Can you remember when you dreamt with the innocence of a child? Annwn Park is literally a child’s dream come to fruition. From the Welsh stud name (pronounced An – Noon & meaning Avalon) to the magical white Lipizzaner horses that call it home.
Annwn Park had a humble beginning in 2000 in the Central Western town of Bathurst. In 2004 the Stud was relocated to a beautiful 30 acre Property at Stuart Town, NSW. We have a strong focus on breeding purebred Lipizzaner horses with type, temperament, the trademark Lipizzaner movement & trainability, substance & some height. With our derivative program we hope to offer the before mentioned traits as well as the more open competition option.
You know your doing something right when the much revered & respected Head Chief Rider of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna – Andreas Hausberger emails you & says; ‘Simmone your photos of the stallion and the mare are stunning! You are really lucky that you have got such good breeding stock’
Annwn Park – The Present
This is one of the best Lipizzan stallions I have ever seenHead Chief Rider of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna – Andreas Hausberger. What more could we possibly hope to add?
Introducing 257 Favory Pallavicina ‘Merlin’ - the corner stone to our studs breeding program. A Multi Champion & Supreme Champion in hand & now under saddle. An exceptionally beautiful young Lipizzaner stallion of the much sort after Modern/Baroque Style with an abundance of natural talent & trainability.
Our mares are just as precious & important with our base breeding mares being the lovely purebred Lipizzaner 279 Monza who is sired by the imported stallion 224 Conversano Allegra (2002 Junior European Champion Stallion) along with the stunning Arabian Warmblood filly Buckwell Park Girl Power (AHSA, AWHA, EFA) sired by Highborn Powerlifter (dec) whom with we are aiming to offer a good diversity of open performance stock. Both fillies are of the highest calibre & from exceptional performance based pedigrees.
Annwn Park – The Past
How we arrived to this point in time is now history. However it all knits together in what makes Annwn Park the stud & breeding program it is today & will be in the future. I will always be grateful & feel lucky for the horses that have come into my life. For what ever purpose & for however long they all had a lesson to teach.
As a breeder you are always learning it would be arrogant to say otherwise. I am acutely aware of which Lipizzaner lines within Australia are stronger in certain areas & what would come of particular crossings. This has given me that ‘sneak peek’ as to where I want to go. It also gave me the knowledge of certain lines within the Australasian genetics that I have chosen to omit completely from my breeding program. This isn’t an easy feat by any means with so few Lipizzaners (especially mares) within the country & many of them bearing the lines I wish to avoid. Start small & grow big with quality!! For any breed to flourish people need to have both foresight & hindsight. Foresight in order to be able to 'semi predict' & see the outcome of current actions & hindsight to not make the same mistakes again!
My goal within the Lipizzaner breed it is to promote & preserve them to the best of my ability & resource. One step at a time. The next will be to introduce a new line to Australia.
