The Wingello horse riding trail project is now officially finished and the trails are open to the public to ride at any time. New-Moon Stud contributed funds, resources and time towards the completion of this project, and worked closely with Forestry Corporation to develop this wonderful horse riding venue for the community. Around 40 horse…
Bec and Darren have just spent a fabulous week in the Northern Caucasus region of Russia visiting several horse studs in the area, including the famous Tersk Arabian Stud. Being part of a breeders tour was a wonderful opportunity to view and discuss the breeding horses, and the goals and plans of the stud with…
We were blessed this year with our young German work experience student Jule Schwidop, who stayed with us for 7 weeks during winter, helping with all the farm chores, and taking freshly trained to saddle New-Moon Silver Knight under her wing.
Pick up HighLife Magazine Apr/May 2016 for a lovely story about Bec & Darren Hogan, Shagya-Araber horses and the Wingello Forest Endurance Ride.
How wonderful!! Our special Trakehner colt New-Moon Leopold won a foal photo competition and now graces the cover of the April 2016 edition of Hoofbeats Magazine (Australia).
This year is the 225th Anniversary of Babolna National Stud. The anniversary year has been marked by the hosting of numerous equestrian events, including the ISG Shagya-Araber European Championships. It was a treat to have so many immaculately prepared beautiful horses paraded in front of us over the two day show. Each horse is scored separately for type,…
We were excited to be part of a hands-on judging clinic organised by the ISG. This was a fantastic opportunity to learn more about the juding of sporthorses, and to see how various conformation traits affect movement and performance potential. The ISG delegates were then treated to a stallion display, which featured the mature O’Bajan XXIV…
We were invited to attend the Hessen region Trakehner mare show held at the Dillenburg State Stud – a lovely old stud in central Germany with strong historic ties to the Dutch royal family. German judge Mathias Werner did a fabulous job with the organisation of this event. Also judging were Ahmed Al Samarraie (breeder of our imported…
We were very happy to welcome Shelley Housh and her mother to New-Moon Stud. Shelley owns Sterling Silver AF (photo), sire of our New-Moon Silver Knight. Sterling Silver AF is an impressive Shagya-Araber stallion standing at stud in the USA, with frozen semen regularly available for import to Australia. It was fun to inspect the New-Moon…
In October We had a wonderful whirlwind visit from German Shagya-Araber breeders Walter and Heike Tautermann. Great fun – with a quick trip to the Blue Mountains and Sydney’s northern beaches thrown in.