. You have to consider a lot of other factors, such as whether you like the horse, or whether he does what you want him to do, or if hes a colour that you like... You just cant consider the forelimb flexion test in a vaccum. It has to interpreted in light of clinical findings such as fluid in the joint, reduced limb or joint flexibility, pain to palpation, or clinical lameness in the limb that demonstrates the positive response. If you see abnormal X-rays findings (such as osteoarthritis) in a limb that has a positive response to a flexion test, that may add some significance, and particularly if there is concurrent clinical lameness. However, to keep things confusing, my study also found that many radiographic abnormalities occur in clinically sound horses. Remember, you have to ride the horse you cant ride the radiographs. Horses can and do perform well for a variety of riding endeavors even when they do not perform well on a forelimb flexion test. As for a positive response to a forelimb flexion test, it may just be that everything is OK, but the horse doesnt like his leg bent up! Thanks to Dr. David Ramey for the info! heres a link to the original article: https://www.doctorramey.com/flex-test/

09.01.2022 Thank you for sharing your journey so far Brittany with your mare Montana Marie, anyone out there who isn't sure whats goes into breeding a standardbred mare this journey will give you a little incite.

08.01.2022 Foal # 37 Alla Art - Always B Miki filly. Born 16th Nov 20 at 7pm. Another nice strong Miki baby.

08.01.2022 Foal # 38 Sapphire Lil - Sweet Lou filly. Born 18 Nov 20 at 10pm. Very nice filly born via embryo transfer pictured with her recip mum who is doing a great job with her. We did however miss out on the usual bling that most Sweet Lou babies have, never mind she is still a good type for the sales.

06.01.2022 Foal # 35 Flicka - Rumneyhill Sakora colt. Born 12 Nov at 11:30pm. Something a wee bit different, Flicka is our Standardbred mare (Wakeup Maggie/Lombo Pocketwat...ch) was too slow to race but was such a lovely quiet mare we decided to breed a couple of riding horses from her, you might remember "Fergus" (Half Gypsy Cob) he was her first foal, and this is her second, we have called him "Fletcher" and his Dad is a drum horse. We love his silver colour, and can't wait to see how he matures. See more

06.01.2022 Foal # 33 Hens Party - Alta Christiano filly. Born 6 Nov 2020 at 10pm. What a lovely big filly, nice athletic type.

06.01.2022 Ok, so we weaned off the first group of 17 weanlings on Saturday, the process involved putting 2 in the crush with Mothers, headstall on, Mother let out of crush put into yard, then weanlings backed out of crush and walked to the float, loaded on the float for the first time, taken on a short trip down the road to the stables, then put into the stable next to their paddock buddies. And they all did really well. Here is a time warp of the process, which in real time only takes about 10-15 mins per pair.

06.01.2022 Happy weanlings "soon to be yearlings" in fresh paddocks at Rhiannon Park. Very relaxed and happy babies. #nutrienequinestandardbred

05.01.2022 Heres "Flynn" very free flowing Shadow Play - Elle Mccarthy gelding. Nutrien Online Ready to Run Sale, make sure you register to bid bidding start 20th Nov ends 22nd Nov. Don't miss out.

03.01.2022 Exciting times ahead, we have a yearling half brother by Somebeachsomewhere for sale in 2021 at Nutrien Sale Melbourne, he is a great type just like "Fu" and we also have a foal coming this season by "Fu", cant wait.

03.01.2022 Posts in at Rhianna Park and starting the frame.

02.01.2022 Im for sale, only 24K ono. Definite Girl/Arocknroll Dance filly 1yr old.Paddock condition, ready to break in, good conformation, well grown/strong filly. PM us for more detals or call 0400648710.