| Burleigh DOB: 4th October 1994 Sire: George (TB x Percheron) Dam: Corgi (Clydesdale) |
| Burleigh stands about 16.2hh and is built like the proverbial brick outhouse! She is a lovely big mare with a sweet temperament although she didnt have any handling at all until she was about 11 yrs old. At this time she was halter broken and moved off the property of her birth to her new home with Lorraine Richmond at Windermere Stud in Western Australia. Lorraine very kindly sent her over to us after we lost CM Astras Ariella. Burleigh was in foal to Sandgate Reznor, who was Ariellas sire.. As Burleigh has similar breeding to Ariellas dam, Astra, Lorraine thought we might like the foal inside her. Sadly Burleigh aborted this foal at about 8 months gestation - we are not exactly sure why as he seemed to be a perfect bay colt. As a result of her lack of handling, while Burleigh is always up for a chat (shes very talkative), she likes to keep her distance... She will follow us around the paddock and the yard closely, but doesnt seek out pats and scratches. When caught she doesnt mind them too much though and is fantastic to give her wormers and vaccinations to, and we attribute this to Lorraines handling of her when she first got her as well as her natrually nice nature |
| Burleighs Offspring... She was bred in 2005 to our TB stallion CM Danzaponastaa. As you can see by her photo above taken in July 06, she looked like she had swallowed a bean bag! (never mind her being terribly hairy and filthy when the photo was taken!) On the 30th September 2006 - 33 days overdue mind you - she produced a gorgeous Chestnut Colt named CM StaaBurst who has a lovely big blaze and 4 white socks. His paddock name is Bobby. He has been sold to Fiona Williams, who picked him up on her way through to Western Australia when she moved - just a couple of weeks after he was weaned! He travelled like an old pro and Fiona was very impressed with him. Bobby is pictured at right at just a few hours old with Burleigh. He hadnt unfolded yet - he was probably only 5 or 6 hours old! Burleigh was bred to Allen Park Bald Eagle for an October 2007 foal - in true Burleigh fashion, she made us wait - this time 36 days overdue!! She had a very handsome Chestnut and White pinto colt for us on the 22nd November 2007, CM Richter Scale. Ricky was named Richter Scale as the colour pattern on his back looked like the read out from an earthquake! Sadly, Ricky started having seizures at 3 months old and after much consultation with our vets, it was decided that the kindest thing was to put him to sleep. A Necropsy showed that his pineal gland in his brain was rather tiny and black. This is connected with epilepsy. The cause is not known - its one of those 'things happen' situations.Ricky is pictured below. |
| Burleigh was bred to Allen Park Bald Eagle for a 2008 foal - but unfortunately she slipped. Burleigh will be joining the Allen Park Stud herd to be bred to Allen Park Cherokee. Grant has taken a shine to Burls and she will go an run in the huge paddocks down there! |
