Gypsy Cobs

Watermark

The Broods

 

  All the mares have been carefully selected over a period of years for their quality, conformation, movement, stamina, temperament and hardiness. The girls vary in height, from the one
smallest girl of 13.2hh - 135cms to 16hh - 163cms.

The girls live as natural a life as we can supply, foraging on some 3,000 acres, they also live out all year round regardless of weather conditions. Throughout the year mineral blocks and salt will be found in any paddock they are grazing. The winter quarters we supply for the girls have plenty of natural shelter and we supply add lib minerals and hay or haylage daily.

    

All fields have a fresh supply of water from either rivers or streams running through the property and natural spring fed dams, often we have found mares bathing in them neck deep.

 

 

 

 

 

During the spring and summer months we rotate the use of our fields to ensure quality grazing all year round. We re-seed our farm every few years and plant a wide variety of grasses, because of this we have excellent hay crops for the winter months and occasionally we will take haylage.

The girls are on a strict worming programme throughout the year and any new horse coming onto the farm is kept in quarantine for a period of three weeks. Once these mares have been given the all clear from our veterinary surgeon, vaccinations administered, foot care, teeth checked and wormed, they are sent out with a single companion or a small group, this way we have found it minimises risk and injury as they settle into the main herd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

They all have very individual personalities, in fact we had nicknamed two of the mares ‘The Two Fat Ladies’ they are hilarious to be with and are never far from each others side. Other girls just loved to be hugged, scratched or just enjoy standing peacefully with you. 

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I am still breathless when I check the ladies, living in such a large herd is stunning to see, yet every single mare will pay their respects to you as you are walking amongst them.

 

Winter 2006/7 gave us some mixed blessings. On the one hand our winter has been very mild and reasonably dry with a constant grass growth; on the other hand, we knew we would have to pay for this glorious season one way or another.  

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Early February gave us gale force winds, bringing old established trees down and by mid February we had a 1.5ft snow fall. March had not improved the grounds with a constant battering of heavy winds and constant rain. So the girls were brought off the fields and remained barned until the weather and grounds improve.

Foxtrot Arrives Safe And Sound

PC Foxley 6's new charge arrives.

Born 10.30pm 5th March 2010.

  

Foxtrot Will Be Available At Weaning. Enquires Welcome.

The Whistleblower Takes Supreme At Melbourne Royal Horse Show 2010

The Whistleblowers Debut to the Show Circuit brings a Supreme.

Read all about it

   

The Whistleblower First Drum Filly Born

On the 30th December 2009 Engleson My Girl, a stunning Registered Clydesdale mare, produced an exceptional filly foal, named Featherdale Whistling Dixie. Dixie is a good strong filly, with a huge amount of bone, phenominal conformation for one so young.  

More Info or Visit Featherdale Gypsy Drums

Clononeen Silk Bouquet Arrives at Watermark

It seems like an age since she was booked to fly out, finally Silk Bouquet arrives on the 2nd Janaury 2010. Not a bad start to the year for Watermark...!

   

HOT OFF THE PRESS

Watermark Gyspy Cobs and Clononeen Farm work together to bring the best of the breed to Australia.

Another breathtaking line up from Clononeen Farm

 
 

CLONONEEN SAGE

Clononeen Sage, another stunning girl from Clononeen is due to hit Australian shores in 2010.

  • Sage is out of one of our top producing mares and a half sister to Bumble (Peach x Tumbleweed). Sage is by Mike Nash's stallion (Checkity Horse Grandson) and out of Peach who is also Connors bred.
  • Sage will tralvel with foal at foot and will be in utero when she travels sometime in 2010.

  

New Bloodlines for Watermark

Watermark Gypsy Cobs is proud to announce Clononeen 007 will see his first offspring born to Australia.

     
  

CEM Quarantine Services - AQIS Approved

WHAT IS CEM?

C.E.M is a venereal disease in horses caused by bacteria and spread through breeding.

In foal mares need a pleasant and relaxed environment to be boarded whilst they wait to foal down and veterinary tests are undertaken.

Clononeen Double Tumble

Watermarks highly prized stallion 'Clononeen Double Tumble' arrives at Camlea Station. Gina Feakins is proud to announce Tumble arrive in immaculate condition and in fine spirits.

    

Highly Respected illustrious Bloodlines

Clononeen Baby Eireann will arrive on the August shipment along with Clononeen Silk Bouquet and Clononeen Toy Girl.

  • Clononeen Silky Boy, Clononeen Toy Boy
  • Clononeen Tumblweed - Known Simply as the Sire of Sires
  • Lennys Horse, The Old Kent Horse, Dick Smiths Black Stallion, Paddy Horse, Molly Malone, The Lion King and Fred Walkers Wagon Mare

  

  

Metropolitan Police Horse Retires

Foxley 6 is set to come home. Currently in quarantine just outside Sydney, Fox will be released in three weeks time.

A trusted and loyal servant is due to start her new adventures in Australia.
Fox is confirmed in foal to Roma Diamond Skip RID.

  

Fell Ponies Finally Arrive in Australia

Rare and Unique

  • The Llancloudy Fell Pony Stud Emigrates
  • The First crop of foals are born
  • HRH Queen Elizabeth chooses Llancloudy Gabriel the show stopping stallion to use over her mares.