Standing at stud from the 2012 breeding season to a limited number of mares. Expressions of interest taken now on a first come first served basis.
Chalani Sunstream (Sunny) was produced after a careful selection of a complimentary outcross stallion for his dam Yooroona Rapids. His dam is a young mare of excellent stock horse type sired by Master Herbert. She was leased from Christine Roberts of Spalding who was the breeder/owner of Master Herbert (by Rannock) sire of Chalani Giselle and Chalani Minerva amongst others. Chris' son Scott Roberts, plans to school Rapids to join his A-grade polo team.
Rapids' dam is the TB mare Expressa by Green Line Express. Expressa was shown as a hack in Tasmania under the name English Rose. She was then used by Margot Maitland at Willowcroft Stud (Claire, SA) to breed a foal that we are told has hacked with success. Expressa has continued being used as a broodmare by Chris and Scott Roberts.
Sunny's sire is the young cremello stallion Tintaras Chandra, who was bred in WA before being sold to "Horses of Gold" (Leanne Owens) in QLD. Sunny is one of his first foals. Chandra is bred on mostly TB bloodlines making him ideal for siring jumping & dressage horses, show hacks and of course Australian Stock Horses with speed.
Chandra's pedigree contains three crosses to the palomino stallion Nantambo Gold Shine. Gold Shine is by Waveney Goldbine, an SA performance and jumping line sire, by Melbourne Cup winner Comic Court. Waveney Goldbine is the sire of Nantambo Gold Shine who in turn sired Kirby Park Nantamboo, owned by Olympian Megan Jones. Megan has used this stallion to sire top class eventers.
Also appearing twice in Chandra's pedigree is Nantamboo Jessica. This ASH mare was a multi Champion both in hand and under saddle. She was two times winner of the Prince of Wales trophy for High Point All Round Stock Horse of Australia, 3 times High Point Stock Horse Hack of Australia, High Point Junior and Senior Palomino of WA etc. She is the dam of Tintaras Callisto who was a Perth Royal Show Supreme Champion led palomino and is Chandra's grandsire on both sides of his pedigree.
Sunny is a quick learner and gentle natured. He is a strong style of stock horse type to mature approximately 15.2hh. Jeanette Gower describes him as a "palomino version of Rannock". We believe as he matures he will be a very 'true' gold palomino, likely with lovely coat irridescence.
Sunny was shown as a yearling for Champion Junior Palomino and Supreme Ancillary Dilute at both Dilutes Australia SA State Championships (judge Peter Rossington, QLD) and at Morphett Vale Breeds Show (judge Sharon Cockburn) in Nov 2011. He was very well behaved at both shows.
Sunny has the potential to be a very useful sire of polo & polocrosse ponies, jumping horses and working stock horses. He will certainly suit show enthusiasts as he is of quality stock horse type. With short cannons, deep girth, strong hindquarters and an overall muscular structure, his lovely length of rein is finished off with a pretty head and small ears that are typical of the Master Herbert stock. Sunny is not without great movement too. He gallops low to the ground with a great over tracking walk and plenty of expression in his ground covering trot.
Footage taken Feb 2012 as a yearling, straight from the paddock (no bath).
View a full pedigree with photos on the All Breeds Pedigree Website.
